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From the Los Angeles Times Opinion

The Constitution, and the War Powers Act of 1973, limit a president's ability to initiate conflict. Some wish to change that. By Paul Findley and Don Fraser

September 22, 2008

The House Foreign Affairs Committee is conducting hearings on proposals to amend the ( Read more... )

Posted on Wed, Sep. 17, 2008

Nancy Hopkins
heads the Pennsylvania ACLU

Americans celebrate Constitution Day today. Although it's not an occasion marked by a day off work or self-induced food ( Read more... )

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The Fed obliterates the Constitution: With AIG, it has bypassed bankruptcy proceedings and made itself the presider over liquidations

-Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Posted by: Eric Ames

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Bruce Fein
Tuesday, September 9, 2008

In the 2008 congressional elections, American voters can reverse a reckless constitutional counterrevolution reminiscent of Napoleon Bonaparte's 18th Brumaire that has crowned the president with war powers in flagrant contravention of the Founding Fathers.

Since World War II, Congress has actively or passively ( Read more... )

Bruce Fein
Wednesday, September 3, 2008

The current political campaigns are blind to what the Founding Fathers intended elections to be about. Not the economy, not the projection of a global military footprint, but elections ought to deal with securing freedom, self-government and independence at home with a robust and transparent system of checks ( Read more... )

Bruce Fein
American Freedom Agenda

Bush’s Crimes

A brief history of government spying on Americans (13:25)
Why Bush and Cheney haven’t been impeached (yet) (06:53)
Bruce explains why the War on Terror is bogus (07:11)
Would a Democratic president be just as bad? (05:57)
Is it time for a second American Revolution? (03:00)
Bruce’s vision for a ( Read more... )

The New York Times

July 22, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist

By BOB HERBERT

You want a scary thought? Imagine a fanatic in the mold of Dick Cheney but without the vice president’s sense of humor.

In her important new book, “The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals,” Jane Mayer of The New Yorker devotes a great ( Read more... )

(7/22/2008)

Decision Underscores ACLU's Decade-Long Challenge To So-Called Child Online Protection Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org

PHILADELPHIA - In a clear victory for free speech today, a federal court once again upheld a ban on a law that would criminalize constitutionally protected speech on the Internet. The ( Read more... )

Mukasey Calls On Congress to Subvert Constitution (7/21/2008)

Attorney General Wants New Declaration of War Allowing Indefinite Detention and Concealment of Torture

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: (202) 675-2312, media@dcaclu.org

WASHINGTON, DC - In an enormous executive branch power grab, Attorney General Michael Mukasey called on Congress today to ( Read more... )