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    Clinton Impeachment Prosecutor Appointed to Florida Supreme Court  Aug 29, 2008
    However, it disappointed Howard Simon, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, saying the appointment of a "reliably ideological politician" shatters Crist's moderate image. "This is an appointment that could have and would have been made by Jeb Bush," Simon said. (Law.com)

    Supreme court to rule on traffic camera case  Aug 29, 2008
    The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa filed a motion to dismiss the ticket. A Scott County Judge rejected the group's arguments and so did an appeals court judge. (Sioux City Journal, IO)

    Actors ham it up in 'Hamlet 2'  Aug 29, 2008
    When civil liberties officials catch wind of the controversy, they send in an attorney (Amy Poehler) who makes a little noise of her own. The film's intro (divided into acts) toys with silly side stories and makes much of Marschz's inability to father children, but it's really the show within a show that draws the laughs. (Sioux City Journal, IO)

    Mayor, wife allege racial profiling in Cave Creek  Aug 29, 2008
    In March, the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups filed a complaint against the ordinance and won. A federal judge this month permanently banned the town from enforcing the law, ruling it an unconstitutional restriction of free speech. (AZCentral)

    7th-grader with pink hair allowed back in school (8)  Aug 29, 2008
    The reversal came after an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union office in St. Louis wrote to the district last week arguing that students have a protected right to express themselves. Amelia finished sixth grade at the same school with pink streaks in her hair. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)

    SEARCH & DESTROY  Aug 29, 2008
    On Aug. 11, I called the American Civil Liberties Union national headquarters in New York for comment about the Chicago gangland tactics of a nonprofit called "Accountable America" that's spearheaded by a former operative of the Obama-endorsing MoveOn outfit. "Accountable America" is trolling campaign-finance databases and targeting conservative donors with "warning" letters in a thuggish attempt to depress Republican fundraising. (New York Post -- Opinions)

    Gore: Obama = Lincoln...  Aug 29, 2008
    But then again they are Republicans, fearmongered into rabidly defending an ideology that has created enormous debt, eroded civil liberties and been responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths. Nice work. (The Drudge Report)

    SHOWDOWN: Obama campaign confronts talkradio station over 'right-wing hatchet man'...  Aug 29, 2008
    Do we really want someone like BHO exercising control at the highest level in this country and be in charge of protecting our civil liberties knowing his supporters are already out there trying to suppress our free speech rights. Scary. (The Drudge Report)

    Fear on campaign trail  Aug 29, 2008
    So doing, it undermined civil liberties and made a joke of the principle of checks and balances. Add it all up. (Albany Times Union)

    Judge tosses copyright suit against Veoh  Aug 29, 2008
    "This ruling is a big boost for YouTube," said Fred von Lohmann, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an advocacy group that specializes in Internet civil liberties issues. Von Lohmann said that at least a dozen other video-hosting Web sites facing similar legal challenges should also be helped by the ruling. (Fresno Bee -- Business)

    A Door Opens for Reform in Pakistan Part I  Aug 29, 2008
    It s rare for citizens to speak truth to power and rarer to win, but Pakistan's civil society overturned Musharraf's abuse of civil liberties, dislodged the president and set the tone and content if not a sure path to success -- for Pakistan's parliament and parties. Other groups have now followed, including villagers who have chased militants from their homes in the Frontier. (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)

    Oppn says new phone-tapping power 'better late than never'  Aug 29, 2008
    But Terry O'Gorman from the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties says the public has a lot be concerned about. "These new laws involve a considerable intrusion into the privacy of people's lives," he said. (ABC Online)

    Judge fears secret hearings over Guantanamo Bay  Aug 29, 2008
    Closed hearings likely would also increase criticism from civil liberties groups who have questioned the fairness of Guantanamo Bay proceedings for years. The Justice Department said it would be difficult to separate classified and unclassified information from the cases. (Yahoo News -- Politics)

    RCMP erred in using Texas Rangers, report says  Aug 29, 2008
    The findings are in a report released by the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP and sparked by a complaint from the B.C. Civil Liberties Association ... Murray Mollard, executive director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, said the RCMP program was designed to intercept suspicious vehicles that may be transporting drugs or drivers suspected of being impaired on drugs. (Globe and Mail -- National)

