Citing national security as a reason, the government censored a quotation from a Supreme Court ruling, used in a court brief challenging government policies, that warns against using national security as an excuse to silence dissent...

A federal judge has ruled that a provision of the USA PATRIOT Act is an unconstitutional breach of the first and fourth amendments...

Yet another reason why those parts of the Patriot Act that are about to expire should not be renewed!

The Canadian Government has chosen not to appeal recent court decisions in favour of same-sex marriages.

Can you remember all the major examples of gross incompetence, questionable ethics, lies and outright scandal perpetuated under the watch of the White House and the formerly Republican-controlled congress?

Reprinted here from CommonDreams.org is an editorial about the right to privacy that certain idiots on the Supreme Court don't believe is real...

A Student whose yearbook quote was banned due to it being religious won a case against the school, thanks to the ACLU

The 9/11 Commission has released their staff statement #10, which details a number of threats and responses or non-responses related to the terrorist attacks on the US in 2001. I've added emphasis to sections I find interesting.

A US Appeals Court upheld a judge's ruling that two reporters were in contempt of court for refusing to testify about their confidential sources to a grand jury...

California Supreme Court Clears the Way for Comprehensive Domestic Partnership Protections for Same-Sex Couples

In an attempt to gain support for an amendment to the Constitution to ban same sex marriage, some fundies are exaggerating the probability that, if one U.S. state legalizes same sex marriages, all states will be required to recognize those marriages.

In an update to an earlier story, the ACLU has made good on its threat to pursue legal action against a school that repeatedly censored a gay student...

I've been sitting on this story for several days out of sheer laziness... a man who purchased a CD-ROM on eBay and bad craziness ensued...

Speaking of "defense," didn't Congress members agree to defend the Consitution when they took office? Guess not, as this legislative turd illustrates

ACLU Exposes Censorship at High Schools in Ohio and Missouri; Incidents Stand in Contrast to Recent Survey about Student Awareness on First Amendment

Originally posted by Brigid O'Neil to independent.org

Dianne Feinstein doesn't understand what the separation of church and state actually means.

A judge in Texas (where else?) is forcing sex offenders to announce themselves with signs, letters, and bumper stickers...

ACLU Demands Virginia High School Stop Censoring Gay Student

The Supreme Court tosses the hot potato case back to the lower court where it came from on a few technical points...