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The red herring of human gene patents
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Louis D. Brandeis Just a few words and little thought separate yet another stronghold of the American economy from ruin....
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Chicago Housing Authority, Herring, National Institutes of Health, Human Interest
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Did that really happen? In America?
My periodic "Did You Know" columns tend to raise the blood pressure of more conservative readers who are embarrassed/angry/frustrated by the increasingly aggressive counter-cultural policies of the hard left and their allies in Hollywood, on campus, and...
Tags: Immigration, Defendants, Adam Sandler, Britney Spears, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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Quinnipiac University Expands Sports For Women, Settles Discrimination Suit
The Hartford CourantQuinnipiac University has agreed to expand sports programs for women to settle a class-action lawsuit by female student athletes who claimed that the school denied them athletic opportunities that it offered to men. The school has promised to generally...Tags: Laws, Discrimination, Feminism, Judges, Trials
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Mentally disabled facing deportation win right to free legal help
Immigrants who are too mentally disabled to represent themselves in deportation proceedings are entitled to free legal assistance, a federal judge has ruled. Until now, some defendants languished in detention centers for years after judges declared them...Tags: Immigration, Defendants, Deportation, Politics, Lawyers
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ACLU questions constitutionality of cyber-harassment bill
A 2013 Maryland General Assembly bill bearing the name of a Howard County teenager who killed herself last year is expected to be signed into law, but it stands on shaky constitutional ground, an official of the Maryland ACLU said. The "Misuse of...Tags: Easter, Maryland General Assembly, Judges, Howard County, Lawyers
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Urban Surveillance Raises Civil Liberties Concerns In Wake Of Boston Bombings
The Hartford CourantIt's clear that cities are moving headlong into not just widespread video surveillance, but also some very sophisticated forms of monitoring and artificial intelligence to manage all those images, as I wrote in a column Monday. The Boston Marathon...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Sports
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Officials: Bombing suspect described plot; Was not advised of constitutional rights first
Associated PressBOSTON -- The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings acknowledged to the FBI his role in the attacks, but did so before he was advised of his constitutional rights to keep quiet and seek a lawyer, officials said Wednesday. It is unclear...Tags: Joe Biden, News Agency, Police Investigations, FBI, Pension and Welfare
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California ignoring some English learners, lawsuit says
The state Education Department has ignored its obligation to make sure that thousands of students learning English receive adequate and legally required assistance, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. State...Tags: Students, Laws, Judges, Trials, Lawyers
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Anti-abortion group stirs speech debate at Hopkins
A group of students at the Johns Hopkins University is reviving a campus anti-abortion group that members say will perform "sidewalk counseling" — attempting to discourage pregnant women entering clinics from going through with the procedure....
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Politics, Demonstration, Values, Crime, Law and Justice
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State sued for lack of services to students learning English
The state education department has ignored its obligation to make sure that thousands of students learning English receive adequate and legally required assistance, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. State...
Tags: Students, Judges, Trials, Litigation, Lawyers
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Top Senate Democrat calls for 'do not track,' advertisers protest
SAN FRANCISCO -- Putting renewed pressure on the online advertising industry that he says has failed to protect Americans' privacy, a top Senate Democrat called for legislation this year that would create a "do not track" option for consumers. "I have...Tags: Politics, John D. Rockefeller IV, Online Advertising, Advertising, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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ACLU protests creationism assembly at Kansas school
The American Civil Liberties Union is objecting to a southwest Kansas district's plans to allow a pro-creationism group into its schools to talk to students about dinosaurs. Members of the Creation Truth Foundation are to speak next week during...
Tags: Separation of Church and State
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