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Live Tyrannized and Die Anyways

David Quigg | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rudy Giuliani, New Hampshire, Barack Obama, Terrorism, Antonin Scalia, Guantanamo, Supreme Court, Election 2008, Newt Gingrich, Constitution, John McCain, Torture, Abu Ghraib, Habeas Corpus, Civil Liberties, Warantless Wiretapping, Patriot Act, Mccain Habeas Corpus, Politics News

In the interest of saving America from bin Laden, we have shown a terrifying willingness to strip away more and more of the founding virtues that make America worth saving in the first place.

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The Counterfeit Treaty

James Love | Posted 06.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Civil Liberties, Patriot Act, Copyright, Riaa, Patriot Act Civil Liberties, Acta, Business News

This "patriot act" for intellectual property "crimes" may be one of the late legacies of the Bush Administration.

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Reclaiming America

Bob Franken | Posted 04.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Guantanamo Bay, CIA Torture, Patriot Act, Torture, Media News

I have some questions for all three presidential candidates about the evidence that this government used the war on terror as an excuse to sanction clear torture.

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Where Are Clinton And Obama On The "Homegrown Terrorism Act"?

Jeanine Molloff | Posted 03.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Patriot Act, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton 2008, Homegrown Terrorism Act, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Home News

Using deliberately vague definitions of offenses, this bill provides for the establishment of a McCarthy-esque committee which would travel the country for the express purpose of identifying 'radicals.'

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The State of the Union: A Shakespearean Tragedy for our Times

Jamie Stiehm | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Patriot Act, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Richard Nixon, Uranium in Africa, State of the Union Address, State of the Union, Bush State of the Union, Dick Cheney, Politics News

For a war-weary nation dreading a recession, this speech is truly the last act of a Shakespearean tragedy -- sadly not a comedy of errors.

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FISA Follies

Robert Davey | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Patriot Act, Cia, Illegal Surveillance, Fisa, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Surveillance, Protect America Act, Paa, Politics News

The Bush people are far too canny to risk actually meddling with the foremost national security law on the books, one that had worked effectively for 22-odd years before the Sept. 11 attacks.

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Progressive Leader Feingold Split Over Clinton, Obama

Post Crescent | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Patriot Act, Russ Feingold, Democratic Primary, Feingold-Reid Iraq, No Child Left Behind, Clean Water Act, John Edwards, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News

Sen. Russ Feingold has a plan. Getting ready to head back to Washington as Congress is about to resume, the Democratic senator from Wisconsin has comp...

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Is This How We Win Friends?

William Fisher | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Holy Land Foundation, David Cole, Executive Order, Homeland Security, Terrorism Prosecutions, Humanitarian Law Project, Material Support Law, Patriot Act, Center for Constitutional Rights, Liberty City Seven, Omb Watch. Government Spending, Rafil Dhafir, George Pataki, American Muslims, Post 9/11, Department of Justice, Anti-Muslim Bias, Alberto Gonzales, Politics News

We need to stop substituting post-9/11 paranoia for evidence. Using the law as a blunt instrument is highly unlikely to make many friends for the U.S. in a community where we desperately need all the friends we can find.

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The Edwards Mystery

Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, Bill of Rights, Main Street Express, Joe Biden, Mormons, Lawyer, China, Christian, South, John Kerry, Mitt Romney, George W. Bush, Kevin Bacon, Mormon, John Edwards, Al Gore, North Carolina, Bush, War, Free Trade, Democrats, Nafta, Fast Track, Patriot Act, Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, Mike Huckabee, Devil Worship, Rudy Giuliani, Class Warfare, Iraq, Chris Dodd, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Republicans, Russ Feingold, Politics News

Edwards has been inconsistent, both in his positions and in his behavior. How many "mistakes," as he has openly called a number of his previous decisions, can he expect us to move beyond?

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Meet the New American Revolutionaries!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, Paris Hilton, Aclu, Iraqi Death Toll, Tom Delay, White Rose Coalition, Britney Spears, American Freedom Fighters, Danny Schechter, Thomas Jefferson, Media Coverage of the War, Norman Solomon, Robert Greenwald, Wealth Gap, Iraq War Resolution, Habeas Corpus, Outsourcing, Patriot Act, Irwin Chemerinsky, Jonathan Turley, New American Revolutionaries, Jane Harman, Anti-War Movement, ACLU Patriot Act, Foreclosure, Pasadena Rose Parade, Politics News

On January 1st at the Pasadena Rose Parade, Revolutionary garbed patriots from the White Rose Coalition will move amongst the crowds to spread the message that its time to reclaim our democracy.