    'Sexy' exercise salon has officials in cold sweat  Aug 29, 2008
    Yesterday, the American Civil Liberties Foundation of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit on her behalf, claiming violations to her First Amendment right to freedom of expression, among other charges. "The activities deemed too provocative by Adams Township have become an increasingly popular form of exercise for women around the country, and even in China, a country not known for freedom," said Witold Walczak, legal director for the ACLF of Pennsylvania and one of the woman's attorneys. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Turkey's Detente With Kurds Wavers  Aug 29, 2008
    Erdogan now refuses to talk to politicians from legally recognized Kurdish parties, and his government plans to toughen a terrorism law in ways that some fear will impinge on civil liberties. In April, a veteran researcher for the New York-based Human Rights Watch, in southeast Turkey to investigate claims of police abuse against Kurds, was detained by police and deported. (Yahoo News -- Kurdish Issues)

    Tape shows woman dying on waiting room floor  Aug 29, 2008
    NEW YORK (CNN) -- A 49-year-old woman collapsed and died on the floor of a waiting room at a Brooklyn psychiatric hospital and lay there for more than an hour as employees ignored her, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union, which on Tuesday released surveillance camera video of the incident ... Upon her admission, Green waited nearly 24 hours for treatment, said the civil liberties union, which was among the groups filing suit against the facility last year seeking improved conditions... (Yahoo News -- Health Care)

    Reports of Squalid Conditions at New Orleans Prison  Aug 29, 2008
    Eric Balaban, a senior staff counsel with the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, inherited the case in the late 1980s. His group is releasing a report Monday on the Orleans Parish Prison that documents many of the same problems uncovered by NPR's investigation and some that are even worse. (Yahoo News -- Prison Issues)

    Bringing the Church to the Courtroom  Aug 29, 2008
    Considering itself the antithesis of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Scottsdale-based organization has used money and moxie to become the leading player in a movement to tug the nation to the right by challenging decades of legal precedent. By stepping into the nation's most impassioned debates about religion in the public sphere, the group aims to bring law and society into alignment with conservative Christianity. (Yahoo News -- Church-State Issues)

    Officials: Pentagon Probed Finances  Aug 29, 2008
    Under then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, the Pentagon expanded its collection of intelligence within the borders of the United States -- a development that stirred concern among members of Congress and prompted stern criticism and lawsuits from civil liberties advocates. These efforts are overseen by the Pentagon's Counterintelligence Field Activity agency, or CIFA, which was established in September 2002 by then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz. (Yahoo News -- Privacy Issues)

    Escalating crime? ... TVCC marks new Caldwell Center with ceremony ... New Orleans may be evacuated ... Durable goods post strong gains in June and July ... No surprise ” Obama gains Democratic nomination ... News Digest: ... Four men win $19 million in racism suit ... Grant propels key TVCC program ... Oregon governor says state must push for energy changes ... Minnick claims 60 Republicans back him ... ';var marqueewidth="440px";var marqueeheight="25px";var marqueebgcolor="#";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}} A deadly gang-related shooting took place at a residence at Fair View Apartments, 555 N.W. Ninth St., Ontario, Saturday, leaving a local man dead. Gang violence such as this, however, is not going to stop as local gang members retaliate for previous incidents, Ontario Police Department officials say. They are again renewing their efforts to obtain funding to fill a gang officer position, allowing OPD to address Ontarios gang problem regularly.Escalating crime?  Aug 29, 2008
    Onyx wrote on Aug 28, 2008 11:47 AM:" While parents may not be competent to home school their kids, they send them off to public schools where the kids fall into a new dysfunctional family to fill the void of what isn't at home.Straight talking civic leaders will not entertain a Nazi agenda to sterilize the stupid no. Rather, we are pro-life and embrace all that life is, and whatever expression of life gangs can produce. With a fresh review of the constitution, gang members have the unalienable... (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)

