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Constitutional Rights

How My Lawsuit Against the TSA Made Airports Safe For the Constitution Again

Steve Bierfeldt | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Airport Security, Tsa, Campaign for Liberty, Constitutional Rights, Ron Paul, Politics News
Steve Bierfeldt

As a result of my just-dropped case against the TSA, passengers will no longer be forced to check their constitutional rights at the airport counter, and that is a victory for all.

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On Racism, Death Threats and the Blindness of Those Who Will Not See

David Sirota | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Jim Greer, Don Lemon, Cnn, Unitedhealth, Congressional Campaigns, Twitter, Nancy Pelosi, Progressives, Race, Tea Parties, Democrats, United Health Care, Constitutional Rights, Mob Mentality, George W. Bush, Health Care Reform, Constitution, Partisanship, Republicans, Politics News
David Sirota

We're living in a world where the behavior of right-wing lynch mobs clearly is far less about ideology, and far more about partisanship and racial hate.

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Justice Department Backs Some Constitutional Rights For Detainees

wsj.com | JESS BRAVIN | Posted 07.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rights for Detainees, Guantanamo Bay, Detainee Rights, Gitmo Rights, Constitutional Rights, Rights for Gitmo Detainees, Politics News

The Justice Department has determined that detainees tried by military commissions in the U.S. can claim at least some constitutional rights, particul...

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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
Leslie Weise

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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New GOP Meme: "Ends Justify The Means" When It Comes to Torture

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Moral Values, Dick Cheney Waterboarding, Terrorist Attack, Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

In America, the ends never justify the means when it comes to violating the law and constitutional rights. Those are our values. Or so I thought.

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Farewell to Judith Krug, Champion for Intellectual Freedom

Patricia Martin | Posted 05.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Intellectual Freedom, Banned Books, Banned Books Week, Libraries, Judith Krug, First Amendment, Judith Krug Obituary, Constitutional Rights, Chicago News
Patricia Martin

Ever vigilant about protecting Americans' Constitutional rights, Krug liked to snuff out First Amendment powder kegs before they exploded in people's faces.

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The Supreme Court Is at Stake on November 4th

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Supreme Court, John McCain, Ed Koch, Roe vs Wade, Constitutional Rights, Barack Obama, John McCain Supreme Court, Sarah Palin, Supreme Court Justices, Politics News
Menachem Rosensaft

If John McCain or, even worse, Sarah Palin, were to appoint the next several Supreme Court justices, their repressive, regressive world view would shape our nation's future for decades to come.

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Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...

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