Apply now for summer internships with the ACLU!
The ACLU of Hawaii is actively seeking applicants for its summer internship program! We are looking for law students (and other graduate students), undergraduates, and high school students interested in a challenging summer experience. ACLU interns do everything from drafting legal briefs on cutting-edge constitutional issues to planning/organizing public education events to drafting “Know Your [...]
Family of Hawaii Prisoner Murdered in Mainland Prison Files Lawsuit Against State of Hawaii, Corrections Corporation of America
Today the family of Bronson Nunuha, a 26-year-old Hawaii prisoner who was brutally murdered at a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) (NYSE:CXW) private prison in Arizona in 2010, filed a lawsuit in state court against CCA and the State of Hawaii. The suit exposes CCA’s business model of grossly short-staffing prisons and cutting corners in [...]
Federal Appeals Court Says California Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional
A huge win for equality! The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just released its opinion ruling that California’s Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. Read more about the decision here and stay tuned for more information on the court’s ruling!
Supreme Court Rules Government Violated Privacy Rights in GPS Tracking Case
In a major victory for privacy, today in U.S. v. Jones the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that, “The Government’s attachment of the GPS device to the vehicle, and its use of that device to monitor the vehicle’s movements, constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment.” Read more about the case here.
Stand up for choice!
Friday, 1/20/12, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Hawaii State Capitol Rotunda. FREE Planned Parenthood Hawaii presents Stand Up for Choice Roe v. Wade Commemoration - marking the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade- the landmark Supreme Court decision recognizing a woman’s right to privacy in making decisions about her health and her body. Speakers including ACLU of Hawaii’s 2012 Winter [...]
In protest of “SOPA” and “PIPA”, Internet sites go dark, block logos on 1/18/12
Will Washington listen? Learn more about the Stop Online Privacy Act, the Protect IP Act and why civil libertarians and Internet experts are deeply concerned. Sign the petition, get active for your dot rights! http://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/online-protest-over-sopa-helps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act
2011 legal report
Each year, nearly one thousand individuals contact the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii seeking legal help. Although we can only take a small handful of cases, we review and respond to every inquiry. Many civil liberties problems are resolved informally by telephone calls, letters, and negotiations with government officials. For non-civil liberties matters, we [...]
Know your rights: new electrical “smart grids” raise privacy concerns
Privacy rights, once lost, can be difficult or nearly impossible to restore. In the quest to modernize and improve basic municipal systems like phone, water and electricity, user privacy must be built in on the front end. Even electrical and ordinary household devices may increasingly share more of our personal habits or information than we [...]
ACLU files amicus brief on right to videotape police
Today, the ACLU of Hawaii submitted an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in the case of Kahle v. Villaflor in U.S. District Court in Honolulu. In April 2010, Mitch Kahle was ejected from the Hawaii Senate Chambers after objecting to an unconstitutional prayer at the opening of Senate business. Kevin Hughes was filming [...]
