Sentences with phrase «civil liberties protections»

ACLU - CT, David McGuire primarily focused on civil liberties protections for students in regards to baseless searches and seizures of students» personal electronic devices and passwords citing «the patchwork of unequal privacy policies» used in districts around the state, urging the committee to expand protections in the bill that would uphold students Constitutional 14th amendments rights.

Some of Gibson's positions, like his call for less reliance on U.S. military power overseas and more stringent civil liberties protections at home, have shown cross party appeal.

«He was larger than life; he was irreverent, courageous — I really think he changed the landscape of civil liberties protection in this country.

Not exact matches

In addition to civil rights for people of color, women and LGBT, there has been an expansion of religious liberty for minority sects, enforcement of viewpoint neutrality with respect to access to various public and non-public forums (e.g. religious student groups must be granted equal access to school facilities as their secular counterparts, etc) greater protections against age and disability discrimination, and recognition of habeas corpus rights even for enemy combatants.

To these one might add such instances as the constitutional protection of slavery which led some radical abolitionists to repudiate that document; the massive violation of civil liberties during World War I; and the internment of Japanese - American citizens during World War II.

The amendment to the civil liberties policy motion read: «The protection of freedom of expression, by reforming the libel laws in England and Wales to ensure a better balance is provided between free speech, responsible journalism, scientific discourse and the public interest on one hand and powerful corporations, wealthy individuals and vested interests on the other.»

On 15 June 1215 at Runnymede (a small meadow outside of London, marking the midpoint between two armies locked in civil war) King John set his seal on Magna Carta — the «great charter» that has become synonymous throughout the world with opposition to arbitrary rule, and with the protection of individual rights and liberties.

The protection of civil liberty against authoritarian encroachment by all political parties is a key political battleground.

In this context, the logical step to take, at the very least, is to amend laws to negotiate the protection of individual freedoms and civil liberties to the maximum extent possible.

Donna Lieberman, the executive director of the civil liberties organization that brought the suit, said it was now looking forward to achieving a court - ordered settlement to establish protections allowing farmworkers to organize.

Civil liberties activists were carefully scrutinising details of the protection of freedom bill today, after the government finally published details of how it would restore British freedoms.

A party for those whose priorities include the Welfare State, workers» rights, trade unionism, the co-operative movement, consumer protection, strong communities, conservation rather than environmentalism, fair taxation, full employment, public ownership, proper local government, a powerful Parliament, the monarchy, the organic Constitution, national sovereignty, civil liberties, the Union, the Commonwealth, the countryside, grammar schools, traditional moral and social values, economic patriotism, balanced migration, a realist foreign policy, and a base of real property for every household to resist both over-mighty commercial interests and an over-mighty State.

These questions are of fundamental importance to UK PLC and the protection of British civil liberties.

I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquillity, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted; for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.

That makes us guardians of those democratic institutions and traditions — like rule of law, separation of powers, equal protection and civil liberties — that our forebears fought and bled for.

She is determined to remain engaged in the protection of civil liberties, starting with a more active Democratic Party in our neighborhood.

Clearly in Buhari's world the concept of separation of powers, the rule of law, respect for court orders, the imperatives of tolerance, religious plurality, the accommodation of dissent, the protection of civil liberties and the freedom of speech simply do not exist.

In Season 6 of Homeland, Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) is back in the US on the streets of New York, fighting for the protection of civil liberties and against the abuse of power within the government.

According to them, modern democratic systems meet four basic criteria: 1) executive and legislatures are chosen through open, free, and fair elections; 2) universal suffrage; 3) protection of political rights and civil liberties; and 4) elected authorities possess real authority to govern (not subject to tutelary control by another unelected group).

The orthodox way in its analysis has a method of protecting either national security, or civil liberties, as if the protection of one undermines the protection of the other.

While one hopes the learner will see the value in these expanded civil liberties given to same sex couples, they will also realize that comparable protections allow for their own liberties.

However, an agency's ease of enforcement should never be given precedence over the protection of an American's right to privacy or any other civil liberty.

ALEX GARTENFELD — In the past we've talked about the protest against the Vietnam War and your linking cartoons to the protection of American civil liberties.

Among them: protection of civil liberties, opposition to imperialism, opposition to the war on drugs, opposition to the militarization of domestic law enforcement agencies, and support for gay rights, to name several.

In this episode of the Modern Law Library, professor Adam Winkler, author of We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights, shares what he learned from his investigation into how corporations have achieved constitutional protections ranging from the right to sue and be sued, to individual rights like religious liberty protections and free speech.

Justice Stevens is known as a stalwart in his protection of civil rights and civil liberties.

Your comment that some people might compare the technical protection measures that are used to restrict copying of information and TOS that are used to restrict civil liberties is interesting.

In this regard she also works with community based organizations that are committed to the protection of human rights and civil liberties.

They argue that there are sufficient protections for civil liberties in the legislation and in court practices.

Legal Aid The Nova Scotia Legal Aid Commission provides legal representation to qualified applicants, with priority for matters involving liberty and civil rights, and integrity and protection of an individual's family.

Some legal experts, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital civil liberties group, say that courts are too keen to uphold patents on ideas that are too vague to deserve protection.