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Arizona law denying bail for some immigrants wins appeal
SAN FRANCISCO — An Arizona law that denies immigrants who are in the country without legal permission the right to post bail for a wide array of felonies won approval Tuesday from a divided federal appeals court. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Lawyers, Migration, Defendants, Prosecution
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New York police sued over surveillance of Muslims
ReutersBy Chris Francescani NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the New York Police Department over its surveillance of Muslim communities, accusing the police of trampling on religious freedoms...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Michael Bloomberg, Brooklyn (New York City), New York City Police Department, Justice and Rights
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Judge sets deadline in 'America's toughest sheriff' Arizona profiling case
ReutersPHOENIX (Reuters) - A judge who found Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio racially profiled Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration gave attorneys on Friday an August deadline to agree to steps to correct the abuse and indicated he is likely to...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Migration, Minority Groups, Local Elections, Lawyers
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Legalizing marijuana in Florida
The comprehensive June 12 op-ed by Howard Simon of the ACLU on the drug war debacle exposes the ugly truth of this issue. Instead of a new approach, our legislators did not have the decency to provide even one committee hearing for the medical...Tags: Rick Scott, Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Marijuana Therapy
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ACLU files lawsuit over NSA surveillance
Recent documents from the Los Angeles TimesThe American Civil Liberties Union said today that it would file a lawsuit against the key members of President Obama's national security team over the National Security Agency's telephone surveillance practices.... -
Security vs. privacy
The latest open debate over security and privacy is a welcome pivot from the irksome father-knows-best attitude that has prevailed too long regarding the government's contention of superior judgment in the realm of national security. As with most...Tags: George W. Bush, Government, Politics, John Adams, National Government
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Tim Weiner: Open up rulings of secret court to protect democracy
The U.S. has forsworn secret prisons. But we have reams of secret laws for our secret intelligence agencies, interpreted by a secret court that hands down secret rulings. The time is ripe to declassify the rulings, enough to reassure us that the rule of...
Tags: Robert Mueller, Verizon Communications, Lawyers, George W. Bush, Government
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U.S. top court bars patents on human genes unless synthetic
Reuters* Unanimous ruling is first of its kind for U.S. top court * Compromise decision was sought by Obama administration * Myriad Genetics shares rise after ruling, then fall * Decision could help people get cheaper genetic tests (Recasts lead, adds...Tags: Breast Cancer, Biology, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Trials
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NSA leak and armored-truck robbery: the odd Florida connection
A federal judge in Florida said this week that she would review the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's collection of Americans' phone data after a man accused of masterminding an armed-truck robbery asked for his NSA phone data in hopes...
Tags: Ariel Castro, Verizon Communications, Broward County, Government, FBI
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Racial profiling provision of immigration bill scrutinized
A coalition of civil liberties and immigrant-rights advocates led by Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland wants to strengthen a provision in the Senate's sweeping immigration bill that would prohibit law enforcement agencies from racial profiling. The 867-page,...
Tags: Minority Groups, Illegal Immigrants, John Ashcroft , Frederick County (Maryland), Racism
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NSA surveillance defeats democracy
"And so the charges of the hysterics are revealed for what they are: castles in the air. Built on misrepresentation. Supported by unfounded fear. Held aloft by hysteria. On this and every other tool provided in the Patriot Act, charges of abuse of power...Tags: Lawyers, George W. Bush, John Ashcroft , The New York Times, Elections
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ODD: NJ town OKs boardwalk ban on saggy pants
WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Hindsight will soon be punishable by a $25 fine in this Jersey Shore resort. Wildwood passed a law Wednesday night banning overly saggy pants on the boardwalk, prompted by numerous complaints from longtime visitors about...
Tags: Judges, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Lawyers, Justice System, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
Jun 18, 2013
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Jun 18, 2013
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Jun 14, 2013
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Jun 16, 2013
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Jun 11, 2013
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Jun 14, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jun 14, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 13, 2013
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Jun 13, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jun 12, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jun 13, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 13, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
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