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U.S. homeland security proposes face scans for citizens 6 Eugene Dec 2019 Dec 2019 4 1906
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump appeal in 'no-fly list' suit 1 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1765
Amazon says it's considered face scanning in Ring doorbells 0 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 0 1461
You're not required to like this guy's opinions one bit. But do you know what you can do about that? 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 2188
Federal Court Rules Suspicionless Searches Of Travelers' Phones And Laptops Unconstitutional 0 friendly_iconoclast Nov 2019 Nov 2019 5 3365
Artist Designs Face Jewelry to Block Facial Recognition Surveillance Cameras 2 littlemissmartypants Nov 2019 Nov 2019 12 2154
UN admonishes Argentina's Macri for judicial interference 0 sandensea Nov 2019 Nov 2019 0 2077
Chile protests: UN to investigate claims of human rights abuses after at least 19 deaths 0 sandensea Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1376
Washington Supreme Court: Lawmakers Can't Legislate Constitutional Rights Away 5 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 8 2361
Ex-worker says Oklahoma prosecutor ordered illegal probe 0 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 7 1640
'Secret and unaccountable': Where some immigrant teens are being taken by ICE 6 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 7 2235
ICE withdraws big fines for immigrants taking sanctuary in churches 0 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1390
Charge dropped against man arrested by Border Patrol after speaking Spanish 1 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1494
US takes step to require DNA samples from asylum-seekers 2 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1690
FBI's search for information on Americans was in violation of the law, judge says 0 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 1788
LA police search black drivers most - even though white people have more drugs, report finds 2 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1482
Oregon Titan Fusion Center: Revealed: anti-terror center helped police track environmental activists 0 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1494
California legislature bars facial recognition for police body cameras 0 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1583
US wants $100,000-plus from immigrant who sued over forgery 0 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1478
Facebook Dumped Intern After He Pointed Out Messenger's Creepy Location Tracking 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2015 Sep 2019 7 2403
Judge Rules Terrorism Watchlist Violates Constitutional Rights 0 friendly_iconoclast Sep 2019 Sep 2019 6 1550
I've had 2 drivers run a red light/stop sign in a week 6 bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 Sep 2019 2 2481
Judges say travelers can sue TSA over screener mistreatment 0 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 1519
The U.S. Government has issued extrajudicial death sentences for some immigrant children 4 majdrfrtim Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 1918
California Supreme Court backs greater access to police misconduct cases 0 friendly_iconoclast Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 1674
The case of the missing tattoos: Altered photo lineup by Portland police draws objection 4 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 2188
Oregon officials request criminal investigation into newspaper reporters over after-hours phone call 4 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 2156
U.S. health panel recommends doctors screen all adults for illicit drug use 6 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 2280
Phoenix looks to be next big city with citizen police review 0 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 1500
The police know what you'll do next summer 3 Soph0571 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 7 1922

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Manhattan DA Got Innocent People's Google Phone Data Through A 'Reverse Location' Search Warrant 2 friendly_iconoclast Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 2175
ICE agents try to raid Brooklyn homeless shelter without warrants, sources say 2 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 9 2151
FBI ranks 'black identity extremists' bigger threats than Al Qaeda, white supremacists: leaked docs 2 sandensea Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 2051
This Map Shows If Your Town's Police Are Tapped Into Ring's Surveillance Network 0 friendly_iconoclast Aug 2019 Aug 2019 4 2053
Facebook loses facial recognition appeal, must face privacy class action 2 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 4 1542
Amazon Is Coaching Cops on How to Obtain Surveillance Footage Without a Warrant 1 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 1918
Kids, some as young as 11, now in NYPD's facial recognition database 1 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 1734
Body found in France's Loire River confirmed as music fan missing since police raid 0 sandensea Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 1952
Border Patrol detains adults with no end - until lawyers sue 1 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 1989
Boston Police gang database made up mostly of young black, Latino men 0 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1415
Barr directs federal government to resume capital punishment 2 sandensea Jul 2019 Jul 2019 2 1703
Former St. Louis officer accused of assaulting protesters 0 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 2 1628
Deeply divided federal appeals court finds Virginia's 'habitual drunkard' law unconstitutional 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 1715
LA County to pay $53M over strip searches of female inmates 1 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 1757
Facial-recognition use by federal agencies draws lawmakers' anger 1 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 4 1539
Activists worry about potential abuse of face scans for ICE 1 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1643
Georgia accused of discriminating against Puerto Ricans with bizarre driver-license quiz 1 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 1818
'Protesters as terrorists': growing number of states turn anti-pipeline activism into a crime 0 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1573
FBI, ICE find state driver's license photos are a gold mine for facial-recognition searches 0 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1644
Motel 6 hotel chain to settle lawsuit over sharing guest lists with ICE 2 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1874
Major Police Body Camera Manufacturer (Axon/Taser Intl.) Rejects Facial Recognition Software 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1617
Alabama woman loses unborn child after being shot, gets arrested; shooter goes free 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 1997
June 26, Equal Rights Day at SCOTUS: Lawrence (2003), Windsor and Perry (2013), Obergefell (2015) 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1637
St. Louis County Prosecutor Announces New Conviction And Incident Review Unit 0 Sherman A1 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1668
Co. Supreme Ct. Upholds Decision Forcing Teen to Register As Sex Offender for Swapping Nude Selfies 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 2026
'Good day for a chokehold': the police endorsing racism and violence on Facebook 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 5 1943
The Terrible Power of U.S. Border Officials To Violate Your Rights and Privacy 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 7 1743
Flag-burning blast from the past: Texas v. Johnson, June 21, 1989 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1607
Judge halts immigration arrests at Massachusetts courts 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1459
Lawsplainer: SCOTUS decision in Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, a First Amendment case 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1894

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Government fails to release data on deaths in police custody 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1420
Gay-themed books fuel fight over free speech at small-town library in Maine 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 6 1714
Two CT men did 30 years for murder on the basis of a forensics expert's incorrect testimony 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 12 2169
Federal task forces ban body cameras, so Atlanta police pull out. Others may follow. 1 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 11 2135
Happy 76th anniversary, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1707
Help finding images of possible white nationalist logo 4 AllyCat Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 2401
Watchdog says FBI has access to about 640M photographs 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 1813
Supreme Court limits free speech claim in arrests 1 Eugene May 2019 Jun 2019 1 2092
San Francisco police union wants chief out over raid on freelance reporter 1 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 2 1864
APNewsBreak: Police won't fight California use-of-force bill 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 5 1735
Man witnesses deputy hassle man during drug search. Police charge him with 3rd degree harassment. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 May 2019 4 2015
Police might have broken the law by raiding a reporter's home. Here's how they justify it. 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 11 1756
Amazon shareholders reject facial recognition ban as concern grows in U.S. Congress 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1695
SCOTUSblog Monday round-up; May 20, 2019 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 May 2019 0 1438
Does it seem that police are out of control? 6 safeinOhio May 2019 May 2019 6 2274
Trump's new tool for collecting social-media-bias stories has one unusual question on it: Are you a 1 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 1 2534
Board reverses clearing of officer in veteran detention 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1569
Lawsuit targets strip searches of women at Michigan jail 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1544
Last-minute execution decisions expose wide and bitter rift at Supreme Court 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 May 2019 0 2154
What the feds consider evidence of criminal activity: living a block or two away from a drug dealer. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 May 2019 2 1773
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