Civil Rights Law 
Oswaldo Payá, well-known Cuban dissident, killed in car crash on the island – Miami Herald
a signature gathering campaign in support of a referendum on laws to guarantee freedom of speech and other civil rights. He delivered the first group of signatures to the National Assemby, Cuba’s parliament in 2002. Before the petition drive …
New Cybersecurity Bill Provides Significantly Improved Privacy Safeguards – Huffington Post
While a carefully crafted information sharing program with robust safeguards for privacy rights may be a helpful … deficient in providing these civil liberties safeguards. The new Cybersecurity Act, S. 3414, is a revised version of S.
Alex Wood: Civil rights valued over religious prejudice – scotsman.com
There is no threat to the rights or liberties of churches … impose their views on others outwith their faith group through the manipulation of civil society and the law. If the present Scottish Government surrenders to such pressure, it … Continue reading
Justice Department probes Pennsylvania voter ID law – YAHOO!
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Department of Justice is investigating whether Pennsylvania’s new voter identification law discriminates against minorities, according to a letter released on Monday. Passed in 1965 during the peak of the civil rights …
Justice Department probes Pennsylvania voter ID law – Reuters
Passed in 1965 during the peak of the civil rights era, the Voting Rights Act bans rules that make it more difficult for minorities to vote. The Justice Department will analyze the Pennsylvania data to determine if voters who lack … Continue reading
U.S., China begin annual human rights dialogue – USA Today
The U.S. relies on China as its main foreign creditor, and seeks its help — with mixed success —on a gamut of international issues, including the civil … does not lack laws, but the rule of law.” Skeptics say the … Continue reading
Justice Department Investigates Pennsylvania Voter ID Law – TPM
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has launched a formal investigation into whether Pennsylvania’s voter ID law discriminates against minorities, TPM has learned. In a letter to Pennsylvania officials, the Justice Department requested state …
Federal civil rights complaint filed over low numbers of black, Latino students at elite TJ High – Washington Post
“There has to be a fix to the pipeline that feeds into the process.” The Education Department’s civil rights office is responsible for enforcing laws that prohibit discrimination in schools based on race, color, national origin, gender, age and disabilit
Editorial: Vote soon…before someone takes away your right – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The last vestiges of these laws were not erased until the 1960s, when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forced some Southern states to give up literacy tests. As Hofstra University law professor Grant M. Hayden, a sage observer of … Continue reading
Civil rights battle often did not receive support – Montgomery Advertiser
which caused the 1965 Voter Rights Act to become law. Also, those same statements were made by Police Commissioner Bull Conner in Birmingham concerning the actions of Dr. King in that city during the civil rights demonstrations that led to … Continue reading
