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ACLU Blasts Town's 9pm Teen Curfew

Wave of shootings prompts Hartford
to crack down

Associated Press Associated Press Aug 14, 08 5:30 CDT
(Newser) - Connecticut ACLU officials are blasting a blanket 9pm teen curfew in Hartford and are considering challenging the crackdown in court, AP reports. The month-long curfew is due to begin tonight. The city announced the curfew after weekend shootings left one dead and 10 wounded. ACLU lawyers say the move violates minors' civil rights and punishes an entire demographic for the acts of a few people. More »

More about:  ACLU • Connecticut • gangs • gang violence • American Civil Liberties Union • curfew • Hartford

Denver Can 'Corral' Convention Protesters: Court

Judge rules security concerns take priority over free speech

Reuters Reuters Aug 7, 08 4:15 CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge has ruled that protesters can be confined to a fenced-in zone at the Democratic National Convention because security concerns outweigh activists' right to free speech, Reuters reports. The ACLU and a coalition of protest groups had brought a lawsuit against Denver and the Secret Service over plans concerning what activists have labeled a"freedom cage." More »

More about:  Democratic National Convention • protests • Denver • protesters • free speech • ACLU • American Civil Liberties Union • Protestantism

 Maryland
 Cops Spied
 on Peaceniks 

Activists branded terrorists & drug dealers

Baltimore Sun Baltimore Sun Jul 18, 08 4:25 CDT
(Newser) - Groups opposing the death penalty and the war in Iraq were infiltrated and spied on by undercover Maryland State Police officers, according to police logs obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. Some activists were placed on terrorist and drug trafficking databases with no evidence they were involved in any illegal activity, reports the Baltimore Sun .  More »

More about:  surveillance • First Amendment • domestic surveillance • American Civil Liberties Union • terrorists

LAX Readies 'Strip Search' Scans

'Total body imaging' devices look under clothes for weapons

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Apr 18, 08 9:59 CDT
(Newser) - New technology will allow screeners at Los Angeles International Airport to scan passengers with a device that effectively looks beneath their clothes, the LA Times reports. The “whole body imaging” machines are drawing mixed reviews—a TSA spokesman praised the "brand-new security tool," but an ACLU rep compared a scan to a “high-tech strip-search.” More »

More about:  privacy • airport • airport security • ACLU • TSA • American Civil Liberties Union • LAX • airport screener • Los Angeles International Airport

Feds to Unveil New ID System

States get more time to phase in more secure licenses

Associated Press Associated Press Jan 11, 08 8:22 CST
(Newser) - Homeland Security officials will unveil plans today for new super-secure drivers' licenses but will give reluctant states more time to comply, the AP reports. Every American under 50 will have to switch to the new licenses by 2011 and those older by 2018. The licenses will be linked to a federal database, which critics say is a recipe for privacy abuse and amounts to an unprecedented national ID system.   More »

More about:  Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • American Civil Liberties Union • Real ID • national database • drivers licenses

Democrats Withdraw Spy Bill

Delay vote that would give phone companies immunity in spy scandal

Washington Post Washington Post Dec 18, 07 3:20 CST
(Newser) - Legislation that would have granted retroactive immunity for phone companies that cooperated in the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program was abruptly withdrawn by Senate majority leader Harry Reid late yesterday. The legislation, favored by the White House, had deeply divided Democrats. Reid said the Senate would deal with the bill in the next session. More »

More about:  Harry Reid • warrantless wiretapping • FISA • Christopher Dodd • immunity • telecommunications companies • American Civil Liberties Union • FISA Court

Senate Brokers Truce With Bush on Domestic Spying

Includes immunity for phone companies

Washington Post Washington Post Oct 18, 07 4:07 CDT
(Newser) - Senate Democrats and Republicans have brokered a deal on legislation regarding the White House domestic spying and wiretapping program—including a highly controversial grant of immunity to telecommunication companies that co-operated with warrantless wiretaps. The deal marks a victory for the White House because Democrats had to kill a House bill imposing tougher restrictions on government wiretapping, reports the Washington Post . More »

E-Z Pass Steers Cheaters to Divorce court

Toll booth records prove spouses were heading the wrong way

Associated Press Associated Press Aug 12, 07 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Spouses suspecting an unfaithful partner have an unlikely ally: automatic toll-booth passes with detailed electronic records that divorce attorneys are using to prove infidelity.  "It's an easy way to show who took the off-ramp to adultery," one lawyer quipped. The E-Z Pass devices, which are usually found on a driver’s dashboard, have also helped in criminal cases. More »

More about:  New York • Pennsylvania • New Jersey • adultery • American Civil Liberties Union • big brother

Botched Execution
Takes 2 Hours

Condemned killer took bathroom break during lethal injection

CNN CNN May 26, 07 7:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Prison staff at Southern Ohio Correctional Facility spent two hours administering lethal injection to condemned killer Christopher Newton—inserting needles ten times before finding a suitable vein to inject the deadly chemicals. Newton had been sentenced to die for killing his cellmate during an argument after a chess game. More »

More about:  torture • Ohio • prison • death penalty • capital punishment • lethal injection • execution • ACLU • death row • American Civil Liberties Union

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