Posts in Civil Rights

Mar 11 CAIR-LA, Partners Welcome ‘Partial Victory’ in FBI v. Fazaga After SCOTUS Rules Muslim Plaintiffs Can Still Pursue Religious Discrimination Claims

The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), the ACLU, and UCLA’s Center for ...

Mar 11 Supreme Court Allows Suit Against FBI For Spying On Muslims To Move Forward

In a challenge to the FBI’s discriminatory surveillance of three Muslim American men, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the ...

Feb 16 Judge Orders Trial On Phoenix Police's Excessive Use Of Force Against Protestors

Phoenix, AZ — This week, a federal judge ordered a trial in the case Puente v. City of Phoenix , a case that was filed by the ACLU ...

Feb 11 Police Misconduct in California: Know Your Rights

Do You Know Your Rights When It Comes to Police Misconduct? If you’ve been a victim of police misconduct, such as brutality, ...

Jan 21 Mayor Eric Garcetti Appoints First Woman to Lead the LAFD

In 1995, founding partner Barbara Hadsell represented four female firefighters in a groundbreaking gender discrimination and ...

Jan 13 U.S. Supreme Court Hears Challenge to FBI Spying on Muslim Americans in Orange County

On November 8, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Fazaga v. FBI , a lawsuit challenging the government’s secret ...