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  1. Union (American Civil War)

    was added to represent the new state of West Virginia. During the American Civil War , the Union was a name ... s Civil War How American Negroes Felt and Acted During the War for the Union 1965 , Quarles ... the Civil War. Blue represents Union states, including those admitted during the war light blue represents Union states which permitted slavery border states Civil War border states red represents ... States , which was supported by the 20 free states and five Border states American Civil War border ... Union Essays on the Background of the Civil War 1980 , p. 30 ref Size and strength In comparison to the Confederacy ... in the Civil War Congress, American Nineteenth Century History, June 2007, Vol. 8 Issue 2, pp 145 ... investigates the American Civil War, American Nineteenth Century History, July 2004, Vol. 5 Issue ... s Library and Literacy Programs for the Union Military Forces in the Civil War, Libraries & Culture ... of Horse Supply Upon Field Artillery in the American Civil War, Journal of Military History, Apr 2010 ... Civil War California Connecticut in the American Civil War Connecticut Delaware in the American Civil War Delaware nowiki nowiki Illinois in the American Civil War Illinois Indiana in the American Civil War Indiana Indianapolis in the American Civil War Indianapolis Iowa in the American Civil War Iowa Kansas in the American Civil War Kansas col 2 of 5 Kentucky in the American Civil War Kentucky nowiki nowiki Lexington in the American Civil War Lexington Louisville in the American Civil War Louisville Maine in the American Civil War Maine Maryland in the American Civil War Maryland nowiki nowiki Baltimore riot of 1861 Baltimore Washington, D.C. in the American Civil War Washington, D.C col 3 of 5 Massachusetts in the American Civil War Massachusetts Michigan in the American Civil War Michigan Minnesota in the American Civil War Minnesota Missouri in the American Civil War Missouri nowiki nowiki St. Louis in the American Civil War St. Louis Nevada in the American Civil War Nevada ...   more details



  1. List of American Civil War Generals (Union)

    About an introduction and further information List of American Civil War generals general officers of the Confederate States Army List of American Civil War Generals Confederate officers who were made generals by brevet only List of American Civil War brevet Generals Union Union Army Union generals NOTOC class toccolours Union Army Union generals Union A A Union B B Union C C Union D D Union E E Union F F Union G G Union H H Union I I Union J J Union K K Union L L Union M M Union N N Union O O Union P P Union Q Q Union R R Union S S Union T T Union U U Union V V Union W W Union X X Union Y Y Union ... Gillpatrick Major General, USV br March 16, 1863 File American Civil War Union Brigadier General ... general officers who served in the United States Army during the Civil War, in addition to a small ... Civil War Anderson, Robert Brigadier General, USA br May 15, 1861 Major General, USA br February ... br Rank Brevet br Rank class unsortable Notes File Aaron S. Daggett Civil War General.jpg 75px Aaron ... Joel Dewey Dewey, Joel Allen Brigadier General, USV br November 20, 1865 Last Civil War general appointed ... received or were nominated for brevets as general officers in the course of the war or immediately following it for service during the war , ref Hunt, Roger D. and Brown, Jack R., Brevet Brigadier Generals ... offices held, retirements or deaths during the war whether in action or other means , notable relations ..., most of which were granted after the war between 1866 and 1869. Note on abbreviations MOH Medal ... Union A class wikitable sortable class unsortable Image Name Substantive br Rank Brevet military ..., GAR 1889 1890 br United States Secretary of War Secretary of War 1897 1899 br Senator from Michigan ... br Last surviving Union General, d. April 13, 1933 br Son in law of Benjamin Franklin Butler politician ... B anchor Union B class wikitable sortable class unsortable Image Name Substantive br Rank Brevet br ... Civil War.jpg 75px William Farquhar Barry Barry, William Farquhar Colonel, USA br December 11, 1865 ...   more details



