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25 Oct 2007, 9:00 pm
More on this sad state of affairs is here at the American Civil Liberties Union's website. [read post]
3 Oct 2017, 7:00 am
Before Jennings, people fighting deportation could be detained indefinitely while they defend their rights to remain in the United States. [read post]
22 Mar 2013, 11:20 am
Instead, the officers questioned her about how long she had been in the United States and insulted her for not speaking English well. [read post]
21 Apr 2008, 3:37 am
Using the traditional mechanisms of the jury trial as a makeshift method of ex ante prevention is both costly as a matter of efficiency and worrisome from a civil liberties perspective. [read post]
13 Aug 2013, 8:39 am
Fearon, 2013 ONCA 106, the Ontario Court of Appeal held that the Defendant’s Charter rights were not violated when police officers searched his cellphone in the course of an arrest on burglary charges. [read post]
5 Jun 2013, 3:40 pm
Back in February 2013, the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released an executive summary (PDF) of its findings to justify warrantless border searches of laptops. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 8:37 am
Learn more about immigration enforcement and other civil liberty issues: Sign up for breaking news alerts, follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook. [read post]
30 Apr 2021, 6:48 am
Section 12601 makes it “unlawful for any government authority … to engage in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers … that deprives persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States. [read post]
23 Nov 2014, 12:23 pm
The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 10:54 am
This marks the first U.N. review of the United States' torture record since President Obama took office in 2009, and much is at stake. [read post]
12 Jan 2008, 8:52 pm
Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, said: "If the Home Office doesn't understand why implanting a chip in someone is worse than an ankle bracelet, they don't need a human-rights lawyer; they need a common-sense bypass. [read post]
21 Feb 2019, 4:01 pm
United States, 509 U.S. 602 (1993). [read post]
26 Sep 2017, 12:25 pm
In February, the American Civil Liberties Union pointed out several civil rights violations and instances of racial discrimination among localities participating in the 287(g) program. [read post]
26 Sep 2017, 8:00 am
That policy is both bad for public safety and bad for civil liberties. [read post]
2 Mar 2020, 2:20 pm
A group of over 450 public health experts signed a public letter today warning that widespread transmission of the Covid-19 coronavirus within the United States is “inevitable. [read post]
10 May 2016, 3:59 am
The Legislative Reference Library helpfully compiled these background resources regarding the interim charges those panels will consider:House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence (May 16) Charge: Asset forfeiture SCOTUS Ruling Requires Relook at State Asset Forfeiture Laws, National Conference of State Legislatures, April 1, 2016 Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture, 2nd Edition, Institute for Justice, November 2015 Civil Asset… [read post]
11 Jun 2018, 11:12 am
It is also important to know your rights and to current state of the law. [read post]
12 Sep 2019, 1:24 pm
Ryan previously wrote a post for In Custodia Legis on a scholarly panel the Library hosted, Rights and Resistance: Civil Liberties during World War I. [read post]
9 Jun 2008, 3:42 am
Bill of Rights | United States ConstitutionWikipedia ArticlesDeclaration of IndependenceBill of RightsUnited States ConstitutionView the article hereIN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. [read post]
2 Jul 2010, 2:27 pm
Although black voters had immediately elected black members to southern state legislatures—and even the United States Senate—they were being rapidly disenfranchised, and their elected representatives excluded from office, and the federal government was showing an increasing reluctance to do anything about it. [read post]
