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Defund Teaching About Slavery? Sen. Tom Cotton Proposes Legislation Attacking The 1619 Project 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 6 1507
DHS authorizes personnel to collect information on protesters it says threaten monuments 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 1 1591
These high school journalists are documenting what's happening in Portland @Clypian 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 34 3439
Prosecutor: No time for evidence against arrested reporter 4 friendly_iconoclast Jul 2020 Jul 2020 23 2272
Forbes: The FBI Is Secretly Using A $2 Billion Travel Company As A Global Surveillance Tool 3 friendly_iconoclast Jul 2020 Jul 2020 13 1993
DHS Dep Sec Cuccinelli tells NPR not only are they not stopping the Portland tactics, they're ... 20 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 14 4741
Secret White House calls helped funnel tax money to Trump preachers 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 9 1678
Does anyone here feel as I do, that we have essentially lost the courts? 10 Desert Dem Sep 2019 Jul 2020 2 4166
Your Boss Can Now Search Your Car 9 sandensea Jul 2020 Jul 2020 16 3597
Hey, quick question: Is there any research showing how GOING TO JAIL affects grades and memory? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 0 1465
Selah city lawyer: Family could be prosecuted for chalk art 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 25 4246
Argentina's Spygate: Macri aide Susana Martinengo, 21 others arrested 0 sandensea Jun 2020 Jun 2020 0 1412
SHERIFF SONGER: MY RIGHT TO LIVE TRUMPS YOUR RIGHT TO BE AN A**HOLE 1 MikeJelf Jun 2020 Jun 2020 11 2152
Face recognition vendor vows new rules after wrongful arrest in U.S. using its technology 1 Eugene Jun 2020 Jun 2020 3 1328
Justice Department will reportedly propose limits to online platforms' legal protections 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 2 1788
Former prosecutors write court in support of bail for lawyers accused of throwing molotov cocktail 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 1 1469
On this day, June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 8 1880
Watch the Nassau county cop slam on the brakes to give them an excuse to beat a protester. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 4 2145
L.A. schools police will return grenade launchers but keep rifles, armored vehicle 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 7 1703
FBI warned of white supremacists in law enforcement 10 years ago. Has anything changed? 4 BigmanPigman Jun 2020 Jun 2020 3 2461
Justin Amash wants bill to allow victims to sue police officers 2 sandensea Jun 2020 Jun 2020 8 1924
This video is from 3 nights ago, but remains one of the most disturbing we've seen. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 9 1830
Complaint filed against Argentina's Macri for wide-reaching illegal surveillance 0 sandensea May 2020 May 2020 1 1435
Philippines orders its largest broadcaster off the air as nation fights virus 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 May 2020 4 1587
A Federal Judge Has a Plan to Let Politicians Manipulate Elections 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 May 2020 12 2471
As campaign 2020 shifts into high gear, Trump's defamation suits pose a chilling prospect for press 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 Apr 2020 2 1605
Georgia Loses Legal Code Copyright Clash at Supreme Court 0 Eugene Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1575
What this country needs is more government monitoring of the internet 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 1912
The Persistence of Tyranny 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 Apr 2020 5 2397
Dark Side: Secret Origins of Evidence in US Criminal Cases 4 friendly_iconoclast Jan 2018 Apr 2020 6 2798

