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Tarrant County Judge uses shock belt to deliver electric shock to sex offender. Conviction reversed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 Jun 2018 1 1565
Please read all 4 of these screenshots from Tiana Smalls. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 Jun 2018 2 2144
Happy 53rd anniversary, Griswold v. Connecticut 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 Jun 2018 2 1822
Police set dog on a driver who politely refuses to answer questions 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 9 2680
Make No Law, Episode One: Fighting Words 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 0 1424
The Slants get their trademark. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 2 1399
Amazon Teams Up With Law Enforcement to Deploy Dangerous New Face Recognition Technology 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 1 1386
Border Patrol agent detains two US citizens at a gas station in MT after hearing them speak Spanish 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 5 1419
EFF Sues Texas A&M For Violating PETA's Free Speech Rights By Blocking Group From Its Facebook Page 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 0 1431
Opinion analysis: Court rules for death-row inmate whose lawyer conceded guilt 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 7 1437
NYT: Service Meant to Monitor Inmates' Calls Could Track You, Too 0 friendly_iconoclast May 2018 May 2018 5 1791
Florida International University demands reporters delete and stop showing pictures of bridge cracks 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 3 1596
Am I subject to the EU's General Data Protection Regulation law? 3 Takket May 2018 May 2018 0 1591
In my head, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan are the same person 0 Bucky May 2018 May 2018 0 1642
"Police brutality often looks like this. Read this thread from start to finish." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 May 2018 2 1850
VICTORY: Student detained for passing out political flyers settles lawsuit with Illinois college 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 Apr 2018 10 1673
Framed for Murder By His Own DNA 0 Hestia Apr 2018 Apr 2018 4 2798
Lawsplainer: Can A State University Fire a Professor For Being An Ass On Twitter? 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 1978
A child is more likely to end up on the sex offender registry than to be molested by someone on it. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 Apr 2018 5 1445
The Criminalization of Private Debt 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 Mar 2018 14 1893
Do Americans really give a fuck about personal privacy anymore, or is the 9 Fred Sanders Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 2088
"If the right of privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 Mar 2018 3 1870
What happens when constitutional rights contradict each other? 15 DetlefK Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 3860
Mississippi Sheriff's Department Gets Sued, ACLU Finds a Long 'White Pride' Email 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 Mar 2018 4 1654
ACLU:The Trump Administration Is Using the Parkland Massacre as an Excuse to Roll Back Civil Rights 2 friendly_iconoclast Mar 2018 Mar 2018 7 1944
Questions for TSA after reports of laptop and phone searches on domestic flights 1 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 1348
Rhode Island bill: pay a one-time $20 fee to access porn sites or other "offensive material" online. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 1768
Artificial intelligence could identify gang crimes -- and ignite an ethical firestorm 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1680
Unanimous Va. Supreme Court exonerates Chesapeake man in rape of girl 41 years ago 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 1466
A Florida provocateur has his day before the U.S. Supreme Court - again 0 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 4 1755

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Case of alleged rape by New York officers calls police loophole into question 4 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 3 1804
ACLU:Leaked DHS Report Uses Junk Science to Argue for Surveillance of Muslims 3 friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 Feb 2018 6 2043
California law firm goes after property owners for code violations, bills them thousands of dollars 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 Feb 2018 3 2071
Smart Meter Company Landis+Gyr Now Using Copyright To Try To Hide Public Records 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 1246
New York state seeks expedited timeline to close city's Rikers Island jail 0 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1257
California police worked with neo-Nazis to pursue 'anti-racist' activists, documents show 2 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 3 1409
Public School Board Member Threatens Boss Of Woman Who Spoke Out Against School Book Banning 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 Feb 2018 20 1902
In First, Judge Blocks Kansas Law Aimed at Boycotts of Israel 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1277
U.S. Border Patrol Checks on Buses Increasing Across Maine 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1495