  1. List of American Civil War brevet Generals (Union)

    For an introduction and further information List of American Civil War generals For for general officers of full, substantive rank grade List of American Civil War Generals Union For for general officers of the Confederate States Army List of American Civil War Generals Confederate NOTOC This is a list of American Civil War brevet military brevet Generals that served the Union Army . This list of brevet ... be found at List of American Civil War Generals Union . A small number of these awards were made ... the war or some similar form of words, as also noted above. The List of American Civil War Generals ... Regular Army of the United States at the start of or during the Civil War and of officers who were appointed ... Civil War brevet awards occurred in the years 1866 through 1869 but the great majority of these were ... in Eicher, Civil War High Commands 2001 and other sources, brevet award confirmation dates are shown ... and confirmed by the U.S. Senate during Johnson s term of office. Thus, Civil War brevet awards ... were awarded during and after the Civil War. Many of these awards were made to regular army officers ... forces. Definitions, abbreviations Following the usage of the Eichers in Civil War High ... for grade is probably futile. This usage can be found in documents that even precede the Civil War ... 13, 1865 March 28, 1867 Mexican American War veteran. Mustered out June 27, 1865. Charles Francis ... 18, 1865 July 25, 1866 Born October 6, 1802, Haymarket, Virginia. USMA, 1823. Mexican American War ... veteran. Mexican American War veteran. Rejected award of Bvt. Brig. Gen. USA, to date from March 13 .... Mexican American War veteran. Retired as Regular Army United States Regular Army colonel, 1866. Orville ... Colored Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, March 13, 1865 April 10, 1866 Mexican American War veteran Baldwin ..., 1864 February 14, 1865 Mexican American War veteran. Brevet for Richmond campaign Overland Campaign ... American War veteran. Brevet for Overland Campaign. Richard Napoleon Batchelder Batchelder, Richard ...   more details



  1. Union Civil War Fortification

    Infobox nrhp name Union Civil War Fortification nrhp type image caption location Bulltown Historic Area at Burnsville Lake , near Napier, West Virginia lat degrees 38 lat minutes 47 lat seconds 34 lat direction N long degrees 80 long minutes 33 long seconds 40 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin West Virginia built 1861 architect architecture added March 21, 1984 area convert 4.1 acre governing body Army Corps of Engineers mpsub http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov docs NRHP Text 64000959.pdf Bulltown MRA refnum 84003515 ref name nris NRISref version 2009a ref Union Civil War Fortification , also known as Bulltown Civil War Site, is a historic archaeological site located near Napier, West Virginia Napier , Braxton County, West Virginia . The site relates to the American Civil War Battle of Bulltown , that took place on October 13, 1863. During test excavations in the 1970s, remnants of structures, features, and artifacts were recovered. ref name dhr cite web url http www.wvculture.org shpo nr pdf braxton 84003515.pdf title National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form Union Civil War Fortification date October 1983 accessdate 2011 06 02 author Robert F. Maslowski publisher State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation ref The site was purchased by the United States Army Corps of Engineers Army Corps of Engineers during the development of Burnsville Lake , and is administered as part of the Bulltown, West Virginia Bulltown Historic Area Bulltown Historic Area . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. ref name nris See also Cunningham House and Outbuildings References reflist National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Category American Civil War forts Category American Civil War sites Category Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Category Braxton County, West Virginia in the American Civil War Category Forts in West Virginia ...   more details



  1. American Civil Liberties Union

    Use mdy dates date February 2012 Infobox Organization name American Civil Liberties Union image American Civil Liberties Union logo.png leader title President leader name Susan N. Herman Susan Herman leader ... history ACLU History American Civil Liberties Union ref motto Because Freedom Can t Protect Itself website http www.aclu.org aclu.org The American Civil Liberties Union ACLU is a nonpartisan non profit ... http www.aclu.org finances Finances American Civil Liberties Union ref The ACLU Foundation accounts .... ref http www.bbb.org charity reviews national civil rights american civil liberties union foundation in new york ny 227 Charity Review of American Civil Liberties Union Foundation ref ref http www.charitynavigator.org index.cfm?bay search.summary&orgid 3247 Charity Navigator Rating American Civil ... work American Civil Liberties Union web site publisher ACLU url http www.aclu.org affiliates ... successes american civil liberties union ACLU list of successes Gregory . ref ref name W82 ref Walker ... civil rights issue during the war was the Japanese American internment internment of Japanese ... positions. During World War II , the ACLU defended Japanese American citizens who were forcibly relocated to Japanese American internment internment camps . During the Cold War , the ACLU headquarters ... nonprofit cite web title ACLU and ACLU Foundation What Is the Difference? work American Civil Liberties ... name W112 Even conservative elements, such as the American Bar Association began to campaign for civil ..., African American rights, censorship in the arts, and international civil liberties. ref name W86 The board ... War I, there was relatively little violation of civil liberties during World War II. President Roosevelt ... predecessor National Civil Liberties Bureau budget 106M 2011 excludes affiliates ref http www.aclu.org finances http www.aclu.org finances Retrieved January 2012 ref purpose Civil liberties advocacy ... in cases in which it considers civil liberties to be at risk. Legal support from the ACLU can ...   more details



