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Hundreds of Pages of NSA Spying Documents to be Released As Result of EFF Lawsuit 0 friendly_iconoclast Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 1757

Civil-liberties groups seek hearings on DEA's use of intelligence 0 Eugene Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 1705

Breast Cancer Awareness Bracelets Ban in School Struck Down by Court, Appealed, Upheld [VIDEO] 0 Counterpoint PA Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1922

Lawyers challenge U.S. 'no fly' list in federal court in Oregon 1 Eugene Jun 2013 Aug 2013 5 2017

Federal Court Sides With ACLU in No Fly List Lawsuit 1 friendly_iconoclast Aug 2013 Aug 2013 10 2061

In rebuff to Bloomberg, New York City Council curbs police power 9 Eugene Jun 2013 Aug 2013 3 3808

NSA surveillance program violates the constitution, ACLU says 2 Eugene Aug 2013 Aug 2013 9 2306

Holder pressed on U.S. drug agency use of hidden data evidence 1 Eugene Aug 2013 Aug 2013 9 2701

What surveillance really is, at its root, is a highly effective form of social control 6 limpyhobbler Aug 2013 Aug 2013 7 2833

John Grishams books are censored at Guantanamo Bay. 2 MarkLaw Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 2069

ACLU: A Guide to What We Now Know About the NSA's Dragnet Searches of Your Communications 3 NYC_SKP Aug 2013 Aug 2013 10 2500

ACLU on the Hill: NSA Surveillance "Intrusive and Unconstitutional" 6 NYC_SKP Jul 2013 Aug 2013 7 2912

Repost from LBN: NYPD to stop archiving names, addresses of stop-and-frisk targets 1 friendly_iconoclast Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 2101

Vicious Cycle of Repression-Protest-Repression 0 William deB. Mills Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 3006

Mind-Boggling Road-Side Cavity Searches Aren't Isolated Incidents: Lawyers 2 AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 2606

ACLU story: "You May Have 'Nothing to Hide' But You Still Have Something to Fear" 9 NYC_SKP Aug 2013 Aug 2013 29 4595

Justice Should Not Depend on Skin Color 1 NYC_SKP Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2011

Seeking Asylum from a country not traditionally considered... 4 shockedcanadian Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2394

From the ACLU "Blog of Rights": "Domestic Drones" 1 NYC_SKP Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2095

New York City mayor vetoes bills to limit stop-and-frisk policy 0 Eugene Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 1935

New Jersey Senate Candidate leads fight to repeal Patriot Act and FISA Amendments Act 0 limpyhobbler Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 1966

Looking for support for this group. 39 NYC_SKP Jul 2013 Jul 2013 8 8961

Teacher Fired for Past Life as Porn Actress 11 Modern School Jan 2013 Jul 2013 1 7832

Detroit Free Press: Police launch investigations after arrest of photographer 4 friendly_iconoclast Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2759

AP Exclusive: Daniels looked to censor opponents 0 friendly_iconoclast Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2074

Posting a DU 3 comment here, in hopes this group will remain. 3 dixiegrrrrl May 2011 Jul 2013 2 2811

ACLU: Police Documents on License Plate Scanners Reveal Mass Tracking 0 NYC_SKP Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 1808

Eclectic group sues U.S. government over phone data surveillance 0 Eugene Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1775

U.S. defends secrecy of unique surveillance court 4 Eugene Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2562

Activist Arrest for Sidewalk Chalk Message, Police Officer Ignorant of Bill of Rights [VIDEO] 0 Counterpoint PA Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2281

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Judge rejects state secrets defense in wiretapping lawsuit 1 Eugene Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2157

Public Works employees being photographed and videoed 0 SHRED Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 1901

I'm confused about Shelby County v. Holder. 3 Motown_Johnny Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2274

NY Court: Computer Searches Can Threaten Privacy 0 Eugene Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 1988

Cop Claims Chicago's Finest Beat Their Own 4 AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 Jun 2013 2 2947

White House Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden 12 limpyhobbler Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 4346

Stand with Edward Snowden 5 im1013 Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 2897

Fireside Chat - NSA/Bill of Rights/US Constitution - June 10, 2013 0 LovingA2andMI Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2354

Verizon Wireless Secretly Passed AP Reporters' Phone Records to Feds 1 limpyhobbler May 2013 May 2013 4 2026

