civil liberties – Page 2

GOP-run House passes renewal of spying program

January 12, 2018 By Patrick J. Foote

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for six years.

D.C. jury acquits first batch of Trump Inauguration Day protesters

December 21, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

As GOP leaders heap praise on Trump, courts say, “Not so fast.”

News Guild: Press freedom risked by unlimited cell phone snooping

November 30, 2017 By PAI

The freedom of the press is at risk from the government's stance allowing law enforcement to engage in unlimited snooping against citizens via their cell phones.

Judge allows Trump administration to collect names of protest website visitors

August 25, 2017 By Al Neal

This potentially violated the rights of more than a million people who visited a political website.

U.S. government demands details on visitors to anti-Trump website

August 15, 2017 By Julia Carrie Wong And Olivia Solon

On July 17 the Department of Justice served a website-hosting company, DreamHost, with a search warrant.