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I did not expect to sing "America the Beautiful" along with nearly 1,000 people at a recent memorial for Fred Korematsu, a true American hero who died March 30.

In the Fall of 2002, three Southern California fundamentalist schools needed money to construct new facilities.  The schools discriminate in hiring and admission along religious lines and infuse every class and extracurricular activity with religion. 

What you choose to read says a lot about who you are, what you value, and what you believe. That’s why you should be able to learn about anything from politics to health without worrying that someone is looking over your shoulder. The ACLU has fought alongside libraries and bookstores time and again to defend the privacy rights of readers. Now we need your help to protect reader privacy rights in the digital era.

"The Court has sent a loud and clear message that the California authorities cannot pull the curtain on executions. The public has a right to have representatives independently observe executions, and does not have to rely on government officials to tell us how they were performed," said attorney David Fried.Jeffrey Ross of Friedman, Ross & Hersh explained, "Recognizing that capital punishment represents the 'ultimate exercise of state power,' the Court held that to discharge their function as the public's representatives, witnesses are entitled to perceive the nature