Category Archives: Civil Liberties

Chevron Going after a Political Cartoonist for Satirical Video He Made with Amazon Watch

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Lindsay Abrams posted an interesting article about the Chevron Corporation at Salon yesterday. According to Abrams, one of the world’s largest oil companies is “desperate” to avoid paying billions of dollars in damages for the contamination in … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Big Oil, Civil Liberties, Ecuador, Energy Policy, Fascists/Corporatists, Free Speech, Oligarchy, United Kingdom | 40 Comments

Clap(per) Off?

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Gene Howington

By GENE HOWINGTON Since the inception of the Edward Snowden affair, one thing has been manifest.  Director of National Intelligence James Clapper lied to Congress.  Many have found this behavior unacceptable and have expressed ideas along the lines that Clapper … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Brother, CIA, Civil Liberties, Fascism, Free Speech, NSA, United States | 15 Comments

The Third Post in the “Oh My Achin Head” Series: Mike Huckabee on Democrats, Women, Uncle Sugar, Birth Control, and Female Libidos

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By ELAINE MAGLIARO Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas, 2008 Republican presidential candidate, ordained minister, guitarist, author, and Fox News commentator made news this week because of comments that he made at the Republican National Committee’s winter meeting. While speaking … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Fundamentalism, Reproductive Rights, RNC, United States | 37 Comments

Privacy Rights – To Enumerate or Not to Enumerate, That is the Question

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Gene Howington

By GENE HOWINGTON Reasonable people tend to agree there is both a right to privacy and that it is necessary.  But what exactly is the right to privacy? Justice Brandeis famously said in Olmstead v. U.S., 277 U.S. 438, 479 … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Brother, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Democracy, Equal Rights, Jurisprudence, Legal Theory, Philosophy, United States | 3 Comments