Civil Rights | Civil Liberties

2010-03-11: Headlines

Lez Get Real: Mississippi School Cancels Prom Rather Then Let Lesbian Take Girlfriend 2010-03-11
Constance McMillen had enlisted the help of the American Civil Liberties Union after the district refused to let McMillen and her girlfriend arrive as ...
WKRG-TV: School Prom Off After Lesbian's Date Request 2010-03-11
The American Civil Liberties Union had issued a demand letter to the Itawamba County school district on behalf of 18-year-old Constance McMillen.
World Socialist Web Site: Britain: Six University of Sussex students suspended following occupation 2010-03-11
... it a “a disproportionate response, serving to inflict significant harm to the education of the students concerned and restricting their civil liberties.
Tulsa World: House passes premarital counseling, common-law marriage bill 2010-03-11
Tamya Cox, a legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma, said her group opposes the measure. “We are disappointed the House ...
Bay Area Reporter: Supreme Court to hear Phelps protest case 2010-03-11
It's a complicated case, and one in which one of the LGBT community's strongest allies – the American Civil Liberties Union – has taken sides with one ...
Huntington Herald Dispatch: Bill to limit cell phone harassment progresses 2010-03-11
The American Civil Liberties Union, however, has expressed concerns about the legislation, saying its broad provisions could extend to bloggers or people ...
Liberty Maven: The Dangers of "Wartime Powers" 2010-03-11
... even if these gross atrocities against the Constitution and civil liberties were somehow necessary to defend the nation in a time of war, they would ...
USA Today: Miss. prom canceled after lesbian's date request 2010-03-11
McMillen, who is a lesbian, and the Mississippi chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union urged school officials to reverse the policy both ...
Winston-Salem Journal: Deal lets inmates write novels 2010-03-11
AP North Carolina prisoners can write and try to publish manuscripts after the state and the American Civil Liberties Union reached a settlement.
MiamiHerald.com: House panel approves ban on release of 911 calls 2010-03-11
... constitutionally-protected right to access public records,'' said Courtenay Strickland with the Florida-chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Xtra.ca: Sex workers question police DNA collection 2010-03-11
Which, says Micheal Vonn of the BC Civil Liberties Association, leads to another concern around such highly personal data. “There is a very important ...
New York Times: Council Leaders Want Fewer Names on List of Police Stops 2010-03-11
The New York Civil Liberties Union raised the issue in February 2007 in a letter to Mr. Kelly. It said that because the majority of people stopped ...
The Industry Standard: Biometrics: What, Where and Why 2010-03-11
... in the form of inadequately planned deployments, inherent limitations of the technology and fears about violations of privacy and civil libertie ...
Ottawa Citizen: Tories closer to imposing random breath tests 2010-03-11
Murie said meetings were planned for next week between Justice Department officials and civil liberties groups, MADD and the Canadian Bar Association.
WWL First News: Jindal reacts to new civil service pay raise proposal 2010-03-11
The American Civil Liberties Union had issued a demand letter to the Itawamba County school district on behalf of 18-year-old Constance McMillen .
Ithaca Journal: Ti-Ahwaga announces spring film series 2010-03-11
... in the making as citizens in the path of a new drilling boom struggle against the erosion of their civil liberties, their communities and their health.
The Associated Press: Miss. school prom off after lesbian's date request 2010-03-11
The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi had given the district until Wednesday to change that policy and allow 18-year-old Constance McMillen ...
WTVA: Itawamba school system won't host IAHS prom 2010-03-11
(WTVA) - The Itawamba County School District says it will not host a prom at Itawamba Agricultural High School after the American Civil LIberties Uni ...
Indian Express: Centre gets notice on shortage of judges 2010-03-11
... it to submit a counter affidavit on a writ petition filed by Peoples' Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) against the scarcity of judges in the High Court.
Daily News Tribune: Imam asks for return of Quran 2010-03-11
Ibrahim Hooper, communications director for the Council of American-Islamic Relations, said CAIR, the country's largest Islamic civil liberties group ...
WNYT: Full body scanners in airports: necessary for safety, or invasion of privacy? 2010-03-11
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is making a story case against them. The scanners started operating this week Boston 's Logan airport.
USA Today: Obama's liberal base 'disengaged' 2010-03-11
The American Civil Liberties Union concurs. The group recently warned the White House not to reverse its decision to try terror suspects in civilian courts.
Weekly Alibi: Protesters Lose Battle With APD 2010-03-11
There was no decision as of press time regarding an appeal, according to Micah McCoy, spokesperson for the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico.
