Obama has been a disaster for civil liberties

Posted on October 2, 2011 by iwilder

IW:  For civil libertarian “lesser evil” voters — like ant-war lesser evil voters — Obama is the greater evil. Protecting individual rights and liberties — apart from the right to be tax-free — seems barely relevant to candidates or voters. One man is primarily responsible for the disappearance of civil liberties from the national debate, […]

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GHWBush “liberal” Sotomayor kept innocent Deskovic in Jail

Posted on June 13, 2009 by iwilder

For the past few years we have been following the case of Jeffrey Deskovic, a NY man who was found innocent by DNA evidence of a murder charge after 16 years in jail that he was railroaded into making a false confession for at age 16.  We knew Deskovic’s case had been handled improperly by […]

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U.S. reporters sentenced to hard labor in North Korea

Posted on June 8, 2009 by kwilder

from Professor Jonathan Turley’s blog U.S. Reporters Sentenced to 12 Years Hard Labor in North Korea Published 1, June 8, 2009 [Female] U.S. reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee have been sentenced to 12 years hard labor in North Korea after being captured while covering the misery of defectors along the China-North Korea border. They […]

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Liberty University bans Democratic student organization

Posted on May 23, 2009 by kwilder

Hat tip to US Constitutional Law Professor Jonathan Turley. News story at CNN Political Ticker: here. (excerpt) The Price of Liberty: University Bans Democratic Student Organization on Morality Grounds by Jonathan Turley / May 23, 2009 The late Rev. Jerry Falwell always insisted that he spoke for “the moral majority.” However, it appears that his […]

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NY Police under fire for unfair (possibly targetted) arrests in gay community

Posted on February 4, 2009 by iwilder

This is from the web-site of constitutional law scholar Jonathan Turley: (excerpt) NYPD Under Fire For Prostitution Arrests in Gay Community Published 1, February 4, 2009 Constitutional Law , Criminal law , Politics , Society The gay community in Manhattan are denouncing a new campaign by the New York Police Department targeting the gay community […]

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Video: Dick Cheney admits to torture and war crimes: What will you do?

Posted on December 28, 2008 by iwilder

KW: This is great video, created on December 16, 2008 about Dick Cheney’s tv admissions about torture. Includes some graphic scenes from Abu Ghraib In this MSNBC report, Professor Jonathan Turley points out that Dick Cheney has admitted to authorizing torture (essentially admitting to war crimes), and our citizens and our country are at fault […]

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