  1. American Civil Rights Union

    The American Civil Rights Union is a civil liberties organization founded by former Reagan Administration official Robert B. Carleson in 1998. It was founded in response to views that the most prominent civil liberties organization, the American Civil Liberties Union , was too liberalism in the United States leftward leaning ref cite news url http www.washingtontimes.com news 2002 jan 2 20020102 034555 2135r title ACLU joins the security fray authors Robert Carleson, Peter Ferrara date 2 January 2002 ref ACRU has been described as a United States conservative movement conservative civil liberties advocacy group. ref cite news url http www.nj.com news index.ssf 2010 04 national conservative civil li.html title National conservative civil liberties group supports argument that Menendez recall is constitutional date 2 April 2010 ref The ACRU has filed amicus briefs in court cases involving the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Obamacare , gun ownership and property rights cases, and cases involving the Boy Scouts of America including the 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case of Boy Scouts of America v. Dale , defending the Boy Scouts freedom of association right to create their own criteria for membership by barring gay Scout leaders. Peter Ferrara is the ACRU General Counsel, Robert Knight is Senior Fellow and Executive Director, and Susan Carleson is the Chairman. ref http www.humanevents.com article.php?id 25767 Human Events URL accessed 2008 04 06. ref The ACRU Policy Board includes Edwin Meese III, former U.S. Attorney General William Bradford Reynolds , former assistant U.S. Attorney General for Civil Rights James Q. Wilson , professor, Pepperdine University School of Public Policy Curtin Winsor , former U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica Walter E. Williams , professor of economics, George Mason University Charles J. Cooper , former Assistant Attorney General for the Office ... recipientgrants.php?recipientID 1991 ACRU Donors and Grants Category Civil liberties advocacy groups ...   more details



  1. List of Georgia Union Civil War units

    List of Georgia Union Civil War units Infantry 1st Battalion of Georgia Infantry Union Notes Though only one battalion was raised within state, native Georgians also enlisted in units of other states, including the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment Union 1st Alabama Cavalry ref Current, pg 106 ref . See also List of Civil War regiments from Georgia Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State Georgia U.S. state in the American Civil War References refbegin Current, Richard Nelson. Lincoln s Loyalists Union Soldiers From the Confederacy . UPNE, 1992. ISBN 1555531245 refend references Category Georgia U.S. state Union Civil War regiments Category Lists of military units and formations of the American Civil War Georgia Category Georgia U.S. state related lists Civil War pl Lista jednostek Armii Unii ze stanu Georgia ...   more details



  1. List of Alabama Union Civil War regiments

    Image US flag 35 stars.svg 250px right This is a list of regiment s from the U.S. state of Alabama that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War 1861 1865 Artillery 1st Regiment Alabama Siege Artillery African Descent Cavalry 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment Union 1st Tennessee & Alabama Independent Vidette Cavalry ref Potter, Johnny, First Tennessee & Alabama Independent Vidette Cavalry Roster, 1863 1864 , Mountain Press, 1995. ref Infantry 1st Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment African Descent 2nd Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment African Descent 3rd Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment African Descent 4th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment African Descent See also Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State Alabama Civil War Confederate Units Alabama in the American Civil War References Reflist Sources http www.civilwararchive.com unional.htm The Civil War Archive, Union Regimental Index Alabama Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion , Des Moines Dyer Publishing Co. 1908 . http www.itd.nps.gov National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Website DEFAULTSORT Alabama Union Civil War regiments Category Alabama Union Civil War regiments Category Lists of military units and formations of the American Civil War Alabama Category Alabama related lists Civil War regiments pl Lista jednostek Armii Unii ze stanu Alabama ...   more details