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The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act

Philip Giraldi | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, Justice Department Seizure of Property, Committee on Un-American Activities, Alien Act, Homegrown Terrorists, Sedition Act, Ku Klux Clan, Samuel Dickstein, Joseph Lieberman, Thomas Jefferson, Military Commissions Act, Steve Emerson, Daniel Pipes, Habeas Corpus, Alien and Sedition Act, Department of Homeland Security, Sacco and Vanzetti, David Horowitz, Fascism, Patriot Act, Jane Harman, Anti-American Professors, Anti-Muslim, Frank Gaffney, Joseph McCarthy, Palestinian Americans, John Adams, Neoconservatives, Post 9/11, Martin Dies, Huac, Politics News

One would have thought that the systematic dismantling of the Constitution would have been enough to satisfy even the most Jacobin neoconservative.

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Obama: America's Best Hope

Sam Sedaei | Posted 11.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Obama Iran, Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, Hillary Planted Questions, George Bush Supreme Court, Obama Community Organizer, Obama, Iran, Obama in Polls, Bush 2000, Obama Leads in Iowa, Obama Foreign Policy, Obama in Iowa, Obama 2008, Bill Clinton, Obama Iraq, Kyl-Lieberman Iran, Tehran, Laws in Iran, Obama War, Preemptive War, Iran Axis of Evil, Valerie Plame, Levin Amendment, Tim Russert, Checks and Balances, Patriot Act, Kyl-Lieberman Amendment, Piling On, College Democrats, Post 9/11, Iran Arrests, Obama Campaign, Pile On, Hillary Clinton, Obama Columbia, Politics News

Obama is the only candidate whose philosophy rejects the false choices that are often given to us by mainstream politicians.

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Supporters Say Artist's Prosecution is About Expression, Not Bioterrorism

William Fisher | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics

The clock is ticking on a case that appears to be endless. It is a prosecution that many are describing as one of the most bizarre in US legal history.

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Can Democrats Avoid the Pitfalls of Power?

Byron Williams | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Presidential Candidate, Patriot Act, Democrats, 2008 Election, Politics News

Republicans, based on the last six years, do not deserve to be the majority party in Congress or the party controlling the Oval Office. But can Democrats avoid the arrogance?

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Federal Judge Rules Parts Of Patriot Act Are Unconstitutional

AP | WILLIAM McCALL | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Patriot Act, Constitution, Politics News

Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a fede...

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Federal Judge Rules Parts Of Patriot Act Are Unconstitutional

AP | WILLIAM McCALL | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Patriot Act, Constitution, Politics News

Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a fede...

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Spy Lies: McConnell on FISA

Michelle Richardson | Posted 09.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: FISA, Patriot Act, Politics News

The so-called "Protect America Act" - or as we at the ACLU call it, the "Police America Act" -- and the wiretapping laws it amended, have been greatly misrepresented.

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An Anti-War March, Schenck v. United States, And Free Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.17.2007 | Politics

Read More: Alien Act, Bill of Rights, Sedition Act, Mudslinging, Anti-War March, Free Speech, Warrantless Wiretapping, Guantanamo, Schenck v US, Media, 1800 Election, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Journalism, Election, Clear and Present Danger, Alien and Sedition Act, Anti-War, Fire in a Crowded Theater, Constitution, Yellow Journalism, Supreme Court, Constitution Day, 1800, First Amendment, Patriot Act, Sally Hemmings, Schenck v United States, Jefferson, Schenck, Politics News

When it comes to citizens celebrating their freedom of speech, peaceable assembly, and petitioning the government for redress of grievances in Washington, it always boils down to a numbers game. How many people attended?

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Bipartisan War Against the Constitution

Philip Giraldi | Posted 09.17.2007 | Politics

Read More: Patriot Act, Civil Liberties, Constitution, Politics News

Many Americans accept that there has to be some abridgement of liberties but few are actually aware just how much the constitutional rights that all citizens take for granted have been eroded.

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Federal Judge Strikes Down Parts Of Revised Patriot Act

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 09.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Patriot Act, Congress, Wiretapping, Wiretap, Politics News

A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court's approval before they can order ...

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