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Posted: 11/29/2012 3:43:22 PM EST
FILE - This Oct. 18, 2012 file photo shows Edith Windsor interviewed at the offices of the New York Civil Liberties Union, in New York. The fight over gay marriage is shifting from the ballot box to the Supreme Court. Three weeks after voters in three states backed it, the justices meet Friday to decide whether they should deal sooner rather than later with the idea that the Constitution gives people the right to marry regardless of a couple's sexual orientation. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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Posted: 11/27/2012 4:43:32 PM EST
American Civil Liberties Union Women's Rights Project senior staff attorney Ariela Migdal, right, gestures while speaking beside ACLU attorney Elizabeth Gill, left, during a media conference Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in San Francisco. Plaintiffs also present for the conference, background L-R, U.S. Army reserve Staff Sgt. Jennifer Hunt, U.S. Marine Corps reserve Capt. Zoe Bedell, and U.S. Marine Corps First Lt. Colleen Farrell. Several active women military personnel have filed a federal lawsuit to demand combat action, requesting all branches of the military to remove the so-called combat exclusionary rule that bars women from fighting on the front lines. This suit, to be filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, is believed to be the first involving active duty military personnel. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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Posted: 11/27/2012 4:43:32 PM EST
Plaintiff Zoe Bedell, who is a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps reserves, listens during a media conference Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in San Francisco. Several active women military personnel have filed a federal lawsuit to demand combat action, requesting all branches of the military to remove the so-called combat exclusionary rule that bars women from fighting on the front lines. This suit, to be filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, is believed to be the first involving active duty military personnel. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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Posted: 11/27/2012 2:43:25 PM EST
Plaintiff Colleen Farrell, a U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant, speaks during a media conference Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in San Francisco. Several active women military personnel have filed a federal lawsuit to demand combat action, requesting all branches of the military to remove the so-called combat exclusionary rule that bars women from fighting on the front lines. This suit, to be filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, is believed to be the first involving active duty military personnel. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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Posted: 11/2/2012 5:38:28 PM EST
Margarita Ibarra prays as members of LUPE gather during a news conference and vigil Thursday Nov. 1, 2012, on the corner of Farm-to-Market Road 2221 and Mile 7 near La Joya, Texas. The Texas trooper who fired on a fleeing pickup truck from a helicopter near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing two illegal immigrants hiding in the bed, has returned to work but in a different role, the state Department of Public Safety said Thursday. The announcement came less than an hour after the American Civil Liberties Union and local civil rights organizations gathered near the site of the Oct. 25 shooting to demand an investigation by an independent body outside the agency. Currently, the Texas Rangers, an elite force within DPS, is leading the investigation. (AP Photo/The Monitor, Gabe Hernandez)
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Posted: 11/2/2012 5:38:28 PM EST
Members of LUPE hold photos of people who have been killed by law enforcement, according to the Southern Border Communities Coalition, during a news conference and vigil Thursday Nov. 1, 2012, on the corner of Farm-to-Market Road 2221 and Mile 7 near La Joya, Texas. The Texas trooper who fired on a fleeing pickup truck from a helicopter near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing two illegal immigrants hiding in the bed, has returned to work but in a different role, the state Department of Public Safety said Thursday. The announcement came less than an hour after the American Civil Liberties Union and local civil rights organizations gathered near the site of the Oct. 25 shooting to demand an investigation by an independent body outside the agency. (AP Photo/The Monitor, Gabe Hernandez)
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Posted: 11/2/2012 5:38:26 PM EST
During a news conference and vigil held Thursday Nov. 1, 2012 near La Joya, Texas, Alicia Zavala holds a cross dedicated to an illegal immigrant killed who was killed when a Texas trooper who fired on a the bed of a fleeing pickup truck on Oct. 25 from a helicopter near the U.S.-Mexico border. The trooper has returned to work but in a different role, the state Department of Public Safety said Thursday. The announcement came less than an hour after the American Civil Liberties Union and local civil rights organizations gathered near the site of the Oct. 25 shooting to demand an investigation by an independent body outside the agency. (AP Photo/The Monitor, Gabe Hernandez)
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Posted: 10/18/2012 4:38:39 PM EST
Edith Windsor, center, is interviewed at the offices of the New York Civil Liberties Union, in New York, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. A federal appeals court in Manhattan has become the second in the nation to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional. The ruling came in a case brought by Windsor. She sued the government in November 2010 because she was told to pay $363,053 in federal estate tax after her partner of 44 years died in 2009. Her attorney Roberta Kaplan is at right. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Posted: 10/18/2012 4:38:39 PM EST
Edith Windsor, center, is interviewed at the offices of the New York Civil Liberties Union, in New York, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. A federal appeals court in Manhattan has become the second in the nation to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional. The ruling came in a case brought by Windsor. She sued the government in November 2010 because she was told to pay $363,053 in federal estate tax after her partner of 44 years died in 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Posted: 10/18/2012 4:38:39 PM EST
Edith Windsor addresses a news conference at the offices of the New York Civil Liberties Union, in New York, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. A federal appeals court in Manhattan has become the second in the nation to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional. The ruling came in a case brought by Windsor. She sued the government in November 2010 because she was told to pay $363,053 in federal estate tax after her partner of 44 years, Thea Spyer, died in 2009. They had married in Canada in 2007.. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Posted: 10/18/2012 4:38:39 PM EST
