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26 Mar 2008, 11:54 pm
Paris II; the Honorable Diane Wood (far right), Judge, U.S. [read post]
25 Mar 2008, 3:00 am
Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. [read post]
20 Mar 2008, 6:02 pm
David Gersten, the director of the civil rights and civil liberties programs at DHS, said he was working to expand their training course for Fusion Center employees to "include an examination of the history of privacy and civil liberties as they relate to intelligence and criminal investigations. [read post]
12 Mar 2008, 6:32 pm
Its fate now currently lies in the hands of both Congress and the U.S. [read post]
12 Mar 2008, 3:28 pm
The letter goes on to state that the committee agrees with the proposal to create a national commission, modeled along the lines of the 9/11 Commission, to investigate and report on the extent of the president's wiretapping and data-mining.That proposal, along with one instructing the NSA's Inspector General to investigate the program, could be used as bargaining chips in House arguments with the Senate, going beyond immunity or very technical differences over how the NSA… [read post]
12 Mar 2008, 1:11 am
(“FSAH”) received subpoenas from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. [read post]
7 Mar 2008, 11:09 pm
" For the last few years, civil rights groups and local religious leaders have criticized the jail system, alleging overcrowding and poor health conditions. [read post]
5 Mar 2008, 11:24 am
The court had granted a motion to accept a late filing of the New Jersey Civil Union Review Commission's interim report, and its conclusion that civil unions in that state had fallen short of providing complete equality of rights came in for some comment, although the governor's attorney tried to downplay its significance, arguing that one year after enactment of this new legal structure was hardly sufficient time to reach any conclusions about its… [read post]
4 Mar 2008, 12:14 pm
To compound the affront to the Magna Carta, in October 2006, the U.S. eviscerated habeas corpus, when President Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act, stripping detainees in U.S. custody from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan of the right to fair and impartial trial. [read post]
4 Mar 2008, 11:33 am
George also pointed to the recent report of a New Jersey commission that studied the effect of civil unions. ??? [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 10:01 pm
The arrival of a Leap Year also augurs the onset of 2 quadrennial events: a new U.S. [read post]
25 Feb 2008, 10:45 am
As part of this effort, the ACLU has joined with various civil rights organizations for a month-long series of events, culminating in a lobby day scheduled for February 26 aimed at drawing attention to this important issue. [read post]
25 Feb 2008, 7:04 am
White County, GA, School District, 07-692). ** It denied review of a claim that parents be allowed to sue for damages under an 1867 civil rights law to enforce their right to a free public education for their disabled child. [read post]
22 Feb 2008, 1:59 pm
Harman and her colleagues from both sides of the aisle believe the country faces a native brand of terrorism, and needs a commission with sweeping investigative power to combat it.A clue as to where Harman's commission might be aiming is the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, a law that labels those who "engage in sit-ins, civil disobedience, trespass, or any other crime in the name of animal rights" as terrorists. [read post]
20 Feb 2008, 6:36 pm
And it is critical that Congress reaffirm that civil rights laws have effective remedies, and that all those subject to compensation discrimination are entitled to challenge continuing discrimination against them. [read post]
16 Feb 2008, 1:54 am
Harman and her colleagues from both sides of the aisle believe the country faces a native brand of terrorism, and needs a commission with sweeping investigative power to combat it.A clue as to where Harman's commission might be aiming is the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, a law that labels those who "engage in sit-ins, civil disobedience, trespass, or any other crime in the name of animal rights" as terrorists. [read post]
13 Feb 2008, 1:00 am
Firestone Fibers & Textiles Co., (4th Cir., Feb. 11, 2008), the U.S. 4th Circuit court of Appeals, this week held that Title VII of the 1964 civil Rights Act only requires reasonable accommodation of an employee's religious practices, and not total elimination of the conflict between the religious practice and the work requirement. [read post]