  1. List of Arkansas Civil War Union units

    File US flag 35 stars.svg 250px right Like almost all Southern states during the American Civil War , Arkansas raised a number of units to fight for the Union from African Americans and Northern sympathizers. Infantry 1st Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Infantry 1st Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Infantry African Descent 1st Battalion Arkansas Volunteer Infantry 2nd Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Infantry 2nd Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Infantry African Descent 3rd Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Infantry 3rd Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Infantry African Descent 4th Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Infantry 4th Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Infantry African Descent 5th Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Infantry African Descent 6th Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Infantry African Descent Cavalry 1st Arkansas Union Cavalry 1st Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry 2nd Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry Union 2nd Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry 3rd Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry 4th Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry Artillery 1st Battery, Arkansas Light Artillery 1st Battery, Arkansas Light Artillery African Descent References http www.civilwararchive.com unionar.htm The Civil War Archive See also Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State Arkansas Civil War Confederate Units United States Colored Troops Category Arkansas Union Civil War regiments Category Lists of military units and formations of the American Civil War Arkansas Category Arkansas related lists Civil War pl Lista jednostek Armii Unii ze stanu Arkansas ...   more details



  1. List of Tennessee Union Civil War units

    The Civil War Archive See also List of Tennessee Civil War Confederate units Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State Category Tennessee Union Civil War regiments Category Lists of military units and formations of the American Civil War Tennessee Category Tennessee related lists Civil War ... Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry 1st Middle Tennessee Infantry Nashville Union Guards Mounted Infantry ... Tennessee Mounted Infantry African American Infantry 1st Regiment Tennessee Infantry African Descent ...   more details



  1. Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

    Wikify date September 2009 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War SUVCW is an United States American ... P. Orr, Biography of Augustus Plummer Davis , Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War ref It is based ... of the Civil War SUVCW . Sons of veterans of the Spanish American and First World wars had tried ... to said Commander in Chief, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, all post and department ... a genuine interest in the Civil War and agree to support the purpose and objectives of the SUVCW. Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War ASUVCW The women s auxiliary was organized ... of Union Veterans of the Civil War SUVCW . Associate Memberships are available to women who do not qualify through heredity but who demonstrate a genuine interest in the Civil War and can subscribe ... DEFAULTSORT Sons Of Union Veterans Of The Civil War Category 1881 establishments in the United States Category Grand Army of the Republic Category American Civil War veterans and descendants organizations ... of descendants of Union veterans. By 1886, others had joined the SUVCW It is a Congressionally Chartered Corporation with headquarters in the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . It is headed ... Camp 45 organized and now maintain the New England Civil War Museum . History The SUVCW was founded ... officers to begin the organization today known as the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil ... celebrations of white veterans of the Civil War, as noted by the historian David Blight ... of the men served in the Spanish American War and preferred to be active in the United Spanish War ... of the Civil War. On February 13, 1954 Albert Woolson , the last surviving member of the GAR ... watched and acclaimed PBS television series, The Civil War 1990 , membership grew in the SUVCW. In recent years the SUVCW has worked to prevent the sale to private collectors of Civil War ... in time of war. Members of the Sons of Veterans wore military style uniforms and practiced tactics ...   more details



  1. List of Louisiana Union Civil War units

    See also Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State Louisiana Civil War Confederate Units Louisiana in the American Civil War References cite book last Dyer first Frederick Henry authorlink coauthors title Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Regimental Histories publisher T. Yoseloff year 1908 ... unionla.htm The Civil War Archive, Union Regimental Index http www.itd.nps.gov National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Website Category Louisiana Union Civil War regiments Category Lists of military units and formations of the American Civil War Louisiana Category Louisiana in the American Civil War Category Louisiana related lists Civil War ...This is a list of regiment s from the U.S. state of Louisiana that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War 1861 1865 Artillery 1st Louisiana Regiment Heavy Artillery African Descent 1st Louisiana Battery Light Artillery African Descent 2nd Louisiana Battery Light Artillery African Descent 3rd Louisiana Battery Light Artillery African Descent Cavalry 1st Louisiana Regiment Cavalry 2nd Louisiana Regiment Cavalry Infantry 1st Louisiana Regiment Infantry 1st Louisiana Regiment New Orleans Infantry 2nd Louisiana Regiment Infantry Union 2nd Louisiana Regiment Infantry 2nd Louisiana Regiment New Orleans Infantry 1st Louisiana Regiment Native Guard Infantry 2nd Louisiana Regiment Native Guard Infantry 3rd Louisiana Regiment Native Guard Infantry 4th Louisiana Regiment Native Guard Infantry 5th Louisiana Regiment Infantry African Descent 6th Louisiana Regiment Infantry African Descent 7th Louisiana Regiment Infantry African Descent 8th Louisiana Regiment Infantry African Descent 9th Louisiana Regiment Infantry African Descent 10th Louisiana Regiment Infantry African Descent 11th Louisiana Regiment Infantry African Descent 12th Louisiana Regiment Infantry African Descent Unit redesignation class wikitable Regiment Corps d Afrique Regiment U.S. Colored Troops Regiment Notes 1st ...   more details



