Sentences with phrase «on issues of civil liberties»

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

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 Protestants.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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 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 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.

«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.

«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.

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

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.

Civil libertarianism is not a complete ideology; rather, it is a collection of views on the specific issues of civil liberties and civil riCivil libertarianism is not a complete ideology; rather, it is a collection of views on the specific issues of civil liberties and civil ricivil liberties and civil ricivil rights.

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.

These counterclaims seek to defend the jewel in the crown of our civil liberties... If successful, they will make plaintiff liable for his serial efforts to stifle and avoid criticism of his work on a highly controversial issue of intense public interest...

As Justice Stratas put it to the attendees, should Canada ever be gripped by some form of threat or disorder, leading the government to abridge the civil liberties of many Canadians, do we want the judge deciding the constitutionality of the government's action to be able to turn to a body of constitutional law «based on fundamental principles, consistently applied over decades» — in other words, «settled legal doctrine» — or do we want the judge deciding the issue based upon «her or his own worldview?»

On November 4, 2013, Zwillinger testified before the Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), the independent agency charged with parsing issues of privacy and civil liberties in light of national secuCivil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), the independent agency charged with parsing issues of privacy and civil liberties in light of national secucivil liberties in light of national security.

Furthermore, the CCLA brought up the issue that faces are constantly changing, and facial biometrics open a Pandora's box for mass surveillance by states of individuals, with a corresponding chilling effect on many civil liberties.

STATEMENT FROM THE CANADIAN CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION REGARDING IMPACT IN CANADA ON REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS OF THE JAN. 27 UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE ORDER («PROTECTING THE NATION FROM TERRORIST ATTACKS BY FOREIGN NATIONALS») TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association deplores the Executive Order («Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals») issued by United -LSBCIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION REGARDING IMPACT IN CANADA ON REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS OF THE JAN. 27 UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE ORDER («PROTECTING THE NATION FROM TERRORIST ATTACKS BY FOREIGN NATIONALS») TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association deplores the Executive Order («Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals») issued by United -LSBCivil Liberties Association deplores the Executive Order («Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals») issued by United -LSB-...]

It seems to me that technology has moved too quickly for the law too keep up, and unfortunately (as you might have noticed) several factors are preventing our current leadership — municipal, provincial and federal — from moving on the issue of citizens» privacy and civil liberties.

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