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- Use of Encrypt[ion] is an "Ancient Liberty" Protected by the [US] Constitution (1997) http://www.vjolt.net/vol2/issue/vol2_art2.html 9 comments law , security
- Use the Constitution to Protect the Constitution https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/use-constitution-protect-fourteenth-amendment 5 comments politics
- DOD cancels its 'Talon' Database which was used to compile lists of citizens engaged in peaceful, constitutionally-protected protest speech http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003964.php 6 comments politics
- Ars Technica: Does using a computer destroy your constitutional protection? http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/06/do-you-lose-free-speech-rights-if-you-speak-using-a-computer/ 5 comments politics
- Don’t Use These Free Speech Arguments Ever Again | Most speech, hateful or not, is protected by the Constitution. To pretend otherwise is foolhardy. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/free-speech-cliches-media-should-stop-using/596506/ 159 comments politics
- Using the Constitution to end punishment of the poor [cumulative constitutional analysis: equal protection and due process] https://www.law360.com/articles/1089989/using-the-constitution-to-end-punishment-of-the-poor 15 comments law
- Do you lose free speech rights if you speak using a computer? Scholar argues computer-generated speech is not protected by the Constitution http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/06/do-you-lose-free-speech-rights-if-you-speak-using-a-computer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28ars+technica+-+all+content%29 28 comments politics
- Bradley Manning defense challenges charge of ‘Aiding the Enemy.' Claims government's attempted use of the charge is "alarming in its scope," violating free speech rights and constitutional protections http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/bradley-manning-defense-challenges-charge-of-aiding-the-enemy/ 4 comments politics
- 'Prolific Partner': German Intelligence Used NSA Spy Program And Sought to "Relax" Constitutional Privacy Protections http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-intelligence-agencies-used-nsa-spying-program-a-912173.html 9 comments europe
- The Supreme Court Could Use the First Amendment to Unleash a Robocall Nightmare: The Court will soon decide whether automated calls to cellphones, however annoying they may be, are constitutionally protected. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/does-first-amendment-protect-robocalls/611224/ 43 comments politics
- Egypt Elections To Be Monitored by Occupy Wall Street: GA approved $29,000 to send 20 observers, to "work to protect and support the civilian monitoring efforts of Egyptian activists on the ground and constitutes a concrete stand against the use of American weapons against peaceful demonstrators." http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/11/occupy-wall-street-plans-egyptian-expedition/44890/ 26 comments worldnews
- Director of national intelligence says, "Should the authority to use these critical tools expire, our nation's intelligence and law enforcement professionals will have less capability than they have today." Yet by this standard, there should be no constitutional protections whatsoever... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/26/patriot-act-extension-congress-deadline_n_867322.html 4 comments politics
- In his most forceful defense yet of the Obama administration's use of lethal force against U.S. citizens linked to terrorism, Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that the Constitution does not protect U.S. suspects plotting to kill other Americans. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-03-05/eric-holder-killing-us-citizens-terrorist-threat/53374776/1 7 comments politics
- Cisco's attempts to sue patent trolls over 'shakedowns' go bust; U.S. District Judge James F. Holderman rules that the licensing strategy being used by the patent troll is "protected by the U.S. Constitution." http://bgr.com/2013/02/07/cisco-patent-troll-suit-fails-321506/ 8 comments technology
- US Federal Court ruling today: "To summarize, we conclude that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. That right existed prior to the formation of the new government under the Constitution and was premised on the private use of arms" http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/docs/common/opinions/200703/04-7041a.pdf 7 comments reddit.com
- Tea party-backed Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) says that the right to own high-capacity ammunitions magazines like the 100-round drum that was used to kill at least a dozen people in Colorado last week is a “basic freedom” that is protected by the U.S. Constitution. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/22/sen-ron-johnson-100-round-rifle-magazine-is-a-basic-freedom/ 25 comments politics