How conservatives still run America, despite losing elections
From guns to Social Security to FISA, the real majority party prevails while liberals lose out again
Friday, Apr 5, 2013 7:30 PM UTC 63Politics Guns, Gun Control
From guns to Social Security to FISA, the real majority party prevails while liberals lose out again
Friday, Apr 5, 2013 7:30 PM UTC 63The renewed FISA allows for warrantless U.S. surveillance of foreign citizens with information in the cloud
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 2:53 PM UTCChuck Hagel's getting flak but we should debate the CIA nominee, a veteran of Bush-era torture policies
Monday, Jan 7, 2013 6:49 PM UTC 20Fiscal calamity? Who cares! Congress shows that they can still band together and vote for horrible things
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 2:27 PM UTC 27Despite concerns by fellow Democrats and civil libertarians, the senator says there's ample oversight on spying
Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 9:05 PM UTCThe ACLU has a major victory over the Bush/Obama tactic for shielding presidential lawbreaking from judicial review
Monday, Mar 21, 2011 7:22 PM UTC 167A volunteer attorney for Guantanamo detainees comes clean: You got me, I'm shilling for al-Qaida
Tuesday, Mar 9, 2010 6:10 PM UTC 21Bush went away, but domestic surveillance overreach didn't. It's now the law, and the ACLU is fighting back
Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009 10:19 AM UTC 29The previous administration's surveillance was even more extensive than we'd known, and DOJ didn't like it
Friday, Jul 10, 2009 7:10 PM UTC 23The good news is that it's clear what the Obama administration must do to end the decade-long war on the Constitution.
Thursday, Jan 1, 2009 12:12 PM UTC 355Why the White House can no longer hide the truth about its warrantless surveillance of Americans.
Friday, Sep 12, 2008 10:20 AM UTC 19Pushing conservative Democrats out of Congress could help the party stand up to the GOP.
Tuesday, Jul 29, 2008 11:35 AM UTC 426Activists are calling for the heads of conservative congressional Democrats. Wait till George Bush is history, and then decide.
Tuesday, Jul 29, 2008 11:30 AM UTC 108Salon has uncovered new evidence of post-9/11 spying on Americans. Obtained documents point to a potential investigation of the White House that could rival Watergate.
Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 12:00 PM UTC 161How Barack Obama and John McCain are changing positions on everything from wiretapping to taxes.
Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 10:51 AM UTC 73Key congressional Democrats were aware and tacitly supportive of Bush's illegal interrogation and surveillance programs, a key motive in why they helped prevent accountability.
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 12:16 PM UTC 318Some Obama supporters say we should disband our FISA group now that the vote is past. I disagree. If progressives are silent, the campaign will take us for granted.
Friday, Jul 11, 2008 5:30 PM UTC 131Amid the net-roots anger over Obama's vote for the FISA bill, some key activists are saying he has never been that progressive.
Friday, Jul 11, 2008 3:16 PM UTC 116Jameel Jaffer, the Director of the ACLU National Security Project, explains why the new FISA law violates the 4th Amendment and is even broader than the President's illegal NSA program
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 10:10 PM UTC 506If Barack Obama's vote for FISA amendments was truly a political "calculation," he needs to check his math.
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 12:50 PM UTC 92Page 2 of 5 in FISA