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10 Jun 2020, 6:00 am by Chain | Cohn | Stiles
In 2017, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California published a report following a two-year study that concluded law enforcement agencies in Kern County – specifically the Bakersfield Police Department and Kern County Sheriff’s Office – have engaged in patterns of excessive force and systematically violated the civil rights of local residents. [read post]
24 Jan 2014, 8:30 am by Raffaela Wakeman
The big news yesterday was the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board’s rather hefty report on NSA surveillance. [read post]
18 Apr 2016, 10:03 am by Michael Kraut
The defendants have the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the American Civil Liberties Union on their side. [read post]
20 Mar 2008, 6:02 pm
On Wednesday, a trio of federal privacy and civil liberties officers, including the Department of Homeland Security's chief privacy officer Hugo Teufel, promised they were working to make sure the centers respect citizens' civil liberties and privacy. [read post]
8 May 2010, 3:03 pm by Betsy McKenzie
" The last action on that bill was that it was referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties on October 19, 2009. [read post]
20 Apr 2020, 10:38 am by Eric A. Posner
The major conflicts between government power and civil liberties have thus played out at the state level. [read post]
3 Jul 2014, 9:03 pm by Jeff Gamso
We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.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,… [read post]
7 Apr 2022, 7:48 am by Alan Z. Rozenshtein
The seditious conspiracy statute was enacted during the Civil War and prohibits conspiracies to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority… [read post]
3 Mar 2019, 3:01 pm by Giles Peaker
  The claimants (and Liberty) argued that this should be considered as a ‘modality’ case, as per Bah v United Kingdom (2012) 54 EHRR 21. [read post]
28 Dec 2011, 2:05 pm by John Richards
Of course, in the United States, most sheriffs are elected officials. [read post]
2 Oct 2015, 12:01 pm by Kelly Phillips Erb
” It is America’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization, with regional offices nationwide, including locations in Philadelphia, PA; Dallas, TX; and Washington D.C. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 12:50 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
State Department Country Report on Human Rights in Qatar, principal U.S. human rights concerns included the “inability of citizens to change their government peacefully, restriction of fundamental civil liberties, and pervasive denial of noncitizen workers’ rights. [read post]
17 Jan 2017, 10:37 am by Dave Maass and rainey Reitman
  In a matter of days, the United States will enter a new era. [read post]
18 Apr 2010, 10:33 pm by Adam Wagner
Liberty, the civil liberties organisation, commented that Labour had deliberately confused the issue. [read post]
13 Mar 2019, 8:00 am
Yet ICE’s so-called Privacy Guidance contains gaping holes that enable ICE to infringe on civil liberties. [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 8:00 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
Protecting privacy and civil liberties is a top priority of the Obama Administration. [read post]
Indeed, the American Civil Liberties Union recently filed a lawsuit arguing that every child should receive legal representation in these hearings. [read post]