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ACLU Files Suit over Records in Atlantic Strip Search Incident

The ACLU Foundation of Iowa announced today [February 25, 2010] that it has filed an open records lawsuit in district court to force the Atlantic Community School District to reveal what discipline, if any, was imposed on two school officials who conducted a strip search of five high school girls in apparent violation of Iowa law.
 
On November 6, 2009, the ACLU of Iowa sent an open records request to the Atlantic school district requesting the identity of the two officials involved and a description of any employment discipline they had received. Five days later Attorney Brett Nitzschke of Cedar Rapids responded to the ACLU-IA’s request by revealing the identities of the two officials, but he declined to state what discipline they received on grounds that it would violate the privacy of the employees involved.
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ACLU Applauds Rescheduling of Marijuana, dropping lawsuit
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

The ACLU Foundation of Iowa [ACLU of Iowa], announces today, that it will likely drop its lawsuit seeking rescheduling of marijuana by the Iowa Pharmacy Board in response to the board’s decision today to voluntarily recommend that marijuana be moved from Schedule I to Schedule II of Iowa’s controlled substances act.

By moving marijuana into schedule II, the Pharmacy Board acknowledged that marijuana has potential medical use. On schedule II marijuana joins opiates and other drugs known to have medical utility, but which also have a high potential for abuse.

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ACLU-IA Foundation Year in Review
Ben Stone, Executive Director (9/24/09)

ACLU-IA Foundation Year in Review

Since the ACLU of Iowa’s founding nearly 75 years ago, our experience has revealed that political power shifts at both the state and federal level have little to do with the vulnerability of our civil liberties. It seems that those calling the shots – regardless of political affiliation – always want to increase their power at the expense of our individual rights. Thomas Jefferson must have realized this when he famously proclaimed: Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty.

This report reviews the breadth and scope of the ACLU Foundation of Iowa’s program work over the past year and a half.

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