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Tennessee teen in trouble for saying 'bless you' after sneeze 14 exboyfil Aug 2014 Jan 2015 1 5475

Judicial Ethics education - you can tune in if you're curious ... 0 rewinn Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1557

ACLU accuses NSA of using holiday lull to ‘minimise impact’ of documents 0 Eugene Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 1519

Happy Birthday, Bill of Rights, ratified on this day in 1791 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 3473

Decadeslong Arrest Wave Vexes Employers 0 question everything Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 1533

For Eric, For Michael, well, here's another name for you to add... Freddy 0 Dr. Xavier Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 3026

Unarmed People of Color Killed by Police, 1999-2014 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 1455

Racial profiling will still be allowed at airports, along border despite new policy 0 Eugene Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 1484

Utah agrees to drop parts of disputed 2011 immigration law 0 Eugene Nov 2014 Nov 2014 3 1347

Oklahoma school district rejects Hobby Lobby-backed bible class 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2014 Nov 2014 4 1360

ROTC program under review amid religion-based challenges 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 1728

D.C. Council votes to overhaul asset forfeiture, give property owners new rights 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2014 Nov 2014 4 1377

Killings by Utah police outpacing gang, drug, child-abuse homicides 4 Man from Pickens Nov 2014 Nov 2014 3 2656

How ‘aggressive and abusive tactics’ by police put an innocent man through 2 murder trials 0 shockedcanadian Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 1280

Understanding the psychology of police misconduct 3 JonLP24 Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 14871

Hero cop protects and serves another satisfied customer (Ferguson) 2 Man from Pickens Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 2266

Prisoner's rights 2 xrayvision2005 May 2012 Nov 2014 1 2663

SHOCK VIDEO: Darren Wilson Violates 1st Amendment “I’ll Lock Your Ass Up”- Arrests Man for Filming 1 Man from Pickens Nov 2014 Nov 2014 7 2104

Legacy of Racism and National Oppression in Michigan 0 jakeXT Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 1476

Is it time yet 0 lsewpershad Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 1377

U.S. appeals court grills opponents of NSA phone data collection 1 Eugene Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1617

Woman Sues LAPD For Kidnapping and Sexually Assaulting Her 5 Man from Pickens Nov 2014 Nov 2014 16 2985

Virginia lawmaker targets civil forfeiture 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 1647

Roy man calls suicide hotline, killed after SWAT standoff 3 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2016

Minnesota County returns car, nearly $10,000 to suspected drug dealer after dismissing charges 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2054

Dr María del Rosario Fuentes Rubio killed for speaking out 0 spike91nz Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2718

Florida Supreme Court Rejects Cell Phone Tracking by Police 1 friendly_iconoclast Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1668

If you have a cell phone, "they" know where you are. 6 rogerashton Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2028

Jail Doesn't Help Addicts. Let's Stop Sending Them There. 10 NYC_SKP Oct 2014 Oct 2014 14 4554

ACLU Defense of Religious Practice and Expression (including in the workplace) 0 NYC_SKP Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1872

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Justice for Stanley Cohen 0 midnight Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1328

Alleged desecration of U.S. flag case held over for court 1 osaMABUSh Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1650

Ontario asks top court to throw out lawsuit from man who spent 31 years in jail for murder he didn’t 3 shockedcanadian Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1900

Cop's Tip For Not Getting Raped By A Cop: 'Don't Get Pulled Over' 1 Man from Pickens Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 2490

Please help a victim of a police shooting! 1 Dr. Xavier Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2996

Texas Cheerleaders Still Begging Courts to Let Them Cheer for Jesus 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2014 Sep 2014 1 2780

VIDEO: Pregnant woman slammed onto street by NYPD cop in Sunset Park 2 Man from Pickens Sep 2014 Sep 2014 12 2437

U.S. attorney general announces grant to study police racial profiling 2 Eugene Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1699

