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Fireside Chat - NSA/Bill of Rights/US Constitution - June 10, 2013 0 LovingA2andMI Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2572
Verizon Wireless Secretly Passed AP Reporters' Phone Records to Feds 1 limpyhobbler May 2013 May 2013 4 2260
Canadian requesting FOIA at border...who do I contact? 2 shockedcanadian May 2013 May 2013 0 2262
Strict Constructionists and the Second Amendment 16 bucolic_frolic Dec 2012 May 2013 4 14890
New Post on Torture in the US 3 TimKeller Dec 2012 Apr 2013 2 2831
Right to Lawyer Can Be Empty Promise for Poor 5 Kire Mar 2013 Apr 2013 2 3101
High school apologizes for ‘think like a Nazi’ assignment after backlash from English students... 1 shockedcanadian Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2219
UC Research Examines Corporate Communications in the ‘Gilded Age’ of Free Speech 0 OKIsItJustMe Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2215
It All Started Innocently Enough 7 DallasNE Mar 2013 Apr 2013 3 8329
U.S. Citizens Arrested for Refusing Border Patrol Questions, while boarding a domestic flight 3 limpyhobbler Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 3447
Bill would limit whistleblower activities on PA farms (and possibly gas drilling sites at farms) 1 limpyhobbler Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2310
The Right to Counsel: Badly Battered at 50 1 Kire Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2350
Supreme Court to consider when assets can be frozen pre-trial 0 Eugene Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2236
Federal Judge Finds National Security Letters Unconstitutional, Bans Them 4 limpyhobbler Mar 2013 Mar 2013 12 2945
New York City mayor opposes new oversight of police 6 Eugene Jun 2012 Mar 2013 5 3901
Montana drafts new bill giving felons the option of being spanked 11 Mkap Feb 2013 Mar 2013 0 5643
You Can’t Protest at the Supreme Court 13 alp227 Jan 2012 Feb 2013 5 10867
CISPA Offers Choice between Security and Liberty 2 BridgeTheGap Apr 2012 Feb 2013 5 3490
1984 has finally arrived, folks 7 WhoIsNumberNone Nov 2012 Feb 2013 5 4677
Supreme Court upholds police "dog sniff" of truck 4 Eugene Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 3170
Please support this man! The courageous story of Justice lawyer Edgar Schmidt 0 shockedcanadian Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2272
Judge rules (Illinois) eavesdropping law unconstitutional 7 Bozita Mar 2012 Feb 2013 10 5845
Being passive is damaging says Julian Assange 6 3feetofsnow Aug 2012 Feb 2013 24 4414
Michael Moore asks citizens to stand up to Obama on civil liberties issue 19 Eugene Feb 2013 Feb 2013 62 9713
Minneapolis license plate data raises privacy questions 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2533
New York "stop and frisk" trial set for March 2013 7 Eugene Aug 2012 Feb 2013 3 4290
Felony Forgiveness 2 BudHardener Jan 2013 Feb 2013 1 3670
Death penalty injustice, not such a new idea... 0 Bay Boy Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 2174
EYE IN THE SKY WATCHIN OVER YOU!! 17 tomkoop Jun 2012 Jan 2013 7 13720
Obama Crowned Himself on New Year's Eve 8 davidswanson Jan 2012 Jan 2013 9 6421

Civil Liberties Continued...

