Civil Liberties, 1946–Present
For civil liberties, the era after World War II has been full of paradoxes: The victories of the civil rights movement (due in part to the success of non-violent c...
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Civil Liberties
Civil liberties and associated controversies reflect the basic sociological issue of what may comprise the requirements of a free yet sustainable society. Classical interests of social...
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After the activities of September 11th, the U.S. was launched into a war on terrorism. Because this is a war with no defined enemy, or one which is diffuse, it is necessary for the prosecutors of the...
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Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, all of which are our God given rights as stated in the "Declaration of Independence" by Thomas Jefferson in 1776. Liberty is my main focus for this essay. ...
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Justice Stephen Breyer on Saturday stressed the role of the Supreme Court in protecting civil liberties in an age of terrorism.At a public appearance in Brussels, Belgium, the justice said the high...
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Civil liberties and immigration advocates sued federal officials Tuesday on behalf of children confined to a highly criticized center for immigrant families awaiting possible deportation.The federa...
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Should people have to put public security first over their
constitutionally guaranteed rights in order to prevent crime?
Should visitors to Japan have to put up with being fingerprinted
in...
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Iranian police shoved and kicked them, loaded them into a curtained minibus and drove them away. Hours later, at the gates of Evin prison, they were blindfolded and forced to wear all-enveloping ch...
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Brussels (dpa) - Planned new rules to criminalize racism and
xenophobia in the European Union will not force member states to
change standards on freedom of expression, EU d...
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A Canadian civil liberties group called Wednesday for a moratorium on the use of Taser stun guns following the death of a Polish man at a Vancouver airport.Better training standards could significa...
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Behind the county hospital's tall cinderblock walls, a 27-year-old tuberculosis patient sits in a jail cell equipped with a ventilation system that keeps germs from escaping.Robert Daniels has been...
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The leaders of the Sept. 11 commission say a White House privacy board is not protecting civil liberties because it refuses to investigate allegations of illegal detention at Guantanamo Bay."We urg...
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A comparison of provisions in the homeland security bills passed by the House and Senate and the Bush's administration position on them:HOUSE BILL_Grants collective bargaining rights and whistleblo...
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An independent panel formed to investigate and discourage police misconduct has failed miserably, the New York Civil Liberties Union said in a report Wednesday. But police and the civilian panel sa...
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Civil Liberties, 1946–Present
Civil Liberties
Civil Liberties in the 20th Century and Beyond
Breyer stresses civil liberties
