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Lavabit 'fatally undermined' by US request for encryption keys, ACLU says 0 Eugene Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1520
Judicial Horror Story - Just in Time for Halloween 0 LegalScholar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1555
Another Chapter on Wacky Chicago Judge 4 LegalScholar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2142
Is this an example of child abuse or... 10 shockedcanadian Oct 2013 Oct 2013 4 3047
More DNA Samples, More Debate 17 question everything Sep 2013 Oct 2013 0 4273
Off-duty NYPD officer allegedly seen pounding SUV arrested on riot charge 2 shockedcanadian Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1875
EFF racks up another courtroom victory over the NSA: damning docs to follow 8 friendly_iconoclast Sep 2013 Oct 2013 17 3198
Incredible Story of Wacky Judge in Chicago 0 LegalScholar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1530
ACLU- "Racial Justice: Gone Too Far. Our Kids in Handcuffs" 0 NYC_SKP Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2351
U.S. Justice Department spent $4.9 million on drones, new rules urged: watchdog 1 Eugene Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1556
Border Patrol agrees to officer training in Washington state profiling case 1 Eugene Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1683
ACLU faults 'suspicious activity' reporting by law enforcement 0 Eugene Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 1626
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 JustanAngel Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1433
Hundreds of Pages of NSA Spying Documents to be Released As Result of EFF Lawsuit 0 friendly_iconoclast Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 1637
Civil-liberties groups seek hearings on DEA's use of intelligence 0 Eugene Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 1565
Breast Cancer Awareness Bracelets Ban in School Struck Down by Court, Appealed, Upheld [VIDEO] 0 Counterpoint PA Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1796
Lawyers challenge U.S. 'no fly' list in federal court in Oregon 1 Eugene Jun 2013 Sep 2013 5 1872
Federal Court Sides With ACLU in No Fly List Lawsuit 1 friendly_iconoclast Aug 2013 Aug 2013 10 1913
In rebuff to Bloomberg, New York City Council curbs police power 9 Eugene Jun 2013 Aug 2013 3 3348
NSA surveillance program violates the constitution, ACLU says 2 Eugene Aug 2013 Aug 2013 9 2139
Holder pressed on U.S. drug agency use of hidden data evidence 1 Eugene Aug 2013 Aug 2013 9 2539
What surveillance really is, at its root, is a highly effective form of social control 6 limpyhobbler Aug 2013 Aug 2013 7 2572
John Grishams books are censored at Guantanamo Bay. 2 MarkLaw Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 1892
ACLU: A Guide to What We Now Know About the NSA's Dragnet Searches of Your Communications 3 NYC_SKP Aug 2013 Aug 2013 10 2309
ACLU on the Hill: NSA Surveillance "Intrusive and Unconstitutional" 6 NYC_SKP Jul 2013 Aug 2013 7 2650
Repost from LBN: NYPD to stop archiving names, addresses of stop-and-frisk targets 1 friendly_iconoclast Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 1961
Vicious Cycle of Repression-Protest-Repression 0 William deB. Mills Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 2850
Mind-Boggling Road-Side Cavity Searches Aren't Isolated Incidents: Lawyers 2 AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 2407
ACLU story: "You May Have 'Nothing to Hide' But You Still Have Something to Fear" 9 NYC_SKP Aug 2013 Aug 2013 29 4177
Justice Should Not Depend on Skin Color 1 NYC_SKP Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 1842

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Seeking Asylum from a country not traditionally considered... 4 shockedcanadian Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2216
From the ACLU "Blog of Rights": "Domestic Drones" 1 NYC_SKP Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1967
New York City mayor vetoes bills to limit stop-and-frisk policy 0 Eugene Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 1821
New Jersey Senate Candidate leads fight to repeal Patriot Act and FISA Amendments Act 0 limpyhobbler Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 1850
Looking for support for this group. 39 NYC_SKP Jul 2013 Jul 2013 8 7840
Teacher Fired for Past Life as Porn Actress 11 Modern School Jan 2013 Jul 2013 1 7365
Detroit Free Press: Police launch investigations after arrest of photographer 4 friendly_iconoclast Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2517
AP Exclusive: Daniels looked to censor opponents 0 friendly_iconoclast Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1939
