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Pittsburgh accused of trampling First Amendment at G-20 meetings

donal brown October 6, 2009

The Legal Director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania says that the Pittsburgh police transformed the city into a police state during the recent G-20 Summit, shutting down dissent with tactics reminiscent of repression methods used in communist Poland in the early 1980s. -DB JURIST Opinion October 06, 2009 By Witold Walczak Law enforcement officials have, over the past decade, used gatherings of national and international leaders as license to suspend civil liberties.

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Pro sports’ bans on Twitter could provoke First Amendment protest

donal brown October 6, 2009

Professional athletes filling time around games by tweeting whatever was on their minds, some of it critical, are now facing rules restricting their freedom. Questions  remain about whether the bans violate the free speech rights of the athletes and whether they even care enough to challenge the bans. -DB The Dallas Morning News Opinion October 5, 2009 By Kevin Sherrington In the wake of insubordinate comments made recently on Twitter accounts, please match the coach to

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Federal judge rules CIA cannot be forced to release documents related to destruction of 9/11 interrogation videotapes

donal brown October 1, 2009

The Associated Press September 30, 2009 By Larry Neumeister Agreeing with CIA Diretor Leon Panetta, a federal judge said that national security concerns override other issues in upholding the CIA’s right to keep secret their methods of getting information from uncooperative detainees. The American Civil liberties Union is seeking the documents related to interrogations of 9/11 detainees that used harsh methods. They said that President Obama had already declassified the interrogation program and that the

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Obama asks for renewal of Patriot Act provisions sanctioning secret domestic spying

donal brown September 16, 2009

The Obama administration has notified Congress that it backs renewing provisions of the Patriot Act which expires at the end of the year. The provisions include a secret court for granting wiretaps and warrants for records – banking, library and medical. -DB Wired September 15, 2009 By David Kravets The Obama administration has told Congress it supports renewing three provisions of the Patriot Act due to expire at year’s end, measures making it easier for the

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Puerto Rico: ACLU appeals ruling that FBI not responsible for attacking reporters

donal brown September 10, 2009

Although a federal court found the FBI agents’ attack on several journalists unconstitutional, they found that the agents could not be held responsible for their actions. -DB American Civil Liberties Union Press Release September 10, 2009 SAN JUAN, PR – The American Civil Liberties Union today filed an appeal of a federal court ruling that found that, even though there was enough evidence to prove that FBI agents violated the Fourth Amendment rights of journalists by

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