    Ron Paul to Sign 'The Revolution' at Borders(R) in Roseville, Minn.  Aug 29, 2008
    What: Paul signs his book "The Revolution." When: Monday, Sept. 1, 2008 at 1 p.m. Where: Borders 866 Rosedale Center Roseville, MN 55113 (651) 633-1344 Why: Customers have the opportunity to meet Paul and purchase signed copies of "The Revolution." About the Book: In "The Revolution," Paul exposes the core truths behind everything threatening America, from the real reasons behind the collapse of the dollar and the looming financial crisis, to terrorism and the loss of our precious civil... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Come On, Dems. Start Bashing Bush for Shredding the Constitution.  Aug 29, 2008
    So clearly somebody cares about the loss of civil liberties in America ... Dahlia Lithwick tried to round out the biggest civil liberties violations of and. (Slate)

    ABC Reporter's Attorneys: Drop Charges  Aug 29, 2008
    "Arresting a reporter for simply doing his job is both unconstitutional and un-American," said Anthony Romero, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union. "That free speech is curtailed during the Democratic National Convention underscores the need for continued protection of civil liberties, regardless of the party in power.". (ABC News)

    American revolutionary  Aug 29, 2008
    Nor was Guant;namo, torture or civil liberties. These issues clearly do not poll well among swing voters in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, industrial states that Obama highlighted with anecdotes in his speech. (Salon)

    2nd Circuit Appears Skeptical of Validity of Patriot Act's National Security Letters  Aug 28, 2008
    The American Civil Liberties Union challenged the nondisclosure requirement on First Amendment grounds. In September 2004, Southern District of New York Judge Victor Marrero struck down the NSL provision. (Law.com)

    Judge to rule on park ban ordinance  Aug 28, 2008
    (AP) An ordinance that prevents a convicted sex offender from watching his son play baseball in a city park is unconstitutional, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union argued. But the attorney who wrote Jeffersonville's sex offender ordinance said that use of parks is not a fundamental right and constitutional protections don't apply. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)

    Hey, kids! Let's put on an offensive show!`Hamlet 2' may be hit-or-miss, but it's also occasionally hilarious farce  Aug 28, 2008
    The screenplay turns out to be wildly hit-or-miss, however, with several uproariously funny lines and bright situations sandwiched in between strained slapstick and subplots that fall flat: Amy Poehler's out-of-nowhere cameo as a foul-mouthed civil liberties lawyer truly tanks, and an initially amusing joke about Elisabeth Shue giving up acting to work as a nurse at the Prickly Pear Fertility Clinic runs out of steam as it turns into a running gag. While Coogan is lively -- he often seems like a... (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)

    Delayed by her bra, air passenger is indignant  Aug 28, 2008
    Kates said she plans to talk to her family lawyer as well as the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Organization for Women and decide how to pursue the incident. Barry Steinhardt, the director of the American Civil Liberties Union's technology and liberty program, said Monday of federal security officials: "They can't find bombs in checked luggage, and they're essentially doing a pat-down of private parts. This is a security apparatus that is out of control.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)

    Neb. town restricts campaign signs  Aug 28, 2008
    That came after the Nebraska chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union took exception to the local law. Now, ACLU Nebraska is targeting Bellevue's law. (Sioux City Journal, IO)

    Thousands defy smoking ban in mass protest  Aug 28, 2008
    the death of civil liberties. Thousands of smokers defied the introduction of the smoking ban across England yesterday by lighting up in pubs, claiming that the legislation was an infringement of civil liberties. (Yahoo News -- Smoking)

    State argues for its right to use Limbaugh records  Aug 28, 2008
    Joining Limbaugh, 53, in his opposition to allowing the records to be used are the American Civil Liberties Union and a national group of physicians. They argue that the privacy rights of all Floridians are under attack. (Yahoo News -- Rush Limbaugh)

    At convention, the speeches they write often go unspoken  Aug 28, 2008
    Edited out, for instance, was a passage saying that the war on terrorism should not be used "as an excuse to trample on the civil liberties of our people.". "It was not a bad speech, the one I gave," Serrano said. (International Herald Tribune)

    Opponents wade back into battle to pull plug on surveillance cameras  Aug 28, 2008
    That includes the American Civil Liberties Union, Chinese for Affirmative Action and more than half a dozen other community groups that have packed city hearings over the past year to oppose the placement of cameras in public places with the intention of deterring crime and catching violent criminals. They smell blood on the issue with the news this week that San Francisco police and the Housing Authority rarely use the devices, and they say they have no intention of backing down. (Yahoo News -- Law Enforcement)

