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Senator Sessions, Judge Sotomayor, And Racism

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Latina, Sessions, Kkk, Ronald Reagan, David Gregory, Jeff Sessions, Boy, Scotus, Better, Republican, Reagan, Marion Three, Ku Klux Klan, Latino, Sexism, Gross Insensitivity, Racism, Sotomayor, Confirmation, Naacp, Communist, Reverse Racism, Judiciary Committee, Tancredo, Charles Pickering, Racist, Voting Rights, Alabama, Pickering, Tom Tancredo, Un-American, Meet the Press, Chris Weigant, Sonia Sotomayor, Republicans, Nominee, Aclu, Senate, Politics News

In all the hoopla over Judge Sonia Sotomayor being nominated to the Supreme Court, there is one interesting side story that the media is largely ignor...

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"Letter from a Birmingham Jail" and Ted Olson and David Boies' Fight for Equal Rights

Trevor Neilson | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Aclu, Equal Rights, California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Ted Olson, Gay Marriage, Solicitor-General-Ted-Olson, David Boies, Politics News

One of the most important events in the history of civil rights may have happened today.

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The Best of Days, the Worst of Days

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Aclu, President Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Politics News

As one glass ceiling was being shattered and as America was overcoming centuries of discrimination against women and Latinos, one other ceiling was being reinforced over the heads of gay and lesbian couples in California.

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Obama and Transparency: Should He Release the Torture Photos?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, US Supreme Court, Freedom of Information Act, Obama Torture Photos, Abu Ghraib, Torture, Politics News

Releasing new Abu-Ghraib photos will not aid the cause of justice or increase government transparency.

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24 and the Tortuous Politics of Torture

William Bradley | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

For Dick Cheney, if there's a 1% chance of a terror plot existing, it should be treated as a certainty. It's one thing when that sort of manipulation is used to entertain, and quite another when it's used to govern.

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ACLU: No One is Above the Law

Blaise Zerega | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Aclu, Guantanamo Torture, Guantanamo, Anthony Romero, Torture, Guantanamo Detainees, Politics News

No one should be surprised that the ACLU would issue a call to prosecute those who authorized torture on detainees.

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Obama to Offer Blindfolds and Ear Plugs to All Americans

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Foia, Humor, Guantanamo Detainees, President Obama, Guantanamo, Freedom of Information Act, Cheney Torture Policy, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Bagram, Torture Photos, Satire, Political Humor, Obama Torture Prosecutions, Political Satire, ACLU Torture, Torture, Politics News

Until we take off our blindfolds, until we truly hold accountable those who authorized these heinous acts, we will continue to endanger not only ourselves, but our troops.

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Mormons and Knights and Understanding Proposition 8

Matt Coles | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Mormons, California Gay Marriage, LGBT Rights, Catholic Church, Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Politics News

If the Mormons and Knights understood what Proposition 8 really did, they'd join us in asking the Court to strike it.

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ACLU Files Case Challenging Patents on Breast Cancer Genes

Joanna Rudnick | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joanna Rudnick, Mark Skolnick, Brca1, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Brca2, Aclu, Breast Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer Gene, Patents, Myriad, Politics News

Skolnick's answers surrounding the ethics and detrimental consequences of gene patenting were unsatisfying.

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Obama and His Base: Disillusioned, Yet Again

Rick Horowitz | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama and Afghanistan, Detainee Photos, Obama and Earmarks, Obama and Iraq, Bush Administration and Torture, Obama and Torture, Obama and Detainees, Aclu, Dick Cheney and Torture, Barack Obama, George Bush and Torture, Obama Administration, Politics News

It was the gnawing in his gut that gave it away, that creepy-crawly upset in the pre-dawn darkness. He turned himself to one side, then to the other, ...

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Of Course We Need Lobbysists, Said the Lobbyist

Harry Moroz | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: The American, Aclu, Lobbyists, Stimulus, Lobbying Restrictions, James DeLong, Politics News

As the Obama administration doles out the stimulus money, lobbyists are whining about restrictions placed on their interaction with the federal officials responsible for disbursing the funds.

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The Audacity of Souter's Successor

Dave Astor | Posted 06.03.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Supreme Court, Auto Industry, White House, Gop, Al Gore, President Obama, Oval Office, George W. Bush, Scotland, David Souter, Mostly Male Supreme Court, America, Disputed 2000 Election, American Civil Liberties Union, Susan Boyle, Three Branches of Government, Centrism, General Motors, Republican Party, Women Supreme Court Candidates, Hugo Chavez, Britain's Got Talent, Gm, Washington D.C., Congress, Barack Obama, Chrysler, Portuguese Water Dog, Corporations, Iraq War, Youtube, William Howard Taft, Republicans, Aclu, Mapquest, Comedy News

There are many American women qualified to succeed Souter on the way-too-male court, but Barack Obama has his eye on a guy -- namely, Barack Obama!

