Civil Liberties

• US Election System Still Frought with Systemic Problems

  9 Jul 2006 • 2 min read • security politics Civil Liberties post

  USNews.com: The road to reform in election corrections has been slow going That messy 2000 election was supposed to be the jolt America needed. After chronic flaws in the country’s voting …

• Cartoon The Revised Revised Story About Nsa Wiretapping

  9 Jul 2006 • 1 min read • politics Privacy Civil Liberties post

  WorkingForChange-This Modern World: The revised revised story

• Washington Supreme Court will decide if police need warrant for GPS 'tracking

  9 Jul 2006 • 1 min read • Civil Liberties post

  Court will decide if police need warrant for GPS ’tracking’ But what if the same secret technology, called global positioning satellite tracking, could track anyone at any time? The …

• The Security of Checks and balances

  9 Jul 2006 • 1 min read • Civil Liberties post

  Schneier on Security: The Security of Checks and Balances Very apropos read a couple of years later.

• Same Sex Marriage Is An Issue Of Civil Rights And Discrimination

  9 Jul 2006 • 1 min read • Civil Liberties post

  Marriage Rights Summary of benefits of marriage that same sex couples are being denied. The typical talking point of the gay bigots is that “marriage” is a “sacred …

• Judge Prevents Divorce Due To Pregnancy

  9 Jul 2006 • 1 min read • politics Civil Liberties post

  Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Judge won’t let woman divorce while she’s pregnant In comments submitted to Bastine, Hughes said: “If this court vacates my divorce and requires me to …

• Asinine Terrorist Detection At Western Union

  9 Jul 2006 • 1 min read • security Civil Liberties post

  Western Union blocks Arab cash deliveries - Yahoo! News DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Money transfer agencies have delayed or blocked thousands of cash deliveries on suspicion of terrorist connections …

• The Tyranny of the Executive

  27 Jun 2006 • 1 min read • politics Privacy Civil Liberties post

  Atheist Ethicist My concern is that the Bush Administration may be spying only on suspected terrorists the way that it invades only countries supporting those who attacked the United States on 9/11. …

• What's the catch?

  25 Jun 2006 • 1 min read • politics Civil Liberties post

  Executive Order: Protecting the Property Rights of the American People I think this is a very cool move. Too bad Congress couldn’t do something like this and too bad the courts had to side too …

• Quot If You Are Not Doing Anything Wrong Why Should You Worry About Big Brother Quot-

  25 Jun 2006 • 1 min read • Civil Liberties post

  quot- Schneier on Security: Police Cameras in Your Home Great rationale for how the “fully trust the government” crowd does not understand the legitimate purpose of limits on governmental …