    Spy chief's disclosures stun Congress  Aug 28, 2008
    His remarks also drew criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union, which has challenged the legality of the spying program and fought in court to compel the Bush administration to disclose more details about it. If this ostensibly sensitive information can be released now, why could it not be released two months ago, when the public and Congress desperately needed it. (Yahoo News -- Espionage & Intelligence)

    Demos, National Policy and Research Organization, Offers Resources for Convention and Election News Reporting  Aug 27, 2008
    STUART COMSTOCK-GAY serves as the Director of Demos' Democracy Program and Stuart has an extensive record of speaking and writing on issues of democracy, foundation practices and civil liberties. BRENDA WRIGHT is the Legal Director in Demos' Democracy Program. (PR Newswire)

    A Quarter Century of Arab Americans at the DNCC  Aug 27, 2008
    The response from Party officials and elected officials for our Convention Gala was significant, with over 50 senators and representatives confirming their attendance at both our Gala event and our issues forum, "Civil Liberties and Global Responsibility." And now, Denver 2008. Once again there are more than 40 Arab American participants at every level. (PR Newswire)

    Here we go again  Aug 27, 2008
    Hence it damages both the economy itself and civil liberties. Nevertheless in Britain and the United States it took 50 years to get rid of it. (Asia Times Online)

    FBI: No Abuse in Journalist Phone Record Seizures  Aug 27, 2008
    Civil liberties groups have criticized the use of such letters, which help authorities gather information without judicial review ... Mike German, Washington policy counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, said he didn't buy the FBI's explanation. (Fox News)

    More airports using body-revealing scanners  Aug 27, 2008
    "Also on this storyThe images generated through millimeter wave are lower-resolution than that of X-ray backscatter, and as a result, privacy may be less of a concern for the traveling public, the TSA said.According to Farran Technologies, an Irish manufacturer of millimeter-wave scanners, the technology exists to extend the screening area to approximately 160 feet. Given this capability, people in airports could be scanned by security personnel without their knowledge. Wolf said there... (MSNBC -- Politics)

    ACCESSIBILITY: LPGA hopes policy will help players  Aug 27, 2008
    Howard Simon, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Florida, said a language requirement could be in violation of state law. "Florida law prohibits discrimination in public accommodations," he said. (USA Today -- Sports)

    ACLU claims DeSoto Parish authorities use racial profiling  Aug 27, 2008
    MANSFIELD, LA (KSLA) - The Louisiana chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union claims law enforcement in Mansfield uses racial profiles when making arrests and handing out traffic citations. The organization recently released a report suggesting an African-American person is two to three times more likely to be arrested in the city than a white person. (KSLA.com, LA)

    Now it's 'thou shalt not cheat on thy spouse' cam  Aug 27, 2008
    But civil liberties advocates fear such technology could be a godsend to peeping toms. "What's to stop someone installing it in their bathroom and recording secret footage of their guests?" said Michael Pearce, SC, vice-president of the Victorian Council for Civil Liberties. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    Clinton salutes Obama as convention cheers  Aug 27, 2008
    Pontiac resident wrote on Aug 27, 2008 5:53 AM:" First, I'm an independant voter. It's not because she is a woman but, because of her caustic attitude toward everyone else. She has split the democratic vote and lost the election for them! If the Democratic party is truely the workers party then they must divorce themselves of people like this and Ted Kennedy, and many others that want to rule by getting rid of our civil liberties. They must wake up to reality. Ultra liberal views and dirty... (The Pantagraph newspaper)

    Letters to the Editor (Aug. 27) (41)  Aug 27, 2008
    Explain precisely the steps you will take to set about reversing the damage that the Bush administration has done to each of the following: The rule of law, Americans civil liberties, the nation s financial well-being and our standing and influence with other nations. The new president cannot just conduct business as usual. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)

    Bringing the Church to the Courtroom  Aug 27, 2008
    Considering itself the antithesis of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Scottsdale-based organization has used money and moxie to become the leading player in a movement to tug the nation to the right by challenging decades of legal precedent. By stepping into the nation's most impassioned debates about religion in the public sphere, the group aims to bring law and society into alignment with conservative Christianity. (Yahoo News -- Church-State Issues)

