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2009-07-04: Headlines
Detroit Free Press: An '09 declaration of reasons for celebration 2009-07-04
... took a Civil War and ensuing waves of equal rights movements -- and remains a work in progress -- Americans mean it when they pledge "with liberty ...
Irish Independent: Only criminals need fear curbs -- victim's dad 2009-07-04
THE father of murder victim Roy Collins said yesterday that people who say the new crime bill will trample upon civil liberties need to take ...
The Nation.: Rediscovering Secular America 2009-07-04
But interestingly enough… we were only invited into the Clinton White House under the rubric of core civil rights or civil liberties interest ...
AlterNet: This July 4th, Rebel and Agitate for Change 2009-07-04
Without agitators battling in politics, on the job, in the marketplace, for the environment, on Wall Street, in education, for civil liberties and right ...
guardian.co.uk: The Human Rights Act: 800 years in the making 2009-07-04
It limited the power of the monarch and is responsible for the strong tradition of civil liberties that Britain enjoys today. Bettmann/Corbis Almost 800 ...
guardian.co.uk: How effective is the Human Rights Act? 2009-07-04
... forward-looking note: "I detect a sea change ... with a definite shift away from seeing human rights as being just about civil libertie ...
guardian.co.uk: Human rights win wider recognition in Britain 2009-07-04
Diane Blood's battle to use her late husband's sperm to start a family is a well-known example that does not involve civil liberties and terrorist groups.
IRC's Americas Program: High Noon in Honduras 2009-07-04
The coup declared a "state of exception," the equivalent to a state of siege, on July 1, suspending basic civil liberties including freedom of assembly ...
Washington Post: Who Will Stand With Iranians? 2009-07-04
Iranian history is marked by a fitful struggle for freedom, individual liberties and political rights. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, no Jeffersonian democr ...
Washington Post: A Political History of American Patriotism 2009-07-04
The book's most glaring omission involves one of the most important civil liberties cases in American history, the 1943 Supreme Court decision West Virgini ...
Pocono Record: John W. Whitehead: Media, Jackson and public as sheep 2009-07-04
Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead founded the Rutherford Institute in 1982 as a civil liberties organization that provides free legal ...
World Socialist Web Site: Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific 2009-07-04
... to punish 17000 teaching colleagues who had signed a KTU petition condemning the government's education policies and its attacks in civil liberties.
Lew Rockwell: Independence and Liberty 2009-07-04
In recent years, with the war on terror and the war on drugs, we have seen a steady erosion of civil liberties. The Patriot Act essentially brought back ...
Mercury-Register: Off the Record: We can still celebrate freedom 2009-07-04
... run by the Center for Grassroots Oversight, documents 3026 instances of impingement, attempted impingement on US citizens' civil liberties since ...
Houston Chronicle: Texas inmates forced to sweat it out 2009-07-04
Matt Simpson, a policy strategist for the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, said courts typically become involved in heat cases only when it' ...
Newsbreak: Carpio's Force 2009-07-04
... in the Supreme Court already prove to posterity that he holds the Constitution sacred (they also reveal his steely-eyed defense of civil liberties).
East County Magazine: ACLU ASSERTS SHERIFF'S OFFICERS VIOLATED 4TH AMENDMENT PROTECTI ... 2009-07-04
July 3, 2009 (San Diego) – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has issued a statement accusing the San Diego Sheriff's Department ...
Motley Fool: Bill may force home energy audits 2009-07-04
Does it seem to anyone else like this session of Congress is passing more intrusive (relative to inalienable rights and civil liberties) law ...
Salt Lake Tribune: New immigration law sets dangerous precedent 2009-07-04
... the foundation conducted a yearlong study to determine the appropriate balance between immigration enforcement, civil liberties and community safety.
Austin American-Statesman: Burke: Place limits on officers' use of Tasers 2009-07-04
Kathryn Winkfein was lucky. Burke is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Foundation.
Patriotic Vanguard: Muana Comments on Benjamin Visit 2009-07-04
... as the party that has historically guaranteed civil liberties and opened up democratic spaces; the party of institutional rebuilding and governance ...
Newsradio 620: New Seat Belt Enforcement Begins This Week 2009-07-04
"I think the government keeps passing more and more laws and they just keep stepping on our civil liberties," Matthew Lehman of Green Bay told us.
ChristianityToday.com: Honduras coup was 'answer to prayer' for many evangelicals 2009-07-04
And they are uneasy hearing reports of suspended civil liberties and protesters detained. They want the democratic system to work the way it is supposed to.
Youngstown Vindicator: Freedom for all involves tolerance 2009-07-04
Are such liberties constitutionally protected? Of course they are. Are they in the best interest of society? Of course they're not!
Huffington Post: Progressives Take Back the Flag 2009-07-03
To them, America stood for basic democratic values -- economic and social equality, mass participation in politics, free speech and civil libertie ...
Huffington Post: Independence Day for Everyone 2009-07-03
... same freedom and civil liberties that many of us take for granted, even on the day most sacred to our own history of independence from arbitrary rule.
USA Online Gambling News: After 233 years, America Holds Strong, but Civil Liberties in Question 2009-07-03
Plans were set in motion and on July 4th, 1776, we declared our Independence and began to fight for our rights, civil liberties, and freedom.
TPMCafé: Ignorance may be bliss, after all 2009-07-03
He has kept that promise- with one catch-You may have your civil liberties violated while you learn about your government! 'The classified NSA system ...
