Colorado State Patrol Training UPDATE – Responses from Prowers County Sheriff & the CSP

by Michelle Morin | 2:17 am, April 11, 2013

by Michelle Morin This is an update to my 4/7/13 post, “Colorado State Patrol – Christians Need to be Watched, Treated with Caution.” Since posting this, both the Prowers County Sheriff and the Colorado State Patrol have responded.  Here’s what each has said. From the Prowers County Sheriff Jim Faull: PROWERS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE MEDIA [...]

Major Victory in Court for the First Amendment!

by Jon Caldara | 3:25 pm, April 2, 2013

Colorado has the initiative process; that is, we lowly citizens can act as the legislature and change law. Elected officials of all stripes hate the initiative, and you can understand why. The initiative is the check and balance on their power. Would politicians ever vote to limit their own terms? Of course not. Fortunately, through [...]

It’s Been a Weird Day in a Good Way: Two Court Rulings Represent Hope for Privacy

by Eileen | 7:06 pm, March 15, 2013

In one day, two major court decisions have put Executive overreach on the defensive and given civil liberty advocates momentum. In California, a federal judge held that National Security Letters, with their built-in gag orders, are unconstitutional. (Decision, here.) Meanwhile, federal courts also reinstated an ACLU lawsuit challenging the CIA’s ‘Glomar’ response of targeted drone [...]

In Which Eric Holder Takes Care of His Correspondence Whilst Mssrs Graham and McCain Pursue Political Hari-Kari

by Eileen | 4:44 pm, March 7, 2013

And, on that note, may hordes of angry voters wing you to irrelevance and powerlessness: John, Lindsey, you have brought shame on your office and neither of you is fit to serve the Americans – and that is the official editorial position of the Peoples Press Collective. Rand Paul, meanwhile, has a lifetime honorary membership [...]

In Which the Washington Bureau Chief Mocks a Terrible Law Article for Fun

by Eileen | 12:46 am, March 1, 2013

Blogging is easy.  Just tool around the ‘net until you see something that reaches new heights in stupidity – won’t take long – and then spleen about it. Today’s new least favorite human is Jana M. McCreary, authoress of  “Mentally Defective” Language in the Gun Control Act in the newest issue of the Connecticut Law [...]

Supreme Courts Blesses Warrantless Surveillance of Citizens in a Kafkaesque Farce

by Eileen | 9:40 pm, February 26, 2013

In a 5-4 ruling with Alito writing for the majority, SCOTUS upheld warrantless wiretaps of Americans, provided the government states it has a good faith belief the citizen is speaking to a foreign national involved in terrorism. Plainly, provided they can keep a straight face while claiming they thought your pen pal was an al’Qaeda [...]

Crunk, Rape, the Banality of Social Media, and the Refusal to Get Serious About Speech

by Eileen | 11:39 pm, February 20, 2013

I will judge you by what you say and write.  And it will impact what I think of you.  You own you choose to put out into the public sphere and I expect you to realize that before you share your thoughts.  If it comes back to bite you, I think you should deal with [...]

May a Very Nudgy Death Find Cass Sunstein (For His Own Good, I Assure You)

by Eileen | 7:08 pm, February 18, 2013

Cass Sunstein is the sort of man who fills you with loathing and moral revulsion after a single sentence, a power-hungry regulatory motherfucker who mere existence proves we have left Eden.  I have keenly anticipated his last book from the moment he published his first.  He’s like your mother, except there’s no need to pretend [...]

Zombie CISPA Walks Among Us, and Counting on a Presidential Veto is Folly

by Eileen | 7:49 am, February 17, 2013

CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, is back.  In the last Congress, House Intelligence Chair Mike Rogers (R-MI) and ranking member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) introduced the bill and got it through the House.  After that, the Senate ignored it.  Now, Rogers and Ruppersberger are running the same version of CISPA that passed in [...]

What’s in the Obama Executive Order on Cybersecurity?

by Eileen | 8:06 am, February 13, 2013

* Privacy protections are to observe Fair Information privacy Practices, but there is nothing about complying with existing laws. * Publicly available reports may have classified addenda. * Broad incentives are likely to push critical infrastructure companies into participation. Yesterday, I shared the links to the Factsheet, Executive Order, and Policy Directive on Barack Obama’s [...]

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