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September 25, 2006

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Welcome to Bytes and Pieces, the new blog for the Technology and Civil Liberties Program. I hope that you will be a frequent visitor to this spot to keep up to date on all the latest news and activities on privacy, free speech, and new technology... Read more »

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"Broderick Boys" Injunction Continues to Tear Apart Neighborhood

June 30, 2006

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Racial Justice

In late December 2004, the District Attorney of Yolo County filed papers seeking a permanent injunction against the Broderick Boys “gang.” thereby placing hundreds of residents of a predominantly Latino neighborhood in West Sacramento on permanent... Read more »

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Nicole Ozer, Ann Brick, and Dorothy Ehrlich.

Phone Companies Gave Private Customer Data to Government Without Consent or Court Order

May 26, 2006

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Privacy and Government Surveillance

The ACLU has sued telecommunications giants AT&T and Verizon to stop them from continuing to provide the National Security Agency (NSA) with the personal phone records of millions of California customers... Read more »

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Opinion: Courageous Hero Inspires America to Become More Beautiful

May 11, 2005

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Immigrants' Rights, Racial Justice

I did not expect to sing "America the Beautiful" along with nearly 1,000 people at a recent memorial for Fred Korematsu, a true American hero who died March 30. Read more »

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Tax-Exempt Bonds? Not for Pervasively Religious Schools

April 7, 2005

In the Fall of 2002, three Southern California fundamentalist schools needed money to construct new facilities. The schools discriminate in hiring and admission along religious lines and infuse every class and extracurricular activity with religion... Read more »

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Google: Don't Close the Book on Reader Privacy

March 22, 2001

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Privacy and Government Surveillance, Technology and Civil Liberties

What you choose to read says a lot about who you are, what you value, and what you believe. That’s why you should be able to learn about anything from politics to health without worrying that someone is looking over your shoulder. The ACLU has... Read more »

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Court Bans San Quentin's Secret Execution Procedures

April 15, 1997

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy

Upholding the First Amendment right to witness California's executions, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ruled on February 28, 1997 that public witnesses - including the media - have a constitutionally protected right to observe executions. "... Read more »

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Welcome

"Broderick Boys" Injunction Continues to Tear Apart Neighborhood

Phone Companies Gave Private Customer Data to Government Without Consent or Court Order

Opinion: Courageous Hero Inspires America to Become More Beautiful

Tax-Exempt Bonds? Not for Pervasively Religious Schools

Google: Don't Close the Book on Reader Privacy

Court Bans San Quentin's Secret Execution Procedures

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