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Fox and Friends FoxNews.com 6/11/2015 …Judge Andrew Napolitano, first disclosing that Reason.com carries his opinion pieces, criticized this move by the Justice Department. He said in cases like this, the presumption is always that “all speech is protected.” But he said a just-issued Supreme Court ruling laid out the following three standards that the government […] June 11th, 2015 | Tags: death threats, freedom, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Judge Katherine B. Forrest, Ken White, Reason.com, Silk Road | Category: 1st Amendment, Bloggers, Department of Justice, Internet, Right to Privacy, SCOTUS | Comments are closed
Daily Caller News Foundation via Rare.us 6/3/2015 After a series of recent reports exposed the FBI’s fleet of domestic spy planes, Congress is demanding answers. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, a Republican, wrote a letter calling on FBI Director James Comey to give the public the skinny on how much he is invading Americans’ […] June 3rd, 2015 | Tags: "dirtboxes", cell phones, domestic surveillance, Sen. Chuck Grassley, spy drones, spy planes, U.S. Marshals | Category: Congress, FBI, Right to Privacy | Comments are closed
Susan Ferrechio The Washington Examiner 5/31/2015 A bill to extend a controversial anti-terrorism surveillance tool cleared a key Senate hurdle Sunday evening, but not in time to prevent it from expiring at midnight. The Senate voted 77-17 to bring the USA Freedom Act to the floor for debate. The bill would extend surveillance provisions of […] May 31st, 2015 | Tags: National Security Agency, Rep. Justin Amash, Rep. Thomas Massie, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen. Rand Paul | Category: Congress, legislation, Politicians, Right to Privacy, terrorism, US Constitution, Video | Comments are closed
With the USA PATRIOT Act’s bulk data collection authority set to expire at the end of the month without congressional action and most of Congress away for recess, civil libertarian Congressman Justin Amash (R-MI) is remaining in town to attend the House of Representatives’ pro forma sessions to prevent Speaker John Boehner from taking advantage […] May 28th, 2015 | Tags: National Security Agency, Patriot Act, Rep. Justin Amash, Rep. Thomas Massie, Section 215, Sen. Rand Paul, Speaker John Boehner, USA Freedom Act | Category: Congress, legislation, National Security, Politicians, Right to Privacy, terrorism | Comments are closed
Jack Hunter Rare.us 5/23/2015 After Rand Paul’s ten hour long filibuster against a clean reauthorization of the Patriot Act Wednesday, the New York Times editorialized (emphasis added): He may have annoyed Senate colleagues by seizing the floor for a marathon monologue on Wednesday, but Senator Rand Paul did Americans a singular service by forcing attention […] May 23rd, 2015 | Tags: Edward Snowden, National Security Agency, Patriot Act, Rep. Justin Amash, Rep. Thomas Massie, Section 215, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen. Rand Paul | Category: 9th Amendment, Congress, Right to Privacy | Comments are closed
Julian Hattem The Hill 5/7/2015 A federal court has decided that the National Security Agency’s (NSA) bulk, warrantless collection of millions of Americans’ phone records is illegal. The sweeping decision from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday represents a major court victory for opponents of the NSA, and comes just as Congress begins […] May 7th, 2015 | Tags: "metadata", Edward Snowden, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, National Security Agency, Patriot Act, Rep. James Sensenbrenner, Section 215, U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals | Category: Congress, National Security, Right to Privacy, terrorism, US Constitution | Comments are closed
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