Los Angeles Wave Newspapers: In Watts, layoffs at middle school wreak havoc on classes 2010-03-11
But the American Civil Liberties Union isn't buying it. “These layoffs are wrong, and these layoffs are toxic to children,” ACLU lawyer Mark Rosenbaum said.
Youngstown Vindicator: Suit alleges police cruelty by canine 2010-03-11
The dog attack constituted excessive force and false imprisonment, violated Oliver's civil liberties and resulted from negligent and inadequate training ...
New Zealand Herald: EU Parliament Warns ACTA Negotiators 2010-03-11
In addition to ensuring that civil liberties are not breached, EU Parliamentarians also want to make sure future ACTA negotiations remain open to scrutiny ...
Louisville Courier-Journal: Ky. lethal injection method on course for approval 2010-03-11
Both the American Civil Liberties Union and the Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty lobbied for more open access to the execution process.
CBS 5: SF Police Commission Discusses Sit-Lie Ordinance 2010-03-11
An American Civil Liberties Union representative at Wednesday night's meeting warned the law would "lead to arbitrary enforcement.
Chicago Tribune: Juvenile Justice, Children and Family Services departments merging 2010-03-11
Benjamin Wolf, associate legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, said the children within DCFS and the Department of Juvenile ...
US Migration Expert: National Worker ID Proposed in Comprehensive Immigration Bill 2010-03-11
Critics of the new ID card, like the American Civil Liberties Union, say it would be a massive invasion of privacy. Chris Calabrese, legislative counsel ...
Providence Journal: About-face 2010-03-11
The American Civil Liberties Union immediately criticizes the proposal for random drug testing. March 9: The Providence Fraternal Order of Police reject ...
National Post: Tories revive random roadside breath test 2010-03-11
The proposal has encountered skepticism, however, with civil liberties proponents warning that the new legislation could give police the power to det ...
NEWS.com.au: School cancels prom after lesbian demands to bring girlfriend - Report 2010-03-11
EDUCATION officials in Mississippi cancelled a high school prom after a lesbian student launched a public battle to bring her girlfriend, The Clarion Ledger ...
On Top Magazine: Miss. School Officials End Prom Over Lesbian Couple 2010-03-11
By On Top Magazine Staff A northern Mississippi high school has canceled its annual prom dance rather than allow a lesbian student attend with her ...
WTVA: Prom date debate 2010-03-11
"We have girls and guys that coming in here everyday looking for that perfect dress and that perfect tux," Melissa McFerrin, a worker at a local store th ...

2010-03-10: Headlines

Behavioral Health Central: Latest News ACLU rates Alaska prisons higher than most: REPORT: Although ... 2010-03-10
9--Alaska's prisons are overcrowded but generally provide better living conditions than those found in Lower 48 facilities, the American Civil Libertie ...
AlterNet: Civil Liberties and Corporate Messaging 2010-03-10
There are fear-inspiring messages used to make Americans so fearful of imminent terrorist attack that they willingly surrender their own civil liberties ...
Log Cabin Democrat: ACLU an assailant 2010-03-10
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a good idea. It's a private, non-governmental, nonprofit organization that proposes to “defend ...
Weekly Blitz: J Patrick Bedell, More Blowback? 2010-03-10
... ever that we as a society engage in civil disobedience, simply refuse to go along with such schemes, or do whatever can be done to ensure our libertie ...
OpEdNews: Growing Belief in the Power of Action 2010-03-10
Of course, our politicians also extend the PATRIOT Act without regard to how it infringes on our civil liberties and haven't the moral fortitude to publicly ...
OpEdNews: Don't Let Pentagon Tragedy Blind You into Scapegoating Innocent 2010-03-10
In a society where voters urge politicians to be "tough on crime" and where civil liberties have shrunk dramatically since the advent of the "War on Drugs" ...
MyNews.in: How Rashad Hussain's past is troubling him today 2010-03-10
"As a law student six years ago," he said in his statement, "I spoke on the topic of civil liberties on a panel during which I responded to comments made ...
NYU Washington Square News: Health care debate needs a new perspective 2010-03-10
It slices directly through other issues: foreign policy, civil liberties, poverty alleviation, education, energy, labor rights, undocumented immigrants ...
The Hill: Time to restore the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board 2010-03-10
Proof that there is nothing inconsistent between a strong antiterrorism position and protection of civil liberties could be seen in the creation, in 2004 ...
