Fourth Amendment

Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...

Journalist Amy Goodman Arrested/Released In MN (Update With Press Conference)

Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics


Linda Milazzo

Amy Goodman of Pacifica Network's Democracy Now! was arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota, while trying to free two of her producers, Sharif Abdel Kouddo...

Hands Off My Laptop, iPod, Cellphone, Pager, Beeper, Flash Drive, Pocket Litter, First Born (OK, Not My First Born)

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics


Alan Rosenblatt

Customs and Border Protection just released its new policies for searching and seizing laptops at the border.

Keep Your Hands Off My Laptop

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics


Alan Rosenblatt

As it stands, Customs can grab anyone at the border, seize their laptop, and demand passwords and encryption keys as a pre-condition to entering the country. And who knows when you'll get your computer back?

Fighting the Unconstitutional Spying Law

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics


Anthony D. Romero

The FISA bill goes further to extend the power of the executive to collect our communications than the president's original secret spying program. The Fourth Amendment was essentially eviscerated.

Obama and the Progressive Base

Norman Solomon | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics


Norman Solomon

A reasonably evenhanded biography of Barack Obama, published last year, describes him as "an exceptionally gifted politician who, throughout his ...

The Republicans and Barack Obama Are Going to Give Into the Terrorists

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

Somehow Obama thought it was a good idea to go along with these surrender monkeys on the 4th amendment. But aside from the politics, it's a pathetic acquiescence to the wishes of Al Qaeda.

How Dare They Rip The Fourth Amendment?

Joe Galloway | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics


Joe Galloway

Early next week the U.S. Senate will vote on an extension of FISA. That such a gutting of the Fourth Amendment even made it out of committee is yet another stain on the gutless and seemingly powerless Democratic majority in Congress.

On Guns, Scalia is Right For Once, and Obama Agrees

Jackson Williams | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics


Jackson Williams

If we don't like the Second Amendment, then we should agitate to get rid of it in the methods the Founders prescribed. But we might want to think twice.

I'll Trade You the 2nd Amendment for the 4th

Cenk Uygur | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

If the Bush administration releases the fourth amendment that it is currently holding hostage, I'm happy to consider the Supreme Court decision on the second amendment final and decisive.

News Hunt Update: Breaking Records, But Still Not Done

NewsTrust | Posted 06.07.2008 | Home


NewsTrust

Together, we've broken several new records for NewsTrust -- thank you all! When we checked your stats the morning of June 6, the 'Off The Bus 10+ Reviews Club' had grown dramatically as well.

Fourth Amendment Does Not Apply To Military Operations Within U.S.?

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics


Larisa Alexandrovna

According to a new Department of Justice memo, it seems the Bush administration has justified its crimes by not suspending the state of emergency that went up on 9/11.

The Republican Univision Debate and the Rise of the "I" Word

Roberto Lovato | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics


Roberto Lovato

Years of anti-immigration rhetoric has led Republicans to institutionalize the Latino equivalent of the "N" word.

Cops Become Drugstore Cowboys in Vermont; 4th Amendment Officially Dead

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics


Maia Szalavitz

It's about time that everyone in America realizes that if you allow a drug war exception to the Fourth Amendment, the Constitution is effectively moot.

What's Really in the RESTORE Act

Rep. Rush Holt | Posted 11.27.2007 | Politics


Rep. Rush Holt

We must not let anyone advance the bogus argument -- repeated by Joe Klein -- that protecting American's against unwarranted search and seizure necessarily requires a compromise in their security.

Stopping the Blank Check on Warrantless Spying

Rep. Rush Holt | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics


Rep. Rush Holt

When officials must establish before a court that they have reason to intercept communications, we get better intelligence than through indiscriminate collection and fishing expeditions.

Taking a Small Step for America

Byron Williams | Posted 09.30.2007 | Politics


Byron Williams

Will Congress, in an attempt to demonstrate strength, cowardly succumb to the president's desires by ignoring the Bill of Rights?