Sentences with phrase «on civil liberties issues»

The foundation focuses on civil liberties issues.

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

There are some arguments we've won, big arguments, on civil liberties issues and questions over Europe, where they have a different style, and didn't want to be distracted.

«If we go into the trenches in order to try to defend this then it would be seen as part of a lamentable history on civil liberties issues and it would do us terrible damage at this stage.»

«When Labour refused, the focus shifted countrywide,» he replies, citing recent polls showing public opinion turning on civil liberties issues.

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.

Labour overstepped the mark on civil liberty issues, leadership candidate Ed Miliband has admitted.

Not exact matches

While tech companies often lobby Washington on privacy issues, the major firms have been hesitant to enter a fray over a controversial portion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), industry lobbyists, congressional aides and civil liberties advocates said.

In addition to the civil - liberties issues raised, businesses in U.S. increasingly are fretting about the financial impact on government surveillance.

Prior to joining Calvert in 2005, Ms. Lasdon served as Deputy Director of Research for People for the American Way Foundation, where she published research on civil rights and civil liberties issues.

You would think that someone who had any rationality to them at all would be focusing on real issues, such as stripping away of our civil liberties, or the ongoing wars that actually cost this country billions of dollars and hundreds of lives, or the trillions of dollars in our deficit.

On some Israeli causes they will find their best allies in dispensational premillennial fundamentalism, while on issues of civil liberties and other causes they will coalesce with moderate - to - liberal ProtestantOn some Israeli causes they will find their best allies in dispensational premillennial fundamentalism, while on issues of civil liberties and other causes they will coalesce with moderate - to - liberal Protestanton issues of civil liberties and other causes they will coalesce with moderate - to - liberal Protestants.

Can't say much about the produce counting you speculate on, but how about this for a civil liberties issue — currently if you drive in CT, you are likely to have your license plate scanned by the CT State Police.

Liberal Democrats have an outstanding track record on civil liberties, although their greatest champion on the issue, Chris Huhne, is currently off fighting a legal case.

He is a leading commentator on a wide variety of issues including digital privacy and web - blocking, CCTV, civil liberties and privacy.

So you will find very little beyond broad political narrative on big policy issues on economic policy, schools policy, health, employment, home affairs, prisons, civil liberties, development, foreign policy, Europe.

Colm: I fear you are allowing your (and my) disagreements with the classical liberal / libertarian right on social and economic policy to get in the way of the possibility of useful discussion of civil liberties issues.

On both of these criteria, the civil liberties issues around surveillance and the policing of protest score very high.

But he has now responded and extended an open invitation to write for LabourList on issues of civil liberties.

But it also has a very poor record on civil liberties and related issues about the quality of state power (e.g., the database state), things which also matter to egalitarian liberals as liberals.

In my case, I turn out to agree with 1) Dennis Kucinich, 2) Mike Gravel and 3) Bill Richardson, who must have strong positions on environmental and civil liberties issues, both of which I listed high.

Labour also need mechanisms to ensure party leadership listens to popular opinion on key issues, like civil liberties.

Davis has taken more conservative stances on some other civil liberties issues, having repeatedly voted to restrict abortion, fertility treatment, embryo research and LGBT rights.

On 12 June 2008, Davis resigned from the Shadow Cabinet and announced his resignation as an MP, in order to force a by - election, and cause a wider debate on the single issue of what he believed to be the erosion of civil libertieOn 12 June 2008, Davis resigned from the Shadow Cabinet and announced his resignation as an MP, in order to force a by - election, and cause a wider debate on the single issue of what he believed to be the erosion of civil libertieon the single issue of what he believed to be the erosion of civil liberties.

Overall, it seems to me that the LD defence of «achieving what we could with the power we had» is probably quite defensible on civil liberties, on green issues, on political reform; on libel reform, perhaps the EU for now, and perhaps other issues.

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

Watson is perhaps best known as a dogged campaigner on issues related to civil liberties and privacy.

The party is divided in places, but is still united on many different issues: constitutional reform, the environment, the European Union, internationalism, civil liberties and in many cases, taxation.

I think a minority government is most likely - with co-operation on issues like civil liberties, the environment and localism — but touring TV studios both John Major and William Hague said that David Cameron would accept Liberal Democrat members of the Cabinet.

We agree on a lot — schools, localisation, green issues, civil liberties, some aspects of bank regulation and democratic reform.

Claudia has been outspoken on important issues of civil liberties, and has been very strongly opposed to Common Core curriculum.

On a vast array of profound issues — ranging from climate change and civil liberties to drone strikes, perpetual war and a huge military budget — some individual progressives in Congress introduce outstanding bills and make excellent statements.

If Labour and LibDem wish to lance the conservatives on the issue of civil liberties, then they need to find a way of tying these two seemingly disparate threads together.

He's a natural Lib Dem, committed to winning over the «urban intelligentsia» and chasing the government on civil liberties, the Iraq war and other classic orange issues.

It's been a while since Cameron has been able to bash Labour for civil liberties, given Miliband's previous enthusiasm for bashing his own party on the issue.

When civil liberties are under attack, global warming remains one of the great issues of our age, Heathrow is a battle about to get louder, migrants need defenders and Cameron restraints to stop him repeating the mistake of Libya by bombing in Syria after the slaughter on Syria's sunbeds, this could be a Lib Dem moment.

What I truly hope is that David Cameron will be brave and sensible on issues such as civil liberties, immigration, and Europe once the time comes to deal with them.

Instead he should focus on «core liberal issues such as civil liberties and the environment, which the Conservatives seem intent on trashing», he said in the New Statesman magazine.

«Claudia has been outspoken on important issues of civil liberties, and has been very strongly opposed to Common Core curriculum,» Hunter added.

The electoral system, the use of referendum on key issues, a written constitution, devolution of power and resources to the powerless in communities, cities and regions, abolition of the Lords and the end to the attacks on trade unions, charities, civil society, civil liberties and the complacency, inertia and disregard for the weakest and inequality that creates despair must be swept away.

He's clearly keen to put some distance between himself and the record of the last Labour government on many issues — Iraq, equality, redistribution and tax, markets and privatisation, industrial policy, trade union rights and working hours, and civil liberties.

Launching his leadership bid, Mr Brown said he intended to strike a different note to Tony Blair on many key issues, including a greater safeguard on civil liberties.

«As someone who is liberal on social issues and civil liberties, I accept that in government we were too draconian on aspects of our civil liberties,» Mr Miliband said.

The Dems will capitalize on the issue of civil liberties by including the rights of gay people and listing the ways the Bush administration has happily invaded our privacy since 9/11.

And whilst it is welcome to have Liberal Democrat support on spending cuts and on certain civil liberties issues, and whilst we could well have compromised with the Liberal Democrats on a number of other issues, we didn't need a coalition and if a referendum on AV was the price of formal coalition we should never have agreed to it.

All three party leaders are keen to maintain their reputation on civil liberties, but the secret deal casts a particularly harsh spotlight on Nick Clegg, whose party members feel particularly strongly about the issue.

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I recalled my early high school years and a teacher I had, Mr. Roth, who went above and beyond to educate my ninth - grade class on Civil Rights history and involve us in civic engagement, while specifically connecting us to current issues challenging civil rights and civil liberCivil Rights history and involve us in civic engagement, while specifically connecting us to current issues challenging civil rights and civil libercivil rights and civil libercivil liberties.

But as this New York Times story shows, critics are quick to use the issue as an attack on Digital Rights Management (DRM) as well as civil liberties.

Artist Danny Lyon speaks with Representative John Lewis about his lifelong advocacy of civil liberties and his current leadership on issues including gun control and voting rights.