civil liberties
Gov’t spying on citizens? ACLU map shows Bush years full of it
June 30, 2010Despite what anti-Obama conspiracy theorists, tea partiers and other various anti-government groups say, government political spying was rampant during the Bush-Cheney years.
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Supreme Court ruling seen as threat to Bill of Rights
June 24, 2010A Supreme Court ruling may threaten rights of speech and association that had been considered firm since the failed McCarthy-era prosecution of Communist Party members.
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Revisiting Manzanar
June 21, 2010This spring I joined a pilgrimage to the place where I was incarcerated with my family and thousands of others almost 70 years ago, and wondered: could it happen again?
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Calif. Assembly honors Japanese American civil liberties fighter
May 26, 2010OAKLAND, Calif. - Almost seven decades after young Fred Korematsu was arrested for defying orders to relocate to an internment camp during World War II, the California Assembly last week passed a bill to recognize his Jan....
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At California’s Capitol, panel sheds light on immigration issues
May 11, 2010SACRAMENTO - The California State Capitol was the site of a unique conference on immigration reform, with testimony on Arizona's new law, NAFTA, and problems of students and workers.
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