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13 Jan 2023, 11:00 am by Arianna Morseau
American Civil Liberties Union of Montana Executive Director. [read post]
2 Feb 2023, 4:35 pm by Eugene Volokh
§ 922(g)(8), a specific statute that does so, is constitutional under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. [read post]
19 Aug 2020, 1:04 pm by Odia Kagan
We suggest that the obvious and appropriate path for an appeal from the fact-finding stage would be to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) For redress, two options are: (i) utilizing the existing Privacy and Civil Liberties Officers (PCLOs) within the intelligence community, and (ii) enlist the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. [read post]
3 Jul 2014, 5:12 am by Doug Cornelius
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political… [read post]
Further violations were found with particular focus on the treatment of Ukrainian political prisoners and the deprivation of their liberty, political and civil rights and treatment. [read post]
13 Feb 2016, 9:00 pm by Jon Katz
Nixon likely more than salivated to have crabbed-on-civil-liberties Burger replace Earl Warren, a Republican under whose leadership the Supreme Court made huge advances for First Amendment rights and criminal defendants’ rights; and to add to the Court reliable right winger Rehnquist — whom Nixon first thought dressed like a clown (Rehnquist either relished the 1970’s long sideburn/loud tie era or bowed to it) and, in his… [read post]
16 Oct 2017, 3:35 pm by jason.kelley
If the United States wants to uphold our obligations to human rights under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, we must respect the basic privacy and dignity of citizens of other countries. [read post]
14 Apr 2023, 5:50 am by Aryeh Neier
What became Derian’s passion for international human rights matched what had been the passion she brought to the civil rights cause in the United States, accompanied by bureaucratic dexterity and political skill that skeptics hadn’t expected in a housewife from Mississippi. [read post]
3 Mar 2015, 5:46 pm by By Jeffrey Mittman
 Darren Wilson, a white police officer who stated Mr. [read post]
14 Oct 2022, 5:31 am by Caleb Johnson, Yang Liu
On Oct. 7, President Biden signed the Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities. [read post]
2 Feb 2008, 12:35 pm
Joseph Sprague says that Bush administration polices "are in direct conflict with the Social Principles of The United Methodist Church on issues of war and peace, civil liberties and human rights, care for the environment, and health care. [read post]
1 Mar 2020, 4:11 am by Nicholas Mosvick
Thus, after Prigg, new state “Personal Liberty” laws in the North directed state officers and courts to refuse to enforce the rights of southern enslavers. [read post]
3 Apr 2013, 7:34 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Some states are moving to end solitary confinement, a practice seen as a human rights violation by the international community. [read post]
4 Jul 2018, 6:42 am by Joel A. Webber
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political… [read post]
10 Jun 2018, 6:52 am by Jillian Blake
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)  The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), unlike the international instruments mentioned above, has been signed and ratified by the United States. [read post]
9 Jul 2018, 2:50 am by Steve Lubet
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the… [read post]
9 Jul 2018, 2:50 am by Steve Lubet
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the… [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 9:09 am by Alicia Gay, ACLU
The powerful lobbying arm of the Catholic Church, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has repeatedly made claims to the press and their constituents that the rule violates their religious liberty. [read post]