Sentences with phrase «civil libertarian groups»

Civil libertarian groups are taking the loss as further evidence of the government's incompetence when dealing with private data.

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In a celebrated case brought by a group of civil libertarians to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1942, Chief Justice Robert Jackson, against the strong argument of civil libertarians on the issues of «interrogation without the due process of law» and prolonged detention of suspects, gave his famous ruling that the United States «Constitution is not a suicide pact».

Among the groups represented at the hearing were the National Association of Scholars, which had filed the complaint, and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), founded and headed by civil libertarians Alan Charles Kors, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvey Silverglate, a criminal defense attorney.

While vouchers have been opposed by most Democrats, teachers» unions and civil libertarians as a violation of the separation of church and state, the opposition of those groups did not count much in New Jersey by 1995.

Meanwhile, Queen's Park has been consulting with police, concerned community groups, civil libertarians, the Ontario Human Right Commission and the general public with the aim of introducing a reform of carding later this fall.