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Residency where marijuana is legal no reason for police search: U.S. court 1 Eugene Aug 2016 Aug 2016 2 1534
Civil rights groups accuse Arkansas city of running 'debtors prison' 0 Eugene Aug 2016 Aug 2016 4 1515
Gun crime tech 'failed to save lives' in Chicago 0 Eugene Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1557
U.S. prison recordings of attorney-client meetings spur legal fight 0 Eugene Aug 2016 Aug 2016 3 1316
Newspaper Publisher Arrested After Open Records Request 1 Eugene Jul 2016 Aug 2016 1 1863
The Nauru Files: 2,000 Leaked Reports Reveal Scale of Abuse of Children 1 friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 Aug 2016 3 1464
Muslim Woman Says Chicago Police Officers Ripped Off Her Hijab, Suit Says 4 Eugene Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1524
Baltimore officers cited for mistreatment of women in DoJ report 0 Eugene Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1232
St Louis-area municipalities sued over alleged discriminatory 'debtors' prisons' 0 Eugene Aug 2016 Aug 2016 2 1315
How do you fight the police? 1 justgamma Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1678
Ex-Louisiana police officer convicted for lying to FBI in civil rights case 0 Eugene Aug 2016 Aug 2016 2 1443
California Wardens Retire Amid Prison Abuse, Suicide Claims 0 Eugene Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1716
States' Flag-Burning Laws Unconstitutional, but Persist 0 Eugene Jul 2016 Jul 2016 2 1264
Rudy Giuliani suggests Muslims on US watchlist should wear GPS bracelets 6 Eugene Jul 2016 Jul 2016 3 1829
Argentina's Macri to use all individual social security data for "mass communication" campaigns. 2 forest444 Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1418
Argentina's spy agency wins back power under Macri as officials increase surveillance. 0 forest444 Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1287
Woman in Illegal Body Cavity Search Settles Border Case 0 Eugene Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1593
Documents: People Held to Shield Image of Montana Tribe 0 Eugene Jul 2016 Jul 2016 2 1409
Officer Harasses Woman For Wearing Hijab At DC Public Library 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2016 Jul 2016 3 2022
Justice department 'uses aged computer system to frustrate Foia requests' 4 Eugene Jul 2016 Jul 2016 3 2044
In first, U.S. judge throws out cell phone 'stingray' evidence 9 Eugene Jul 2016 Jul 2016 33 3324
Why I am in favor of (a modest amount of) terrorism and assassination 0 Craig234 Jul 2016 Jul 2016 5 1628
Report: Albuquerque Police Failed in Use-of-Force Reviews 0 Eugene Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1402
Macy's banned from detaining and fining alleged shoplifters, judge rules 0 Eugene Jul 2016 Jul 2016 8 1743
US Senator Wyden: Why I had to halt FBI's latest internet spying push 1 friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 Jun 2016 1 2053
How a 'watch list' was defeated in the Fifties: the case of Kent v. Dulles 1 friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 Jun 2016 0 1497
Homeless man did not break law by fleeing cold: Massachusetts' top court 1 Eugene Jun 2016 Jun 2016 16 1669
Justice Sotomayor's Ringing Dissent 1 spud_demon Jun 2016 Jun 2016 9 2283
FBI uses questionable facial recognition software to comb vast photo database 0 Eugene Jun 2016 Jun 2016 9 1341
Fifty years old today: "You have the right to remain silent." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2016 Jun 2016 5 1474

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Legal settlement may set precedent for detained immigrants seeking lawyers 0 Eugene Jun 2016 Jun 2016 3 1461
New Document Revealed in California Jail Informants Probe 0 Eugene Jun 2016 Jun 2016 2 1428
Immigrants appeal Texas judge’s order to turn over personal information 0 Eugene Jun 2016 Jun 2016 7 1333
English-Only Policy Dropped at Milwaukee Custard Stand 1 Eugene Jun 2016 Jun 2016 1 1495
Judge who handcuffed public defender to teach a ‘lesson’ gets own chastising 1 Eugene Jun 2016 Jun 2016 4 1587
Taking down drones with eagles 6 elljay May 2016 May 2016 0 3884
Push for encryption law falters despite Apple case spotlight 0 Eugene May 2016 May 2016 2 1344
Bill would expand FBI's warrantless access to online records, senators warn 0 Eugene May 2016 May 2016 5 1340
ACLU threatens Cleveland over delays in convention protest permits 1 Eugene May 2016 May 2016 2 1453
Prosecutor: Cop Destroyed Woman's Phone, Lied About Assault 1 Eugene May 2016 May 2016 1 1457
Utah to Temporarily Stop Enforcing Law in 'Deadpool' Case 1 Eugene May 2016 May 2016 1 1634
'Racism from cradle to grave': Texas cemetery sued for 'whites only' policy 3 Eugene May 2016 May 2016 3 1789