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Inmates at N.J. Women's Prison Endured Years of Sex Abuse, Justice Dept. Finds 2 Eugene Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1642
There's a provision that would allow deporting people with virus to countries that will torture them 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 2031
Laurence Tribe: There are "national emergencies" . . . and then there are NATIONAL EMERGENCIES 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 Mar 2020 9 2349
On this day, March 22, 1972, Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 Mar 2020 0 1963
Mississippi African Americans besieged by illegal searches, ACLU lawsuit says 3 Eugene May 2017 Mar 2020 2 5308
NSA backtracks on sharing number of Americans caught in warrant-less spying 1 Eugene Jun 2017 Mar 2020 1 4072
Georgia Innocence Project: GA Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Joey Watkins & Johnny Lee Gates! 3 klook Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 3128
To Track Virus, Governments Weigh Surveillance Tools That Push Privacy Limits 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1791
The DEA seized her father's life savings at an airport without alleging any crime occurred 8 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2020 Mar 2020 23 4800
Intellectual Property Reform. 11 gredinger Feb 2020 Feb 2020 0 5373
Lawrence Wallace, Supreme Court advocate with a famous footnote, dies at 88 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2020 Feb 2020 0 1658
A Puerto Rican man applied for a license. Georgia officials arrested and jailed him for fraud. 0 Eugene Feb 2020 Feb 2020 3 1819
Vindictive Narcissism 0 no_hypocrisy Feb 2020 Feb 2020 3 1431
The judge whose bail requirements leave cash-strapped defendants in jail 1 Eugene Feb 2020 Feb 2020 1 1563
HS student punished for not standing for Pledge of Allegiance 10 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2020 Feb 2020 10 2995
'In Trump We Trust': Ice cream shop resists town orders to take down its impeachment banner 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2020 Jan 2020 2 2754
cross post: Colleges are turning students' phones into surveillance machines 3 discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2019 Dec 2019 2 4182
92% of Americans think their basic rights are being threatened, new poll shows 1 Eugene Dec 2019 Dec 2019 5 4147
Happy 228th birthday, the Bill of Rights, enacted on December 15, 1791. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2019 Dec 2019 1 1534
In Maryland, many juvenile offenders languish in prison without parole - PBS NewsHour 0 question everything Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 1503
Civil libertarians have long warned that this definition of anti-Semitism cannot be used as... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 1775
Happy 294th Birthday, George Mason. Founding Founder, He Conceived the Bill of Rights. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2019 Dec 2019 2 1720
Wow, for 13 years, the Fifth Circuit had a secret policy to deny all appeals by pro se inmates.... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2019 Dec 2019 26 1939
U.S. homeland security abandons plan for face scans for U.S. citizens 1 Eugene Dec 2019 Dec 2019 1 1730
U.S. homeland security proposes face scans for citizens 6 Eugene Dec 2019 Dec 2019 4 2027
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump appeal in 'no-fly list' suit 1 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1832
Amazon says it's considered face scanning in Ring doorbells 0 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 0 1517
You're not required to like this guy's opinions one bit. But do you know what you can do about that? 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 2307
Federal Court Rules Suspicionless Searches Of Travelers' Phones And Laptops Unconstitutional 0 friendly_iconoclast Nov 2019 Nov 2019 5 3423
Artist Designs Face Jewelry to Block Facial Recognition Surveillance Cameras 2 littlemissmartypants Nov 2019 Nov 2019 12 2222

Civil Liberties Continued...

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UN admonishes Argentina's Macri for judicial interference 0 sandensea Nov 2019 Nov 2019 0 2139
Chile protests: UN to investigate claims of human rights abuses after at least 19 deaths 0 sandensea Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1434
Washington Supreme Court: Lawmakers Can't Legislate Constitutional Rights Away 5 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 8 2455
Ex-worker says Oklahoma prosecutor ordered illegal probe 0 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 7 1695
'Secret and unaccountable': Where some immigrant teens are being taken by ICE 6 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 7 2378
ICE withdraws big fines for immigrants taking sanctuary in churches 0 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1450
Charge dropped against man arrested by Border Patrol after speaking Spanish 1 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1560
US takes step to require DNA samples from asylum-seekers 2 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1765
FBI's search for information on Americans was in violation of the law, judge says 0 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 1843
LA police search black drivers most - even though white people have more drugs, report finds 2 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1554
Oregon Titan Fusion Center: Revealed: anti-terror center helped police track environmental activists 0 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1549
California legislature bars facial recognition for police body cameras 0 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1639
US wants $100,000-plus from immigrant who sued over forgery 0 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1532
Facebook Dumped Intern After He Pointed Out Messenger's Creepy Location Tracking 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2015 Sep 2019 7 2473
Judge Rules Terrorism Watchlist Violates Constitutional Rights 0 friendly_iconoclast Sep 2019 Sep 2019 6 1605
I've had 2 drivers run a red light/stop sign in a week 6 bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 Sep 2019 2 2561
Judges say travelers can sue TSA over screener mistreatment 0 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 1572
The U.S. Government has issued extrajudicial death sentences for some immigrant children 4 majdrfrtim Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 1989
California Supreme Court backs greater access to police misconduct cases 0 friendly_iconoclast Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 1736
The case of the missing tattoos: Altered photo lineup by Portland police draws objection 4 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 2273
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