Is It Torture Now? ISIS Apparently A Fan Of CIA’s Waterboarding Techniques 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2014 Aug 2014 7 1743

littlemisssmartypants suggested that I should cross post this thread here. 5 tblue37 Aug 2014 Aug 2014 10 2485

(REDACTED) memo released on killing (REDACTED) American overseas 0 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 4 1596

Russell Rios shooting - Here is an interesting case 0 exboyfil Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 2081

Membership in the ACLU. Only $5.00 2 NYC_SKP Aug 2014 Aug 2014 7 1707

Idiot Talk Show Host Michael Berry running a 1 exboyfil Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2633

Amnesty Intl: "This is not the Bush administration, this is torture happening under Obama" 1 bigtree Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 2092

Police behaviour in woman’s background check ‘malicious,’ lawsuit alleges 0 shockedcanadian Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 1419

Fresh doubts over a Texas execution 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2014 Aug 2014 4 1558

New York police unions lose bid to challenge stop-and-frisk settlement 1 Eugene Jul 2014 Aug 2014 2 1567

Microsoft must give prosecutors customer email stored on server in Ireland, federal judge rules 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1420

Andrew Leduc hit-and-run death: Civilian RCMP contractor cleared of wrongdoing 0 shockedcanadian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1408

DOJ Says They Can No Longer Afford To Respect The Attorney-Client Privilege 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2014 Jul 2014 6 2995

Source Leaks Secret Guidelines for US Government "Watchlist" 1 friendly_iconoclast Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 2048

Ohio judge favors camera speeding ticket refunds 3 Eugene Jan 2014 Jul 2014 3 2023

Provincial jails clogged with legally innocent Canadians 0 shockedcanadian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1522

Innocence Project co-founder calls for audit of all Nifong cases 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 1881

Toronto woman stunned by police revelation in background check 2 shockedcanadian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1936

'You are being tracked': How cities use licence-plate scanners to create vast databases of vehicles 3 shockedcanadian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2169

Police chiefs call for presumed innocence in background checks 1 shockedcanadian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1488

Inmate’s Gassing Death Latest In Complaints Against Florida Prisons 2 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1926

Public servant expects $1 million after human rights tribunal finds 'subtle scent of discrimination' 0 shockedcanadian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1578

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Durham police officers accused of faking 911 calls to enter homes 1 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 9 2048

Do not take picturesof the Dorchester gas-storage tank... 6 Little Star Jul 2014 Jul 2014 6 2644

What intelligence agency in the West has absolutely NO oversight body or obligation to government? 3 shockedcanadian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2177

Litigation for Libel Slander VS Public Defending 0 theexwife Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1475

Ask not what you can do for your religion, but what can the government do for your religion. 0 cheyanne Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1726

Break a window, and pay for life 0 shockedcanadian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 1992

NSA reformers dismayed after privacy board vindicates surveillance dragnet 1 Eugene Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1645

Fifty Years Ago Today: the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1736

Question about the Hobby Lobby decision. 7 JDPriestly Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 3333

U.S. privacy board says NSA Internet spying program is effective but worrying 0 Eugene Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1589

Massachusetts high court says accused criminal must decrypt computers for police 5 Eugene Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2248

Q about discrimination and "sincerely held religious belief" 4 DetlefK Mar 2014 Jun 2014 0 2047

Prisons of “type C”: A new test field in the Greek experiment 0 no more banksters Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2189

‘No judgment, no discretion’: Police records that ruin innocent lives 2 shockedcanadian Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1843

There is a man in our community who is being harrassed by the police, 6 pennylane100 Jun 2014 Jun 2014 6 3649

Jean Paton and the Struggle to Reform American Adoption - 0 me b zola Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1772

I wonder if people can read at times 4 Leme Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 3539

Human Rights Code gives convicted Ontarians more workplace protection than the innocent 0 shockedcanadian Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1297

U.S. Marshals Seize Cops’ Spying Records to Keep Them From the ACLU 0 friendly_iconoclast Jun 2014 Jun 2014 5 1498

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