Civil Liberties Discussion Forum - Democratic Underground Forums

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What surveillance really is, at its root, is a highly effective form of social control 6 limpyhobbler Aug 2013 Aug 2013 7 3084

John Grishams books are censored at Guantanamo Bay. 2 MarkLaw Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 2164

ACLU: A Guide to What We Now Know About the NSA's Dragnet Searches of Your Communications 3 NYC_SKP Aug 2013 Aug 2013 10 2622

ACLU on the Hill: NSA Surveillance "Intrusive and Unconstitutional" 6 NYC_SKP Jul 2013 Aug 2013 7 3110

Repost from LBN: NYPD to stop archiving names, addresses of stop-and-frisk targets 1 friendly_iconoclast Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 2197

Vicious Cycle of Repression-Protest-Repression 0 William deB. Mills Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 3091

Mind-Boggling Road-Side Cavity Searches Aren't Isolated Incidents: Lawyers 2 AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 2760

ACLU story: "You May Have 'Nothing to Hide' But You Still Have Something to Fear" 9 NYC_SKP Aug 2013 Aug 2013 29 4822

Justice Should Not Depend on Skin Color 1 NYC_SKP Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2128

Seeking Asylum from a country not traditionally considered... 4 shockedcanadian Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2528

From the ACLU "Blog of Rights": "Domestic Drones" 1 NYC_SKP Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2172

New York City mayor vetoes bills to limit stop-and-frisk policy 0 Eugene Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2010

New Jersey Senate Candidate leads fight to repeal Patriot Act and FISA Amendments Act 0 limpyhobbler Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2040

Looking for support for this group. 39 NYC_SKP Jul 2013 Jul 2013 8 10549

Teacher Fired for Past Life as Porn Actress 11 Modern School Jan 2013 Jul 2013 1 8168

Detroit Free Press: Police launch investigations after arrest of photographer 4 friendly_iconoclast Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2866

AP Exclusive: Daniels looked to censor opponents 0 friendly_iconoclast Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2163

Posting a DU 3 comment here, in hopes this group will remain. 3 dixiegrrrrl May 2011 Jul 2013 2 3099

ACLU: Police Documents on License Plate Scanners Reveal Mass Tracking 0 NYC_SKP Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 1883

Eclectic group sues U.S. government over phone data surveillance 0 Eugene Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1860

U.S. defends secrecy of unique surveillance court 4 Eugene Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2764

Activist Arrest for Sidewalk Chalk Message, Police Officer Ignorant of Bill of Rights [VIDEO] 0 Counterpoint PA Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2413

Judge rejects state secrets defense in wiretapping lawsuit 1 Eugene Jul 2013 Jul 2013 4 2250

Public Works employees being photographed and videoed 0 SHRED Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 1966

I'm confused about Shelby County v. Holder. 3 Motown_Johnny Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2417

NY Court: Computer Searches Can Threaten Privacy 0 Eugene Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 2069

Cop Claims Chicago's Finest Beat Their Own 4 AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 Jun 2013 2 3116

White House Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden 12 limpyhobbler Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 4825

Stand with Edward Snowden 5 im1013 Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 3052

Fireside Chat - NSA/Bill of Rights/US Constitution - June 10, 2013 0 LovingA2andMI Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2442

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Verizon Wireless Secretly Passed AP Reporters' Phone Records to Feds 1 limpyhobbler May 2013 May 2013 4 2114

Canadian requesting FOIA at border...who do I contact? 2 shockedcanadian May 2013 May 2013 0 2135

Strict Constructionists and the Second Amendment 16 bucolic_frolic Dec 2012 May 2013 4 14082

New Post on Torture in the US 3 TimKeller Dec 2012 Apr 2013 2 2593

Right to Lawyer Can Be Empty Promise for Poor 5 Kire Mar 2013 Apr 2013 2 2834

High school apologizes for ‘think like a Nazi’ assignment after backlash from English students... 1 shockedcanadian Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2073

UC Research Examines Corporate Communications in the ‘Gilded Age’ of Free Speech 0 OKIsItJustMe Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2089

It All Started Innocently Enough 7 DallasNE Mar 2013 Apr 2013 3 7923

U.S. Citizens Arrested for Refusing Border Patrol Questions, while boarding a domestic flight 3 limpyhobbler Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 3215

Bill would limit whistleblower activities on PA farms (and possibly gas drilling sites at farms) 1 limpyhobbler Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2154