Posting a DU 3 comment here, in hopes this group will remain. 3 dixiegrrrrl May 2011 Jul 2013 2 2531
ACLU: Police Documents on License Plate Scanners Reveal Mass Tracking 0 NYC_SKP Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 1684
Eclectic group sues U.S. government over phone data surveillance 0 Eugene Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1652
U.S. defends secrecy of unique surveillance court 4 Eugene Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2324
Activist Arrest for Sidewalk Chalk Message, Police Officer Ignorant of Bill of Rights [VIDEO] 0 Counterpoint PA Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2058
Judge rejects state secrets defense in wiretapping lawsuit 1 Eugene Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2004
Public Works employees being photographed and videoed 0 SHRED Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 1783
I'm confused about Shelby County v. Holder. 3 Motown_Johnny Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2101
NY Court: Computer Searches Can Threaten Privacy 0 Eugene Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 1862
Cop Claims Chicago's Finest Beat Their Own 4 AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 Jun 2013 2 2702
White House Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden 12 limpyhobbler Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 3892
Stand with Edward Snowden 5 im1013 Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 2652
Fireside Chat - NSA/Bill of Rights/US Constitution - June 10, 2013 0 LovingA2andMI Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2227
Verizon Wireless Secretly Passed AP Reporters' Phone Records to Feds 1 limpyhobbler May 2013 May 2013 4 1900
Canadian requesting FOIA at border...who do I contact? 2 shockedcanadian May 2013 May 2013 0 1917
Strict Constructionists and the Second Amendment 16 bucolic_frolic Dec 2012 May 2013 4 12630
New Post on Torture in the US 3 TimKeller Dec 2012 Apr 2013 2 2283
Right to Lawyer Can Be Empty Promise for Poor 5 Kire Mar 2013 Apr 2013 2 2491
High school apologizes for ‘think like a Nazi’ assignment after backlash from English students... 1 shockedcanadian Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1856
UC Research Examines Corporate Communications in the ‘Gilded Age’ of Free Speech 0 OKIsItJustMe Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1894
It All Started Innocently Enough 7 DallasNE Mar 2013 Apr 2013 3 7147
U.S. Citizens Arrested for Refusing Border Patrol Questions, while boarding a domestic flight 3 limpyhobbler Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2885

Civil Liberties Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Bill would limit whistleblower activities on PA farms (and possibly gas drilling sites at farms) 1 limpyhobbler Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1926
The Right to Counsel: Badly Battered at 50 1 Kire Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1962
Supreme Court to consider when assets can be frozen pre-trial 0 Eugene Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1898
Federal Judge Finds National Security Letters Unconstitutional, Bans Them 4 limpyhobbler Mar 2013 Mar 2013 12 2360
New York City mayor opposes new oversight of police 6 Eugene Jun 2012 Mar 2013 5 3187
Montana drafts new bill giving felons the option of being spanked 11 Mkap Feb 2013 Mar 2013 0 4136
You Can’t Protest at the Supreme Court 13 alp227 Jan 2012 Feb 2013 5 8947
CISPA Offers Choice between Security and Liberty 2 BridgeTheGap Apr 2012 Feb 2013 5 2856
1984 has finally arrived, folks 7 WhoIsNumberNone Nov 2012 Feb 2013 5 3722
Supreme Court upholds police "dog sniff" of truck 4 Eugene Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2529
Please support this man! The courageous story of Justice lawyer Edgar Schmidt 0 shockedcanadian Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1940
Judge rules (Illinois) eavesdropping law unconstitutional 7 Bozita Mar 2012 Feb 2013 10 4629
Being passive is damaging says Julian Assange 6 3feetofsnow Aug 2012 Feb 2013 24 3508
Michael Moore asks citizens to stand up to Obama on civil liberties issue 19 Eugene Feb 2013 Feb 2013 62 7006
Minneapolis license plate data raises privacy questions 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2066
New York "stop and frisk" trial set for March 2013 7 Eugene Aug 2012 Feb 2013 3 3301
Felony Forgiveness 2 BudHardener Jan 2013 Feb 2013 1 3103
Death penalty injustice, not such a new idea... 0 Bay Boy Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 1762
EYE IN THE SKY WATCHIN OVER YOU!! 17 tomkoop Jun 2012 Jan 2013 7 10720
Obama Crowned Himself on New Year's Eve 8 davidswanson Jan 2012 Jan 2013 9 5253
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