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AG Patrick Lynch has some thoughts on the ACLU's recent criticism of him on the telcom immunity issue. Here's what the AG communicated to N4N: The ACLU statement is flat-out wrong in several key respects. First, the activities that the ACLU is calling...
From the Providence chapter : The Rhode Island ACLU today sharply criticized state Attorney General Patrick Lynch for urging Congress to pass a law giving telephone companies retroactive immunity for having illegally shared telephone records with the...
The San Francisco Bay Guardian has Project Censored's annual list of the top stories missed by the mainstream media (h/t Romenesko ). Here's what tops the compilation: GOOD-BYE, HABEAS CORPUS The Military Commissions Act, passed in September 2006 as a...
As America celebrates its birthday on July 4, take some time to celebrate the liberties for which our forefathers fought. Not coincidentally, it's Muzzle Time -- envelope, please! GOP presidential aspirant Mitt Romney sets the pace in Dan Kennedy's annual...
Hot on the heels of the Bush administration's recent mockery of the First Amendment, the president's host, Governor Carcieri, has claimed his second Muzzle Award. The prize, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, recognizes those who would stifle...
Blogger and labor activist Pat Crowley sends word that YouTube has banned a video he created because of objectionable content. The video is anti-war and anti-Bush. So much for free speech on YouTube.
Three years ago, the Phoenix's Steve Stycos reported on how police tactics threatened to put free speech and assembly rights on the line during the Democratic and Republican national conventions in Boston and New York. (Anyone who made it to Boston had...
Quelle surprise! Rush Limbaugh was excoriationg the immigration bill a short time ago, calling it "classic liberalism," and contending that it amounts to a "redistribution of wealth" since, as he clearly believes, illegal immigrants consume more taxpayer...