The Right to Counsel: Badly Battered at 50 1 Kire Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2194

Supreme Court to consider when assets can be frozen pre-trial 0 Eugene Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2113

Federal Judge Finds National Security Letters Unconstitutional, Bans Them 4 limpyhobbler Mar 2013 Mar 2013 12 2709

New York City mayor opposes new oversight of police 6 Eugene Jun 2012 Mar 2013 5 3624

Montana drafts new bill giving felons the option of being spanked 11 Mkap Feb 2013 Mar 2013 0 5146

You Can’t Protest at the Supreme Court 13 alp227 Jan 2012 Feb 2013 5 10157

CISPA Offers Choice between Security and Liberty 2 BridgeTheGap Apr 2012 Feb 2013 5 3259

1984 has finally arrived, folks 7 WhoIsNumberNone Nov 2012 Feb 2013 5 4318

Supreme Court upholds police "dog sniff" of truck 4 Eugene Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2925

Please support this man! The courageous story of Justice lawyer Edgar Schmidt 0 shockedcanadian Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2158

Judge rules (Illinois) eavesdropping law unconstitutional 7 Bozita Mar 2012 Feb 2013 10 5399

Being passive is damaging says Julian Assange 6 3feetofsnow Aug 2012 Feb 2013 24 4049

Michael Moore asks citizens to stand up to Obama on civil liberties issue 19 Eugene Feb 2013 Feb 2013 62 8571

Minneapolis license plate data raises privacy questions 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2359

New York "stop and frisk" trial set for March 2013 7 Eugene Aug 2012 Feb 2013 3 3916

Felony Forgiveness 2 BudHardener Jan 2013 Feb 2013 1 3449

Death penalty injustice, not such a new idea... 0 Bay Boy Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 2020

EYE IN THE SKY WATCHIN OVER YOU!! 17 tomkoop Jun 2012 Jan 2013 7 12286

Obama Crowned Himself on New Year's Eve 8 davidswanson Jan 2012 Jan 2013 9 6010

"Gideon’s Army": Young Public Defenders Brave Staggering Caseloads, Low Pay to Represent the Poor 7 rug Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 3928

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There could be justice for Trayvon Martin after all... 18 GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 Jan 2013 3 8029

Students Busted for 'Studying While Black' 4 AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 Jan 2013 3 3182

Oakland man guilty of murder - no body of victim 11 alp227 Feb 2012 Jan 2013 0 7867

In Police Training, a Dark Film on U.S. Muslims 1 groovedaddy Jan 2012 Jan 2013 0 2318

Court wary of warrantless blood tests in DUI cases 3 Eugene Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2685

Court Rules Gang Crime Falls Short of Terrorism 0 struggle4progress Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2006

For Corporate websites, you’re not anonymous. They know your name, email, and company. 1 toddmiller Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2276

Review of book on Police Interrogation 0 jade3000 Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 2010

CSIS destroyed files on Diefendbaker and Pearson to “respect the privacy rights”... 0 shockedcanadian Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1930

Judges’ Kids-for-Cash Scandal Was Allowed Under Conspiracy of Silence, says Author. 4 AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 Nov 2012 3 3929

Question regarding police stops 5 matt819 Oct 2012 Nov 2012 0 3151

NC Murder Convict Ordered Freed on New Evidence 2 maddezmom Jun 2012 Nov 2012 3 2395

"100,000 signatures wanted to free Don Siegelman" Pls sign petition at FREE-DON.org 5 robinlynne Oct 2012 Nov 2012 9 5652

This is the anniversary of the event in the video. Never forget! 3 Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2012 Oct 2012 3 2750

History Repeating Itself 1 SoutherDem May 2012 Oct 2012 0 2594

The Axis of Evil: China, Iran, Iraq, Arabia, America, Yemen, N. Korea 3 Modern School Mar 2012 Oct 2012 1 3692

ACLU lawsuit against Sheriff and DA in Los Angeles County 2 JDPriestly Jul 2012 Oct 2012 7 2925

Denouncing City’s Move to Regulate Circumcision (NYC) 2 alp227 Sep 2012 Sep 2012 1 3687

Poll: Mental health relating to the Dark Knight Rises shootings 0 discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2092

Born in Chains- US has the world's largest female prison population – but no plan for pregnancies 3 midnight Aug 2012 Aug 2012 6 2742

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