Poker News Daily: Leo Wolpert (Pechorin) Interview with Poker News Daily 2009-07-03
Wolpert hasn't given up on poker entirely, but he has cut back drastically on cards while interning with the Nevada chapter of the American Civil Libertie ...
Post Searchlight: Reflecting upon our liberties, freedoms 2009-07-03
You as Lincoln will be telling those assembled, in part, why this American Civil War must be engaged. There is a large crowd assembled.
Georgia Straight: Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit wanted “private ... 2009-07-03
The activists also released a letter sent to the ISU by their counsel, civil liberties lawyer Jason Gratl, advising the unit that agents can get in touch ...
Arab News: Abuses against Muslims in US 2009-07-03
In 2007, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Muslim American leaders and groups who had made ...
RedOrbit: NSA Tries To Protect Citizen's Privacy 2009-07-03
The 60-day review states that the government would continue to consult privacy and civil liberties groups as the program moves forward. the nation.
Osun Defender: Abduct Aregbe At Your Own Peril 2009-07-03
Civil Society groups must now rise to the occasion to sustain this reawakening. The citizenry must be encouraged to ask questions.
Tulsa World: ACLU wants Commandments monument appeal request denied 2009-07-03
The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma, in response this week, disputed the commissioners' contention that the panel's June 8 decision directly ...
Irish Times: Law Society calls on Government to defer enactment 2009-07-03
The society is adding its voice to those of the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, which have expressed deep concern ...
Aljazeera.net: Documents show Guantanamo failings 2009-07-03
A staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which filed the suit to have the 12 documents released, said that the situation in the camp ...
Irish Times: Gangland Bill 'vulnerable' to constitutional challenge 2009-07-03
He was addressing a press conference organised by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. However, introducing the Bill in the Dáil, Minister for Justice ...
News & Issues: Whether It's the Firefighters Case or Sotomayor's Comment, Context ... - About 2009-07-03
Because it hinges on Title VII, About.com's Guide to Civil Liberties Tom Head has provided an excellent analysis and commentary on the Ricci case ...
Victoria News: Calm prevails on Canada Day 2009-07-03
Aside from a few red-painted bodies on display, the downtown July 1 celebrations were largely family friendly this year. Victoria police reported fewer ...
2009-07-03: Headlines
Daily Kos: The Republican Party's Only Hope 2009-07-03
Fear made people vigilant against foreigners, but tolerant of abuses of civil liberties by the government. Fear shut people's mouths.
The Public Record: CIA Now Delays IG's Torture Report Until the End of the Summer 2009-07-03
The announcement was made following several delays over the past few weeks in a long-running court case between the CIA and the American Civil Libertie ...
The Public Record: From The Archives: State Department's Iran Democracy Fund Shrouded ... 2009-07-03
... who desire basic civil liberties such as freedom of expression, greater rights for women, more open political process, and broader freedom of the press.
The Public Record: Defense Department Releases Previously Secret Torture Documents 2009-07-03
The 12 documents were released as part of the American Civil Liberties Union's long-running Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the government ...
FinalCall.com: Appeals court hears case of Rev. Pinkney 2009-07-03
With the aid of lawyers from the Michigan American Civil Liberties Union, Rev. Pinkney was released on bond in late December 2008, however, he must wear ...
Groundviews: Responses and clarifications on Sri Lanka: Is the war really over? 2009-07-03
... by a continuous march towards authoritarianism, in which people's hopes, aspirations, human rights and civil liberties were increasingly curtailed.
Los Angeles Times: Iran's Ahmadinejad faces diplomatic isolation 2009-07-03
Russia, often criticized for violations of civil liberties, essentially did not question Iran's election results and opposed any outside effort at promoting ...
U.TV: Diplomats deliver ultimatum on Honduras coup 2009-07-03
A semblance of normality has returned to Tegucigalpa but authorities have restricted civil liberties, muzzled the media and imposed a nightly curfew.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Robert J. Latham 2009-07-03
He was active in the Model United Nations, the Congregational Church, Democratic Party, American Civil Liberties Union, Beyond War and Kiwanis.
msnbc.com: NSA to help defend civilian agency networks 2009-07-03
"We are moving forward in a way that protects privacy and civil liberties." A DHS official said the delay occurred because the original timeline "did ...
The Northwest Florida Daily News: School/religion ruling challenged 2009-07-03
The original case began in August 2008 when the American Civil Liberties Union sued the school district on behalf of two Pace High School students and their ...
Al-Ahram Weekly: The game of nations 2009-07-03
Broad segments of public opinion will turn against Arab causes if the government does not strike an appropriate balance between civil liberties ...
Lew Rockwell: Real Change on Cuba 2009-07-03
That would be an important first step in the restoration of civil liberties that Americans lost after 9/11. Many people think that the general principles ...
Al-Ahram Weekly: Looking in the wrong places 2009-07-03
Democratic institutions and civil liberties ought to be equally salvaged and rescued from the combined banality of neoliberal and neoconservative economic ...
Korea Times: How to Get Ahead 2009-07-03
As far as civil liberties are concerned, it's not simply a question of stagnation. The Lee Myung-bak government has actually turned back the clock.
Washington Post: Justice Seeks More Time For Report on Interrogations 2009-07-03
... agency's interrogation program before releasing a new version of the document to the American Civil Liberties Union, which has sued to make it public.
Laguna Beach Independent: Details Disclosed in Homeless Suit Settlement 2009-07-03
A statement last week from the American Civil Liberties Union implied that Laguna Beach agreed not to enforce the law for several years, Assistant City ...
