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This Week in Civil Liberties (05/17/2013)

05/17/2013 – In which state was a Heights High School senior class president suspended and banned from delivering his scheduled convocation speech because of a harmless tweet? Which ...

It Is Time to Modernize Discriminatory HIV/AIDS Laws

05/16/2013 – While science has vastly advanced since the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic more than 30 years ago, the ways in which many criminal laws treat people living with HIV look like ...

Experts Discuss Surveillance Society at Domestic Drones Hearing

05/17/2013 – An important Congressional subcommittee held a hearing today on domestic drone use. Members and witnesses didn't just rehash familiar concerns; they dug deeper to explore how advanced ...

Kill, Kill, and Kill Again: Rushing to Execution Heightens Risks of Fatal Error in Florida

05/15/2013 – Florida will start this long, hot summer with a bang. The state has announced that in the coming months it intends to strap three separate men...

Baloney! A Message to the Women in Combat Naysayers

05/15/2013 – On January 24, 2013, we saw a great victory for U.S. servicewomen when the Department of Defense announced it was ending the ban on women serving in combat units and occupational ...