  1. List of Missouri Union Civil War units

    Missouri Volunteer Engineers References Reflist See also Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State ... in the Civil War http previous.slpl.org libsrc mocivilwar.htm Missouri Civil War Union Militia Organizations http previous.slpl.org libsrc moquartermaster.htm Weapons Issued to Missouri Union Militia Units by the Missouri Quartermaster General, 1862 1865 Category Missouri Union Civil War regiments Category Lists of military units and formations of the American Civil War Missouri Category Missouri related lists Civil War ... War Home Guard Organizations Fourteenth Missouri Volunteers Lafayette County Home Guard Adair County ...   more details



  1. Civil union

    . For example, a Vermont civil union would have legal standing in the UK, however in cases where one partner was American and the other British, the Vermont civil union would not provide the Briton ...Same sex unions A civil union , also referred to as a civil partnership , is a legally recognized form ... s, such as Recognition of same sex unions in Brazil Brazil , Civil union in New Zealand New Zealand ... , beginning with the state of Same sex marriage in Vermont Vermont in 2000, the term civil union ... domestic partnership for enactments similar or equivalent to civil union laws in East Coast of the United ... community. Marriage in the United States is a civil union but a civil union, as it has come ... commission which reviewed the state s civil union law reported that the law invites and encourages ... state that the word marriage matters and that the term civil union and its equivalents do not convey ... civil union for both same sex and opposite sex couples. Republic of Ireland On 31 October 2007, during ... 20of 20Scheme 20of 20Civil 20Partnership 20Bill Irish Dept. of Justice Civil Union Bill 2008 ref .... This was the first time that the civil union laws were affirmed in a nationwide referendum in any ... 15 December 2009 ref Twenty days after the law had passed, the country s first same sex civil union ... title Mexico s first civil union date 1 February 2007 url http uk.gay.com headlines 10984 accessdate ... 26 December 2009 Dead link date September 2010 bot H3llBot ref New Zealand Main Civil union ... Union Bill, establishing civil unions for same sex and opposite sex couples. The debate over Civil ... and other areas. The Civil Union Act came into effect on 26 April 2005 with the first unions able .... United States Main Civil union in the United States Domestic partnership in the United States The first ... unions in New Jersey New Jersey had also enacted civil union laws Same sex marriage in New Hampshire ... partnership law had been expanded to the point that it became practically a civil union law, as well ...   more details



  1. List of Union South Carolina Civil War units

    The following is a list of Union Army regiments raised in South Carolina during the American Civil War . Only African American units were raised in the state. Four complete regiments were organized and mustered into service Union authorities planned to raise a fifth regiment but instead transferred the recurits to the other regiments. Infantry 1st South Carolina Volunteers Union 1st Regiment South Carolina Volunteer Infantry African Descent 2nd Regiment South Carolina Volunteer Infantry African Descent 3rd Regiment South Carolina Volunteer Infantry African Descent 4th Regiment South Carolina Volunteer Infantry African Descent 5th Regiment South Carolina Volunteer Infantry African Descent Organization of the regiment was not completed. Recruits mustered with the 3rd and 4th Regiments. References http www.civilwararchive.com unionsc.htm The Civil War Archive See also Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State Category South Carolina Union Civil War regiments Category Lists of military units and formations of the American Civil War South Carolina Category South Carolina related lists Civil War ...   more details



