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@CustomsBorder got on a Greyhound bus yesterday and asked every passenger for their papers 42 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 44 7477
Looking for support for this group. 39 NYC_SKP Jul 2013 Jul 2013 8 6420
Gun owning liberal and watching Baggars shoot at a range 38 IkeRepublican Oct 2013 Nov 2013 17 14779
The Atlantic: The ACLU Declines to Defend Civil Rights 38 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 3633
For once I agree with Rand Paul. I also don't think Loretta Lynch should be Attorney General 34 danriker Feb 2015 Feb 2015 21 5661
Trump hints at expanded role for the military within the US. A legacy law gives him few guardrails 34 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 32 3330
In the case of the praying football coach, both sides invoke religious freedom 22 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 Apr 2022 5 1565
DHS Dep Sec Cuccinelli tells NPR not only are they not stopping the Portland tactics, they're ... 20 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 14 3489
Michael Moore asks citizens to stand up to Obama on civil liberties issue 19 Eugene Feb 2013 Feb 2013 62 5317
A Chicago Attorney Is Getting Justice For Hundreds Of Wrongfully Convicted People All At Once 19 ck4829 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 100 4440
There could be justice for Trayvon Martin after all... 18 GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 Jan 2013 3 5716
I Was Arrested for Learning a Foreign Language. Today, I Have Some Closure. 18 friendly_iconoclast Jan 2015 Jan 2015 79 5655
Machete madness: Hunter College professor calls pro-life display 'violent,' then threatens reporter 18 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 3243
EYE IN THE SKY WATCHIN OVER YOU!! 17 tomkoop Jun 2012 Jan 2013 7 8719
More DNA Samples, More Debate 17 question everything Sep 2013 Oct 2013 0 3575
EFF: "Internet Publication of 3D Printing Files About Guns: Facts and What's at Stake" 17 friendly_iconoclast Aug 2018 Aug 2018 4 2618
"I protect a lot of harmful speech. A short thread" 17 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 Oct 2022 10 2348
Strict Constructionists and the Second Amendment 16 bucolic_frolic Dec 2012 May 2013 4 11111
What happens when constitutional rights contradict each other? 15 DetlefK Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 3279
DHS decides there's been enough free speech for the day, walks up, and pepper-sprays vet in the face 15 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 14 2286
Speaker Johnson: Separation of church, state 'a misnomer' 15 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 2074
Tennessee teen in trouble for saying 'bless you' after sneeze 14 exboyfil Aug 2014 Jan 2015 1 4592
The Supreme Court Is Ready to Make Taxpayers Fund Religious Schools 14 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 1499
You Can’t Protest at the Supreme Court 13 alp227 Jan 2012 Feb 2013 5 7615
Madison: Federalist No. 46, on the makeup of the militia: 13 NYC_SKP Feb 2015 Mar 2015 1 4247
They're Falsely Accused of Shoplifting, but Retailers Demand Penalties 13 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 Aug 2018 50 4242
Justice Alito says pandemic has resulted in 'unimaginable' restrictions on individual liberty 13 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 1762
Victory!!! Larry Klayman sued Rebecca Schoenkopf and @Wonkette over publications protected by 1A. 13 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 32 2447
White House Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden 12 limpyhobbler Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 3340
Why expelled Oklahoma frat boys would have an ‘excellent chance’ in court 12 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 3237

Civil Liberties Continued...

