Tag Archives: civil rights

Gordon Brown: Prop 8 sucks!

Unfortunately, every time anyone implies that maybe Europe has the right idea, a bunch of right-wing reactionaries get their panties in a knot.Think Progress » UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown slams Prop. 8.
I was in America yesterday and I know you will be sorry I didn’t bring Barack Obama back. He is coming soon. But [...]

The Darkness of right wing conservatives

Here we have the social conservative viewpoint in a nutshell. There’s really nothing else that needs to be said.
Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy

In arguing that you be convicted in the court of public opinion of supporting tyranny, let me present the evidence. You said:

American constitutional practice has generally been to [...]

The 4th, the exclusionary rule, and why they really are the same thing.

As I posted earlier, it looks a lot like the Roberts Supreme Court is, basically, rolling back the 4th Amendment.  Muttrox posted a comment linking to an NYT article that goes into more detail, and points out a couple of cases that are currently begin decided based on the Herring decision.  For example:
In one of [...]

FBI says they’d consider violating the civil rights of an american citizen.

Seriously, am I the only one who finds the fact that he’d even consider this concerning?
Its called, y’know, the Constitution which I’m pretty sure he’s sworn to uphold.
The Raw Story | FBI head: Give telcos immunity even if they acted in bad faith
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse probed Mueller on whether there would be a scenario in [...]