Politics.co.uk: New campaign targets expenses MPs 2010-03-10
"No matter what your party, if you're an MP who blocks democratic reform, attacks our civil liberties, cheats your expenses and shamelessly attempts to keep ...
Roll Call: New Sheriff in Town 2010-03-10
The office is headed by Timothy Sparapani, who was hired last year from the American Civil Liberties Union. Other staffers are Andrew Noye ...
WZZM: Grand Rapids marijuana caregivers to be considered home business 2010-03-10
The American Civil Liberties Union had opposed the search provision. City leaders chose to require caregivers to be home businesses to avoid storefront ...
Centretown News: The debate over CCTV 2010-03-10
... to monitor people in public via CCTV is an invasion of our privacy and civil liberties and potentially opens the door for government misuse and abuse.
Joplin Globe: Missouri: Former lawmaker testifies in Jetton probe 2010-03-10
Johnson said he asked to receive the bill, which he opposed as an infringement on civil liberties and local zoning powers. He said Jetton never explained ...
San Jose Mercury News: Tom Campbell letter stokes controversy over ties to jihadist 2010-03-10
He has spent his career advocating for civil liberties and academic freedom as a law professor while also trying to get ahead in the cutthroat arena ...
The Malaysian Insider: Book ban decision No. 2 — Shanmuga K. (loyarburok.com) 2010-03-10
... a ministerial discretion affecting fundamental liberties. (The Minister had said that he relied on a police report, and reports from his civil servant ...
MyNews4: US Supreme Court to consider issue with local ties 2010-03-10
The American Civil Liberties Union says the First Amendment cannot be applied sporadically, no matter how distasteful or despicable someone's speech is.

2010-03-09: Headlines

Warwick Beacon: Be on watch for legislation, Chief urges neighborhood groups 2010-03-09
In particular, he singled out the American Civil Liberties Union and its local director Steve Brown. “We are all doing this because we want to be a kinder ...
Fog City Journal: Records Sought in FBI Surveillance of Northern California Mosques 2010-03-09
“According to civil rights organizations, community members, and media reports, the FBI has engaged in a deliberate plan to infiltrate Muslim communitie ...
Huffington Post: Pain, Heavy at Times 2010-03-09
Executive Director, David Fidanque gave a great speech on the serious assaults on civil liberties even during the Obama administration.
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal: Looking to new international structures in a new era of socialist feminist ... 2010-03-09
... the economic meltdown, imperialist wars and occupations, erosion of civil liberties and the deterioration of the infrastructure of our citie ...
Online Journal: Humanity versus insanity 2010-03-09
The irrational charges against that nation and its president and the cynical use of movements for civil liberties within it are becoming far more deadly.
Antiwar.com: Liz Cheney Wants to Keep America Safe 2010-03-09
... Austin helped to file a brief on behalf of several civil liberties groups asking that "homegrown terrorist" JosÃ© Padilla be tried in a civilian court.
New America Media: Victory for Day Laborers in Costa Mesa 2010-03-09
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Mexican-American Fund for Legal Defense and Education (MALDEF) filed the lawsuit against Costa Me ...
AlterNet: How Can We Stop Drug Gangs From Growing Pot in the Woods? Legalize Pot 2010-03-09
Sign up to stay up to date on the latest Civil Liberties headlines via email. Pot has been grown on public lands for decades, but Mexican traffickers ...
AlterNet: Controversial Utah Law Charges Women and Girls With Murder for Miscarriages 2010-03-09
Sign up to stay up to date on the latest Civil Liberties headlines via email. On Monday afternoon, a controversial Utah bill that charges pregnant women ...
AlterNet: A Campaign Promise Dies: Obama and Military Commissions 2010-03-09
Sign up to stay up to date on the latest Civil Liberties headlines via email. The crowd at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC, gathered to hear their ...
AlterNet: Will the Real Republicans Please Stand Up! 2010-03-09
In France, Greece, Spain and other European Union countries, this massive attack on civil liberties would provoke howls of outrage, if not mass insurrecti ...
Ashland TAB: Ashland film series recalls Howard Zinn 2010-03-09
... best-selling and influential "A People's History of the United States." He wrote extensively about the civil rights, civil liberties and anti-war movements.
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Accurate census count matters for states — and our democracy 2010-03-09
It is in the best interests of all of us to answer them. Laughlin McDonald is voting rights project director for the American Civil Liberties Union.
