About Civil LibertiesGet the latest headlines from the About.com Civil Liberties GuideSite.Wordless Wednesday: Dirty Words- June 25, 2008 More About: George Carlin (1937-2008) &124; Wordless WednesdayGeorge Carlin receives a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 15th Annual American Comedy Awards.Photo: Kevin Winter Getty Images....http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257710.htm Compromising FISA- June 21, 2008 Background: History of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)Photo: Alex Wong Getty Images.My colleague Kathy Gill, of About.com: U.S. Politics, is rightly hammering Congress and both presidential candidates for...http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257709.htm Wordless Wednesday: Pride- June 18, 2008 More About: Same-Sex Marriage in California &124; Wordless WednesdayJune 17th, 2008 at San Francisco City Hall.Photo: Justin Sullivan Getty Images....http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257708.htm John McCain on Habeas Corpus- June 18, 2008 More About: Boumediene v. Bush &124; John McCain on Civil LibertiesPhoto: Mario Tama Getty Images.Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) essentially defined African Americans as subhuman. Plessy v. Ferguson...http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257707.htm U.S. Government Detaining, Deporting U.S. Citizens- June 10, 2008 Background: What is Illegal ImmigrationPhoto: David McNew Getty Images.Peter Guzman was scheduled to be the best man at his brother's wedding in July 2007, but he never made it....http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257706.htm Being John McCain: How the Veepstakes Could Define His Candidacy- June 9, 2008 More About: John McCain on Civil Liberties &124; The Religious RightPhoto: Mario Tama Getty Images.Before the primaries, conventional wisdom had it that John McCain would not win the nomination...http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257705.htm Does McCain Endorse the Unitary Executive Theory- June 8, 2008 More About: John McCain on Civil Liberties &124; The Unitary Executive TheoryPhoto: Mario Tama Getty Images.Executive branch power has not historically been a partisan issue. Bill Clinton famously...http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257704.htm Republican Liberty Caucus, Round Two- June 3, 2008 See Also: Major-Party LibertarianismI blogged yesterday about the Democratic and Republican libertarian caucuses, the Republican Liberty Caucus and Democratic Freedom Caucus, and expressed some concerns about both. To his...http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257703.htm |