Kids will be kids, but ‘sexting’ may lead to federal child pornography charges and sex offender registration for the nation’s youth. ‘Sexting’ is a growing phenomenon among adolescents: equipped with cell phones and teenage dreams, …
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Austin – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas today testified before two state legislative committees in support of bills that would regulate use of force by School Resource Officers (SROs) in public schools. …
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A ‘whirlwind tour of the live issues in the liberty and privacy spheres’ is how its editor describes this book, and on that he is certainly right. With 29 contributors, it would have been good to have had more than three ‘sisters’ …
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Wherever you turn, police and security powers are being expanded, civil liberties and human rights are being constrained, in a way akin to acclimatising a frog to boiling water. Other topics covered in April include: …
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The LA branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has asked the Department of Justice to investigate the recent alleged assault of a Muslim taxi driver as a hate crime. According to the organization, the cab driver was …
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If the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board is ever filled, it will be the primary formal means by which violations of Americans’civil liberties will be unearthed. This makes the background and agenda of appointees to the PCLOB …
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Texas Judge Under Fire for Offering Convicts Christian Alternatives
The New American After Judge John Clinton proposed that convicts in his court read a Christian book and write a book report on it as an alternative to community service, critics such as the American Civil Liberties Union censured the idea, forcing the judge to retract … 'Preaching' judge backs down after offering offenders choice of reading bible … |
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Arguments scheduled in RI church and state case
Albany Times Union The parents, who are represented by lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union, say this is unconstitutional and violates the separation of church and state. City officials deny any favoritism. Pawtucket athletic fields dispute heads to court |
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Appeals court upholds US whistleblower law secrecy
BusinessWeek The 2-1 ruling Monday by a 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected the American Civil Liberties Union's claim that the secrecy mandate violates the First Amendment. The dispute involves the False Claims Act, which allows citizens to collect … Divided appeals court in Virginia affirms the secrecy provision of federal … |
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Creeping Civil Liberties
Tapped (blog) A few short minutes into the first ever Senate hearing on protecting the civil rights of Muslim Americans, Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona sounded like he'd rather be in a different hearing. "I'm a bit perplexed about the motives for today's hearing," Kyl said … Anti-Muslim Bias Examined on the Hill, Still Hidden in the Workplace Divided And Twisted Democrat Loyalties Endanger America |
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