  1. American Civil Liberties Union v. Schundler

    Infobox Court Case name American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey v. Schundler court United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit image US CourtOfAppeals 3rdCircuit Seal.png imagesize imagelink imagealt caption full name The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey , on behalf of its members, Robert Lander, Adam Jacobs, Joel Solow and Ann Sorrel v. Bret Schundler , in his official capacity as Mayor of the City of Jersey City, New Jersey The City Council of Jersey City, New Jersey City of Jersey City, New Jersey date decided February 16, 1999 citations Case citation 168 F.3d 92 3rd Cir. 1999 transcripts judges Richard Lowell Nygaard , Samuel Alito , and Marjorie O. Rendell prior actions subsequent actions opinions Majority Alito br Dissent Nygaard keywords American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey v. Schundler 1999 is a United States federal case establishing standards for a government sponsored holiday display to contain religious symbol s. It was decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on February 16, 1999. In its decision, which relied heavily on the earlier case County of Allegheny v. ACLU , the court held that a holiday display consisting entirely of religiously themed materials in this case, a nativity scene , Menorah Hanukkah menorah and Christmas tree violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment as an state religion official endorsement of religion . The decision also held that religious symbols were permissible if balanced in a non religious context. The majority opinion of the court was written by Circuit Judge Samuel Alito , who was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 11, 2006. Its introduction states This appeal concerns the constitutionality of two Jersey ... law Category 1999 in religion Category Cases related to the American Civil Liberties Union case law ... from that order under Rule 60 b 5 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, contending that the Supreme ...   more details



  1. American Civil Liberties Union v. Ashcroft

    holder Doe v. Holder Internet Service Provider s NSL , ACLU DEFAULTSORT American Civil Liberties Union V. Ashcroft 2004 Category United States civil rights case law Category Electronic Frontier Foundation Category United States district court cases Category USA PATRIOT Act Category Cases related to the American Civil Liberties Union ...for the similarly named 2002 case dealing with protection of minors Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union update date March 2009 American Civil Liberties Union v. Ashcroft filed April 9, 2004 in the United States is a lawsuit filed on behalf of a formerly unknown ISP owner by the American Civil Liberties Union against the Federal government of the United States U.S. federal government . In 2010, it was revealed that John Doe was in fact Nicholas Merrill of Calyx Internet Access. ref name zetwir1 Merrill was subject to National Security Letter s NSLs from the Federal Bureau of Investigation requiring the release of private information and under a gag order forbidding any public discussion of the issues. In September 2004, Judge Victor Marrero of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York struck down the NSL provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act . This prompted United States Congress Congress to amend the law to allow limited judicial review of NSLs, and prompted the government to appeal the case to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit . The appeal was dismissed by Doe I v. Gonzales , 449 F.3d 415 2d Cir. 2006 because Congress amended Section 2709 in the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 , ref name gpolink1 On the recommendation of the Second Circuit, the district court considered the amended law in 2007, in Doe v. Gonzales . On September 6, 2007, Judge Marrero struck down the NSL provision of the revised Act ... NYCLU New York Civil Liberties Union ref See also Warrant canary References references ref name ...   more details



  1. American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey

    Citation style date March 2012 Infobox Organization name American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey image slogan Because Freedom Can t Protect Itself membership 15,000 leader title Director leader name Deborah Jacobs headquarters Newark, NJ formation 1960 parent organization The American Civil Liberties Union website http www.aclu nj.org www.aclu nj.org The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey ACLU NJ is a nonpartisan, not for profit civil rights organization in Newark, New Jersey and an affiliate of the national American Civil Liberties Union . According to the ACLU NJ s stated mission, the ACLU NJ operates through litigation on behalf of individuals, lobbying in state and local legislatures, and community education. ref ACLU of New Jersey About Us. Accessed September 3, 2010. http www.aclu nj.org aboutus ref History The ACLU NJ was founded on June 16, 1960 when North Jersey and South Jersey based ACLU members convened in Newark, New Jersey Newark to officially form a statewide ... nj.org aclu nj.org http www.aclu.org aclu.org Category American Civil Liberties Union New Jersey DEFAULTSORT American Civil Liberties Union Of New Jersey ... for inner city victims of civil liberties violations in light of the 1967 Newark riots Newark ... in civil liberties issues relating to free speech, the separation of church and state , election ... rights. ref Our Fight for Civil Liberties Past, Present, and Future. Accessed September 3, 2010 ... for Civil Liberties. http www.aclu nj.org downloads Next50.pdf ref Later that year, the ACLU NJ petitioned ... to government meetings and documentation. ref ACLU NJ Our Fight for Civil Liberties. http www.aclu ... and lesbian couples seeking to adopt. ref Friedman, Alexi. Civil liberties group ACLU marks 50 years ... of Manalapan, et al. in state court on behalf of three African American youths who were searched ... on the major civil liberties matters of the day. Jacobs holds a B.A. in English Literature and an M.A. ...   more details