Court Clears Man Who Waited 7 Years for Trial on Pot Charges 1 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 12 2034
Most U.S. Attorneys in States With Legal Pot Don't Seem to Be Planning a Crackdown 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1253
New Jersey officials say they'll lift ban on book The New Jim Crow in prisons 1 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1464
@CustomsBorder got on a Greyhound bus yesterday and asked every passenger for their papers 42 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 44 8570
CBS News: A war of words on college campuses 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1684
Happy 98th birthday, the ACLU. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1272
"No American should have to choose between faith and the law." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 2429
Clemency for Keith Giammanco 3 CherokeeDem Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1765
New York City to end cash bail for non-felony cases in win for reform advocates 0 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1277
Judge Faults U.S. for Holding Immigrant Defendants Freed on Bail 1 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1343
Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for total surveillance 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1153
Marijuana raids are more deadly than the drug itself 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1445
FIRE sues college for ignoring records requests about its firing of Black Lives Matter advocate 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1475
70 people arrested at house party after less than an ounce of marijuana goes unclaimed 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 2170
"It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears." - Louis D. Brandeis 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 8 2258
Jeff Sessions Takes a Stand for Debtors' Prisons 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2017 Dec 2017 11 1895
Repost from LBN: Preacher fights ban on spreading gospel on Atlanta sidewalks 0 friendly_iconoclast Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1239
The Myth of the Playground Pusher 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1329
Ex-Virginia Death-Row Prisoner With Strong Claim of Innocence Get Parole After 38 Years 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2017 Dec 2017 4 1145
Happy 226th birthday, the Bill of Rights 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2017 Dec 2017 4 1740
Civil forfeiture 2 discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1454

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Advocates Push to Get Florida Ex-Felons the Right to Vote 0 question everything Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1163
Happy 292nd Birthday, George Mason. Founding Founder, He Conceived the Bill of Rights. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1925
The LA Times has obtained the LA Sheriff's secret Brady list of deputies with history of misconduct. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1737
'I am a citizen': when border patrol agents violate the rights of US residents 1 Eugene Jun 2015 Dec 2017 3 2353
Muslim Americans challenge "no fly" list in appeals court 1 Eugene May 2012 Dec 2017 2 2099
2 NYPD Officers beat 16 y.o. black kid for raising his hands 6 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 Dec 2017 21 4250
Laurence Tribe: Gorsuch just might be as protective of privacy in cyberspace as Scalia was. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1544
D.C. Metro Hit With First Amendment Suit For Refusing to Run Catholic Christmas Ad 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2017 Nov 2017 3 1747
NY prosecutors gave themselves $3.25 million in bonuses - from the asset forfeiture fund, of course. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 2815
Your opinion please: What if there were no life-time appointments for judges? 1 DetlefK Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1490
Federal judge limits St. Louis police conduct during protests 0 Eugene Nov 2017 Nov 2017 3 1266
Un-American and grotesque: Ex-special counsel slams Sessions suggestion he may prosecute Hillary 3 Soph0571 Nov 2017 Nov 2017 23 3275
Divided U.S. court upholds gun seizure in 'parking while black' case 1 Eugene Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 2554
Mississippi judge resigns after barring mother from seeing baby for 14 months over unpaid court fees 2 appleannie1943 Oct 2017 Oct 2017 4 1673
Kentucky: He wanted info on Lexington's surveillance cameras. Now the city is suing him. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 1708
Customs took his truck without charging him with a crime. Two years later, he's getting it back. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 Oct 2017 7 1864
This Texas town offers hurricane relief - if your politics are right 2 Eugene Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 1690
Government Fights For Inauguration Protesters' Facebook 'Likes' And Reams Of Other Data 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 1891
Lawsuit claims border patrol violated constitution by searching Delta plane 1 Eugene Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 1727
Courts Sidestep the Law, and South Carolina's Poor Go to Jail 0 Eugene Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 2009
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