By Drew Griffin & David Fitzpatrick | CNN.com | Jul. 22, 2008
A police officer shocked a handcuffed Baron "Scooter" Pikes nine times with a Taser after arresting him on a cocaine charge. He stopped twitching after seven, according to a coroner's report. Soon afterward, Pikes was dead.

Press Release | American Civil Liberties Union | Jul. 10, 2008
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a landmark lawsuit today to stop the government from conducting surveillance under a new wiretapping law that gives the Bush administration virtually unchecked power to intercept Americans' international e-mails and telephone calls.

By Alex Ginsberg | NY Post | Jul. 17, 2008
The NYPD and the Brooklyn DA are teaming up to offer $200 to anyone willing to surrender a working firearm at one of six Brooklyn churches this Saturday.

RawStory.com | Jul. 15, 2008
A federal court has issued two rulings, the New York Times reports: One favoring President Bush's indefinite detentions of "enemy combatants," and another granting one of said "enemy combatants" the opportunity to challenge his detention in court.

AFP | Jul. 14, 2008
A watch list of suspected and known terrorists, compiled by the US authorities, has ballooned and contains more than one million names, the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday.

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Explanation of McCain's blatant ignorance to our first amendment rights by removing a 61-year-old librarian from his rally for holding up a sign with her opinion of the candidate. McCain = Bush.

WeAreChangeColorado.org | Jul. 11, 2008
Here is the letter written by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado to the Denver police department regarding WeAreChangeColorado member's arrest back on June 11, 2008.

By Sarah Lai Stirland | Wired.com | Jul. 8, 2008
Online activists from the right and the left announced an unprecedented campaign Tuesday to hold Democratic lawmakers accountable for caving in to the Bush administration on domestic spying.

By Kurt Nimmo | InfoWars.com | Jul. 9, 2008
Ah, yes. Public eduction has performed an essential wonder, that is a wonder in the minds of our globalist rulers: Nearly half (49%) of Americans think the president has the authority to suspend the Constitution, according to Rick Shenkman’s new book, “Just How Stupid Are We?: Facing the Truth About the American Voter.”

By Jeffrey Denning | Washington Times | Jul. 8, 2008
A senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great interest in a so-called safety bracelet that would serve as a stun device, similar to that of a police Taser®.

By David Edwards & Stephen C. Webster | RawStory.com | Jul. 7, 2008
The political parties are arming themselves, in preparation for their respective conventions. Congress has approved $100 million to pay for security expenses at this summer's presidential nominating conventions, with $50 million dedicated to each party.

By Patrick Radden Keefe | Slate | Jun. 25, 2008
Why it's a lot worse than you think. Sometime today, the Senate is likely to approve the most comprehensive overhaul of American surveillance law since the Watergate era. Unless you're a government lawyer, a legal scholar, a masochist, or an insomniac, chances are you haven't read the 114-page bill. Don't beat yourself up: Neither have most of the 293 House members who voted for it last week. Ditto the mainstream press, who seem to have relied chiefly on summaries provided by the same lawmakers who hadn't read it.

thenewspaper.com | Jun. 26, 2008
A proposed law currently awaiting the signature of Ohio Governor Ted Strickland (D) would remove any barrier to a police agency that wishes to forcibly remove blood from motorists accused of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI). State Senator Timothy J. Grendell (R-Chesterland) introduced this anti-DUI measure which sailed through the state House with an 87-6 vote and a 33-0 vote in the Senate earlier this month.

Associated Press | Jun. 26, 2008
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.

By Jonathan Turley | Jonathanturley.org| Jun. 25, 2008
This morning I will testify in the House Judiciary Committee on the Bush Administration’s record on prosecuting terrorism. The Justice Department continues to inflate the number of terrorism cases by citing such crimes as immigration violations and general fraud as terrorist-related. The result is to give a false impression that there is a great level of domestic terrorism than is truly the case. Below is the testimony (footnotes not included).