The ACLU opposed IP 30 because it creates a new constitutional “right to life” and then would make other fundamental civil liberties protections in the Oregon Constitution subordinate to that new right.
July 2009 - Circuit Court Judge Rules Panhandling Ordinances Unconstitutional
On August 18, 2010, the Oregon Supreme Court ordered the Oregon School Activities Association to pay $66,230 in attorney fees. This case was on behalf of students at Portland Adventist Academy who sought a...
The ACLU hails the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling respecting the right of mentally competent, terminally ill persons to make end-of-life decisions in consultation with their doctors, and rejecting the...