ACLU Seeks Revival of Lawsuit Against Student Loan Law April 25, 2007 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is asking the courts to revive a lawsuit challenging a federal law that bars student loans to individuals who have been convicted of drug offenses, the Sioux City Journal reported April 19. The ACLU said the law, which has prevented more than 200,000 people from getting federal student loans, represents unconstitutional double jeopardy for individuals who have already been punished for a drug-related crime. The lawsuit was dismissed in October by U.S. District Judge Charles Kornmann, who said that Congress has a legitimate interest in discouraging drug use through the loan policy and that the ACLU failed to prove that the law represented double jeopardy. The ACLU is asking the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review Kornmann's decision.

Note from PAPA: Let your Congressperson hear from you by telling them to stop the persecution against people that have convictions records.This is re-convicting them each time they try to get a job, apartment, loan, school, social services, goverment benefits, and much more.That is what the prison sentence is about, they pay their time for doing the crime (or what government classifies as Illegal) Stop the WAR AGAINST THE PEOPLE. Thank you, Flo aka PAPA

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