by Christopher Ott, Communications Director, ACLU of Massachusetts Government agents should not have the right to seize property from travelers at the airport without reasonable suspicion of a crime, like they did with David … [Read more...]
What the GITMO Files Reveal About State Secrecy
by Kade Crockford As researcher Darryl Li points out, most of the Wikileaks Gitmo dump consists of US intelligence “’detainee assessments’ that reveal more about the inner fantasy world of the US intelligence apparatus than who the … [Read more...]
Massachusetts High Court Limits Police Searches in Small Marijuana Cases
First, and most obviously, it's an important step forward for marijuana decriminalization. The justices took seriously the notion that when Massachusetts voters said they didn't want police harassing marijuana users or using limited law … [Read more...]
Equality is nothing to fear.
The bill would add Massachusetts to 13 other states that already protect the rights of transgender people by including gender identity and expression in the state's non-discrimination statutes. Recent polls show that 76 percent of … [Read more...]
Scott Brown, Civil Liberties, and ACLU conference
Scott Brown did not respond to the ACLU's Senate candidate survey on civil liberties last year, but statements like the one above give cause for concern. On the other hand, Brown proposed legislation at the State House to prohibit the … [Read more...]
Will our next U.S. Senator be a civil libertarian?
Would you support a Congressional investigation of possible unlawful activities by government officials in the post 9/11 era to determine who should be held accountable? Would you have sponsored the JUSTICE Act that would have fixed … [Read more...]
Lacking Firepower?
There is, in fact, a plan to arm certain divisions of the BPD with the guns, bringing up a cavalcade of issues regarding the use of said weapons. There could be circumstances in which the use of these weapons is called for, and nobody one … [Read more...]
“Racial Profiling Is Alive And Well”
This incident itself is an opening to the issue of racial profiling. Here are links to information about two other recent, prominent cases: http://www.aclum.org/news/2007... http://www.aclum.org/docket/va... The first involves the … [Read more...]
ACLU on Sotomayor
The report was prepared in accordance with ACLU policy, and will be made available to the public and members of the Senate. The ACLU does not endorse or oppose candidates for elective or appointive office. … [Read more...]
ACLU speakers in the news
This is partly a plug for the annual ACLU of Massachusetts Bill of Rights Dinner next Thursday, May 28th -- but our speakers, and the issues they have worked on, are in the news. With the debate over Guantanamo going on in Washington, we're … [Read more...]
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