Civil Liberties
California Lawmakers Aim to Restrict Gun Rights
Golden State legislators join the gun control chorus in the wake of Sandy Hook.
DEA Refuses to Cooperate with LAPD over Death Investigation
Drug suspect apparently injured in DEA bust, but agents won't answer questions
Sacramento Officer Arrested for Sexually Assaulting Elderly Woman
Being held on $1 million bail
Judge Rules Alabama Cannot Segregate Prisoners with HIV
Says it violates federal disabilities laws
NRA Calls for Armed Officers in Every School
Holds press event but doesn't take questions
California Judges In Uproar Over New Ethics Rules
Ruling urges them to limit their free speech in certain kinds of lobbying
Italian Conviction of Google Executives Over YouTube Video Overturned
The executives were convicted for not removing a video showing bullying fast enough; it was taken down two hours after authorities alerted Google
NRA News Conference Scheduled For This Morning
NRA's executive director expected to speak at 10:45
Grand Jury in Las Vegas Decides Against Indicting Cop Who Shot Unarmed Disabled Gulf War Vet to Death
Police union praises the decision
Boehner Rejects Call for Immediate Vote on Gun Bill
Wants to wait for recommendations from task force
Judge Clears Woman to Give Christmas the Finger
Christmas lights that "flip the bird" can stay
Facebook Testing Paid Messaging to Strangers
I believe that's called "spam" and we already get plenty of it
Former U.S. Olympian Admits to Work as an Escort
Probably paid better than working at Home Depot
Amnesty Group Condemns Greece's Treatment of Immigrants
Highlights terrible conditions of those detained
Calif. School District Rejects Request to Arm Teachers
Local city councilman pitched the idea
Gingrich Endorses Gay Marriage
He's willing to draw a distinction between state-sanctioned marriages and church marriages
Unions Unhappy Over Talk of Letting Teachers Defend Themselves
Control freaks are control freaks
Guns Don't Kill People; Imaginary Guns Kill People
Pretend wars are apparently scarier than real ones
Florida's War on Pill Mills Is Also a War on Patient Privacy
An anti-drug taskforce in Seminole County has illegally confiscated the records of more than 5,000 patients.
TX State Troopers Perform Illegal Body Cavity Searches Over Littering
When the women complained, police threatened them with retaliatory charges
Gun Bought By ATF Special Agent Found at Mexican Crime Scene
High powered semi-automatic purchased by a federal agent found at the site of a shootout between a Mexican drug cartel and
California Artist Sues Over Destroyed Mural, Claims Federal Law's Protection
Suing the property owner and advertiser
Senators Slam Zero Dark Thirty for Suggesting Torture Led to Finding Bin Laden
Dispute that interpretation of events
Wrong Answers for Mass Shootings
Rounding up the usual suspects: certain firearms, mental illness, and video games