A university moved to fire a professor after he defended a student’s right to debate gay marriage. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 May 2016 3 1450
Feds Call for Judge to Disband Police in Polygamous Towns 1 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 4 1677
What an insulting abuse of power 1 inchhigh Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1631
U.S. high court approves rule change to expand FBI hacking power 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1325
Newly released bigoted texts from San Francisco police call cases into question 1 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 3 1590
Why Oklahoma cops are returning $53,000 to a Christian band, an orphanage and a church 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2016 Apr 2016 10 1549
Supreme Court to Decide Whether States Can Make You Leave Your Fourth Amendment Rights at the DMV 5 houston16revival Apr 2016 Apr 2016 4 3529
Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Organizations Debunk 'Bathroom Predator Myth' 2 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1478
South Carolina town where black man shot asks U.S. for police help 1 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 3 1573
Top Cincinnati university cop urged aggressive traffic stops: report 4 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1814
Court rules warrantless collection of cellphone location data constitutional 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 3 1372
The hidden: how Chicago police kept thousands isolated at Homan Square 2 friendly_iconoclast Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1853
Long-stalled email privacy bill advances in Congress 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1320
Chicago policing taskforce calls black distrust of department 'justified' 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1333
'I was struck with multiple blows': inside the secret violence of Homan Square 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 7 1774
Stingray ruling could challenge thousands of Baltimore convictions 1 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 3 1517
Class-Action Suit Challenges US Government's No-Fly List 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 6 1356
Why Are Educators Learning How to Interrogate Their Students? 1 friendly_iconoclast Apr 2016 Apr 2016 4 1874

Civil Liberties Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
All agree his sentence was too harsh, but he may still stay locked up forever 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2016 Apr 2016 3 2054
Appeals Court: No stingrays without a warrant, explanation to judge 1 friendly_iconoclast Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1997
Complaint: Court Sentences Latinos to Costly English Classes 1 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1939
Is There Any Governmental Entity 2 speaktruthtopower Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 1979
New Jersey Police Chief on Leave After Email Allegedly Defending Racial Profiling Surfaces 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1864
Lawmakers say NSA plan to expand sharing data ‘unconstitutional’ 2 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1916
Ted Cruz proposal to reinstate NYPD's Muslim surveillance met with scorn 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1718
Report: Bias Evident in Philadelphia Stop-and-Frisk Practice 1 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 1911
U.N. torture envoy appeals again for visit to U.S. prisons 2 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1602
FBI quietly changes its privacy rules for accessing NSA data on Americans 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1623
Ferguson to weigh accepting U.S. government's police reform plan 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1657
Justice Department asks judge to revisit NY iPhone case 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 1551
Justice Department Sends Ferguson Warning on Consent Decree 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 1613
NYPD is sued for using sound cannons at Eric Garner protest 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 8 1654
Louisiana's public defense system could collapse without renewed cash flow 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1658
U.N. Commissioner Warns Apple Not to Allow FBI to Access Private Data 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 4 1936
Justice Department to review Minneapolis response to police protests 0 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1668
Congress tells FBI that forcing Apple to unlock iPhones is 'a fool's errand' 1 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1725
NYPD allegedly violated civil rights in wrongful home searches 1 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 1881
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