An FBI investigation manual updated last year, obtained by the ACLU, says it’s possible to warrantlessly obtain Americans’ e-mail ‘without running afoul’ of the Fourth Amendment. Read this article by Declan McCullagh on CNET News. Original post on cnet.com Comments on reddit.com
Norway is taking steps to tackle websites like The Pirate Bay to eliminate online copyright infringement by amending the Copyright Act. The revisions are popular in parliament and if passed will grant authorities the right to block sites at the ISP level. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
The privacy law governing how U.S. law enforcement can access email data after a certain time has been passed unanimously across both sides of the Senate. Original post on zdnet.com Comments on reddit.com
An amendment that would have prevented employers from asking for Facebook passwords was defeated Thursday. Original post on usnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Amendment was shot down that would have required warrants before police could peruse shared information for any evidence of hundreds of different crimes. Read this article by Declan McCullagh on CNET News. Original post on cnet.com Comments on reddit.com
Amendment to prevent government entities and employeers from obtaining passwords and other personal data without a court order & to prevent a Great Firewall of China-like login system is denied. Original post on c-spanarchives.org Comments on reddit.com
The ACLU has obtained internal IRS documents that say Americans enjoy ‘generally no privacy’ in their e-mail messages, Facebook chats, and other electronic communications. Read this article by Declan McCullagh on CNET News. Original post on cnet.com Comments on reddit.com
The Senate approved an amendment to the budget that would end government advantages for mega-banks that are “Too Big To Fail. Sens. Original post on hillnews.com Comments on reddit.com
A measure limiting National Science Foundation funding for political science research projects passed the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, quietly dealing a blow to the government agency. Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Senate Delivers a Devastating Blow to the Integrity of the Scientific Process at the National Science Foundation. Original post on prnewswire.com Comments on reddit.com
A Virginia man who wrote an abbreviated version of the Fourth Amendment on his body and stripped to his shorts at an airport security screening area won a trial Friday in his lawsuit seeking $250,000 in damages for being detained on a disorderly conduct charge Original post on wired.com Comments on reddit.com
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Friday amplified her support for a constitutional solution to the debt-ceiling increase. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Friday amplified her support for a constitutional solution to the debt-ceiling increase. Original post on hillnews.com Comments on reddit.com
It was marijuana joints instead of champagne bubbles this year for some New Year’s Eve revelers in Colorado, who lit up in private smoking clubs allowed for the first time under the state’s new pot laws. Original post on abcnews.go.com Comments on reddit.com
This week, as Congressional incompetence threatens to plunge the US into another recession, it’s comforting to know that Democrats and Republicans can still agree on at least one thing: that the US… Original post on theverge.com Comments on reddit.com
Glenn Greenwald: The California Democrat’s disgusting rhetoric recalls the worst of Dick Cheney while advancing Obama’s agenda Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
The US Senate has voted to approve the FAA Sunsets Extension Act of 2012, which will authorize warrantless surveillance of Americans for counter-terrorism purposes for another five years. The bill… Original post on theverge.com Comments on reddit.com
Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the U.S. over his gun control views. Original post on cbc.ca Comments on reddit.com
Meet the prominent legislators who think it’s okay to throw Americans in jail forever without charges or trial. Original post on theatlantic.com Comments on reddit.com
WASHINGTON — Congress stripped a provision Tuesday from a defense bill that aimed to shield Americans from the possibility of being imprisoned indefinitely without trial by the military. The provision was replaced with a passage that appears to give citizens little protection from indefinite detention. Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
The state of Illinois would have to allow ordinary citizens to carry weapons under a federal appeals court ruling issued today, but the judges also gave lawmakers 180 days to put their own version of the law in place. Original post on chicagotribune.com Comments on reddit.com
This evening, the U.S. Senate voted on Amendment No. 3018 to the National Defense Authorization Act sponsored by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), and co-sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul, which protects the rights prescribed to Americans in the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution with regard to indefinite detention and the right to a trial by jury. Original post on senate.gov Comments on reddit.com
In an effort to ensure new voter-approved amendments that legalize limited use of recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington are not overrun by the federal government, Democratic U. Original post on rd.com Comments on reddit.com
Al Franken is right: Citizens United belongs in the Dumpster of Bad Ideas. And I’m helping him put it there by fighting for a constitutional amendment to overturn it. You can join us here: Original post on alfranken.com Comments on reddit.com
Support is growing for a proposed Colorado amendment to legalize marijuana, a new poll released Wednesday shows, and the referendum could upend the former member of the Choom Gang who currently occupies the White House. Original post on talkingpointsmemo.com Comments on reddit.com
It’s one thing to read about it, but totally different to see it: This video, taken by Arthur Kohl-Riggs, says it all. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth about a trillion. Original post on dailykos.com Comments on reddit.com
It’s back. On Thursday the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a five-year reauthorization of the FISA Amendments Act (FAA), the 2008 law that legalized the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program and more…. Original post on aclu.org Comments on reddit.com