ReporterNews.com: Conaway works to keep abuse photos secret 2009-07-03
He's pushing legislation with bipartisan support to classify images sought by the American Civil Liberties Union through a Freedom of Information Act ...
The Public Record: Obama Continues to Move Further Away From Promise of Transparency 2009-07-03
In two separate cases this week, Obama's Justice Department provided additional reasons for refusing to turning over documents to civil liberties ...
9&10 News: Jackson memorial set...Missing soldier...Madoff's wife evicted 2009-07-03
The documents and memos were turned over to the American Civil Liberties Union as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
MiamiHerald.com: End coup drama 2009-07-03
... is to press for a restoration of civil liberties and the release of anyone detained for political reasons in connection with the ouster of Mr. Zelaya.
Joy Online: Opinion: For Zimbabwe, I Say 'Yes' To 'Sanctions' 2009-07-03
“Promises of reform” in the face of strangled civil and political liberties of Zimbabweans are not sufficient ingredient for the recipe of total ...
MetroWest Daily News: Liljegren: What it means to be free 2009-07-03
We live in a country where we enjoy the freedom of opportunity, of free competitive enterprise, religion of choice, of civil rights, and other liberties too ...
Financiarul: EC report on European fund management currently beign worked on 2009-07-03
One week ago, the Romanian Minister of Justice and Civil Liberties Catalin Predoiu had a meeting with experts from the EC, in the context of the monitoring ...
Voice of San Diego: Who Was Busby's Party Pooper? 2009-07-03
Kevin Keenan, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties, said the Sheriff's Department has to play ...
Grand Forks Herald: Jeanne Theoharis, Brooklyn, NY, column: Time to be true to our ... 2009-07-03
Cases like Hashmi's should be at the center of the public conversation about truth and civil liberties in the post-Bush era. On this July Fourth ...
WWL First News: ACLU files suit over gun rights 2009-07-03
The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday filed the federal suit on behalf of Errol Houston Jr., who was arrested last year following a traffic stop.
Columbia Missourian: Columbia residents exercise First Amendment rights 2009-07-03
... remember the 45-word sentence that begins the Bill of Rights and outlines the five basic civil liberties that are the keystones of American democracy.
Catholic Online: We Hold These Truths: Our Dependence on God 2009-07-03
However, he was a man who understood the true sources of our liberties. It is Jefferson's words which still speak from the third panel of the Memorial built ...
2009-07-02: Headlines
New York Times: To Critics, New Policy on Terror Looks Old 2009-07-02
“President Obama may mouth very different rhetoric,” said Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
New York Times: Defend America, One Laptop at a Time 2009-07-02
The tricky task is for the government to fix the problem in ways that do not stifle innovation or unduly hamper civil liberties.
American Institute for Economic Research: A Declaration of Independence from Big Government 2009-07-02
This distant government violated the personal and civil liberties of the people living in the 13 colonies on the eastern seaboard of North America.
Examiner.com: Challenge to red light cameras (sort of) in Federal Way and other ... 2009-07-02
I wonder why..... guess the government it seems would do anything for the sake of generating revenue, even if it means infringing on our civil liberties.
Washington Post: ACLU Says Government Used False Confessions 2009-07-02
By Del Quentin Wilber The American Civil Liberties Union yesterday accused the Obama administration of using statements elicited through torture to justify ...
The Public Record: ACLU: Obama Admin. Relying On Tortured Confession In Habeas Case 2009-07-02
By Jason Leopold The American Civil Liberties Union accused the Obama administration in court papers Wednesday of relying on statements obtained ...
Dallas Morning News: Passport settlement gets preliminary approval 2009-07-02
US District Judge Randy Crane also gave the lawsuit, brought by a South Texas immigration attorney and the American Civil Liberties Union, preliminary cl ...
Bradenton Herald: Lightning suspect in LWR house fire 2009-07-02
Roth has appeared before federal district and appellate courts throughout the nation in defense of civil and religious liberties, according to ACLJ's Web ...
Deseret News: Groups meet to talk over immigration laws 2009-07-02
Participants include the Utah Refugee and Immigration Integration Coalition, Comunidades Unidas and the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah.
Daily Kos: Honduras' Coup Congress Cancels Five Basic Liberties 2009-07-02
The Oligarch Diaspora will not likely blink, comforting themselves with the Kool-Aid that this attack on civil rights and freedoms is not (well ...
The Associated Press: Detainee attorney seeks to suppress interrogations 2009-07-02
The American Civil Liberties Union, which is handling Jawad's case, filed a motion Wednesday asking that all Jawad's statements since his arrest ...
2TheAdvocate: Inside Report for July 2, 2009 2009-07-02
Anonymous plaintiffs represented by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana have sued the Tangipahoa Parish School Board twice on ...
PR Newswire (press release): Court Should Suppress Evidence Obtained Through Torture in Jawad ... 2009-07-02
NEW YORK, July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Civil Liberties Union today asked a federal court to suppress all evidence obtained through torture ...
VDARE.com: New York Times Finds Civil Rights Commission's Condemnation ... 2009-07-02
"We regard the broad federalization of crime as a menace to civil liberties…. “While the title of [the Hate Crime bill] suggests that it will apply only ...
The Washington Independent: Left-Leaning Lawyers Urge Caution on Detention Policy 2009-07-02
As TWI's Spencer Ackerman wrote on Wednesday, many civil liberties groups adamantly oppose the idea of “preventive” or “indefinite” detention at all.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Chief justice orders file system update 2009-07-02
The American Civil Liberties Union had challenged the law on behalf of groups that wanted to collect petition signatures for a city charter amendment ...
