Sentences with phrase «on civil liberties»

For the next 14 years — two as counsel, 12 as director - every government attack on civil liberties seemed to involve her in the opposite corner.

Plenty of governments of all shades are showing themselves only too ready to compromise on civil liberties in the face of the large amounts of easily accessible data our digital world produces.

In effect you seem to be saying that any restriction on civil liberty means that the population is «deprived of material liberty».

There was always however our distinct economic policy through the current recession, our stance on civil liberties and electoral reform.

On the civil liberties side, the lack of a suppression remedy cuts off an important means of judicial oversight.

He has promoted modern thinking on civil liberty, the environment and aspects of social policy.

That usually brings with it certain military responses and also a crack - down on civil liberties.

The control orders move was a result of prolonged negotiation between two parties with genuinely different positions on civil liberties.

It is ridiculous that we were made to look to the right of the other parties on civil liberties.

But that also means we can't really evaluate tonight's vote in any meaningful way as a referendum on civil liberties.

After all, people don't vote on civil liberties.

The recommendations are scheduled to be released later this year and will be a key test of the coalition's credentials on civil liberties.

Action on civil liberties and on green issues are on the table.

«Any» restriction on civil liberty is not a deprivation of a material liberty because not all civil liberties are material liberties.

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

The foundation focuses on civil liberties issues.

The fear is that Labour may be leaning towards the latter, especially given the party's abysmal record on civil liberties as well as an increasingly social conservative stance on immigration.

The former energy and climate change secretary tried to signal a firm break with the past, criticising city salaries, the war in Iraq and Labour's policies on civil liberties.

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.

The war in Iraq, the crackdown on civil liberties at home, and the president's strident nationalism combined to create a story line in which Big Oil, imperialism, and global capitalism threatened apocalypse well before Gore warned of a «day of reckoning.»

The polls are opening for David Davis» unique single issue by - election on civil liberties.

'' «The commander - in - chief has been under intense pressure in recent weeks, accused of trampling on civil liberties in pursuit of terror suspects.

David Davis, the former shadow home secretary who quit the Tory frontbench to fight campaigns on civil liberties issues, welcomed news of the review.

«It appears that the American people should be more fearful of their own government encroaching on their civil liberties.»

Paul's 13 - hour stand on civil liberties also solidified his standing among the more purist fans of his father, Ron Paul, who have long been skeptical of the younger Paul's dedication to the Movement.

OK here I «am again to stomp on the civil liberties of the atheists to propagate their stupidity.

Although being banned is more humane than solitary confinement in a sternly administered prison, it has a more chilling effect on civil liberties in general because, as it were, it makes of the entire country a prison.

It is my opinion that since its inception there has been an organized and systematic assault by the conservatives in the United States on the civil liberties written into the US Constitution.

The Liberal Democrats are gearing up to launch an anti-libel agenda at the next general election, with an amendment to a policy motion on civil liberties being proposed to conference today by Richard Dawkins.

Hunter also praised Tenney, R - New Hartford, for her views on civil liberties and opposition to Common Core learning standards.

In his policy announcement on civil liberties on 7th January 2011, Nick Clegg simply asserted that the right would be restored — without any detail analysis or explanation of what that might mean or what would be needed.

The Department for Transport has suggested replacing VED outright with a road user charge for all vehicles, but this is widely criticised on civil liberties grounds for the constant tracking of private vehicle movements it would require.

The Lib Dems argue that an alternative package of measures including the withdrawal of travel rights, more surveillance, unannounced home visits, and the use of intercept evidence to enable more prosecutions to go ahead would be more effective and have less impact on civil liberties.

Most Labour members never signed up to the market fundamentalism of Tory and Labour Governments from Thatcher to Blair and Brown, nor to the Iraq war and the attack on civil liberties at home and abroad which followed.»

The Fundamentals of our Fundamental Freedoms is an excellent primer on civil liberties and democracy written by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association's former General Counsel, A. Alan Borovoy.

Although Paul's filibuster was technically against Brennan's nomination, his remarks focused primarily on civil liberties issues, offering a scathing critique of the Obama's administration's use of unmanned drones, and refusal to rule out military strikes against American citizens on U.S. soil.

My point is that the Labour blogosphere is too uncritical of the government on civil liberties - that, in your terms, it contributes to the «political culture and dominant political discourses» that are the driver of the problem, rather than contesting this culture and these discourses.

The Tories are much stronger on civil liberties and reining in the database state.

The increasing role played by non-elected technocrats, increased voter abstention and curbs on civil liberties are among the main symptoms of this global malaise, the EIU said, noting that almost half of the 167 countries covered by its index registered a decline in overall scores between 2006 and 2016.

But while the ACA was lauded by Obama and represents a key pillar of his legacy, it caused insurance premiums to skyrocket and created a number of difficulties on the civil liberties front.

The Lib Dems do have areas of progressive advantage over Labour - notably on civil liberties.

The resultant Wolfenden Report published in 1957 concluded that criminalisation of homosexuality was an impingement on civil liberty and that homosexual acts between consenting adults in private should not be an offence.

Mr Brake is among those Lib Dems who fear home secretary Theresa May, confronted by the security implications of abandoning the initiative, will abandon her party's pre-election emphasis on civil liberties.

In any case, there have been loads of articles on civil liberties and there are debates in the comments (I've never seen you there?)

I don't think there is any doubt that Compass and LabourList have been quite strongly on the civil liberties side of various arguments.

Constitutional change is in the long grass for now (tho» perhaps the Labour lords» alleged corruption might spark some atoning measures...) while new labour's moves on civil liberties (via the transformational govt agenda, and database society) have been horrendous and wholly unacceptable for anyone Liberal.

The LibDems have many strengths: I will of course concede a lot of the critique on civil liberties and political reform.

The Fabians and Sunder remain in my eyes, far too sympathetic to New Labour, and have been much too quiet on civil liberties, surveillance, authoritarianism, the capitulation to the (big) business lobby, indeed the unprincipled pursuit of preserving power for power's sake that has become the hallmark of the likes of Purnell, Burnham, Smith etc