“On Faith” (an online joint venture by the Washington Post and Newsweek magazine) published an essay called “Witness to Separation of Church and State,” by Joel P. Engardiom, on June 5, 2007. Joel was the director, writer and narrator of “Knocking,” the documentary about Jehovah’s Witnesses that ran on the PBS series Independent Lens.
Yet [...]
The idea that the rule of law – and even the Constitution itself – threatens our safety has been used to justify repeated attacks on civil liberties and the principle of checks and balances since 2001. And now Congress is about to consider new legislation that would further bloat the power of the executive branch [...]
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Don’t write discrimination into the Constitution.
The measure was put forward by Rep. Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) only [...]
For the record - and I will remember this - these are the only Senators who stood up for my civil liberties by voting against the renewal of the USA Patriot Act.
I thank you:
Russ Feingold (D-WI)
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Ron Wyden (D-OR) [...]
Two Groups Planning to Sue Over Federal Eavesdropping - New York Times
The two lawsuits, which are being filed separately by the American Civil Liberties Union in Federal District Court in Detroit and the Center for Constitutional Rights in Federal District Court in Manhattan, are the first major court challenges to the eavesdropping program.
Both groups are [...]
9/11 Theologian Says Controlled Demolition of World Trade Center Is Now a Fact, Not a Theory
In two speeches to overflow crowds in New York last weekend, notable theologian David Ray Griffin argued that recently revealed evidence seals the case that the Twin Towers and WTC-7 were destroyed by controlled demolition with explosives. Despite the many [...]
village voice > news > NYPD Unplugs Cindy Sheehan by Sarah Ferguson
City’s Finest pulls move even Bush wouldn’t have tried - September 19th, 2005 5:54 PM
Sheehan was speaking in Union Square at a peaceful protest when the police hauled her off after yanking away her microphone. Zulkowitz, one of her organizers, was arrested for “failing [...]
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