http://civilliberty.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Civil Liberties GuideSite. http://z.about.com/d/lg/rss.gif http://about.com/ 88 31 en-us 2008-10-03T06:13:22Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257745.htm I feel like Obama decisively won ... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257745.htm 2008-10-08T17:43:41Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257743.htm I'll have a little more to say about the Biden-Palin debate over the weekend, but their exchange on the issue of same-sex marriage and civil unions shows that both parties... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257743.htm 2008-10-03T06:13:22Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257742.htm Banned Books Week began on Saturday (related: Top 10 "Obscene" Literary Classics), but the hot topic of the weekend was a proposed bill that would allow the president to spend... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257742.htm 2008-09-29T14:01:50Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257741.htm I've been relatively quiet on the RNC protests because for the most part I've been unable to separate free speech violations from acts of civil disobedience, but the casual overuse... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257741.htm 2008-09-26T15:21:13Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257740.htm Last Tuesday, the Obama campaign filed suit to prevent Michigan Republicans from instituting a controversial voter challenge program:?We will have a list of foreclosed homes and will make sure people... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257740.htm 2008-09-22T07:11:20Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257739.htm Earlier today, U.S. District Court Judge James Robertson handed down a ruling (PDF format) that represents a significant, if tentative, step forward for the rights of transgender Americans:In refusing to... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257739.htm 2008-09-19T18:50:07Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257738.htm According to a disturbing article in this morning's New York Times, then-city councilwoman Sarah Palin advocated banning Michael Wilhoite's Daddy's Roommate (1991), a children's book depicting a gay couple in... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257738.htm 2008-09-14T03:18:03Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257737.htm Past 9/11 Retrospectives: 2006 | 2007Over the past few years I've seen the phrase "never forget" increasingly crop up in 9/11-related speeches and editorials, and I still can't figure out... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257737.htm 2008-09-12T06:31:23Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257736.htm "Being a small-town mayor is sort of like being a community organizer -- except with real responsibilities."-- Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK), 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee"[Obama] worked as a community organizer.... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257736.htm 2008-09-08T08:17:55Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257735.htm Sarah Palin is hard to figure out as a candidate for several good reasons, one being that she has never served in a legislature and therefore lacks the record of... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/a/257735.htm 2008-09-01T00:04:48Z