World Socialist Web Site: The liberals' lament: What's wrong with Obama? 2010-03-09
Sunday's New York Times carried a full-page ad from the American Civil Liberties Union, appropriately showing the face of Obama morphing into that of Bush.
OpEdNews: Jason Leopold on Cheney, Torture, and Obama's Shortsightedness 2010-03-09
... waterboarding is torture that they instead choose to pin the definition of "critics," which of course means civil liberties groups, Democrats, liberal ...
Scoop.co.nz: Jason Leopold on Cheney, Torture, & Obama 2010-03-09
The privacy concerns raised by civil liberties groups, which Democrats promised to address last year, were simply swept aside. They did that, despite ...
Nigeria: Sunday waterloo for kidnappers - The Guardian 2010-03-09
AT about 5.30pm on Saturday, Mr. Sylvester Chima Oduko, a Commissioner in Ebonyi State Civil Service Commission and his wife, Grace, were at home ...
Palestine Note: Needed: A rational approach to Iran 2010-03-09
Human Rights and Civil Liberties: Promoting human rights and civil liberties in Iran should be a core component of US engagement with Ir ...
FCW.com: Obama announces new pick to head TSA 2010-03-09
But, some civil libertarians and privacy advocates have expressed worries about privacy implications of the technology; the American Civil Liberties Uni ...
Quest News: Shutout plan protest 2010-03-09
Organiser Zach Salar said he believed the shutdown would be an intrusion of civil liberties, reduce the vitality of the live music scene, result in the lo ...
Salt Lake Tribune: Senate OKs bill to collect DNA 2010-03-09
The DNA sampling would not have helped in the Smart case. The American Civil Liberties Union opposed the bill when it was before the Senate committee.
News & Observer: Inmates can write, state says after ACLU suit 2010-03-09
The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation arrived at the settlement announced Monday with the NC Department of Correction ...
This is Local London: Privacy fears over 'bugged' bins 2010-03-09
The environmental issue has not been proven and this is another encroachment on civil liberties.” No other council in Buckinghamshire has installed ...
Idaho Reporter: Plan to study removing drugs addicts from public assistance heads to Senate 2010-03-09
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says that the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, signed into law by President Bill Clinton, authorizes, but does not require ...
FOX2now.com: Possible Undisclosed Evidence In Murder Case Against Reggie Clemons 2010-03-09
The American Civil Liberties Union is tracking the case and these new developments closely. Redditt Hudson with the ACLU says, "It is evidence that ...
Irish Central: New immigration reform bill will have national identity card 2010-03-09
"It is fundamentally a massive invasion of people's privacy," said Chris Calabrese, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union.
Minneapolis Star Tribune: New vets court aims to help scarred soldiers 2010-03-09
The American Civil Liberties Union had raised some objections to a special veterans court in Nevada, but it supports the concept as long as vets don't ...
DesMoinesRegister.com: Owe Iowa taxes AND have a cell phone? Uh, oh! 2010-03-09
Randall Wilson, the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa voiced concern about the bill last year, saying it places few restricti ...
Bennington Banner: Obscuring the issues 2010-03-09
I have heard reasonable people agree that our civil liberties have been somewhat eroded since Sept. 11, 2001, and others vociferate against the backroom ...
Picayune Item: Lesbian fights to take girlfriend to prom in Miss. 2010-03-09
She has enlisted the help of the American Civil Liberties Union that says the district has refused to let McMillen and her girlfriend arrive as a couple ...
Providence Journal: Cicilline calls for random drug testing in Police Department 2010-03-09
The police union's president declined comment; the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union swiftly panned the proposal.
KTUU: Alaska prisons overcrowded, need more rehab, report says 2010-03-09
The American Civil Liberties Union says Alaska's prison population went up 20 percent in six years. A new ACLU report released Monday says Alaska's pri ...
UW Badger Herald: Arrests at UWM lead to litigation after protest 2010-03-09
Flom said the American Civil Liberties Union is supportive of the cause and is looking into what they believe are questionable methods the police used ...
National: Remembering the UK's eloquent voice for Islam 2010-03-09
In the aftermath of the July 7 bombings, he warned many against curtailing civil liberties in response, and cared little for the fact it was an unpopular ...
National: Rajasthan attacked for encouraging child marriage 2010-03-09
Kavita Srivastava, the secretary of the People's Union of Civil Liberties in Rajasthan, said that although child marriage has long been banned across ...
McGill Daily: Civil liberties under threat 2010-03-09
... was rejected by Canadian officials, also commented on the need to achieve a balance between genuine security concerns and respect for civil liberties.
