Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU of Massachusetts convinced a federal judge to lift a gag order on three MIT students who researched flaws in the MBTA's fare payment system. Essentially, the students had found a … [Read more...]
A show trial with the death penalty
Open and shut, the terrorist confessed. Nashiri said that while in CIA custody he was tortured into confessing to the Cole bombing and other acts of terrorism. ... Nashiri was one of three terrorism suspects subjected to the controversial … [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...]
Restoring America After Bush (a semi-liveblog)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse brought up the issue of the White House Office of General Counsel, particularly as regards torture. This office brought in law on Medicare reimbursement, but somehow missed that we had prosecuted Japanese soldiers … [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...]
63% of the juveniles in lock ups are minority – ACLU flunks the Bay State
For the whole report, go to: http://www.aclu.org/intlhumanr... You can see their results for most states. For Massachusetts: The study also found fault with what it called state inaction on the disproportionate rate that children of color … [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...]