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Torture, American-Style

Anne-Marie Cusac | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Aclu, Iraq War, Cruel-and-Unusual-Punishment, Cia, Prison, Cruel-and-Unusual, Punishment, Jail, Darius Rejali, Iraq, Mark Danner, Seymour Hersh, Bybee Memo, Torture, Abu Ghraib, World News

What astonished me was not the Abu Ghraib torture, but the public's shock and dismay. How could people be so surprised when so many of the same practices had already happened here?

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Obama and The State Secrets Smackdown

Ari Melber | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap, Aclu, Obama, Center for American Progress, Eff, State Secrets, 100 Days, Obama 100 Days, Politics News

Barack Obama has drawn praise for transparency reforms during his first 100 days in office, but his use of the "state secrets" privilege to squash lawsuits on torture and surveillance is drawing mounting opposition.

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Is Independent Thought Extinct in America?

Leslie Weise | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Constitutional Rights, First Amendment, Social Security Privatization, Alex Young, Aclu, Leslie Weise, Denver Three, Politics News

Being forcibly removed for the mere possibility of having a difference of opinion was, to say the least, frightening and disturbing

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What if Instead of the Nuremberg Trials There Was Only a Truth Commission?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

As some liberals make the case against a Special Prosecutor, the lawyers who fought for the release of the torture memos push back and explain why prosecutions are the only response.

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Kerry: Detainee Photos Could Be Terrorist Propaganda, But Truth Is Important

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, John Kerry, Terrorist Propoganda, Detention Photos, Kerry Detainee Photos, Propoganda Tool, Department of Defense Photos, Foia Aclu Detainees, Kerry Worried, Politics News

Senate foreign relations committee chairman John Kerry said on Friday that he was concerned the release of photos depicting the abusive treatment of d...

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Hayden: We'll Have To Clear Interrogation Practices With ACLU, New York Times (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Michael Hayden, Hayden Cia, Interrogation Practices, New York Times, Inhumane Treatment, Hayden Interrogation, Politics News

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden lashed out at the Obama administration on Sunday for releasing memos on interrogation techniques used on detainees,...

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American Violet: A Powerful Movie about Race and the Drug War

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Review, Frontline, Movie, Drugs, War on Drugs, Michael O'Keefe, Racial, Prejudice, Injustice, Drug, Boyd, Systemic Racism, Tim Blake Nelson, Institutionalized Racism, American Civil Liberties Union, Erin Brockovich, District Attorney, Racism, Drug War, Confidential Informant, Justice System, Nicole Beharie, Regina Kelly, Graham Boyd, Texas, Film, American Violet, John Paschall, Chris Weigant, Sydney Poitier, Aclu, Mississippi Burning, Plea Bargain, Xzibit, Beharie, Kelly, Hearne, Paschall, Da, Politics News

Without spoiling the ending, American Violet is an excellent movie, and tells the story in a moving and heart-wrenching fashion.

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Will Obama Block Release of Key Bush-era Torture Memos?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

As has been pointed out by journalists, human rights lawyers and critics, President Obama has continued -- and continues to defend -- some of the Bush administration's most repressive "War on Terror" policies.

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The Legal Importance of the Iowa Marriage Decision

Matt Coles | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Iowa, California Gay Marriage, Gay, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Politics News

It took guts for the Iowa court to say what virtually no other government official has been willing to admit: that religion has driven much of the debate on gay marriage.

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Rewind: Looking Back in Harsh Economic Times

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Depression, David Foster Wallace, Legal Aid, Peace Train, Economy, Seven Ages of Rock, Hippies, Bob Dylan, Reaganomics, Recession, Peace Corps, Unemployment, Woodstock, Joni Mitchell, Kahlil Gibran, Aclu, Jetblue, Kahlil Gibran the Prophet, Living News

What did my generation do? I see all this anger and sorrow in the neighborhood. I can't help but stare.

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US Immigration Law Used To Censor Foreign Scholars: ACLU

Inter Press Service | William Fisher | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: Aclu, Obama Justice Department, President Obama, Eric Holder, Obama Administration, Immigration, Justice Department, Immigration Law, American Civil Liberties Union, Barack Obama, Foreign Scholars, Inter Press Service, Censorship, Hillary Clinton, Tariq Ramadan, World News

A leading legal rights group charged Tuesday that the Barack Obama Justice Department is using immigration law to censor debate by selectively barri...

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Religious Groups Assume The Victims' Role

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Religion, Adult ADHD, Adhd, Add, New York State, Bernard Madoff, Aclu, Sexual Abuse, Republican Party, Republicans, Sephardic, Hasidic, Politics News

A bill is pending in the New York State Legislature to temporarily lift the statute of limitations on lawsuits alleging sexual abuse of children.

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The Ugly Side of Progressive Politics

Justin Callaway | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Dnc, Minimum Wage, Bonus, Grassroots Campaigns, Employment, Dccc, Progressive Politics, Save the Children, Ugly, Fund-Raising, Save the Adults, Liberal, Democrats, Politics, Politics News

I used to joke helplessly that I'd be better off working for less in a menial retail job with good benefits once you weigh my hourly rate with the high out-of-pocket cost of my lack of benefits.

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