Sentences with phrase «civil liberties advocates who»

Even so, the expiration of the authority at the end of this year will prompt a fight between security hawks who want to renew it, and civil liberties advocates who want to let it expire, or curtail it.

Not exact matches

In the recent book, Civil Liberties Under Attack, one of the authors mentions the case of a government official with an impeccable record who was placed under charges because unidentified informers asserted he «advocated the Communist Party line, such as favoring peace and civil liberties,» and «his convictions concerning equal rights for all races and classes extend slightly beyond the normal feelings of the average individual &laCivil Liberties Under Attack, one of the authors mentions the case of a government official with an impeccable record who was placed under charges because unidentified informers asserted he «advocated the Communist Party line, such as favoring peace and civil liberties,» and «his convictions concerning equal rights for all races and classes extend slightly beyond the normal feelings of the average individual &lacivil liberties,» and «his convictions concerning equal rights for all races and classes extend slightly beyond the normal feelings of the average individual «1

Two lesbians who were denied a double room at a hotel are starting a legal battle with the help of civil liberty advocates.

Public Advocate: We interviewed civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel and Bronx Assemblyman Michael Benjamin, who has since dropped out.

The revelations have drawn outrage from the Muslim community and civil liberties advocates, who say the surveillance has gone too far.

Last Remembrance Day, my posting was entitled «Lest We Forget,» which offered some profound words from poet / soldiers of WWI and WWII, including a moving passage from F.R. Scott, a Canadian lawyer who was an important civil liberties advocate and past Dean of McGill Law School.