  1. Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union

    more footnotes date June 2011 Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union ArgueDate March 19 ArgueYear 1997 DecideDate June 26 DecideYear 1997 FullName Janet Reno , Attorney General of the United States , et al. v. American Civil Liberties Union , et al. USVol 521 USPage 844 Citation 117 S.Ct. 2329, 2334 138 L.Ed.2d 874 Docket 96 511 Prior Prelim. injunction granted 3 judge court, E.D. Penn. 1996 expedited review by S.Ct. per CDA 561 Holding 223 a 1 B , 223 a 2 , 223 d of the CDA are unconstitutional and unenforceable, except for cases of obscenity or child pornography, because they abridge the freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment and are substantially overbroad. The Internet is entitled to the full protection given to media like the print press the special factors justifying government regulation of broadcast media do not apply. SCOTUS 1994 2005 Majority Stevens JoinMajority Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer Concurrence Dissent O Connor JoinConcurrence Dissent Rehnquist LawsApplied First Amendment to the United States Constitution U.S. Const. amend. I UnitedStatesCode 47 223 Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union , ussc 521 844 1997 , is a Supreme Court of the United States United States Supreme Court case in which all nine Justices of the Court voted to strike down anti indecency provisions of the Communications Decency Act the CDA , finding they violated the freedom of speech provisions of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution First Amendment . Two Justices concurred in part and dissented in part to the decision ... speech state expanded DEFAULTSORT Reno V. American Civil Liberties Union Category United States Supreme ... Category 1997 in United States case law Category Pornography law Category Cases related to the American Civil Liberties Union ... American University International Law Review volume 13 issue pages 765 issn 1520 460X url accessdate ...   more details



  1. Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union

    for the similarly named 2004 case dealing with electronic privacy American Civil Liberties Union v. Ashcroft Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants Ashcroft v. ACLU ArgueDate November 28 ArgueYear 2001 DecideDate May 13 DecideYear 2002 FullName John Ashcroft, Attorney General v. American Civil Liberties Union, et al. USVol 535 USPage 564 Citation 122 S. Ct. 1700 152 L. Ed. 2d 771 2002 U.S. LEXIS 3421 70 U.S.L.W. 4381 30 Media L. Rep. 1801 2002 Cal. Daily Op. Service 4057 2002 Daily Journal DAR 5183 15 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 256 Prior On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. ACLU v. Reno, 217 F.3d 162, 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 14419 3d Cir. Pa., 2000 Subsequent On remand ACLU v. Ashcroft, 322 F.3d 240 3d Cir. 2003 affirmed , 542 U.S. 656 2004 Holding The Court found that the Child Online Protection Act COPA was not impermissibly overbroad simply because it relies on community standards to define material that is harmful to minors. SCOTUS 1994 2005 Majority Thomas parts I, II, IV JoinMajority Rehnquist, Scalia in full O Connor Parts I, II, III B, IV Breyer Parts ... Constitution U.S. Const. amend. I Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union , 535 U.S. 564 2002 also called Ashcroft v. ACLU or Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union was a 2002 United States legal court case involving the American Civil Liberties Union and the United States government. The Supreme ... v. American Civil Liberties Union , anti indecency provisions of the Communications Decency Act are struck ... Cases related to the American Civil Liberties Union ... Legal Director Ann Beeson US1stAmendment speech state expanded DEFAULTSORT American Civil Liberties Union V. Ashcroft 2002 Category United States Supreme Court cases Category United States obscenity ... those of the American Association of University Women , and the AIDS Quilt. This is an extreme ... of COPA cases from People for the American Way http www.pfaw.org pfaw general default.aspx?oid 2973 ...   more details



