Facebook Simplifying Privacy Settings
In a move to streamline, settings that "didn't mean much," like whether your profile can be found through a search, will be removed
Civil Liberties
State-Run Stores Sell Confiscated TSA Contraband
Big discounts on other people's stuff
Quebec Filmmaker Faces Criminal Charges for "Corrupting Morals" With Serial Killer Art
Work graphically depicting a fictional serial killer undermines fundamental values, according to prosecutors
Assange Wants to Run For Australian Senate
Might have to figure a way out of London's Ecuadorean embassy first
Gun Control, Ad Infinitum
Gun control is something Americans almost never stop talking about.
Imagining the World in 2030: "Driven by new technologies, nonstate actors take the lead in confronting global challenges."
The National Intelligence Council presents possibilites for how the next 20 years might play out
Meteorologist Fired for Responding to Facebook Post on TV Station's Page
Rhonda Lee violated KTBS-TV's social media policy
Pennsylvania Court Strikes Blow Against Asset Forfeiture Regime
In a decision filed last month, Commonwealth Court Judge Dan Pellegrini called the state's civil asset forfeiture law "state-sanctioned theft."
Ron Jeremy Speaks Out Against Measure B
Says it is the "final nail in the coffin" for the porn industry
After Boat Sinks, Human-Smuggler Fights Extradition to Australia
People around the world are looking for opportunity
U.K. To Legalize Gay Marriage
It's hard to believe the Brits are trailing the U.S. on this issue, but they are
MI Lawmakers Call On Feds To Drop Indefinite Detention
The state's own Sen. Carl Levin wrote the civil-liberties-violating provision
New York Court Rules Gang Activity Is Not "Terrorism"
Members cannot be prosecuted under anti-terror laws
Controversial King Quote to Be Removed from Memorial
Paraphrased, truncated speech made him sound arrogant
Feds Ask Courts to Drop Cases Objecting to Contraception Mandates
Claim groups haven't shown any harm. Guess trampling on religious freedom doesn't count?
Michigan Gov. Signs Right-to-Work Law
Just hours after passing through legislature and in the midst of union protests
Why Judges Can't Create Colorblind Campuses
The Supreme Court will never succeed in completely removing affirmative action from higher education.
Eric Holder Congratulates Himself for Transparency Reforms That Never Happened
The Justice Department claims it "has demonstrated its historic commitments to transparency."
Family of Indefinitely Detained American Seeks International Help
Anybody remember Jose Padilla?
Record Number of Journalists Behind Bars in 2012
Over 230 journalists jailed in 27 countries as of the beginning of this month
Bahrain Reduces Sentence for Activist
Nabeel Rajab will now serve two years instead of three
More Graves Discovered in Florida Abuse Scandal Case
Almost 100 deaths at youth institution since 1900
Patent Filed For Futuristic Handcuffs
Can shock and administer drugs to those lucky enough to be restrained
Scalia Defends Writings That Some Think are Anti-Gay
Made the comments during confrontation at Princeton University
Does Zero Dark Thirty Really Defend Torture?
Deciphering Kathryn Bigelow's upcoming film about the hunt for bin Laden
Illinois Court Upholds Conceal Carry
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit made the ruling as part of a 47-page decision
Afghan Women Failed By Justice System, Says U.N.
Over a decade of western occupation not having the effect many hoped it would
Can an Undocumented Immigrant Become a U.S. Lawyer?
California High Court Will Decide Sergio Garcia's fate.
Homeland Security Grants Subsidize Dystopia
The War on Terror has come home, and the "battlefield" is everywhere.
Guns Don't Kill People; Unlicensed Boarding Homes Kill People
A guy going on a shooting spree means we need better housing regulations?
Fox News to be Subpoenaed in Aurora Shooting Trial
James Holmes' attorneys want to find a source
Gay Marriage in the Church of England to be Made Illegal
Other religious groups can "opt in" to holding ceremonies