Atlantic Online: The Decline of Bush's Villainy 2010-03-09
... law that was opposed by the civil liberties community, which claimed it fell short on protections and wrongly offered immunity to telecom companies.
Salon: Obama sabotages himself with fake "pragmatism" 2010-03-09
In virtually every realm (health care, financial reform, national security), and especially in Terrorism/civil liberties, that has been the great political ...
Guelph Mercury: Blogger ordered to amend website 2010-03-09
... the latest twist in this legal battle. Late last year, the court rejected a dismissal motion filed by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association in the case.
PR Web: National Lawyer Association Providing Civil Legal Aid and Public Defense ... 2010-03-09
... protection of civil liberties, parity of resources between defenders and prosecutors, manageable caseloads, student loan repayment assistance ...
Staunton News Leader: Man guilty of raping disabled teen 2010-03-09
Desper, who has five felonies on his criminal record, including a 2007 conviction for taking indecent liberties with a child, faces the possibility of four ...
CNN International: Report condemns Honduras violence 2010-03-09
... newly installed government of President Porfirio Lobo Sosa bears responsibility for safeguarding civil liberties and human rights, the commission said.
Globe and Mail: White House considering military trial for 9/11 suspect 2010-03-09
The American Civil Liberties Union has launched a media campaign that features a series of images showing Mr. Obama morph into his predece ...
GovInfoSecurity.com: Obama is Late Again in Keeping Privacy Promise 2010-03-09
Obama, that same spring day, vowed to reconstitute the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and perhaps in an oversight, hasn't yet kept th ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger: Police review idea up for vote 2010-03-09
Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes and the Mississippi chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union have been pushing the idea for month ...
MyNews.in: “Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities: Progress for All.” 2010-03-09
We are denied education, healthcare, economic opportunity, and basic civil liberties that other citizens in our country enjoy. We are dying from AID ...
Yakima Herald-Republic: Politics killed anti-gang bill, Yakima lawmaker says 2010-03-09
The American Civil Liberties Union opposed the bill, saying it was too broad in scope and that innocent property owners might be affected instead of gang ...
Phayul: China warns again against Hong Kong democracy push 2010-03-09
While Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997, it maintains a separate political system and enjoys Western-style civil liberties typically denied on ...
RTT News: Leahy Calls On Obama To Make Nominations To Privacy And Civil Libertie ... 2010-03-09
"Having a fully functional Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board is a key step in protecting the privacy and civil liberties of all Americans," Leahy ...
Native Times: State opposes class-action motion in voting suit 2010-03-09
The lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union alleges that two women from Pine Ridge where improperly removed from the voting list when they ...
Chicago Tribune: Oh, no! Another disappearing act in Chicago 2010-03-09
Pro-life groups and the American Civil Liberties Union opposed the ban as an unconstitutional infringement on free speech rights.
Vancouver Sun: Governments plan to crack down on impaired drivers 2010-03-09
Next week, stakeholders including MADD, the Canadian Bar Association, civil liberties groups and addiction experts are expected to give the federal ...
KOB.com: Jury sides against UNM war protesters 2010-03-09
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico sued the mayor and APD officials on behalf of the protesters in 2004 saying police had used riot gear ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Evidence gap is found in killings of two sisters 2010-03-09
Reditt Hudson, an advocate for Clemons who works with the American Civil Liberties Union here, responded Monday, "We should all be alarmed at how flawed ...
Sidney Herald Leader: Democrats should push through health reform 2010-03-09
... their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties – someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions th ...
Black Mental Health UK: Parliamentary reception on DNA database confirms this as an election issue ... 2010-03-09
... agreed that supporting calls for the removal of innocent DNA from the database is paramount if the future welfare and civil liberties of Black Britons.
Chicago Tribune: Gitmo defense? 2010-03-09
As head of the American Civil Liberties Union, he insisted on defending the Nazis' right to free speech, and the ACLU won the case. Neier's decision got him ...
Hollister Free Lance: Mental health official: Urging treatment is hard with denial 2010-03-09
"To force somebody that's an adult into involuntary treatment is a difficult situation and it should be, because people have civil liberties and those need ...
English News: Lebanese march for secularism: Ongoing power-sharing - Global Arab Network 2010-03-09
The preamble to the Lebanese Constitution states: "Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic republic based on respect for public liberties, especially ...
Southeast Missourian: Former Mo. lawmaker testifies in Jetton probe 2010-03-09
Johnson said he asked to receive the bill, which he opposed as an infringement on civil liberties and local zoning powers. He said Jetton never explained ...
