Just a week after Congress caved in and voted to expand the federal government's ability to monitor ordinary Americans' emails and phone calls, the Massachusetts legislature has voted to do something very similar. Carol Rose, Executive … [Read more...]
Congress caved. We’re suing.
For the record, here's the text of the Fourth Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but … [Read more...]
ACLU goes to court in Boston to fight government ban on scholar
The Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights and the Massachusetts Chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee have jointly invited Professor Adam Habib to be the keynote speaker at an event on August 5, 2008, because of his … [Read more...]
Driving While Immigrant
There's already been news coverage on the tug-of-war over whether state troopers should help enforce immigration law. Admittedly this is sort of a cross-post, but I wanted to share a piece by Anjali Waikar, the Equal Justice Works Fellow … [Read more...]
House adjourns without FISA cave-in!
Good news, at least for now! The House adjourned without surrendering to White House pressure (for a change) to extend the so-called "Protect America Act." Kennedy and Kerry opposed amnesty to the telecoms that went along with the … [Read more...]
Kerry, Kennedy opposed FISA cave-in
Yesterday the US Senate voted for another cave-in, providing legal immunity for the telecoms that went along with the White House's illegal warrantless wiretaps. At least Kerry and Kennedy voted against it. McCain supported it. … [Read more...]
Go see “Rendition”
A bunch of us over here at the ACLU got a chance Wednesday night to see an advance screening of Rendition, which officially opens tonight.I'd recommend it to anybody. It has its Hollywood moments and oversimplifications, but overall … [Read more...]
Let’s say you’re labeled a terrorism suspect by mistake…
The good news, as the Globe reports today, is that this real-life fiasco has just resulted in two provisions of the Patriot Act being ruled unconstitutional. The essential problem is that the Patriot Act allows for surveillance and … [Read more...]
Who’s “Just Getting Started”?
Once upon a time, "Our Gang" referred to those little rascals featured in the American comedy series by the same name that featured a band of poor black and white neighborhood children who wore their hats sideways and had adventures … [Read more...]
Wiretaps will keep us safer, but not tighter screening of cargo?
As Charlie Savage reports in today's Globe, the Bush administration plans to allow cargo packed by "approved shippers" to be loaded onto passenger airplanes without further screening -- despite passage of a law last month which requires … [Read more...]
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