Civil Liberties
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Despair at the Number of Americans Who Choose Security over Liberty, Privacy
Poll shows citizens fine with warrantless snooping to fight terrorism.
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What Would 9/11 Have Been Like Without the Constitution? Look at France
Socialist government likely to amend French constitution to extend state of emergency, strip citizenship of convicted dual nationals
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What Went Right in 2015
There may have been terrorism, crimes, storms, and Hillary Clinton, but 2015 was also full of good news.
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High School Rapper Disciplined Over Music Appeals to SCOTUS
Bell v. Itawamba County School Board asks the court to decide whether public schools may discipline students for off-campus speech.
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Watch Anthony L. Fisher on Tonight's Stossel, Talking France's Crackdown on Civil Liberties
8p ET on Fox Business Network: The mustachioed libertarian TV icon discusses the French retreat from liberty in the name of security.
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Watch Matt Welch Talk Trump and Muslims and Terrorism and Civil Liberties on Tonight’s Kennedy
Be there at 8 p.m. ET, with a midnight re-run, on Fox Business Network
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French Police Push for Ban on Free Wi-Fi and Tor Browser
Two proposed laws could potentially violate the French constitution.
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Stop Using the Mentally Ill to Advance Your Ideology
Fear of a small group of unpredictable people is used to attack political opponents.
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France Puts Climate Activists Under House Arrest Before They Can Protest
France's erosion of civil liberties while under a state of emergency continues.
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France Cracks Down on Civil Liberties, Sometimes Exceeding US's Post-9/11 Response
Warrantless raids, house arrests, limits on freedom of speech and assembly are just some of the measures used in the name of security.
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Paris, Fear, and Freedom
It is in times of fear when we need to be most vigilant about our liberties.
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Here is Why Edward Snowden Couldn't Have Gone Through 'Proper Channels'
Snowden's lawyer, Jesselyn Radack, explains why whistleblowers are the targets of government prosecution.
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Hillary Clinton's Big Lie About Edward Snowden...
...is that the NSA whistleblower could have gone through proper channels, says Snowden's lawyer.
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Top Massachusetts Court Rejects Local Banishment of Sex Offenders
Judges say Lynn ordinance is pre-empted by state law but also note "grave societal and constitutional implications."
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Get Ready for Drones Equipped with Tear Gas
Bill allows police to arm drones with non-lethal weapons.
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Gov't Tried to Shut Down Rap in Straight Outta Compton, and They're Still Doing It.
Aspiring rappers trying to emulate the success of N.W.A. end up having their rap lyrics used against them in criminal proceedings.
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When the Entire Democratic Party Was Like Donald Trump
Read (and weep at) the 1996 party platform on immigration, crime, drugs and “zero tolerance”
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These 2016 Presidential Candidates Want to Revoke Americans’ Citizenship
Forget Trump, how about Clinton, Cruz, and Carson?
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Rand Paul's Massive Immigration Contradiction
The drug war dove becomes the GOP's leading immigration war hawk violating his own commitment to civil liberties
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Selma and Baltimore