Providence Journal: Officers can already be tested for drugs if 'just cause' is shown 2010-03-09
The Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union quickly contradicted him in a statement and denounced the move.
Deseret News: Utah Legislature: Senate votes to expand DNA collection from crime suspects 2010-03-09
"The bottom line is that these people have not been convicted," said American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Marina Lowe. "While the intent may be good ...
Daily Mail: DR LUDWIG LOWENSTEIN: The sorry truth is that many sex offenders CAN'T ... 2010-03-09
... sex offenders a pill or an injection to destroy their ability to have intercourse always provokes fierce objections on the grounds of civil liberties.
NYU Washington Square News: Networking: It's a necessary evil 2010-03-09
The ad was from the American Civil Liberties Union, the lawyer-led vanguard of constitutional liberties, and had a picture of President Obama slowly ...
Vineland Daily Journal: Push for privacy shouldn't come at expense of other freedoms 2010-03-09
The American Civil Liberties Union, in support of one student reportedly photographed in his home in November, said the school system's use of the secret ...

2010-03-08: Headlines

Al-Jazeerah.info: CAIR Concerned About Reported Rise in Militias, 'Patriot' Groups in the US 2010-03-08
CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue ...
Al-Jazeerah.info: Suppressing Evidence: David Miliband and UK Complicity in Torture By Sarah ... 2010-03-08
Others can not contemplate that a nation proudly branding itself on civil liberties, tolerance and 'fair play' could willfully throw us back into ...
Independent: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: British Muslims are running out of friends 2010-03-08
They steal our human and civil rights and don't even try to behave with a modicum of honour during and after war. The same people call upon us to be more ...
The Guardian: Inside the world of Obama's secret-service bodyguards 2010-03-08
"Anger is spilling over from people who believe Obama is coming to remove their liberties, seize their guns, enslave the white American nation.
Boston Globe: GOP's Graham urges shift on terror trials 2010-03-08
In a full-page ad in yesterday's New York Times, the American Civil Liberties Union said that if Obama fails to back Holder, he will be extending ...
New West: Utah Gets Uppity 2010-03-08
In any case all levels of government, city, county, state, and federal have a record of ignoring individual rights or liberties which are the most important ...
Pawtucket Times: ACLU sues EP school board over comment policy 2010-03-08
PROVIDENCE — The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the East Providence School Committee, accusing them of improperly going behind closed ...
Express Buzz: APCLC flays TD attack on lawyers 2010-03-08
HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee (APCLC) today strongly condemned the attack on pro-Telangana lawyers by Telugu Desam Party (TDP)
The South African Star: World briefs - March 08, 2010 2010-03-08
While Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997, it maintains a separate political system and enjoys Western-style civil liberties typically denied on ...
The Edge Malaysia: Spurring change with IDEAS 2010-03-08
He would not have had this word 'dibebaskan' on his personal crest if he did not believe in civil liberties. If he believed the government should ...
Chronicle of Higher Education: Virginia Attorney General Tells Public Colleges to Drop Gay-Rights Protections 2010-03-08
The state's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union sent letters to all of the institutions that received Mr. Cuccinelli's letter.
Youngstown Vindicator: High Court takes up gun control 2010-03-08
To the drafters of the 14th Amendment, the phrase “privileges or immunities” was synonymous with “basic civil rights.” But in 1873, the court held that only ...
Politico: American's capture could roil terror trials debate 2010-03-08
In Sunday morning's New York Times, the American Civil Liberties Union took out a full-page ad with photos showing President Barack Obama's image morphing ...
Victoria Advocate: Con: Having an official language would push back progress 2010-03-08
Matt Simpson, policy strategist of the American Civil Liberties Union in Texas, put it this way: "On the general level, it would be somewhat dividing.
Tarentum Valley News Dispatch: Limits on taping Blawnox meetings on hold 2010-03-08
Blawnox Council has delayed enforcing new rules about recording public meetings after receiving pressure from The American Civil Liberties Union ...
The Motor Report: South Australian Drink And Drug Drivers To Lose Licence For Life 2010-03-08
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIER Mike Rann announced today that the state's police commissioner will be given the power to permanently strip repeat offending ...
Adelaidenow: Premier Mike Rann pledges to ban repeat driving offenders for life 2010-03-08
Watch as a Sunday Mail investigation uncovers hoon drivers doing burnouts on Port Wakefield Rd. REPEAT drink-drivers and drug-drivers who are a "menace ...