Washington Times: Military seeks stopgaps to deal with gays 2009-07-02
Sharon McGowan, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union's LGBT Project said she agrees with the Justice Department because it was a "clear ...
Concord Monitor: Sure sounds like censorship in Litchfield 2009-07-02
Our schools can do better than censor material that may make us feel uneasy. (Barbara Keshen is staff attorney for the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union.)
San Angelo Standard Times: Judge who naturalizes people swears by the US Constitution 2009-07-02
You also join in the continuing conversation about the meaning of our liberties. That means vote, exercise your freedom of speech — make your voice known.
Scoop.co.nz (press release): Background Note: Lesotho 2009-07-02
The constitution also protects basic civil liberties, including freedom of speech, association, and the press; freedom of peaceful assembly; and freedom ...
The Australian: Man shot with Taser 10 times 2009-07-02
However civil liberties lawyer Terry O'Gorman says the report is superficial. Mr O'Gorman said the report clearly didn't take into consideration guideline ...
fox4kc.com: Another Conservative Blog Post 2009-07-02
... were all about the largest legislation restricting civil liberties this country has ever seen, it was introduced on October 23, 2001 and put to ...
Bay Area Reporter: DOMA repeal remains on Congress' back burner 2009-07-02
... the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Subcommittee, is working on a DOMA repeal bill that he plans to introduce after the July 4 recess.
Catholic Online: Catholic Church Stands Strong: Victory for Religious Freedom ... 2009-07-02
... of the State whose fundamental civil liberties were placed in jeopardy by the application by the OSE of the State's lobbying registration requirements," ...
The Associated Press: Passport fix near for US border midwife deliveries 2009-07-02
He also gave the lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and an immigration attorney preliminary class action status.
Chicago Tribune: Mentally disabled in housing fight 2009-07-02
... said Barry Taylor, a lawyer from Equip for Equality, which along with the American Civil Liberties Union and two other groups represents the plaintiffs.
Providence Journal: Sex-offender bills stall in RI Assembly 2009-07-02
Several proposals have drawn constitutional and other concerns from some lawmakers and the Rhode Island Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Elmira Star-Gazette: Getting together again 2009-07-02
Civil Liberties Union. Western Union. And European Union. So why not "re-union?" Hey, it worked for Simon & Garfunkel. Reunion: from the medieval L ...
Bay Area Reporter: Court to hear Prop 8 challenge today 2009-07-02
Last week, several civil rights groups also filed an amicus brief in the case. The American Civil Liberties Union joined with Lambda Legal Defense ...
FOXBusiness: CAIR Asks President to Intervene on Behalf of Former U ... 2009-07-02
CAIR, America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, has 35 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance ...
Georgiandaily: US takes aim at cyberwarfare 2009-07-02
However, some privacy and civil liberties advocates have nonetheless expressed concerns about the role of the military and in particular the secretive ...
Barre Montpelier Times Argus: Sexual offender can stay in Barre apartment, for now 2009-07-02
Toor's 25-page decision issued in Montpelier in a court case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Vermont on behalf of Christopher ...
NewsWithViews.com: A US/UN PLOT AGAINST ANTI-COMMUNIST HONDURAS 2009-07-02
He permanently tramples the Constitution and kidnaps the liberties of the people. He commits electoral fraud. He forcibly represses peaceful and disarmed ...
Rediff: The rot in our jail system 2009-07-02
... or worse, at the hands of the police than in many countries entirely lacking in the protections for civil liberties available in India.
Crikey: Moving beyond the Nanny State debate in public health 2009-07-02
Civil liberties vs the public good - was much tamer than I'd been anticipating. I have written a piece about the Nanny State for today's Crikey bulletin.
RINF.COM: ID card U-turn under fire 2009-07-01
The Home Secretary has come under renewed fire from civil liberties campaigners for distorting the truth about the compulsory introduction of Identity ...
Daily Comet: Settlement allows Catholic death-row inmate to watch Mass 2009-07-01
The proposed settlement would resolve a lawsuit that the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana filed against the state's Department of Corrections ...
AsianWeek: Daily Dose & Announcements: 07/01/09 2009-07-01
Dignity Now: The Campaign to Stop Bullying and Bias-Harassment in New York City Schools, a white paper by the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and ...
OpEdNews: Obama's Health Reform in Jeopardy? Don't You Believe it 2009-07-01
... a continuation of the policies of the Bush era which rolled back our civil liberties, and concentrated immense power in the office of the presidency.
KRNV: Reno council to mull code of conduct for downtown Reno 2009-07-01
The northern coordinator for the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada (ACLU), Lee Rowland, says that this raises concerns about a possible conflict ...
MLive.com: In this week's Talking Michigan Politics podcast, Press politic ... 2009-07-01
After the American Civil Liberties Union stepped in to back him up, Shiawassee County Administrator Margaret mcavoy contacted Michael Steinberg ...
Washington Informer: DC City Council Passes Emergency Crime Bill 2009-07-01
... the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the American Civil Liberties Union, organized Labor, and other community groups.
Los Angeles Times: Iran leader's foes to keep disputing election 2009-07-01
... our society," Mousavi wrote, calling for an end to "militaristic" suppression, a change in election laws and a restoration of civil liberties.
CBC.ca: Victoria police brace for annual Canada Day madness 2009-07-01
The ban on alcohol on buses sparked a complaint last year by the BC Civil Liberties Association, which said the searches were not legal.
Hartford Courant: Ethics Agency Drops Probe Into Bridgeport Diocese Over Lobbying 2009-07-01
... Catholic groups, the American Civil Liberties Union and others, who felt the agency was illegally applying the lobby-registration law to the detriment ...
