Civil Liberties
Trump’s unconstitutional act of war against Iran
When President Barack Obama unilaterally ordered the bombing of Libya in 2011, I argued that Obama was acting "in violation of the U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Act until he gets Congress's approval."…
Militarized response to California riots seeks to expand federal power
One of the dumbest memes I've seen recently shows a photo of a Los Angeles rioter waving a Mexican flag with the tagline, "California 2025." Underneath that image is a photo of young, wholesome folks leaning…
A Spanish-language journalist is in ICE custody after being arrested at an Atlanta protest
Press freedom groups are calling for the release of a popular Spanish-language journalist who was arrested last Saturday while livestreaming protests in Atlanta and has since been transferred into the custody of Immigration…
Trump’s immigration crackdown is overwhelming ICE facilities
On June 13, approximately 50 detainees at Delaney Hall, a 1,000-bed immigration facility in Newark, New Jersey, managed to push down the wall of a third-floor dormitory room, allowing four to escape. (Three have since been…
Writings on Juneteenth, its Meaning, and its Significance for American Liberty
(NA) Today, is Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the abolition of slavery - the greatest triumph of freedom in American history. In this post, I compile some links to my writings relevant to the holiday and its…
SCOTUS upholds Tennessee law banning medical transition for transgender kids
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning minors from accessing certain kinds of controversial gender-transition treatments. The lawsuit over the case hinged on whether the state's ban on hormones,…
Federal courts shrug at potentially lethal wrong-door raids
Early on a Wednesday morning in October 2017, FBI agents terrorized three innocent people, including a 7-year-old boy, by breaking into their home in Atlanta. The agents tossed a flash-bang grenade, rousted the two adults…
Las Vegas police tackle and arrest TikTok livestreamers
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) has launched an internal affairs investigation after officers arrested two livestreamers last Thursday in an apparent retaliatory arrest. LMPD officers arrested TikTok…
Supreme Court rules, again, that different standards for discrimination plaintiffs are unconstitutional
On Thursday, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a teenage girl and her parents who are attempting to sue the girl's school district for alleged disability discrimination. The decision, which did not rule on…
Mistakenly arrested grandmother sues U.S. marshals who insisted she was a fugitive
Penny McCarthy is not now, and has never been, Carole Rozak. Yet in March 2024, half a dozen U.S. marshals accosted McCarthy in the front yard of her Phoenix home, insisting that she was Rozak, who was wanted on a warrant for…
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