Constitution
The Fourth Amendment and the Drones: How Will It Apply?
With the rise of the drones comes the rise of several critical questions of Constitutionality of their potential uses. One of the most...
New Jersey, Christie, Fight to Allow Sports Gambling
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is fighting to defend a law he signed in January that permits betting on professional sporting events. Though...
Read moreTrapWire: The Federal Gov’t is Literally Watching Every Move You Make
The U.S. government exercises control over a massive and technologically advanced surveillance system that has the capacity to keep nearly the entire population...
Read moreWH Website Takes Down Anti-TSA Petition
A petition about the screening procedures used by the Transportation Security Administration at airports was removed from the White House “We the People”...
Read moreThe Pursuit of Whistleblowers Continues as Judge Denies Informant’s Motion
On August 8, U.S. District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema denied a CIA whistleblower’s motion to dismiss for vagueness and overbreadth charges brought against...
Read moreGroup Plans Protest Against NDAA
A group of concerned citizens known as PANDA (People Against the National Defense Act), formed in January 2012, has organized protests nationwide against...
Read moreMedia, Civil Rights Groups Challenge Gitmo Trial Secrecy
The Army colonel presiding over the trial of five men accused of participating in the attacks of September 11, 2001 has ruled that...
Read moreGovt May Now Collect, Catalog, and Store All Private Information
Imagine that the U.S. government had the power to scour the reams of public records and collect and collate every bit of personal...
Read moreSenator Rand Paul’s Bill to Protect Citizens From Drone Surveillance
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul's bill to protect citizens from surveillance by drones needs 48 more cosponsors in order to rein in the Supreme...
Read moreCourt Orders TSA to Explain Lawless Use of Naked Body Scanners
About a year ago, a federal appeals court ordered the deeply unpopular Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to obey the law and hold public...
Read moreJustice Dept. Official Refuses to Rule Out Criminalizing Criticism Of Religion
Opponents of Sharia Law think the Obama administration will ditch the First Amendment to protect Islam. And Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) put Assistant Attorney General Tom...
Read moreAre Marco Rubio and Bobby Jindal Natural-born Citizens?
There is significant evidence that neither Senator Marco Rubio of Florida nor Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana is a natural born citizen as...
Read moreNinth Circuit OKs Feds Use of Cellphones as Roving Bugs
In it decision in the case of the United States v. Oliva, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the federal government...
Read moreMichigan State and Local Govts Propose NDAA Nullifying Bills
Citizens of Michigan continue to press for passage of a state law that would nullify the execution of the National Defense Authorization Act...
Read moreCities Threaten to Violate Chick-fil-A Owners’ Rights
Chick-fil-A has been enduring the wrath of the pro-gay community recently because of the company’s Christian stance on same-sex marriage. However, what was...
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