http://civilliberty.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Civil Liberties GuideSite. http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hi http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2009-06-23T10:28:01Z Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:28:01 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/07/03/in-ricci-supreme-court-majority-saw-no-moral-complexity.htm The first thing I had to realize about Ricci v. DeStefano, the Title VII ruling handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, is that it isn't as simple... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/07/03/in-ricci-supreme-court-majority-saw-no-moral-complexity.htm Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:31:04 +0000 2009-07-03T08:31:04Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/06/23/until-the-last-vote-is-counted.htm Democracy is voting. Voting is democracy. A country is only democratic to the degree that the binding votes tallied represent the will of the people.And by that standard,... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/06/23/until-the-last-vote-is-counted.htm Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:28:01 +0000 2009-06-23T10:28:01Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/06/17/the-least-he-can-do.htm Barack Obama has only been in office for five months. It's too early to call him a disappointment.But on civil rights, he just hasn't done enough. Everything he... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/06/17/the-least-he-can-do.htm Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:25:14 +0000 2009-06-17T08:25:14Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/06/06/sotomayor-and-the-second-amendment.htm Conservative pundit Brian Darling is not happy with Sonia Sotomayor's record on Second Amendment issues:Most nominees come before the Senate Judiciary Committee and refuse to answer questions about hot-button issues... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/06/06/sotomayor-and-the-second-amendment.htm Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:20:58 +0000 2009-06-06T11:20:58Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/05/25/torture-and-trust.htm It isn't just about waterboarding, not really.Earlier this month, former vice president Dick Cheney gave the Bush administration's clearest explanation of its torture policies to date:In top secret meetings about... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/05/25/torture-and-trust.htm Mon, 25 May 2009 16:29:05 +0000 2009-05-25T16:29:05Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/05/14/nancy-pelosi-torture-and-culpability.htm At a press conference today, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi admitted that she had received a briefing on the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" from the CIA in 2002,... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/05/14/nancy-pelosi-torture-and-culpability.htm Thu, 14 May 2009 15:48:12 +0000 2009-05-14T15:48:12Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/05/11/is-the-united-states-committed-to-international-womens-rights.htm Today, the United Nations will fill vacancies on its 18-member Human Rights Committee. The United States is angling for a spot--and given that election to the committee is essentially... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/05/11/is-the-united-states-committed-to-international-womens-rights.htm Mon, 11 May 2009 06:54:17 +0000 2009-05-11T06:54:17Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/05/01/replacing-david-souter.htm Justice David Souter is retiring next month after 19 years on the Supreme Court. Justices John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, long rumored to retire, are also very... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/05/01/replacing-david-souter.htm Fri, 01 May 2009 07:48:23 +0000 2009-05-01T07:48:23Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/04/22/sympathy-for-the-devil.htm According to memos released by the Obama administration last week, the CIA under the Bush administration tortured Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 183 times in March 2003 alone.News reports often describe Sheikh... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/04/22/sympathy-for-the-devil.htm Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:39:20 +0000 2009-04-22T11:39:20Z http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/04/18/tead-off.htm Last week's Tax Day Tea Party was made up of four visible constituencies with very different messages:Traditional fiscal conservatives concerned about high taxes and government spending in general. This... http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/04/18/tead-off.htm Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:20:59 +0000 2009-04-18T13:20:59Z