WA Gay Marriage Supporters Out-Raise Opponents
More money for getting out the message
Civil Liberties
Chicago County Drops Plan To Tax Ammo, But Will Tax Guns
To defray the cost of people being able to defend themselves, or some such
Trooper Shoots To Disable truck, Kills Two People
And, he was firing from a helicopter
Video Contradicts Police Tale of Dog Shooting
The pooch was not so aggressive as they claimed
"Let me show you what happens to people who do not listen to the police," Cop Says Before Tasering Little Boy
The guardian ad litem for a 10-year-old Sante Fe resident is suing Officer Chris Webb.
CA Threatens App Developers With Privacy Law Prosecutions
Better make sure your small start-up operation complies with every obscure regulation
Detained Open Source Activist May Be Tortured in Syria
Not a great place to be nabbed for any reason
Parents Ticked That District Used Their Emails for Political Campaigning
What's a little spam to a captive audience?
Court Arguments Reveal How Wiretapping Works Under FISA
"Extraordinarily wide-reaching power," says Justice Kennedy
Judge Rules Fourth Amendment Doesn't Prevent Police From Installing Surveillance Cameras on Private Property
2+2 equals whatever the hell they want it to
Small Florida Town's Police Force Big Abusers of Civil Asset Forfeiture
Justice Department now investigating
Newsweek The Daily Beast: Marijuana Can Kill You and/or Make You Kill Your Baby
Newsweek runs a hit piece on pot.
UCLA to Introduce Campus-Wide Smoking Ban in the Spring
Ban will include electronic cigarettes
Russian Federation Council Sends Passed Treason Bill to Putin's Desk
Changed definition of treason a threat to activists and NGOs
Small Signs of Progress in North Korea
The wife of Kim Jong-Un's choice of clothes and changes to how broadcasts are delivered point to the isolated state being less totalitarian
Citizens Experience Failed Drug Dog Searches First-Hand
Those mutts really like the smell of snacks
SCOTUS Considers When Dogs Can Authorize Searches
Tomorrow the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear two Florida cases that cast doubt on the routine use of drug-sniffing dogs to generate probable cause for searches.
If Obama Loses, Blame His Policies, Not Racism
American political tribalism continues to wane.
Cop Tases 10-Year-Old, Suit Alleges
The guardian of a 10-year-old boy is suing the New Mexico Department of Public Safety and a state trooper for allegedly trying to force to child to wash his patrol car
Mom Convicted After Dressing-Down TSA Agents Groping Her Daughter
Think of the children. Oh. Wait. They did.
Imprisoned at 12, Indiana Boy Appeals 25-Year Sentence
Some question about a pre-teen's ability to understand what the hell is going on
Federal Government Normalizes Pervasive Surveillance
And if you don't like it, they already know
Gay Marriage a Tough Sell to Older Minnesota Voters
It's a tight race, so every vote counts
Bahrain Bans Protests as Unrest Spreads
The Shiite majority is challenging the Sunni-led government
NZ Investigates Government Spying on Megaupload Chief
All this over a friggin' copyright case
Drone-War Doublethink
Obama has added a new term to the doublespeak lexicon, "the disposition matrix."
Report: Fast and Furious Resulted from "Deliberate Strategy" at DOJ
A stupid strategy, at that
The Libertarian Case for Gary Johnson
He's not going to win the election. But a strong showing by him may just win the future.
Supreme Court Seems Inclined To Let Wiretapping Suit Proceed
Very skeptical of government arguments
Anonymous Twitter Account That Spread Sandy Rumors Linked to GOP Volunteer
Shashank Tripathi is a volunteer at a NYC Republican Victory Center
Greek Journalists Strike Over Suspensions of Presenters
Claiming the government is engaging in censorship