    Nebraska town to ignore restriction on campaign signs  Aug 27, 2008
    The Nebraska chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has taken exception to the ordinance. ACLU Nebraska director Laurel Marsh says the U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of speech -- not "freedom of speech for a given period of time.". (Sioux City Journal)

    News Stories  Aug 27, 2008
    Civil Liberties Full Coverage on Yahoo. News. (Yahoo News -- Civil Liberties)

    Officials: Pentagon Probed Finances  Aug 27, 2008
    Under then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, the Pentagon expanded its collection of intelligence within the borders of the United States -- a development that stirred concern among members of Congress and prompted stern criticism and lawsuits from civil liberties advocates. These efforts are overseen by the Pentagon's Counterintelligence Field Activity agency, or CIFA, which was established in September 2002 by then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz. (Yahoo News -- Privacy Issues)

    New twist on government control of data: use of subpoenas  Aug 27, 2008
    And so Mr. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, decided to fight ... This struggle between the needs to protect national security and civil liberties goes back to the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, which were passed to silence critics of the war with France. (Yahoo News -- Privacy Issues)

    2008 Democratic National Convention: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by John Hutson, President, Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord  Aug 26, 2008
    Instead of inspiring the world with the power of American ideals, they offer war as a first resort, an overstretched military, justification for torture, and trampling of civil liberties. From the invasion of Iraq to the devastation of Katrina, I see arrogance abroad and incompetence at home. (PR Newswire)

    Playing nice withRussia has failed  Aug 26, 2008
    Russians have significant access to Western media and culture but do not appear widely distressed about their loss of civil liberties or genuine democracy. Despite the compromise of democratic freedoms and property rights, Russia's peculiar market economy is growing faster than any industrialized democracy and most former communist states. (Asia Times Online)

    U.S. fliers struggle to get off security watch lists  Aug 26, 2008
    Last month, the American Civil Liberties Union said that the watch lists now had a million names. The group said the system was "out of control" and "treats the rights of the innocent as an afterthought.". (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)

    State argues for its right to use Limbaugh records  Aug 26, 2008
    Joining Limbaugh, 53, in his opposition to allowing the records to be used are the American Civil Liberties Union and a national group of physicians. They argue that the privacy rights of all Floridians are under attack. (Yahoo News -- Rush Limbaugh)

    ACLU: Police Withholding Surveillance Documents  Aug 26, 2008
    The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland claims in a court filing that Maryland State Police officials have not released all documents related to the 14-month infiltration or monitoring of anti-death penalty and peace activist groups. The ACLU filed a Public Information Act lawsuit against the state police in June that first detailed the surveillance operation. (ABC 7 News, DC)

    Olympics bolsters China's image with local businesses  Aug 26, 2008
    For some Arizona companies doing business, or considering doing business in China, the Olympics have been a net positive, despite ethical issues -- whether they be lip-synched songs at the opening ceremony and suspected underage gymnasts or bigger concerns over workers' rights and civil liberties. "I think it will be tremendously far-reaching," Bob Nanburg, managing partner of , said of the Beijing Olympics. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)

    Turkey's Detente With Kurds Wavers  Aug 26, 2008
    Erdogan now refuses to talk to politicians from legally recognized Kurdish parties, and his government plans to toughen a terrorism law in ways that some fear will impinge on civil liberties. In April, a veteran researcher for the New York-based Human Rights Watch, in southeast Turkey to investigate claims of police abuse against Kurds, was detained by police and deported. (Yahoo News -- Kurdish Issues)

    Tape shows woman dying on waiting room floor  Aug 26, 2008
    NEW YORK (CNN) -- A 49-year-old woman collapsed and died on the floor of a waiting room at a Brooklyn psychiatric hospital and lay there for more than an hour as employees ignored her, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union, which on Tuesday released surveillance camera video of the incident ... Upon her admission, Green waited nearly 24 hours for treatment, said the civil liberties union, which was among the groups filing suit against the facility last year seeking improved conditions... (Yahoo News -- Health Care)

    Reports of Squalid Conditions at New Orleans Prison  Aug 26, 2008
    Eric Balaban, a senior staff counsel with the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, inherited the case in the late 1980s. His group is releasing a report Monday on the Orleans Parish Prison that documents many of the same problems uncovered by NPR's investigation and some that are even worse. (Yahoo News -- Prison Issues)

