Sentences with phrase «assault on the civil liberties»

After all, for years we've been subjected to a relentless assault on our civil liberties, with the War Party running roughshod over what weak dissents have surfaced - and now, finally, a clear voice of reason has emerged, to answer their war cries with a resounding «No!»

«The Tories» proposals are fundamentally undemocratic and constitute a massive assault on the civil liberties of our workers.

Sen. Brad Hoylman (D - Manhattan) took the new rule as an assault on civil liberties.

Al Gore opposed the war in Iraq and Bush's assault on civil liberties, but he shared the Nobel peace prize instead for raising awareness of climate change.

This politically motivated attack is tantamount to a kind of scientific «McCarthyism» reflecting the paranoia, megalomania and assault on civil liberties of that era.

As well, the assault on civil liberties in Egypt continues, as it does everywhere.

If those countries were doing the same surveillance as the NSA is, those in the US would demonize the state for its unacceptable assault on civil liberties and privacy.

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Mr Huhne launched a far - reaching assault on Tory claims to championing civil liberties.

At one point early in the coalition, it appeared Clegg and Cameron might use the British bill of rights to entrench British civil liberties in law and prevent a future government launching an authoritarian assault on hard - won freedoms.

Davis, who quit as shadow home secretary to run a by - election on civil liberties, accused May of trying to «assault the reputation of those who disagree» with her.

The next parliament could see cherished progressive liberal aspirations realised: a proportional electoral system; wider and better - defended civil liberties; a new, internationalist approach to foreign affairs and immigration; reform of the tax system to share wealth and curb carbon emissions; and an assault on the vested interests of the financial sector.