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The Bush Administration & the Damage Done

In waging the war on terror, the White House also has fought a not-so-secret battle for unchecked authority.
Metroland  |  Chet Hardin  |  09-06-2007  |  Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties

What is Your "Local Community"?new

The Supreme Court sets an impossible standard for proving threats to artistic speech on the Internet.
Metroland  |  Miriam Axel-Lute  |  03-30-2006  |  Civil Liberties
Tags: Internet, amendment, First, free, porn, S&M, speech, web

A Matter of Authoritynew

For 20 years, the Critical Art Ensemble has made challenging interventionist art -- now one of its members may spend 20 years in federal prison for it.
Metroland  |  Shawn Stone  |  03-10-2006  |  Civil Liberties
Tags: civil, Act, art, bioterrorism, Critical, Ensemble, FBI, interventionists, Kurtz, liberties, Patriot, Steve

Blood for Bloodnew

Four antiwar demonstrators beat rare federal conspiracy charges they say were brought to chill dissent.
Metroland  |  David King  |  09-29-2005  |  Civil Liberties
Tags: civil, antiwar, day, St., Binghamton, disobediance, Four, Pat's, Patrick's

Faith of the Fathers: “Under God” Argument Is More Than Academicnew

What's it like when your child's classmates tell her she's going to hell?
Metroland  |  John Rodat  |  07-06-2004  |  Civil Liberties
Tags: of, civil liberties, God, Allegiance, Pledge, Under

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