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    Who's behind Citizens United

    JANUARY 18, 2012 2:30PM

    By Steven Rockford


    Topics: floyd abrams, aclu, heritage foundation, ira glasser, institute for justice, citizens united, scotus

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    • 11 Ratings
    • 3565 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    A Very ACLU Christmas

    NOVEMBER 22, 2011 9:30PM

    By Toby Beth Jarman


    Topics: heartwarming holiday stories, open call, war on christmas, aclu, christmas

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    • 9 Ratings
    • 3271 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Dispatch from Perry's (A)political Prayer Rally

    AUGUST 8, 2011 7:50PM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: rick perry, the response, apolitical, (a)political, reliant stadium, christian contemporary, contemporary christian, charismatic, evangelical, fundamentalist, shallow south, call and response, machiavellian, prince of peace, rove, doctor dobson, aclu, first amendment, freedom from religion, oil patch, joel osteen, young evangelicals, houston, changing of the gods, august 6 2011, twilight zone, unconventional worlds, book of joel, emerging church, unitarian universalists, nonpolitical, non partisan, (non)political, daniel rigney, danagram, open call, for sale, belief/religion, comedy, family, environment, economy, feminism, gay/lesbian, fox in lamb's clothing, state religion of texas, official state religion, state administered prayer, state organized prayer, sadness of joy, burning city on a hill, congenital curiosity, perry watcher, perry prayer zone, fundamentalists and other evangelicals, praying for prayer, gullible birther, semi-secular, music, news, television, politics

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    • 3 Ratings
    • 1181 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Ghailani Verdict Proves Civilian Trials Safe and Effective

    NOVEMBER 18, 2010 12:14PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: waterboarding, amnesty international, human rights, aclu, civil liberties, republicans, bush, obama, war on terror, detainees, guantanamo, ghailani, homeland security, cia, military commission, civilian trial, terrorism, torture

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    • 10 Ratings
    • 2002 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Jailed for Refusing to Recite the Pledge: Danny Lampley

    OCTOBER 17, 2010 4:28PM

    By Jason M. Wester


    Topics: mississippi, aclu, constance mcmillen, lisa herdahl, the pledge of allegiance, civil rights, theyearinsanity

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    • 13 Ratings
    • 3026 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    Four Utah High Schools Approve Gay-Straight Alliance Groups

    APRIL 28, 2010 8:21AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: news, gender equality, school support organizations, first amendment, aclu, southern utah, lgbt, gsa, gay-straight alliance, washington county school district, st. george utah

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    • 18 Ratings
    • 4039 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    A Very ACLU Christmas

    DECEMBER 2, 2009 10:10AM

    By Toby Beth Jarman


    Topics: christmas, aclu, war on christmas

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    • 9 Ratings
    • 1492 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Holder Appoints Investigator; Obama Continues Rendition

    AUGUST 24, 2009 4:41PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: torture, attorney general, rendition, aclu, eric holder, obama, obama administration, cia, central intelligence agency, federal bureau of investigation, fbi, john durham, cia inspector general, cia ig report, jameel jaffer

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    • 1 Ratings
    • 1241 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Closing of Gitmo "On Track" Despite Delay of Key Reports

    JULY 21, 2009 9:37AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: liberty, freedom, civil liberties, aclu, news, politics, government, cia, cheney, interrogation, detention, prison, guantanamo bay, gitmo, guantanamo, intelligence, republicans, democrats, moral, immoral, illegal, legal, rule of law, law, detainees, torture, bush, obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 81 Ratings
    • 68195 Views
    • 247 Comments
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    Obama proposes Indefinite Preventive Detention without trial

    MAY 22, 2009 6:17AM

    By Behind Blue Eyes


    Topics: prolonged detention, preventive detention, can you say tear up the constitution and wipe your ass with it?, this is not legal, perhaps obama is actually worse than bush because bush never tried this, rachel maddow speaks sanity, aclu

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    • 5 Ratings
    • 878 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Tearing Apart Church and State Like a Phone Book

    AUGUST 20, 2008 3:50PM

    By Alexandria Dobkowski


    Topics: belief and religion, comedy, family, children, parenting, aclu, school, humor, texas, evangelicals

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