KOCO: Okla. Lawmaker: Gays Caused Recession 2009-07-01
The American Civil Liberties Union said it considers Kern's comments to be hate speech, but it stands by her free speech rights as long as she didn't use ...
Gulf Breeze News: ACLU bills schools for legal expenses 2009-07-01
... news@gulfbreezenews.com The Santa Rosa County School District has been handed a $187000 bill for legal expenses from the American Civil Liberties Union.
Wall Street Journal: Is Tougher Airport Screening Going Too Far? 2009-07-01
Mr. Bierfeldt recorded the encounter on his iPhone and the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit in June against Homeland Security Secretary Janet ...
Xinhua: US again delays releasing CIA interrogation report 2009-07-01
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) had sued the government for the public release of all documents related to the CIA's interrogation and detenti ...
Minnesota Public Radio: St. Paul police sue to keep gangs away from Rondo Days 2009-07-01
That troubles civil libertarians like Chuck Samuelson of the Minnesota chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. "The standard of proof in civil law ...
2009-07-01: Headlines
Himal Southasian: Bad medicine 2009-07-01
It has often lost its way so grievously that even its articulate patrons in the civil-liberties and human-rights movement have stepped back to fault them.
USA Today: Hong Kong worlds apart from China 2009-07-01
"Civil liberties are not much of a problem," says attorney Martin Lee, a retired Hong Kong lawmaker and longtime leader of the territory's pro-democracy ...
Bangor Daily News: State rules in favor of young transgender 2009-07-01
“At the very heart of it is the issue of basic human dignity and fundamental civil liberties,” said Eric Mehnert. “It was a good decision.
AllAfrica.com: Rwanda: On Independence Day, Not Quite Free? 2009-07-01
Furthermore, his government's respect for civil liberties is widely questioned by a growing number of watchdogs, such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty ...
NewsBlaze: Democracy Suffers Dark Year in Former Communist States 2009-07-01
... organization that supports the expansion of freedom in the world, has been monitoring political rights and civil liberties worldwide since 1972.
Wall Street Journal: New Look at Election Spending Looms in September 2009-07-01
... challenge the basic validity of disparate impact" as evidence of racial bias, says Steven Shapiro, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
WCAX: WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-Judge Rules Sex ... 2009-07-01
"It's a very clear-cut legal question," said Allen Gilbert, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. "Judge Toor accepted our argument th ...
Hartford Courant: Blumenthal: Ethics Agency Should Drop Case Against Bridgeport Diocese 2009-07-01
It's "a truly significant announcement that stands not just with our state's Catholics but with all citizens of the state whose fundamental civil libertie ...
Gotham Gazette: The Senate Fiddles While Bloomberg Burns 2009-07-01
... then I think it's wrong to foresee any potential litigation,” Udi Ofer, the policy director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, has said.
WND.com: The case against Sotomayor 2009-07-01
... more a civil rights group than the neo-Nazi scum who marched a generation ago at Skokie, Ill., with the legal protection of the American Civil Libertie ...
Aljazeera.net: HK set for democracy protest 2009-07-01
Since its return to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997 Hong Kong has largely retained its Western-style civil liberties, including press freedom and the right ...
State Bill Colorado: A License To Conceal? Colorado DMV Takes Squishy Stance On Vulgarities 2009-07-01
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado first asked Colorado officials for the vanity-plate data after a case this year in which Kelly Coffman-Lee ...
Nepal Monitor: Alert: Nepal on the Failed States Index 2009 2009-07-01
Only its civil service sector is doing a bit better. Nepal ranks 25th in the Failed State Index 2009, released by The Fund for Peace, a Washington DC-based ...
Vancouver Sun: UN gang leader moved to Illinois jail for posing 'a risk' ... 2009-07-01
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a civil case claiming the units are unconstitutional. The Bureau of Prisons refuses to release the names ...
Georgiandaily: Reading Russia: The Siloviki in Charge 2009-07-01
... of any substantial political rights, a seriously reduced scope for the exercise of civil liberties, and significant limits to one's personal security.
Los Angeles Times: Majority at public hearing oppose California's proposed lethal ... 2009-07-01
Opponents rallied by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California capped the eight-hour marathon of three-minute speeches by delivering ...
IT-Director.com: UK Government Data Handling - Some Thoughts 2009-07-01
... UK has their DNA taken and kept on file even if they are not found guilty or even charged, which has raised some interesting civil liberties concerns.
Albany Times Union: Albany Law group pleased at high court ruling 2009-07-01
April Redding, the mother of the now-19-year-old student, was represented by the American Civil Liberties Union. Adam Wolf, an ACLU attorney who argued ...
Legalbrief (subscription): US department defends ISP gag order 2009-07-01
Computer World reports that the DOJ, defending against a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a classified justification of its gag order ...
BBC News: Greece acts to stub out smoking 2009-07-01
But many Greeks regard the new law as an infringement of civil liberties, our correspondent says. He says that in the face of widespread civil disobedience ...
Barre Montpelier Times Argus: Sexual offender can stay in Barre apartment, for now 2009-07-01
Toor's 25-page decision issued in Montpelier in a court case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Vermont on behalf of Christopher ...
Irish Independent: All garda ranks to testify on suspects' gang links 2009-07-01
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties last night accused the Government of introducing "secret detention hearings" and "detention on the unsupported word ...
