Sentences with phrase «from civil liberties groups»

Last year he drew howls of protest from civil liberties groups and advocates for the poor when he instituted routine warrant checks at a security post manned by deputies inside Ulster County's Department of Social Services.

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Civil liberties groups pointed out that evidence from intelligence and security agencies will be presented to court but not the individuals seeking damages or making a complaint, meaning they would be unable to challenge it.

A Muslim civil liberties group demanded an apology from Republican U.S. Senate candidate Wendy Long over a series of tweets she sent about a former Catholic church in Syracuse that was converted into a mosque.

DESPITE strong opposition from American civil liberties campaigners and even religious groups, the FBI can now eavesdrop on phone calls made on digital telephone systems.

Civil liberties groups are arguing the Obama administration may have gone too far by killing Awlaki far away from the battlefield.

Arizona's special education voucher law was struck down by the state courts after a challenge from the teachers union and civil liberties groups, which claimed that the law violated a state constitutional provision barring any public funds from flowing to religious institutions.

These prominent nonprofit groups work for various civil liberties related causes, ranging from free speech to the rights of the elderly.

This series of work is informed by strategies used by the state, whereby government agents implement undercover operations to prevent dissident groups from rightfully organising demonstrations and expressing their civil liberties.

The collective formed the Spiral group, «for the purpose of discussing the commitment of the Negro artist in the present struggle for civil liberties, and as a discussion group to consider common aesthetic problems,» according to «A History of African - American Artists: From 1792 to the Present,» a comprehensive reference volume by Bearden and Harry Henderson (1914 - 2003).

Major announcement this morning from a broad and loose coalition of public - interest oriented organizations and privacy and civil liberties groups.

From a report: In a report released Thursday morning, the civil liberties group arg...