  1. List of North Carolina Union Civil War regiments

    File North Carolina 1861.svg 200px right border Like almost all Southern states during the American Civil War , North Carolina raised a number of units to fight for the Union from African Americans and Northern sympathizers. Infantry 1st Regiment North Carolina Volunteer Infantry 1st Regiment North Carolina Volunteer Infantry African Descent 2nd Regiment North Carolina Volunteer Infantry 2nd Regiment North Carolina Volunteer Infantry African Descent 3rd Regiment North Carolina Volunteer Infantry African Descent Mounted Infantry 2nd Regiment North Carolina Volunteer Mounted Infantry 3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry 3rd Regiment North Carolina Volunteer Mounted Infantry Cavalry Empty section date July 2010 Artillery 1st Regiment North Carolina Volunteer Heavy Artillery African Descent References http www.civilwararchive.com unionar.htm The Civil War Archive See also Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State United States Colored Troops Category North Carolina Union Civil War regiments Category Lists of military units and formations of the American Civil War North Carolina Category North Carolina related lists Civil War ...   more details



  1. List of West Virginia Civil War Union units

    West Virginia in the Civil War West Virginia Civil War Confederate Units Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State References http www.civilwararchive.com unionwv.htm The Civil War Archive DEFAULTSORT West Virginia Civil War Union units Category West Virginia Civil War regiments Category Lists of military units and formations of the American Civil War West Virginia Category West Virginia related lists Civil War Union units ...   more details



  1. American Union

    American Union may refer to The United States of America North American Union Union of South American Nations American Union Against Militarism Central American Common Market disambig vi Li n bang M ...   more details



  1. Outline of the American Civil War

    fought against the United States the Union American Civil War Union , which was supported ... states that became known as the border states American Civil War border states . Etymology Naming the American Civil War Combatants File US flag 34 stars.svg 60px The Union American Civil War Union ...The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the American Civil War American ... Guard Confederate privateer Confederate railroads in the American Civil War Confederate Secret Service ... Supreme Court cases of the American Civil War Third Party System Nat Turner Uncle Tom s Cabin Underground ... of the American Civil War Antislavery Movement In America Abolition John Brown abolitionist John ... Historic Site Christmas in the American Civil War Dahlgren Affair Emancipation Proclamation Habeas ... War Turning point of the American Civil War United States presidential election, 1864 West Virginia ... see also Women in the American Civil War List of people associated with the American Civil War Military history of African Americans in the American Civil War Eli Whitney, Jr. Joseph Whitworth Commerce ... in the American Civil War Southern Bread Riots Tredegar Iron Works Trent Affair Military Forces Cavalry in the American Civil War Infantry in the American Civil War Military leadership in the American ... War Submarines in the American Civil War Turret ship USS Monitor Military strategy Military strategy Strategy in the industrial age Military strategy in the industrial age American Civil War spies Espionage spies Guerrilla warfare Guerrillas in the American Civil War Guerrilla warfare Scorched earth Fighting Theaters Eastern Theater of the American Civil War Western Theater of the American Civil War Lower Seaboard Theater of the American Civil War Trans Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War Union blockade Union naval blockade Campaigns Main American Civil War Campaigns Anaconda Plan New Mexico Campaign Valley Campaign Jackson s Valley ...   more details



  1. American Civil Liberties Union v. Department of Defense

    American Civil Liberties Union v. Department of Defense Case citation Case No 04 CV 4151 ACLU v. DoD , is a case in United States Federal Court wherein the American Civil Liberties Union sued the United States Department of Defense Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency under the Freedom of Information Act for the release of still secret materials &mdash specifically those related to Abu Ghraib prison abuse abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad , Iraq , during the U.S. military Occupation of Iraq . According to already public reports, the abuse began in mid 2003 and was ended in late 2003. Public news reports of the abuse first appeared in April 2004. Since 2003, the government has released more than 100,000 pages. These documents show both that hundreds of prisoners were tortured in the custody of the CIA and Department of Defense, and that the torture policies were devised and developed at the highest levels of the Bush administration. ref cite web title ACLU v. Department of Defense Torture FOIA url https www.aclu.org national security aclu v department defense ref In late September, 2005, Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein , though affirming the Glomar response can neither confirm nor deny for some documents, found that the ACLU case for Freedom of Information Act United States FOIA disclosure was stronger, and that the Glomar application to certain documents was not valid. http www.nysd.uscourts.gov courtweb pdf D02NYSC 05 05912.PDF pdf Notes reflist External links http www.aclunc.org aclunews news0505 torture.html Case timeline until late 2004 http www.nysd.uscourts.gov courtweb pdf D02NYSC 05 05912.PDF 9 29 05 USDJ ruling. Category United States district court cases Category Cases related to the American Civil Liberties Union ...   more details




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