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Deeply divided federal appeals court finds Virginia's 'habitual drunkard' law unconstitutional 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 1831
LA County to pay $53M over strip searches of female inmates 1 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 1895
Facial-recognition use by federal agencies draws lawmakers' anger 1 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 4 1655
Activists worry about potential abuse of face scans for ICE 1 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1784
Georgia accused of discriminating against Puerto Ricans with bizarre driver-license quiz 1 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 1958
'Protesters as terrorists': growing number of states turn anti-pipeline activism into a crime 0 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1703
FBI, ICE find state driver's license photos are a gold mine for facial-recognition searches 0 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1759
Motel 6 hotel chain to settle lawsuit over sharing guest lists with ICE 2 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 2052
Major Police Body Camera Manufacturer (Axon/Taser Intl.) Rejects Facial Recognition Software 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1737
Alabama woman loses unborn child after being shot, gets arrested; shooter goes free 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 2124
June 26, Equal Rights Day at SCOTUS: Lawrence (2003), Windsor and Perry (2013), Obergefell (2015) 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1761
St. Louis County Prosecutor Announces New Conviction And Incident Review Unit 0 Sherman A1 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1786
Co. Supreme Ct. Upholds Decision Forcing Teen to Register As Sex Offender for Swapping Nude Selfies 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 2300
'Good day for a chokehold': the police endorsing racism and violence on Facebook 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 5 2076
The Terrible Power of U.S. Border Officials To Violate Your Rights and Privacy 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 7 1885
Flag-burning blast from the past: Texas v. Johnson, June 21, 1989 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1731
Judge halts immigration arrests at Massachusetts courts 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1591
Lawsplainer: SCOTUS decision in Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, a First Amendment case 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 2007
Government fails to release data on deaths in police custody 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1530
Gay-themed books fuel fight over free speech at small-town library in Maine 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 6 1816
Two CT men did 30 years for murder on the basis of a forensics expert's incorrect testimony 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 12 2339
Federal task forces ban body cameras, so Atlanta police pull out. Others may follow. 1 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 11 2258
Happy 76th anniversary, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1823
Help finding images of possible white nationalist logo 4 AllyCat Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 2632
Watchdog says FBI has access to about 640M photographs 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 1929
Supreme Court limits free speech claim in arrests 1 Eugene May 2019 Jun 2019 1 2228
San Francisco police union wants chief out over raid on freelance reporter 1 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 2 1997
APNewsBreak: Police won't fight California use-of-force bill 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 5 1845
Man witnesses deputy hassle man during drug search. Police charge him with 3rd degree harassment. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 May 2019 4 2129
Police might have broken the law by raiding a reporter's home. Here's how they justify it. 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 11 1864

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Amazon shareholders reject facial recognition ban as concern grows in U.S. Congress 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1808
SCOTUSblog Monday round-up; May 20, 2019 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 May 2019 0 1545
Does it seem that police are out of control? 6 safeinOhio May 2019 May 2019 6 2472
Trump's new tool for collecting social-media-bias stories has one unusual question on it: Are you a 1 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 1 2689
Board reverses clearing of officer in veteran detention 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1680
Lawsuit targets strip searches of women at Michigan jail 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1671
Last-minute execution decisions expose wide and bitter rift at Supreme Court 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 May 2019 0 2314
What the feds consider evidence of criminal activity: living a block or two away from a drug dealer. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 May 2019 2 1930
City Wants to Seize House Over Tall Grass in Yard 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 May 2019 5 2376
Judge: ICE agents can't use immigration interview as 'trap' 1 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 3 1747
ACLU challenges bail bonds system after bounty hunters charged with assault 3 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 3 1850
ACLU sues to stop Trump policy on jailing asylum seekers 1 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 6 1758
At UMass, a Palestinian human rights panel draws a lawsuit 2 friendly_iconoclast May 2019 May 2019 2 1951
Georgia jury acquits man for coming to the door holding a gun when police officers came knocking 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 2124
Washington, D.C.: Handcuffing of 9-year-old prompts probe of police practices 4 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 3 2134
Repost from LBN: NRA sues city of L.A. over its new contract disclosure law 1 friendly_iconoclast Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1799
Perrysburg, Ohio, high school student criminally charged for "ranking" women in his class on twitter 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 2140
Charges dropped for University of Arizona students who protested Border Patrol 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 1694
Facebook urged to tackle spread of fake profiles used by US police 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 1733
Videos appear to show armed militia detaining migrants at US-Mexico border 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 2295
No ICE Arrests In Courthouses Without Judicial Warrants, N.Y. Court Directive Says 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1519
Ted Cruz Could Use a Refresher Class on the First Amendment 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 2087
Federal judge awards legal fees in Iowa ag gag lawsuit case 1 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1588
Alabama Cops Raid House, Seize Cash, and Ruin Lives Over $50 of Marijuana 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 7 2157
ACLU: (NJ) Students suspended for posting gun photos on Snapchat file free-speech suit 0 friendly_iconoclast Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1880
Georgia lawmakers consider bill that takes aim at the state's journalists 4 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 3 2052
'Blatant Violation of the First Amendment': Public Citizen Sues Betsy DeVos for Censoring Its Websit 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 2131
When you want to violate the Constitution, literally any smell is the "odor of marijuana." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 9 1869
this is as good a summary of how qualified immunity abets police brutality as you'll see 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 1698
US wants 2 years to ID migrant kids separated from families 1 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1682

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Motel 6 pays $12 million for sharing guest lists with U.S. immigration: Washington AG 1 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 3 1852
Lawyers slam 'Wild West' atmosphere in Texas immigration court 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1702
Supreme Court Draws, Quarters The Eighth Amendment 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 6 2115
Judge orders Fairfax County, Virginia, police to stop collecting data from license plate readers 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 1812
University of Arizona will charge 2 students over protest of Border Patrol event on campus 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 3 1732
16-year-old Illinois boy commits suicide after police threatened him with lifetime sex registry 8 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 3 3017
D.E.A. Secretly Collected Bulk Records of Money-Counter Purchases 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1759
Georgia Senate votes to allow lawsuits over questionable laws 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1602
For asylum seekers in Mexico, U.S. judge asks, 'How does the court serve them?' 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 6 1677
Cops steal $270K while executing search warrant,but is stealing while executing SW a 4A violation? 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2019 Mar 2019 5 2025
Alarm over leaked US database targeting journalists and immigration activists 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 11 1991
US immigration agents find ways around 'sanctuary' policies 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 1628
Court: Flipping the bird to cop is free speech 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 6 2006
ACLU: N. Carolinians Voted to End Cooperation With Trump's Deportation Force. ICE Retaliated 0 friendly_iconoclast Mar 2019 Mar 2019 8 1969
On Fox News, Dinesh D'Souza calls on Trump to use "force" and send the National Guard to campuses 8 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 3381
Happy 100th anniversary (March 3), Schenck v. United States. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 2147
"I hate to be a grinch, but: this is not a legitimate use of the power to pull people over." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 Mar 2019 2 3330
Please do not click on the links in this thread about online legal threats. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 Mar 2019 2 2242
A 53 year-old homeless man was arrested after trying and failing to use a counterfeit $20 bill to... 11 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 Mar 2019 3 3803
Comedian says Border Patrol agents pulled him off Greyhound bus to check his status, then told him h 7 Eugene Jan 2019 Mar 2019 15 3205
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