First Amendment Rodeo 8/9-9/12, 2011
A round-up of intellectual freedom issues in the news
Constitution
The Framers’ Constitution: Toward a Theory of Principled Constitutionalism
Privacy/Technology
How 9/11 Completely Changed Surveillance in U.S.
Court Case Asks if ‘Big Brother’ Is Spelled GPS
Notre Dame librarian tries to bring halt to snooping (profile of former ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee chair Doug Archer)
Why does safer mean less free?
DOJ Must Disclose Details About its Tracking of Suspects
See also:
US must reveal some cellphone tracking cases
Was Your Cell Phone Tracked? Justice Ordered to Hand Over Data
Under Suspicion: Mall of America visitors unknowingly end up in counterterrorism reports
Patriot Act
Do We Still Need the Patriot Act?
Free Speech/Technology
BART cell shutdown a landmark in cyber-assembly
Censorship/Book Banning
Sherlock Holmes book removed from school reading list for being anti-Mormon
See also:
What would Sherlock say about book ban?
Parents call children’s book ‘pornographic’
One thought on “First Amendment Rodeo 8/9-9/12, 2011”
It is incomprehensible to me, how a minority can rule the majority! If you believe in something yell it loud,and clear, even if you are in the majority!