http://www.mail.com/subjects/24690-civil-rights-violations.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/24690-civil-rights-violations.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103910-facebook-posts-suit-filed-vets-detention.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of an ex-Marine who was detained in a psychiatric facility after posting anti-government messages on Facebook, using the case to criticize a program that looks for veterans who may have become extremists. Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute filed suit in Richmond o... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:21:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103910-facebook-posts-suit-filed-vets-detention.html 2013-05-22T21:21:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2098606-nypd-messages-to-muslim-informant-get-pictures.html NEW YORK (AP) — A New York Police Department detective told a federal judge that he's seen no evidence that one of his informants brought up the subject of jihad as a way to bait Muslims into making incriminating remarks. But text messages obtained by The Associated Press show otherwise. And while the detective, Stephen Hoban, described the activities in ... Mon, 20 May 2013 20:03:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2098606-nypd-messages-to-muslim-informant-get-pictures.html 2013-05-20T20:03:41Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2087680-irs-commissioner-ousted-tea-party-targeting.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party groups for scrutiny when they filed for tax-exempt status. Obama said Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew had asked for an... Wed, 15 May 2013 23:53:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2087680-irs-commissioner-ousted-tea-party-targeting.html 2013-05-15T23:53:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2088106-holder-potential-civil-rights-violations-irs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says the FBI's criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service could include potential civil rights violations, false statements and potential violations of the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from engaging in some partisan political activities. Holder, testifying to the House Judiciary Co... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:32:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2088106-holder-potential-civil-rights-violations-irs.html 2013-05-15T18:32:56Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2079244-ap-exclusive-irs-knew-tea-party-targeted-2011.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general's report obtained by The Associated Press that seemingly contradicts public statements by the IRS commissioner. The IRS apologized Friday for what it acknowledged was "inappropriate" targeti... Sun, 12 May 2013 01:51:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2079244-ap-exclusive-irs-knew-tea-party-targeted-2011.html 2013-05-12T01:51:50Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2069168-appeals-court-strikes-union-poster-rule.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In another blow to the nation's dwindling labor unions, an appeals court on Tuesday struck down a federal rule that would have required millions of businesses to put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the National Labor Relations Board violated ... Tue, 07 May 2013 20:22:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2069168-appeals-court-strikes-union-poster-rule.html 2013-05-07T20:22:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1958048-lawsuit-tests-bloggers-freedom-speech-rights.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A colleague of the late conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart is asking a federal court of appeals to throw out a defamation case brought against him by former government employee Shirley Sherrod, saying the lawsuit violates the blogger's right to freedom of speech. Sherrod was ousted from her job as an Agriculture Department rural devel... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:06:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1958048-lawsuit-tests-bloggers-freedom-speech-rights.html 2013-03-15T21:06:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937540-law-tribes-authority-non-indians.html FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — American Indian tribes have tried everything from banishment to charging criminal acts as civil offenses to deal with non-Indians who commit crimes on reservations. Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1978 that tribal courts lack criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians, tribes have had to get creative in trying to hold that p... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:03:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937540-law-tribes-authority-non-indians.html 2013-03-08T02:03:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1866792-lawyers-nypds-muslim-spying-violates-1985-pact.html NEW YORK (AP) — Civil rights lawyers urged a judge Monday to stop the New York Police Department from routinely observing Muslims in restaurants, bookstores and mosques, saying the practice violates a landmark 1985 court settlement that restricted the kind of surveillance used against war protesters in the 1960s and '70s. The city responded by saying it f... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1866792-lawyers-nypds-muslim-spying-violates-1985-pact.html 2013-02-04T22:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1855136-san-francisco-nudity-ban-upheld-federal-court.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge cleared the way Tuesday for the city of San Francisco to ban most displays of public nudity, ruling that an ordinance set to take effect on Feb. 1 does not violate the free speech rights of residents and visitors who like going out in the buff. U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen refused to block the ban temporarily ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1855136-san-francisco-nudity-ban-upheld-federal-court.html 2013-01-29T23:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827444-report-miss-school-discipline-too-hard-kids.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Civil rights advocates say harsh disciplinary practices at many Mississippi schools lead to children being expelled and even incarcerated for minor infractions, policies that disproportionally affect minorities. A joint report by groups including the ACLU and NAACP says the problems are more widespread than just the city of Meridian,... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827444-report-miss-school-discipline-too-hard-kids.html 2013-01-17T22:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1732008-texas-inmate-waits-than-30-years-retrial.html HOUSTON (AP) — A Kansas man who remains in a Texas prison more than 30 years after his murder conviction was overturned has become the subject of a fight between the state, which insists he's being legally held, and a federal appeals court that says he's wrongly imprisoned. Jerry Hartfield, whose conviction was overturned in 1983, maintains his constituti... 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