Canadian requesting FOIA at border...who do I contact? 2 shockedcanadian May 2013 May 2013 0 2058

Strict Constructionists and the Second Amendment 16 bucolic_frolic Dec 2012 May 2013 4 13305

New Post on Torture in the US 3 TimKeller Dec 2012 Apr 2013 2 2472

Right to Lawyer Can Be Empty Promise for Poor 5 Kire Mar 2013 Apr 2013 2 2704

High school apologizes for ‘think like a Nazi’ assignment after backlash from English students... 1 shockedcanadian Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1998

UC Research Examines Corporate Communications in the ‘Gilded Age’ of Free Speech 0 OKIsItJustMe Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2015

It All Started Innocently Enough 7 DallasNE Mar 2013 Apr 2013 3 7564

U.S. Citizens Arrested for Refusing Border Patrol Questions, while boarding a domestic flight 3 limpyhobbler Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 3082

Bill would limit whistleblower activities on PA farms (and possibly gas drilling sites at farms) 1 limpyhobbler Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2067

The Right to Counsel: Badly Battered at 50 1 Kire Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2107

Supreme Court to consider when assets can be frozen pre-trial 0 Eugene Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2026

Federal Judge Finds National Security Letters Unconstitutional, Bans Them 4 limpyhobbler Mar 2013 Mar 2013 12 2576

New York City mayor opposes new oversight of police 6 Eugene Jun 2012 Mar 2013 5 3453

Montana drafts new bill giving felons the option of being spanked 11 Mkap Feb 2013 Mar 2013 0 4687

You Can’t Protest at the Supreme Court 13 alp227 Jan 2012 Feb 2013 5 9587

CISPA Offers Choice between Security and Liberty 2 BridgeTheGap Apr 2012 Feb 2013 5 3125

1984 has finally arrived, folks 7 WhoIsNumberNone Nov 2012 Feb 2013 5 4060

Supreme Court upholds police "dog sniff" of truck 4 Eugene Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2770

Please support this man! The courageous story of Justice lawyer Edgar Schmidt 0 shockedcanadian Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2082

Judge rules (Illinois) eavesdropping law unconstitutional 7 Bozita Mar 2012 Feb 2013 10 5058

Being passive is damaging says Julian Assange 6 3feetofsnow Aug 2012 Feb 2013 24 3820

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Michael Moore asks citizens to stand up to Obama on civil liberties issue 19 Eugene Feb 2013 Feb 2013 62 7743

Minneapolis license plate data raises privacy questions 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2243

New York "stop and frisk" trial set for March 2013 7 Eugene Aug 2012 Feb 2013 3 3648

Felony Forgiveness 2 BudHardener Jan 2013 Feb 2013 1 3310

Death penalty injustice, not such a new idea... 0 Bay Boy Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 1921

EYE IN THE SKY WATCHIN OVER YOU!! 17 tomkoop Jun 2012 Jan 2013 7 11491

Obama Crowned Himself on New Year's Eve 8 davidswanson Dec 2011 Jan 2013 9 5678

"Gideon’s Army": Young Public Defenders Brave Staggering Caseloads, Low Pay to Represent the Poor 7 rug Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 3689

There could be justice for Trayvon Martin after all... 18 GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 Jan 2013 3 7248

Students Busted for 'Studying While Black' 4 AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 Jan 2013 3 2984

Oakland man guilty of murder - no body of victim 11 alp227 Feb 2012 Jan 2013 0 7318

In Police Training, a Dark Film on U.S. Muslims 1 groovedaddy Jan 2012 Jan 2013 0 2214

Court wary of warrantless blood tests in DUI cases 3 Eugene Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2540

Court Rules Gang Crime Falls Short of Terrorism 0 struggle4progress Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 1924

For Corporate websites, you’re not anonymous. They know your name, email, and company. 1 toddmiller Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2176

Review of book on Police Interrogation 0 jade3000 Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1927

CSIS destroyed files on Diefendbaker and Pearson to “respect the privacy rights”... 0 shockedcanadian Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1839

Judges’ Kids-for-Cash Scandal Was Allowed Under Conspiracy of Silence, says Author. 4 AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 Nov 2012 3 3734

Question regarding police stops 5 matt819 Oct 2012 Nov 2012 0 2941

NC Murder Convict Ordered Freed on New Evidence 2 maddezmom Jun 2012 Nov 2012 3 2262

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