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Federal EEOC Warned Census Bureau Of Likely Discrimination, Lawsuit Claims
Posted on 18 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW YORK - An amended complaint filed in a federal lawsuit alleges that the U.S. Census Bureau ignored a pointed, detailed warning by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that its screening process for hiring more than 1 million... Read More

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U.S. Census Bureau Sued For Alleged Hiring Discrimination
Posted on 15 Apr 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW YORK — Thousands of African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans have been rejected for jobs by the U.S. Census Bureau during the federal government's massive hiring campaign for this year's census because of systematic discrimination... Read More

Tags: Center for Constitutional Rights , Eugene Johnson v. Gary Locke , U.S. Department of Commerce , Community Service Society , LatinoJustice PRLDEF , Public Citizen Litigation Group , U.S. Census Bureau , new lawsuit filings , Indian Legal Resource Center , employment discrimination , class action , Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights , Community Legal Services of Philadelphia , Outten & Golden LLP , Adam Klein , Evelyn Houser , Eugene Johnson , Litigation , lawsuit , Samuel Miller

NYC Judge: Government Must Stop Blocking ACORN Money
Posted on 11 Mar 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW YORK – (AP) A federal judge who found it unconstitutional that Congress tried to cut funding to the activist group ACORN has rejected a government request to change her mind and has ordered government agencies to make it clear the funding... Read More

Tags: Center for Constitutional Rights , Scott Harshbarger , U.S. Constitution , ACORN , Litigation , lawsuit , Bill Quigley , Universal Declaration of Human Rights , Judge Nina Gershon , Code of Federal Regulations , Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now

WH: Lawsuit For Cleric Would Reveal State Secrets
Posted on 27 Sep 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) The Obama administration on Saturday invoked the state secrets privilege which would kill a lawsuit on behalf of U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, an alleged terrorist said to be targeted for death or capture under a U.S. government... Read More

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