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Legacy of Racism and National Oppression in Michigan 0 jakeXT Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 1327
Legal settlement may set precedent for detained immigrants seeking lawyers 0 Eugene Jun 2016 Jun 2016 3 1316
Legalized pot? Not for federal employees. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2015 May 2015 1 1838
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Free speech is a fundamental U.Va. value 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 Apr 2022 0 911
LGBT censorship of TX library fails 2 Panich52 Jul 2015 Jul 2015 2 1513
Liberal justices blast Supreme Court majority for allowing Alabama execution 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 1586
Librarians and privacy advocates ally to condemn cybersecurity bill 1 Eugene Dec 2015 Dec 2015 4 1244
Library’s Tor relay—which had been pulled after Feds noticed—now restored 1 friendly_iconoclast Sep 2015 Sep 2015 5 1560
Life In Prison 0 left-of-center2012 Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 1520
Litigation for Libel Slander VS Public Defending 0 theexwife Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1303
littlemisssmartypants suggested that I should cross post this thread here. 5 tblue37 Aug 2014 Aug 2014 10 2235
Long-stalled email privacy bill advances in Congress 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1139
Looking for support for this group. 39 NYC_SKP Jul 2013 Jul 2013 8 6460
Lou Dobbs: Are you in favor of mandatory recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance? 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 Aug 2018 6 1541
Louisiana's public defense system could collapse without renewed cash flow 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1440
Lovely article about prison reform in Texas 0 janterry Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1252
Machete madness: Hunter College professor calls pro-life display 'violent,' then threatens reporter 18 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 3268
Macy's banned from detaining and fining alleged shoplifters, judge rules 0 Eugene Jul 2016 Jul 2016 8 1565
Macy's joins Barneys in brewing NYC 'shop-and-frisk' scandal 1 Eugene Oct 2013 Oct 2013 10 1691
Madison: Federalist No. 46, on the makeup of the militia: 13 NYC_SKP Feb 2015 Mar 2015 1 4295
Major Police Body Camera Manufacturer (Axon/Taser Intl.) Rejects Facial Recognition Software 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1393
Make No Law, Episode One: Fighting Words 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 0 1241
Man files complaint against police - so they raid his home and seize his wife 10 Otto_Harper Sep 2023 Sep 2023 48 4109
Man spends four decades in mental hospital for stealing $20 necklace 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 1844
Man witnesses deputy hassle man during drug search. Police charge him with 3rd degree harassment. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 May 2019 4 1742
Man working to rebuild life after going to jail for crime he didn't commit 0 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 5 1309
Manhattan DA Got Innocent People's Google Phone Data Through A 'Reverse Location' Search Warrant 2 friendly_iconoclast Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 1726
Marco Rubio lends support to bill that would delay surveillance reform 0 Eugene Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1127
Marijuana raids are more deadly than the drug itself 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1267
Mark Saunders, Toronto police chief, stands by controversial carding practice 2 shockedcanadian May 2015 May 2015 0 1601

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Marsy's Law in action. We told you this would happen. You were warned. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 16 1875
Mass strip search of U.S. students by Canadian guards broke policy, documents show 0 shockedcanadian Apr 2015 Apr 2015 4 1394
Massachusetts high court says accused criminal must decrypt computers for police 5 Eugene Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1934
Massachusetts top court: State can't comply with immigration detainers (x-post from LBN) 0 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 1663
Maybe they could beat him to death with a baseball bat. 4 SarahD Feb 28 Feb 28 2 1119
McAllen, TX: lawyers discover DHS is detaining people at black-site run out of the local Hampton Inn 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Sep 2020 20 2115
Medical failures at US detention centers linked to deaths of eight immigrants 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1479
Membership in the ACLU. Only $5.00 2 NYC_SKP Aug 2014 Aug 2014 7 1497
Memphis police accused of using fake accounts to surveil black activists 2 Eugene Aug 2018 Aug 2018 2 1258
Messenger: They stood up to a Missouri judge for First Amendment rights. They won. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 Sep 2022 5 1390
