Federal court finds jail for immigrant children unlawful
By Rebecca K. Smith, CLDC Board President & Cooperating Attorney Last week, a federal court in California held that holding immigrant children from Central America in jail during their immigration proceedings was unlawful because it violates the terms of a...
City Dismisses Charges Against SLEEPS Activist
EUGENE, OR: On Friday July 24, 2015, the Assistant City Attorney of Eugene dismissed a criminal case that he filed and prosecuted against Hedin Brugh, a long-time SLEEPS activist who advocated for unhoused people. The Civil Liberties Defense Center’s Lauren Regan had...
Federal court rules that same sex parents must both be listed on birth certificate
CLDC Blog July 20, 2015 By Rebecca K. Smith, CLDC Board President & Cooperating Attorney Last week, in Roe v. Patton, a federal court in Utah ruled that Utah must recognize a same-sex married couple as the legal parents of their child from birth. Under Utah state...
