Colorado Republicans Upset White House Getting Involved in State Gun Control Debate
Say Joe Biden's been lobbying
Civil Liberties
Google, Spain at European Court of Justice Arguing Privacy
Depends on your definitions
South Carolina Considering Bill to Strengthen FOIA
Most states trying to weaken their FOIA laws instead
Poll: Californians Favor Gun Restrictions Over Self-Defense Rights
It's friggin' California
CA Judge Reviewing Convictions Under "Three Strikes"
Voters eased the state's harsh sentencing rules
Enjoy This Montage of People Refusing to Cooperate with DHS Checkpoints
"Am I being detained? Am I free to go?"
Charlotte Citizen Review Board Favored Police in Every Case for 16 Years
Those must be some spotless cops
Google Accuses EU of Pursuing Censorship With Data Lawsuit
European officials want the search engine to unpublish information on command
CA Boy Scouts Face Loss of Tax Exemption Over Anti-Gay Stance
A law specifically intended to punish a group for its views would seem ... problematic
Politically Motivated Investment Guidelines Making Bad Public Pension Programs Worse
Even as funds lose money, leaders call for decisions based on politics, not success
CT Lawmakers "Study" Violent Video Games
Get ready for some kind of First Amendment violation
Barrett Firearms Joins Gun Companies Boycotting NY Police
Growing list of firms spurns government business
Bloomberg Buys Ads in Illinois Congressional Race
Attacks candidate to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. over gun positions
Feds Release Wave of Detained Immigrants
Still face deportation, but are on supervised release
Alleged Cannibal Cop Targets Testify
May end up helping defense as they had no knowledge of any actual plans
Judge Rules Guidance Counselor's Raunchy Book Acceptable Grounds for Termination
Not a self-help book to describe working at a strip club
Argo Screw Yourself! Why Django Unchained Was the Only Movie that Mattered at The Oscars
Or, come back to the raft ag'in, Quentin Tarantino.
Trayvon Martin Supporters Mark Anniversary with Hoodie Vigil
Candlelight ceremonies to be held this evening
Five Conn. Towns to Pay for Deadly Police Raid
$3.5 million to family of man killed by officers while watching television at home
Detroit Students Suspended over "Harlem Shake" Video
We're guessing the part where the kid pretends to sodomize a live duck might have played a role
Supreme Court Says Eavesdropping Law Can't Be Challenged
Plaintiffs can't prove harm and thus don't have standing
Rand Paul, Ron Wyden Team Up to Curb Drone Use
Bipartisanship to reduce government power! That doesn't happen often.
Dozens of Republican Leaders Sign Pro-Gay Marriage Legal Brief
Several former governors and a couple of members of Congress among them
John Kerry Says Americans Have a Right to Be Stupid
Made comments to German students while discussing the freedom of speech
British Court Bans Images of Child Murderers From the Internet
Jon Venables and classmate Robert Thompson we young children when they killed a two-year-old in 1993
Maryland Legislators to Begin Debates on Death Penalty and Gun Control
Early mornings and late nights expected
Atheists Face Discrimination Around the World Says Humanist Group
Paper comes amid calls from Muslim countries for the U.N. to ban insults aimed at Islam
Gay Marriage Boom Leads to Gay Divorces
Some starting to discover marriage isn't for everybody
Facebook to Take Down some Fake Newtown Pages
Allegedly fraudulent pages trying to pull in donations
Attempt to Stop Mug Shot Sites Could Censor Press
Would require sites to take down images and information if defendants were acquitted, which could be a problem for crime reporting
UK Cardinal Resigning Due to Misconduct Allegations
Accused of "improper conduct" with fellow priests
DOJ Admits Wanting to Jail Aaron Swartz to Save Face
Had to justify bringing up federal charges for essentially breaking into a closet
Sotomayor Rebukes Federal Prosecutor's Racial Trial Remarks
Prosecutor used race of people to suggest likelihood of a drug deal
Iran Photoshops Sleeves Onto Michelle Obama's Oscar Gown
Those shoulders too racy for their audiences