Michael Moore asks citizens to stand up to Obama on civil liberties issue 19 Eugene Feb 2013 Feb 2013 62 5462
Microsoft must give prosecutors customer email stored on server in Ireland, federal judge rules 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1252
Mind-Boggling Road-Side Cavity Searches Aren't Isolated Incidents: Lawyers 2 AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 2096
Minneapolis City Council approves $950,000 settlement with journalists detained or injured during 2020 unrest 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 790
Minneapolis license plate data raises privacy questions 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 1824
Minneapolis to pay $8.9M over Chauvin's actions before Floyd 0 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 2233
Minnesota appeals court protects felon voting rights after finding a lower court judge overstepped 0 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 2036
Minnesota Cops Can Seize Your Car, Sell It And Keep The Profits, Even If You Did Nothing Wrong 10 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 Oct 2020 14 2505
Minnesota County returns car, nearly $10,000 to suspected drug dealer after dismissing charges 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1903
Miss school dist defense: its officials don't understand 1st Amend 2 Panich52 Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 1557
Mississippi African Americans besieged by illegal searches, ACLU lawsuit says 3 Eugene May 2017 Mar 2020 2 4816
Mississippi counties ordered to stop jailing poor people indefinitely 0 Eugene Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 2251
Mississippi judge resigns after barring mother from seeing baby for 14 months over unpaid court fees 2 appleannie1943 Oct 2017 Oct 2017 4 1397
Mississippi police unconstitutionally jailed people for unpaid fines, Justice Department says 0 Eugene Mar 1 Mar 1 1 854
Mississippi Sheriff's Department Gets Sued, ACLU Finds a Long 'White Pride' Email 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 Mar 2018 4 1446
Missouri attorney general accused of malpractice for fighting Kevin Strickland's release 2 Sherman A1 Nov 2021 Nov 2021 12 1467
Missouri man who served 27 years in prison is freed as judge vacates his murder conviction 5 ck4829 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 6 2774
Missouri Sheriff puts 'In God We Trust' on patrol cars. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1537
Missouri's parole system has sent thousands back to prison for minor violations. Terrell Robinson is 2 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 6 925
Missouri: Edmundson Ran Debtors' Prison, 'Extorting' Poor Black Residents, Lawsuit Says 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1239

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Monday marks 50th anniversary of Loving decision on interracial marriage 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 Jun 2017 3 2892
Montana drafts new bill giving felons the option of being spanked 11 Mkap Feb 2013 Mar 2013 0 3609
More DNA Samples, More Debate 17 question everything Sep 2013 Oct 2013 0 3590
Most U.S. Attorneys in States With Legal Pot Don't Seem to Be Planning a Crackdown 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1098
Motel 6 hotel chain to settle lawsuit over sharing guest lists with ICE 2 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1532
Motel 6 pays $12 million for sharing guest lists with U.S. immigration: Washington AG 1 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 3 1431
Motel 6 to pay $7.6 million for giving guest lists to U.S. immigration 1 Eugene Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1133
Mother is arrested in Bangladesh after son in the U.S. criticizes government online 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 1718
Mother of Mexican teen fatally shot by border patrol agent can sue, judge rules 0 Eugene Jul 2015 Jul 2015 3 1390
Motivation for Senate 2018. Supreme Court 0 srcameron Apr 2017 Apr 2017 1 4397
Muslim Americans challenge "no fly" list in appeals court 1 Eugene May 2012 Dec 2017 2 1909
Muslim group seeks congressional probe on terror watchlist 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1026
Muslim groups can pursue civil rights lawsuit against NYPD, court rules 0 Eugene Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 1269
Muslim Woman Says Chicago Police Officers Ripped Off Her Hijab, Suit Says 4 Eugene Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1319
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 3760
My rant to those on Facebook reguarding flag walking/burning - AUDIO WARNING- Turn it down. 2 Tanta May 2015 May 2015 1 1532
N.J. woman must remove anti-Biden F-bomb signs or face $250-a-day fines, judge rules 11 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 3221
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