    No appeal in Slidell case over courthouse Jesus picture  Aug 26, 2008
    NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Parish and city officials won't appeal a judge's decision to award more than $42,000 in attorneys fees to the American Civil Liberties Union for a case challenging the legality of a religious icon in a Louisiana courthouse. Judi Bottoni / Associated Press. (WWLTV.com, LA)

    Protesters Arrive in Drips, Not Droves  Aug 26, 2008
    The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado and a dozen protest groups filed a lawsuit against the city earlier this year, arguing that the demonstration area was too far away from the Pepsi Center and delegates. But this month a federal judge ruled that the plans were sufficient and legal. (Roll Call)

    Transit workers giving urine sample may get audience  Aug 25, 2008
    Christopher Ott, a spokesman from the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, questioned how much the new policy would improve safety, given that regulators don't test for other factors that impair people, such as lack of sleep. "It seems to be very invasive of people's privacy for a limited gain," he said. (Boston Globe)

    Thousands defy smoking ban in mass protest  Aug 25, 2008
    the death of civil liberties. Thousands of smokers defied the introduction of the smoking ban across England yesterday by lighting up in pubs, claiming that the legislation was an infringement of civil liberties. (Yahoo News -- Smoking)

    * Democrats to meet under tight security  Aug 25, 2008
    The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sought to challenge the security arrangements before a Denver court, but was overruled by the judge who said protesters rights to freedom of speech had not been infringed. Activists however have dubbed the rally area Guantanamo on the Platte linking the river which runs through the city to the US military base in Cuba where war on terror detainees are held. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Opponents wade back into battle to pull plug on surveillance cameras  Aug 25, 2008
    That includes the American Civil Liberties Union, Chinese for Affirmative Action and more than half a dozen other community groups that have packed city hearings over the past year to oppose the placement of cameras in public places with the intention of deterring crime and catching violent criminals. They smell blood on the issue with the news this week that San Francisco police and the Housing Authority rarely use the devices, and they say they have no intention of backing down. (Yahoo News -- Law Enforcement)

    Spy chief's disclosures stun Congress  Aug 25, 2008
    His remarks also drew criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union, which has challenged the legality of the spying program and fought in court to compel the Bush administration to disclose more details about it. If this ostensibly sensitive information can be released now, why could it not be released two months ago, when the public and Congress desperately needed it. (Yahoo News -- Espionage & Intelligence)

    Biden Camp Pressed Hard For a Slot on the Ticket  Aug 25, 2008
    In the release, he said, "Like President Bush, Sen. McCain is presenting the American people with a false choice: national security or civil liberties. We need a president who understands that we can have both.". Sen. (Wall Street Journal)

    Wunderkid who got CF.C off ground is all-Ivy  Aug 25, 2008
    I know I'm interested in public policy, as well as civil liberties issues, but there are a lot of other legal fields I know nothing about, and I don't want to neglect them prematurely. . (Cougfan.com)

    Texas To Track Truant Students By GPS  Aug 24, 2008
    But Terri Burke, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, said requiring students to wear the GPS devices full-time raises privacy concerns. Students and parents must understand that attending school is not optional. (CBS News)

    Caution: Driver may be surfing the Web  Aug 24, 2008
    As Vanderbilt says in his book, many people have been willing to accept curtailed civil liberties as a response to terrorist threats, but many of the same people "have routinely resisted traffic measures designed to reduce the annual death toll," like curbing cellphone use while driving. The Transportation Department is pleased that the number of traffic deaths in 2007 was the lowest since 1994 and reflected a historic low in deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)

    Begich targeting Stevens but first faces Metcalfe  Aug 24, 2008
    He stood beside a group called "Gun Owners for Begich" and talked about the 2nd amendment and civil liberties before answering questions on fuel and power costs. "We've had no energy plan in Congress for 40 years, and the crisis we face today is because of that," Begich said -- a reference to Stevens' four decades in the Senate. (Anchorage Daily News)

    Denver revs up for Democrats  Aug 24, 2008
    18: Denver activists are protesting a city facility, set to be used during the Democratic National Convention, that they say poses a threat to civil liberties. KUSA's Kyle Clark reports. (MSNBC -- Politics)