DAWN.com: The great burqa debate 2009-07-01
A founder of a women's rights group, Ms Amara has called the burqa 'a coffin that kills individual liberties', and a sign of the 'political exploitation ...
San Antonio Current: Church ladies 2009-07-01
... would completely disregard the Establishment Clause,” says Patrick Filyk, president of the San Antonio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
EDGE Boston: Federal Judge Wants Prop. 8 Case Heard--Pronto 2009-07-01
As expected, the American Civil, Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights filled briefs last week supporting the Prop 8 ...
The Tennessean: Complaint filed over SHS graduation prayer 2009-07-01
It is that very action that has prompted interest from the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee. A Sycamore parent has contacted the ACLU about ...
IP Law360 (subscription): ACLU Suit Spurs Debate Over Gene Patents 2009-07-01
Law360, New York (June 30, 2009) -- The American Civil Liberties Union's unprecedented attack against patents on genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer ...
Times Online: Alan Johnson: ID cards 'will never be compulsory' for Britons 2009-07-01
This Nanny State behaviour bringing it in by the back door is an unacceptable infringment on our civil liberties. It must not be supported in any way ...
Bloomington Pantagraph: Judge orders state to maintain services for children 2009-07-01
Testifying in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, McEwen sketched a nightmare scenario in which elimination of day care payments would ...
WILX-TV: Those Arrested Will Now Be Forced To Give a DNA Sample 2009-07-01
"The ACLU believes this is a big infringement on civil liberties," Koenig said. It's going to create fishing expeditions where the use of it won't be tied ...
Aberdeen Press and Journal: Claims of UK government in chaos after climbdown on identity cards 2009-07-01
Civil liberties campaign group Liberty said anyone applying for a passport would still have to have their details stored on the national identity register ...
Miadhu: Govt. policy is establish democratic good governance - Shihab 2009-07-01
... violating human rights, civil liberties and freedom, the incumbent government would not order police officers to engage in such acts.
Crikey: Tony Abbott Vs Public Health 2009-07-01
Civil liberties vs the public good. The timing is perfect (and not only because of Liberal leadership jockeying) but because of the anticipation surrounding ...
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck: Update on the latest in religion news: | kxnet.com North Dakota News 2009-07-01
(AP) The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut is backing the Diocese of Bridgeport in its lawsuit against a state agency that says the church must ...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Allegheny County Council set to act on bill banning all discrimination 2009-07-01
Sara Rose, an attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, said the problem with the current version of the bill is that it gives cert ...
Straits Times: HK marks return to China 2009-07-01
Since its handover to China on July 1, 1997 - after 156 years of British rule - Hong Kong has largely retained its Western-style civil libertie ...
Little About: Pak Peace Coalition forum to pay tribute to Gandhian activist ... 2009-07-01
Kavita Srivastava, another famous human activist, is the national secretary for Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). She also launched a campaign ...
Salem-News.Com: Oregon Attorney General Announces 'Three Key Legislative Victories' 2009-07-01
Carter has been a powerful voice in this Legislature for civil rights and everyone who cares about civil rights and civil liberties in our state owes her ...
MiamiHerald.com: ACLU of Florida releasing guide for pregnant teens 2009-07-01
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is releasing a guide to teach pregnant teenagers their legal options and rights.
KTAK: Racial profiling of minorities persists in US: ACLU 2009-07-01
... race or nationality despite efforts by senior law enforcement officials and the government to stop it, the American Civil Liberties Union said.
Mirror.co.uk: ID CARD U-TURN 2009-07-01
Civil liberties groups warned anyone who wanted a biometric passport or voluntary card would still find details stored. Isabella Sankey of Liberty ...
The Province: Will security cameras become an Olympic legacy? 2009-07-01
Vancouver officials and police must come clean on whether security cameras for the 2010 Olympics will be permanent, says the BC Civil Liberties Association.
Providence Journal: Racial profiling still prevalent, report says 2009-07-01
... according to a new report by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Rights Working Group — a national coalition of civil libertie ...
Xinhua: World Police and Fire Games to put Vancouver to pre-Olympic test 2009-07-01
VANCOUVER, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Some 10000 athletes from around the world will soon gather in Vancouver this summer to compete in World Police and Fire Game ...
FOXNews: CIA Report on Detention, Interrogation to Be Released 2009-07-01
The American Civil Liberties Union, which filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for the release of all documents relating to the CIA's interrogati ...
Waterbury Republican American: Blumenthal: Connecticut can't enforce lobbying law 2009-06-30
... and one that "stands not just with our state's Catholics but with all citizens of the state whose fundamental civil liberties were placed in jeopardy.
Gladstone Observer: Vigilante group wrong: police 2009-06-30
Queensland Council for Civil Liberties president Michael Cope yesterday said hysteria and vigilante action was caused because these sorts of offenders ...
Los Angeles Times: Review: 'New York' 2009-06-30
What Director Khan intends as an examination of the abuse of civil liberties is undercut by an overreaching of creative liberties, not to mention ...
Publishers Weekly: Reviews of New Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction and Comics 2009-06-30
During confirmation hearings, Elizabeth tries to debate his extreme views on antiterrorism and draconian stance on civil liberties. Meanwhile, a story ...
Irish Times: Gangs Bill disproportionate and unnecessary, says rights group 2009-06-30
Director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties Mark Kelly said provisions such as “secret detention hearings and detention on the unsupported word of ...
2009-06-30: Headlines
Terre Haute Tribune Star: Overcrowding not a problem for Vigo Jail 2009-06-30
The facility is supposed to detain no more than 268 by terms of an agreement with the Indiana Civil Liberties Union, which sued in 2000 because of jail ...
