Tag: civil liberties
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December 16, 2006 06:36 PM EST --
Right. I've had just about enough of the right's insinuations that there is something evil and anti-Christian about the ACLU.
The ACLU is perhaps the most profoundly patriotic organization I have . . .
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March 05, 2007 07:46 AM EST --
I had threatened numerous times to renounce my citizenship just as soon as I could come up the money and find a country I could become a citizen of with the least amount of financial output or waiting . . .
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March 07, 2008 05:53 AM EST --
Most anyone's first reaction concerning the government's acquisition of additional powers is that these laws and executive orders must be for our own protection.
The government - our government . . .
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January 12, 2009 05:47 PM EST --
The honeymoon may already be over in Washington. Last week, Senator Arlen Specter voiced doubts that Eric Holder will make a good Attorney General. Senator Diane Feinstein complained that Leon . . .
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June 08, 2009 06:43 PM EDT --
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) released its opinion in the case of Brent Benjamin today. Benjamin is the Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court. In 2004, when the story began, . . .
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August 28, 2009 06:09 PM EDT --
According to Fox News, "A Senate bill would offer President Obama emergency control of the Internet and may give him a "kill switch" to shut down online traffic by seizing private networks -- a move cybersecurity . . .
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October 26, 2006 02:10 AM EDT --
Crossposted from Stop The ACLU:
Liberals always act shocked and astonished that conservatives believe that an organization claiming to be the guardian of religious liberty is actually is actually America's . . .
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November 24, 2008 05:46 PM EST --
Kudos this week go to Texas A&M professor John Fike. Fike parted company with the Texas A&M chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT), citing his shame over the group's . . .
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May 18, 2009 05:33 PM EDT --
Once upon a time, an elected leader took his country down the wrong path. Because the country was founded on democratic principles, a lot of people made a lot of noise about being on the wrong path. When . . .
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December 16, 2006 01:35 AM EST --
If you were to ask a panel of experts if they considered a nation that has regular elections, elections whose results have a direct impact on the formulation of foreign and domestic policy if that nation . . .
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April 04, 2007 05:25 PM EDT --
The AP is reporting that the United States is questioning 'Global War On Terror' suspects in a new country, one where concern for human rights is much less stringent than in Europe. Anthony Mitchell . . .
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August 04, 2007 01:49 PM EDT --
What is Marriage anyway?
First, in religion it holds the exact same position as Baptism, and Confirmation. There is not a single state that recognizes the Contract of Baptism, which does bind a . . .
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October 09, 2009 11:34 PM EDT --
Obama's Civil Liberties Betrayal
Glenn Greenwald writes a consistently excellent (and frequently controversial) civil liberties blog at Salon.com. He's also a former constitutional law and civil . . .
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January 29, 2008 05:30 PM EST --
I am not an expert on the American Civil Liberties Union.
All I can offer to you is my personal perspectives on why the ACLU is absolutely vital to yours, and my, personal safety and security. . . .
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October 20, 2007 02:25 AM EDT --
Carol D.'s very amusing article about Gun Control reminded me of this true story from Smithville, Texas, famous for. . . well, honestly, nothing, but home to some amusing if not terribly bright . . .
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October 29, 2007 04:04 PM EDT --
By order of a District Judge in the County Court at Law II in my home county of Texas, my name has been changed to what my name has been for all of my adult life.
May the state trooper who took it . . .
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August 28, 2009 10:20 AM EDT --
When I opened this video, I thought maybe it was from Fox. It's from the ACLU.
HERE
http://www.aclu.org/pizza/images/screen.swf
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October 17, 2007 11:27 PM EDT --
My sainted mother saddled me with a name that many people find lovely, but after years of having it mispronounced, misspelled, and misunderstood, I changed it. For most of my adult life, I have been known . . .
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October 06, 2008 06:47 PM EDT --
Because both presidential candidates are U.S. Senators, their positions on many issues are public record. Last week, I examined some of John McCain's votes on certain key issues. This week, we look . . .
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January 19, 2009 06:30 PM EST --
Some people thought it was a good idea to prevent gay and lesbian couples from marrying in California. In fact, they thought it was such a good idea that they gave money to help pass Proposition 8. Now . . .
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