    * Uighur group fears fierce crackdown after Olympics end  Aug 24, 2008
    A former British colony, Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997, but it maintains separate political and financial systems from the mainland and has promised Western-style civil liberties commonly denied in China. Wang rose to global prominence as one of the students who led the pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)

    * Has Google turned from cool into corporate Death Star? Part 2  Aug 24, 2008
    Liberty, the civil liberties organization, and the National Consumer Council have also expressed concern. These are early shots in a long war over how much Google the world can stomach. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Pilot's name on watch list threatens career  Aug 24, 2008
    Witold Walczak, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney representing Scherfen and his wife in a lawsuit, calls the government actions "unfair" and "unjust.". "It is quite clear when the government does something that takes away not just your job but your occupation, your career, they have to provide you with some means to clear your name," Walczak said. (CNN -- US)

    Muslims work around prejudice in politics  Aug 24, 2008
    Rather than galvanizing around issues or developing a profile of candidates in regard to their community, such as civil liberties or the war in Iraq, the American Muslim community has been reduced to far more basic goals of voter registration and turnout. Recent sermons at Bay Area mosques - from San Francisco to Hayward to San Jose - have urged Muslims that voting in this election is their duty. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    News Stories  Aug 24, 2008
    Civil Liberties Full Coverage on Yahoo. News. (Yahoo News -- Civil Liberties)

    Officials: Pentagon Probed Finances  Aug 24, 2008
    Under then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, the Pentagon expanded its collection of intelligence within the borders of the United States -- a development that stirred concern among members of Congress and prompted stern criticism and lawsuits from civil liberties advocates. These efforts are overseen by the Pentagon's Counterintelligence Field Activity agency, or CIFA, which was established in September 2002 by then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz. (Yahoo News -- Privacy Issues)

    New twist on government control of data: use of subpoenas  Aug 24, 2008
    And so Mr. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, decided to fight ... This struggle between the needs to protect national security and civil liberties goes back to the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, which were passed to silence critics of the war with France. (Yahoo News -- Privacy Issues)

    Zogby: Obama in Denver -- A Defining Moment  Aug 24, 2008
    Many liberals are tough and demand purity and Obama has appeared to compromise on issues dear to their hearts like civil liberties, Iraq, and off-shore oil drilling. Similarly, some young people are beginning to question whether the compromising centrist Obama is the different sort of politician they were looking for. (Newsmax)

    A cost of privatization  Aug 23, 2008
    These kids have been harassed, intimidated, publicly humiliated, their civil liberties violated and their children traumatized by Rising View. My son-in-law has been deployed several times since the beginning of the war on terror and has served under difficult circumstances. (Helena Independent Record, MT)

    Va. privacy advocate gets partial win in SSN postings case  Aug 23, 2008
    Kent Willis, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Virginia, said the judge recognized the new law as censorship. The ACLU represents Ostergren in the lawsuit. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)

    CLASSROOM CHAOS  Aug 23, 2008
    THE citizens of the world who hate America are going to love the latest agitprop released this week by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union. In a document titled "A Violent Education: Corporal Punishment of Children in US Public Schools," the left-wing groups seek to paint a horrifying portrait of the nation's classrooms as Abu Ghraib-like torture chambers. (New York Post -- Opinions)

    Organizing committee slams media...  Aug 23, 2008
    Message to the Chinese Communist Party: If you want to play in the top echelons of world culture and business, you damn well better be ready to accept civil liberties and people's freedom to create and innovate. If that does not happen, it doesn't matter how many people or factories they have to manufacture knock-offs of products conceived in more advanced, free countries. (The Drudge Report)

    Today's radical liberals have only degraded the liberal philosophy  Aug 23, 2008
    In his Aug. 12 letter, Jim O'Leary espoused an interesting variety of "liberal" accomplishments starting with the "radical" Founding Fathers through "radical" abolitionists and ending with the Nancy Pelosi "progressive'' legislations. His terminology is confusing as these three separate words have distinct differences. If one reads the Declaration of Independence and the original Constitution, one will find that the Founding Fathers were truly radical in breaking away from Great Britain, but... (Albany Times Union)

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