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"Gideon’s Army": Young Public Defenders Brave Staggering Caseloads, Low Pay to Represent the Poor 7 rug Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 4266
There could be justice for Trayvon Martin after all... 18 GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 Jan 2013 3 8732
Students Busted for 'Studying While Black' 4 AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 Jan 2013 3 3497
Oakland man guilty of murder - no body of victim 11 alp227 Feb 2012 Jan 2013 0 8601
In Police Training, a Dark Film on U.S. Muslims 1 groovedaddy Jan 2012 Jan 2013 0 2475
Court wary of warrantless blood tests in DUI cases 3 Eugene Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2928
Court Rules Gang Crime Falls Short of Terrorism 0 struggle4progress Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2149
For Corporate websites, you’re not anonymous. They know your name, email, and company. 1 toddmiller Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2439
Review of book on Police Interrogation 0 jade3000 Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 2166
CSIS destroyed files on Diefendbaker and Pearson to “respect the privacy rights”... 0 shockedcanadian Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 2061
Judges’ Kids-for-Cash Scandal Was Allowed Under Conspiracy of Silence, says Author. 4 AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 Nov 2012 3 4204
Question regarding police stops 5 matt819 Oct 2012 Nov 2012 0 3482
NC Murder Convict Ordered Freed on New Evidence 2 maddezmom Jun 2012 Nov 2012 3 2572
"100,000 signatures wanted to free Don Siegelman" Pls sign petition at FREE-DON.org 5 robinlynne Oct 2012 Nov 2012 9 6020
This is the anniversary of the event in the video. Never forget! 3 Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2012 Oct 2012 3 2955
History Repeating Itself 1 SoutherDem May 2012 Oct 2012 0 2767
The Axis of Evil: China, Iran, Iraq, Arabia, America, Yemen, N. Korea 3 Modern School Mar 2012 Oct 2012 1 3966
ACLU lawsuit against Sheriff and DA in Los Angeles County 2 JDPriestly Jul 2012 Oct 2012 7 3120
Denouncing City’s Move to Regulate Circumcision (NYC) 2 alp227 Sep 2012 Sep 2012 1 3930
Poll: Mental health relating to the Dark Knight Rises shootings 0 discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2233
Born in Chains- US has the world's largest female prison population – but no plan for pregnancies 3 midnight Aug 2012 Aug 2012 6 2961
Australian Muslim women must show faces for identity checks under new law 9 alp227 Mar 2012 Aug 2012 0 5713
You need to sign this petition. 1 WinstonSmith4740 Aug 2012 Aug 2012 4 3953
Gov. Don Siegelman being re-sentenced today.... 1 midnight Aug 2012 Aug 2012 3 2966
Stop-and-frisk app designed to track controversial NYPD policy 3 Eugene Jun 2012 Jul 2012 2 2964
Grad School Student Needs Input on Inmates/Ex-Offenders and their Civil Liberties 4 HelenaHandbasket Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 3676
Cross-posting an important video from the video forum 0 JDPriestly Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 2246
Indian police still using truth serum 0 alp227 Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 2544
When was the last time the Supreme Court had a majority of Democratic appointees? 4 fantomas Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 8317
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 tomkoop Jun 2012 Jun 2012 3 1909

Civil Liberties Continued...

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What to do? 7 sinkingfeeling Jun 2012 Jun 2012 1 3939
U.S. asks judge to undo ruling against military detention law 0 Eugene May 2012 May 2012 2 2110
Immigrant to be deported, lived her 22 years. 2 musical_soul May 2012 May 2012 3 3051
U.S. Government Study Confirms That Death Penalty is Useless Deterrent 1 Modern School Apr 2012 Apr 2012 2 3121
The Irrelevancy of DNA 2 Modern School Apr 2012 Apr 2012 12 3327
The Bluffdale NSA spy center 5 CommonSensePLZ Apr 2012 Apr 2012 3 4453
Deportation Video Wins White House Contest, But Disappears From Winners List 1 ChicagoRonin Apr 2012 Apr 2012 4 2625
Video Letter To President Obama From Cambodian Deportees 0 ChicagoRonin Apr 2012 Apr 2012 0 3704
Concerning Senator Schumer's proposal for a TSA passenger advocate at all airports 1 markpkessinger Dec 2011 Apr 2012 0 3087
Shady Companies With Ties to Israel Wiretap the U.S. for the NSA 6 midnight Apr 2012 Apr 2012 8 4405
Justices’ Ruling Expands Rights of Accused in Plea Bargains 1 groovedaddy Mar 2012 Mar 2012 3 2760
Police checkpoint motorist refusal (youtube)--Your opinions? 5 Indiana Mar 2012 Mar 2012 3 4053
"Never talk to the police" video 2 Ilsa Mar 2012 Mar 2012 4 4366
Detroit Police policies changed in First Amendment settlement with ACLU 0 Bozita Mar 2012 Mar 2012 1 2446
Question for anyone with any knowledge on the subject of travel. 4 Lady Freedom Returns Feb 2012 Feb 2012 0 3436
Immigration Crackdown Also Snares Americans 4 groovedaddy Dec 2011 Feb 2012 3 3508
My grumpy neighbor threw a hissyfit cuz I put a bumpersticker on her new car and went joyriding 9 struggle4progress May 2011 Feb 2012 1 6990
I am not an expert on the Constitution or a lawyer, but... 4 Viva_Daddy Feb 2012 Feb 2012 7 3527
DNA samples of felony arrestees OK, court rules 2 alp227 Feb 2012 Feb 2012 1 3697
NYPD Spies on Student Groups at Rutgers, Yale, and other US Universities 0 t0rnado Feb 2012 Feb 2012 11 2351
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