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WHAT!!?? Another mistaken identity "Made to stand naked" by police? 12 TigressDem Dec 2020 Feb 2021 5 2716
With Roe gone, states rush to criminalize not only abortion, but 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 about abortion. 12 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 32 2388
Oakland man guilty of murder - no body of victim 11 alp227 Feb 2012 Jan 2013 0 5636
Teacher Fired for Past Life as Porn Actress 11 Modern School Jan 2013 Jul 2013 1 6681
Montana drafts new bill giving felons the option of being spanked 11 Mkap Feb 2013 Mar 2013 0 3583
Is cash bail unconstitutional? Activists sue over system 'favoring the wealthy' 11 Eugene Dec 2015 Feb 2016 8 2316
A 53 year-old homeless man was arrested after trying and failing to use a counterfeit $20 bill to... 11 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 Mar 2019 3 2603
Intellectual Property Reform. 11 gredinger Feb 2020 Feb 2020 0 3872
N.J. woman must remove anti-Biden F-bomb signs or face $250-a-day fines, judge rules 11 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 3204
North Carolina HBCU leader 'outraged' after bus of Black students stopped in SC 11 Eugene Oct 2022 Oct 2022 50 3607
Students sue Michigan school district for banning 'Let's Go Brandon' sweatshirts 11 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 1593
Is this an example of child abuse or... 10 shockedcanadian Oct 2013 Oct 2013 4 2577
Jail Doesn't Help Addicts. Let's Stop Sending Them There. 10 NYC_SKP Oct 2014 Oct 2014 14 3962
Does anyone here feel as I do, that we have essentially lost the courts? 10 Desert Dem Sep 2019 Jul 2020 2 3182
HS student punished for not standing for Pledge of Allegiance 10 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2020 Feb 2020 10 2114
Minnesota Cops Can Seize Your Car, Sell It And Keep The Profits, Even If You Did Nothing Wrong 10 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 Oct 2020 14 2465
FBI says fortune seized in Beverly Hills raid was criminals' loot. Owners say: Where's the proof? 10 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 Sep 2021 33 3471
North Carolina can't ban undercover filming inside animal farms 10 sl8 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 37 2594
Man files complaint against police - so they raid his home and seize his wife 10 Otto_Harper Sep 2023 Sep 2023 48 3716
High School band director tased, arrested after police order him to end performance 10 Otto_Harper Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1858
An Ohio official was arrested for speaking at her own meeting. Her rights were violated, judge says 10 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 32 2140
My grumpy neighbor threw a hissyfit cuz I put a bumpersticker on her new car and went joyriding 9 struggle4progress May 2011 Feb 2012 1 3751
Australian Muslim women must show faces for identity checks under new law 9 alp227 Mar 2012 Aug 2012 0 3678
In rebuff to Bloomberg, New York City Council curbs police power 9 Eugene Jun 2013 Aug 2013 3 2743
ACLU story: "You May Have 'Nothing to Hide' But You Still Have Something to Fear" 9 NYC_SKP Aug 2013 Aug 2013 29 3720
Did the head of a religious faction take a gummint helicopter from DC to New York? 9 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 2436
In first, U.S. judge throws out cell phone 'stingray' evidence 9 Eugene Jul 2016 Jul 2016 33 2910
Inalienable Rights Means Citizenship Not Required 9 ymetca Feb 2017 Jul 2018 6 2310
Do Americans really give a fuck about personal privacy anymore, or is the 9 Fred Sanders Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1751
Well, my 15 year old son just headed off to protest! 9 Tucker08087 Jun 2018 Jul 2018 13 2364

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Your Boss Can Now Search Your Car 9 sandensea Jul 2020 Jul 2020 16 2720
Teacher loses in ruling involving Pledge of Allegiance dispute 9 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2021 Jul 2021 26 2813
Vast majority of those being held in Georgia's rural jails are there for nonviolent offenses 9 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 Nov 2022 9 2791
Greenville students removed from National Air and Space Museum for wearing pro-life hats 9 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 2 2776
Obama Crowned Himself on New Year's Eve 8 davidswanson Jan 2012 Jan 2013 9 4459
EFF racks up another courtroom victory over the NSA: damning docs to follow 8 friendly_iconoclast Sep 2013 Oct 2013 17 2740
Teen Kills 4; Judge LITERALLY Lets Him Off Because He is Rich! 8 appleannie1 Dec 2013 Dec 2013 4 3271
The effort to normalize drone surveillance 8 Android3.14 Dec 2013 Jan 2014 0 2631
A question and why I avoid using terms like... 8 discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 2060
Police Brutality Can’t Be Fixed By African-American Self-Improvement 8 Panich52 May 2015 Jul 2015 5 2135
"Male Escorts A Homeland Security Threat?" NYT Editorial 8 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 Aug 2015 10 2762
FBI Director calls 'stop and frisk' an important tool when used right 8 Eugene Sep 2016 Sep 2016 4 1660
Paxton takes a stand for Cy-Fair ISD in case of student who sat for Pledge of Allegiance 8 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 1221
Greyhound tells riders of rights when Border Patrol comes on board 8 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 35 4256
Freedom Caucus chairman: use asset forfeiture to fund the wall 8 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 Feb 2019 1 2399
On Fox News, Dinesh D'Souza calls on Trump to use "force" and send the National Guard to campuses 8 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 2516
16-year-old Illinois boy commits suicide after police threatened him with lifetime sex registry 8 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 3 2092
The DEA seized her father's life savings at an airport without alleging any crime occurred 8 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2020 Mar 2020 23 4029
I'm an Activist in Russia. I Can't Believe What My Life Has Become. 8 BigmanPigman Aug 2020 Feb 2021 22 2660
Trump: we did a retaliatory gang killing 8 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 7 2141
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