Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $25,797
31%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 31%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Articles Posted by loboinok

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • ACLU Demands Update on Status of NSA Surveillance Program As Re-Authorization Deadline Passes

    04/15/2007 4:30:02 PM PDT · by loboinok · 5 replies · 451+ views
    Stop the ACLU ^ | 04/15/07 | cao
    WASHINGTON - Following a crucial deadline for the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance program, the American Civil Liberties Union today called on the administration to explain the status of the operation and urged Congress to fully investigate violations of the law. Riiight. Like members of Congress, like Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and others are law abiding citizens who are concerned with ‘violations of the law’. “Attorney General Gonzales needs to tell Congress and the public whether the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has renewed orders authorizing NSA spying, and precisely what those orders authorize,” said Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the ACLU...
  • Judge Overturns Rapper Boy's Expulsion

    08/24/2005 5:29:37 PM PDT · by loboinok · 14 replies · 480+ views
    AP ^ | Wed Aug 24, 2:55 PM ET
    PITTSBURGH - A judge on Wednesday ordered a school district to readmit a 14-year-old student expelled for writing violent, profane rap lyrics, finding that his songs didn't amount to "true threats" against the school and so were protected by the First Amendment. ADVERTISEMENT The Riverside Beaver County School District kicked out Anthony Latour because officials believed his lyrics constituted threats to shoot up the school and another student. The American Civil Liberties Union, representing Latour, claimed his songs were "battle rap" — a music genre in which two people try to out-rhyme each other, often using violent putdowns. U.S. District...