Edith Windsor addresses a news conference at the offices of the New York Civil Liberties Union, in New York, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. A federal appeals court in Manhattan has become the second in the nation to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional. The ruling came in a case brought by Windsor. She sued the government in November 2010 because she was told to pay $363,053 in federal estate tax after her partner of 44 years, Thea Spyer, died in 2009. They had married in Canada in 2007.. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Posted: 10/17/2012 7:58:37 PM EST
In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, relatives of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, foreground from left, Gordon Haberman, Kathy Haberman, Jo Aquaviva and Anthony Aquaviva watch behind sound-proof glass as lawyer and Director of the American Civil Liberties Union's National Security Project Hina Shamsi, standing at center, addresses the court and co-accused Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, far left, speaks to a member of his legal team during the third day of the Military Commissions pretrial hearing against the five Guantanamo prisoners accused of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)
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Posted: 10/15/2012 3:48:20 PM EST
Rubbie McCoy, left, a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against Morgan Stanley, reacts while describing her housing situation during a news conference, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 in New York. With her is attorney Elizabeth Cabraser. McCoy and four other Detroit homeowners are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Michigan, The National Consumer Law Center, and a law firm. The suit claims that Morgan Stanley discriminated against black homeowners and violated federal civil rights laws. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Posted: 10/15/2012 3:48:20 PM EST
Rubbie McCoy, a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against Morgan Stanley, reacts while describing her housing situation during a news conference, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 in New York. McCoy and four other Detroit homeowners are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Michigan, The National Consumer Law Center, and a law firm. The suit claims that Morgan Stanley discriminated against black homeowners and violated federal civil rights laws. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Posted: 9/8/2012 12:38:42 PM EST
An unidentified couple on a Las Vegas Strip sidewalk push a toddler in a stroller past a discarded pamphlet advertising exotic dancers on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. Las Vegas officials have passed a litter ordinance requiring “handbillers” to pick up after tourists who drop their materials. The American Civil Liberties Union says the new ordinance might violate free speech protections. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)
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Posted: 9/8/2012 12:38:42 PM EST
An unidentified man on a Las Vegas Strip sidewalk hands out cards advertising exotic dancers on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. Las Vegas officials have passed a litter ordinance requiring such “handbillers” to pick up after tourists who drop the materials. The American Civil Liberties Union says the new ordinance might violate free speech protections. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)
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Posted: 9/8/2012 12:38:42 PM EST
An unidentified man on a Las Vegas Strip sidewalk hands out cards advertising exotic dancers on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. Las Vegas officials have passed a litter ordinance requiring such “handbillers” to pick up after tourists who drop the materials. The American Civil Liberties Union says the new ordinance might violate free speech protections. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)
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Posted: 9/2/2012 10:18:18 AM EST
FILE - In this May 1, 2012, file photo, Viviette Applewhite, 93, a plaintiff in a lawsuit against Pennsylvania's tough new voter identification law, speaks in a video played during a news conference in the Pennsylvania state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., as one of her lawyers, Witold J. Walczak of the American Civil Liberties Union. Before voters get a say in this year's presidential race, lawyers and judges are having theirs. A series of ongoing court battles in several vital states may determine over the next several weeks everything from how people cast their votes, when polling locations will be open and what ballots will look like. Many of the cases have a partisan bent, with rulings potentially tipping the scales slightly in favor of Democrats or Republicans. The legal battles have entered an urgent phase, with only two months to go before the election and just a few weeks before military and overseas absentee ballots must go out. Pennsylvania attorneys recently filed briefs arguing whether an appeal on the state's strict voter ID law should be held in September or October. Opponents won a mid-September court date, which is late even by their standards. "This is by no means impossible, but certainly the closer you get a decision to Election Day the harder it is to make changes," said Walczak. (AP Photo/Marc Levy, File)
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Posted: 8/27/2012 9:13:43 PM EST
Ken Falk, the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, talks about his client John Walker Lindh during a lunch break at the United States Court House in Indianapolis, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. Lindh, 31, a Muslim convert who was charged with supporting terrorists after he was captured by U.S. troops in Afghanistan and later pleaded guilty to lesser charges, claims his religious rights are being violated because the federal prison in Terre Haute deprives him of daily group prayer. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Posted: 8/13/2012 4:31:06 PM EST
Former Disney employee Imane Boudlal (L) speaks as American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Chief Council Mark Rosenbaum holds a photo of a woman wearing a fedora-style hat on top of a head scarf at a news conference announcing a federal lawsuit against Disney alleging discrimination and harassment because of her religious beliefs at ACLU headquarters in Los Angeles, California August 13, 2012. Boudlal, a 28-year-old Muslim, worked as a hostess at the Storytellers Cafe, a restaurant inside Disney's Grand California Hotel & Spa at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, according to a complaint filed in federal court. REUTERS/Jason Redmond
