Bad Day For Civil Liberties

Bad Day For Civil Liberties

There's so many awful stories today that all I can do is round up the lowlights:

After deliberating for 13 days, a jury convicted veteran civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart, a member of the Guild, on charges of conspiracy, providing material support to terrorists and defrauding the U.S. government. Sentencing is scheduled for July 15. The 65-year-old attorney faces up to 20 years in prison...

The Washington Post reports a new scandal emerging about Guantanamo Bay. A soon-to-be released military report of investigations into the abuse claims of detainees will confirm that female interrogators sexually humiliated and abused them.

National ID Card Bill Passes House

Brittan Elementary School is requiring students to wear radio frequency identification badges that can track their every move.
The badges rely on the same radio frequency and scanner technology that companies use to track livestock and product inventory. Similar devices have recently been used to monitor youngsters in some parts of Japan.
Some parents are outraged, fearing it will take away their children's privacy...

The Senate passed a bill on Thursday that moves many class action suits to federal court. This means there might be cases where it's impossible to bring suit in either state or federal court...

Thanks to the excellent TalkLeft for most of this.

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