Salt Lake Tribune: Where's the compassion? 2009-06-30
As I read "Lawsuit looms over SB81," regarding groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union and Latino lobbyists threatening to sue over the "rights" ...
New York Times: How Long Is Long Enough? 2009-06-30
Colonel Vandeveld is no longer on active duty and has joined the effort by military defense lawyers and the American Civil Liberties Union to secure Jawad' ...
Defense Systems: Common defense absent from cybersecurity 2009-06-30
“The nation that started the Internet ought to be the first to secure it and still protect civil liberties,” he said, speaking at a cybersecurity conference ...
The Japan Times: Activist sees holes in bills to snare illegals 2009-06-29
The United States has an estimated 13 million illegal aliens, he said, citing information from the American Civil Liberties Union.
guardian.co.uk: The Liberty Clinic is open 2009-06-29
For those of you who haven't visited the Liberty Clinic before, each week, we invite Cif readers to post their civil liberties and human rights queries.
Clarksville Online: In Their Boots to film in Clarksville 2009-06-29
Brave New Foundation has contacted the Clarksville Freethinkers for Peace and Civil Liberties regarding a documentary film they are going to be shooting ...
Washington Post: Biotech Start-Ups Show Dedication, Line Up Again for Tax Credits 2009-06-29
... and liberty program for the American Civil Liberties Union, while his former colleague and new Facebook lobbyist Tim Sparapani listened in the audience.
GothamSchools: Either a flood of lawsuits is on the way, or none at all 2009-06-29
... litigation,” said Udi Ofer, the policy director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, which has been agnostic on the principle of mayoral control.
Examiner.com: CAIR: 'Share the Quran' Campaign to be launched Tuesday, June 30 2009-06-29
CAIR has 35 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada and is the largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization in the United States.
The Batavian: ACLU - Movies That Illustrate Prominent Civil Liberty Issues 2009-06-29
Here is a list of movies that illustrate prominent civil liberties issues. All the President's Men (1976) - This Academy Award-winning film ...
Salon: Establishment view of Obama's civil liberties record 2009-06-29
Exactly the same tactic is used to dismiss those who criticize Obama for adopting Bush policies in the areas of civil liberties and secrecy: only people ...
ABC7Chicago.com: ACLU files suit to prevent cuts 2009-06-29
American Civil Liberties Union lawyers are trying to prevent the state child welfare system from cutting counseling and increasing caseloads if the proposed ...
guardian.co.uk: Britain's fear of protest 2009-06-29
Protest gets written out of the history of the development of civil liberties in this country. Taking the long view of history shows, indeed ...
American Conservative Magazine: Good Rulings, Bad Precedent 2009-06-29
Earlier in this session, the Supreme Court delivered two other rulings that might seem encouraging on the civil liberties front: the court decided th ...
The Canadian Press: Victoria's Canada Day party brings civil rights warning; police ... 2009-06-29
As a result, BC's civil liberties association is advising people to consider launching class-action lawsuits to fight what they consider illegal searches.
OneNewsNow: ACLU defends Muslim prison prayer 2009-06-29
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit on behalf of Muslim inmates who want to pray together five times a day in an Indiana federal prison.
Newsday: Gay rights advocates want Civil Right Act expanded 2009-06-29
Nadler chairs a subcommittee on civil liberties. He was an original co-sponsor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. The bill, which would protect gay ...
PR Newswire (press release): Morris Dees to Address National Press Club 2009-06-29
Dees has been a leader in the fields of civil rights and civil liberties litigation for more than forty years. At the start of his legal career ...
Daily Kos: After The Immigration Meeting 2009-06-29
And I imagine, judging from the American Civil Liberties Union's quick response last Thursday denouncing the biometric verification system ...
BurlingtonFreePress.com: Free speech faces new challenges from technology 2009-06-29
... device," said Catherine Crump, a New York-based attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union who specializes in freedom and technology issues.
The Washington Independent: More on Civil Liberties Groups and That Detention Executive Order 2009-06-29
I'm still trying to figure out how the Obama administration could believe that civil liberties groups gave it cover ...
Catholic News Agency: ACLU affiliate sides with Diocese of Bridgeport over lobbying ... 2009-06-28
The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut has protested a state investigation into whether the Diocese of Bridgeport should be categorized as ...
Mirror: Middle school offers snapshot of student suspensions 2009-06-28
... by school officials, while making up 44 percent of the student body, according to a study compiled by the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.
Hot Air: Media and IG-Gate: Question the Timing? 2009-06-28
Bringing together such diverse groups as the American Civil Liberties Union and the social conservative Eagle Forum, the ad-hoc Coalition for Constitutional ...
Los Angeles Times: 'New York' 2009-06-28
What Director Khan intends as an examination of the abuse of civil liberties is undercut by an overreaching of creative liberties, not to mention ...
2009-06-29: Headlines
Examiner.com: CAIR: 'Share the Quran' Campaign to be launched Tuesday, June 30 2009-06-29
CAIR has 35 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada and is the largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization in the United States.
New York Times: Two Meals and Not Always Square 2009-06-29
Cutbacks in food could violate inmates' constitutional rights, notes Elizabeth Alexander, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's National Pri ...
Examiner.com: Obama's 'transparency' myth 2009-06-29
Well, there are some winners (defense contractors and lobbyists), but the losers, which include our dead and maimed soldiers, our civil libertie ...
