AltWeeklies Wire
Real Judicial Activismnew
If ever there was a time, it's now; if ever there were a place it is Guantanamo Bay, where detainees have been held indefinitely without clearly defined procedures for determining their guilt or innocence of charges that are shadowy and ill-defined -- a situation that makes a joke of the rule of law.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
05-10-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Sleepwalking into a Surveillance Statenew
Government and corporate threats to online privacy are the topics of a major Montreal conference.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
04-26-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Texas is Amassing an Unprecedented Amount of Citizen Informationnew
Piece by piece, Gov. Rick Perry's homeland security office is gathering massive amounts of information about Texas residents and merging it to create the most exhaustive centralized database in state history, with no real oversight.
The Texas Observer |
Jake Bernstein |
04-24-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Free Speech Cut Downnew
A full report on the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression's 2007 Muzzle Awards.
C-Ville Weekly |
Will Goldsmith |
04-11-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Lt. Cmdr. John Sharpe's Words May Be Offensivenew
But should they be grounds for dismissal from the Navy?
Port Folio Weekly |
Jennifer C. O'Donnell |
04-04-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
A First Amendment Case Left in Limbonew
As a result of a clerical error, criminal trespassing charges against anti-war activist Tom Palumbo were dismissed in Virginia Beach General District Court on March 26 when no one showed up to prosecute the case.
Port Folio Weekly |
D.D. Delaney |
04-04-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Jim Torgeson Fights for the Right to Twirl Signsnew
Unfortunately for Torgeson, holding a sign on a street corner in Scottsdale is a crime. So the small-business owner has taken his cause to the Arizona Legislature and is prepared take it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Phoenix New Times |
Megan Irwin |
04-02-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Whose E-mail Is It, Anyway?new
Recent cases -- William Beebe, Dena Bowers and now the firing of U.S. attorneys -- highlight the troubling, often murky issues around e-mail and privacy.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
03-29-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Go to Prison, Lose Your Rightsnew
Prison Legal News has filed a federal lawsuit in Dallas County challenging the county jail's year-old ban on publication subscriptions for inmates, saying it violates inmates' First Amendment rights.
Dallas Observer |
Patrick Williams |
03-26-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Tre Arrow Turns to Maher Ararnew
The environmental activist's effort to raise bail money for his release from a Canadian prison has taken him to Maher Arar, someone who knows about the dangers of being labeled a "terrorist."
Willamette Week |
Andrew MacLeod |
03-22-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Tapped Outnew
Pasadena police deny wrongdoing in using wiretaps against controversial officer.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andre Coleman and Joe Piasecki |
03-19-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The Parable of the Purloined E-mailnew
Jackson has made improvements in responding to public records requests, but the mayor's administration continues to deny requests on flimsy pretexts as one insider says: "Everybody's jumped ship but the rats."
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
03-19-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Librarians Who Resisted PATRIOT Act Speak Outnew
Two civil-liberties-loving librarians have been released from their gag order and are ready to talk.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
03-16-2007 |
Civil Liberties
T for Freedomnew
Released from slavery, Given Kachepa is now caught by Homeland Security's failure to act.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Leslie Rigoulot |
02-22-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Facing Off Over Facebooknew
America's institutions of higher education are increasingly monitoring students' activity online and scrutinizing profiles, not only for illegal behavior, but also for what they deem to be inappropriate speech.
Boston Phoenix |
Greg Lukianoff and Will Creeley |
02-22-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