Fox 31 KDVR.com: Colo. Springs police: No wrongdoing in homeless camp clean up ... 2009-06-29
Homeless advocates and the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado claim people at the sites were threatened with arrest and ordered to leave without ...
Santa Monica Daily Press: That Rutherford Guy 2009-06-29
The framers of our Constitution were so concerned about civil liberties that they wished to do everything conceivable to protect our future freedom.
Times Online: India to repeal anti-gay law as second Gay Pride is held 2009-06-28
India's leaders have come under increasing pressure in recent years from activists who say that the law, introduced in 1860, violates civil liberties ...
Cherry Hill Courier Post: Internal affairs in crisis 2009-06-28
... can serve and protect with the trust and safety of the community. The writer is the executive director for the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey.
Politics.co.uk: Analysis: 'Kettling' and civil liberties 2009-06-28
Kettling came under sustained criticism from MPs today, after its use by police during the G20 protests prompted outrage. How do the police defend ...
Catholic News Agency: ACLU affiliate sides with Diocese of Bridgeport over lobbying ... 2009-06-28
The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut has protested a state investigation into whether the Diocese of Bridgeport should be categorized as ...
Los Angeles Times: 'New York' 2009-06-28
What Director Khan intends as an examination of the abuse of civil liberties is undercut by an overreaching of creative liberties, not to mention ...
Hot Air: Media and IG-Gate: Question the Timing? 2009-06-28
Bringing together such diverse groups as the American Civil Liberties Union and the social conservative Eagle Forum, the ad-hoc Coalition for Constitutional ...
Mirror: Middle school offers snapshot of student suspensions 2009-06-28
... by school officials, while making up 44 percent of the student body, according to a study compiled by the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.
Vancouver Sun: BC Transit plan to search bus riders 'illegal,' civil libertie ... 2009-06-27
VICTORIA — The BC Civil Liberties Association is condemning plans by BC Transit to search passengers for alcohol during Canada Day celebrations in Victoria.
El Campo Leader News: America must stand strong with those fighting for their liberty 2009-06-27
... in the Muslim World so that its people might enjoy free elections, equal rights for women, religious tolerance, and other basic civil liberties.
American Thinker: White House may authorize indefinite detentions of terror suspects 2009-06-27
"Civil liberties groups have encouraged the administration, that if a prolonged detention system were to be sought, to do it through executive order," ...
2009-06-28: Headlines
Afro American: Missouri court strikes down proposed ban on anti-equal opportunity ... 2009-06-28
The lawsuit was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union in December against a ballot initiative proposed by the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative.
Mirror: Middle school offers snapshot of student suspensions 2009-06-28
... by school officials, while making up 44 percent of the student body, according to a study compiled by the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.
Cherry Hill Courier Post: Internal affairs in crisis 2009-06-28
... can serve and protect with the trust and safety of the community. The writer is the executive director for the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey.
CTV.ca: Canada Day party brings civil rights warning 2009-06-28
As a result, BC's civil liberties association is advising people to consider launching class-action lawsuits to fight what they consider illegal searches.
Terre Haute Tribune Star: Readers' Forum for 6/28 2009-06-28
Few have exceeded his study and defense of our Constitution, our civil rights and our civil liberties. As teacher, attorney and author of about 20 book ...
Times Online: India to repeal anti-gay law as second Gay Pride is held 2009-06-28
India's leaders have come under increasing pressure in recent years from activists who say that the law, introduced in 1860, violates civil liberties ...
Catholic News Agency: ACLU affiliate sides with Diocese of Bridgeport over lobbying ... 2009-06-28
The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut has protested a state investigation into whether the Diocese of Bridgeport should be categorized as ...
ChristianExaminer: Religious liberties group files brief to restore Mojave cross 2009-06-28
A federal court issued the order after the American Civil Liberties Union argued that veterans' memorials in the form of crosses are unconstitutional.
Washington Post: 2nd Delay Sought On Detainee Report 2009-06-27
Both cases had been filed years ago by the American Civil Liberties Union. It has been seeking to build a record of the development of interrogation policy ...
Lew Rockwell: “Civil Rights” Group Begs for Martial Law 2009-06-27
... the NAACP has petitioned Governor Ed Rendell “to suspend some civil liberties and impose martial law in the city,” reports the Harrisburg Patriot-News.
El Campo Leader News: America must stand strong with those fighting for their liberty 2009-06-27
... in the Muslim World so that its people might enjoy free elections, equal rights for women, religious tolerance, and other basic civil liberties.
Vancouver Sun: BC Transit plan to search bus riders 'illegal,' civil libertie ... 2009-06-27
VICTORIA — The BC Civil Liberties Association is condemning plans by BC Transit to search passengers for alcohol during Canada Day celebrations in Victoria.
AHN: White House Weighs Options Over Executive Order On Long-Term Detention 2009-06-27
"Civil liberties groups have encouraged the administration, that if a prolonged detention system were to be sought, to do it through executive order," ...
New Straits Times: Between safety and liberty 2009-06-27
Both cases highlight the challenge that is faced in providing a balance between protecting the nation from its enemies while respecting civil liberties ...
Prison Planet.com: DOJ further delays release of key torture report 2009-06-27
The American Civil Liberties Union, which triggered the report's release with a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, consented to the request.
New York Times: National Briefing | Southwest Texas: Passport Lawsuit Settled 2009-06-27
The State Department settled a class-action lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and immigration lawyers. The government suspected th ...
American Thinker: White House may authorize indefinite detentions of terror suspects 2009-06-27
"Civil liberties groups have encouraged the administration, that if a prolonged detention system were to be sought, to do it through executive order," ...