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"The Supreme Court has twice delivered the message to the Bush administration that judicial review and civil liberties cannot be discarded."

A recent United States Supreme Court decision has put the fate of the detainees held at Guantanamo Bay in question with no clear direction as to how their cases will be decided.

The senate Judiciary committee will be drafting legislation Thursday, to begin the process of restoring the right of Habeas Corpus for people detained by the United States

A review of Supreme Court History and an analysis of whether the Court is sufficiently insulated or not. The author claims that the Supreme Court can not be saved from politics and should embrace the opportunity for change in a government of gridlock.

Friday, January 11th, 2008 will mark the six-year anniversary of the date that "enemy combatants" were first checked into the controversial detention facility on the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Four thousand people met on Capitol Hill to restore habeas corpus.

Attorney's for the ACLU have published a book detailing accounts of U.S. abuse of prisoners abroad including at Abu Gharib prison and Guantanamo Bay.

January 21, 2008 is Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., fought for civil rights, but dreamed of true racial unity. Did you know that Dr. King merely followed somebody far greater than he?

The Supreme Court's ruling in favor of Boumediene is a victory for habeas corpus. Yet in the ongoing debate between national security and civil liberties, questions remain.

Privacy and civil rights groups have been concerned with the way the FBI would use National Security Letters.

The Supreme court ruling banning partial-birth abortions made on April 18, 2007.

This articles speaks of Mark Stancil and his experience trying to defend his client Martin Bustillo in front of the Supreme Court. This details his discussion of how foreign nationals are handled in the United States and compares it with the world.

After over two years working it's way through the court systems, a fight that started in an Indian Enrollment Committee has ended in the U.S. Supreme Court, with the Court refusing to intercede on behalf of the 133 former members of the Pechanga Tribe.

A religious freedom law in Texas signed by then Governor George Bush will soon be interpreted by the Texas Supreme Court.

The California Supreme Court ruled not to allow an appeal of a 2001 ruling against the Raiders on the ground of jury misconduct because judge who ordered the appeal did not adequately state his reasons for doing so.

Voting as a highly divided court, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Second Amendment which allows citizens the right to own guns to protect themselves in their homes.

According to the United States Department of Justice in a recent press release former police officers serving for Velda City, Missouri have been sentenced for civil rights violations.

According to a recent press release, the United States Department of Justice has announced that a former Corrections Officer from White County Tennessee has been sentenced for civil rights violations.

According to the Department of Justice, a man from Livonia, Michigan has been sentenced to 90 months in prison along with over $1 million in fines for civil rights violations.

It is often said that while we live in a generally free country, the system is not perfect. Legalizing gay marriage, like civil rights for African-Americans, would draw us closer to that perfect state of freedom.

In yet another blow to West Memphis, Ark. law enforcement, former Crittenden County Sherriff officer Shannon Houchin pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to a felony civil rights charge.

Stokely Carmichael was a prominent African-American who was at the forefront of the civil rights movement.

While there are those who believe that racism and civil rights will always remain a problem in the US to one extent or another, progress that has been made in this area would seem to indicate otherwise.

The Civil Rights Memorial is one of the most visited attractions in Montgomery, Alabama. The Civil Rights Memorial honors the memory of 40 individuals who lost their lives fighting for freedom and racial equality in the United States.

Very few cities found themselves at the heart of America's Civil Rights Movement as much as the city of Birmingham, Alabama. Birmingham was a city that found itself on the front lines of the Civil Rights struggle in the United States.

A new era has begun in the civil rights in Los Angeles and new leadership must pick up the call...

This is a book review of William H. Chafe's book "Civilities and Civil Rights." An examination of the microcosm of Greensboro in the South.

Every city has its own attractions but few cities can boast the type of ground breaking, law creating history that Birmingham has to offer with its Civil Rights Tour.

If you are planning a trip to the Memphis area in the future, consider visiting the National Civil Rights Museum. If you are not able to come see the exhibit for yourself, consider reading the rich history and view the pictures from the gallery on the museum's website.

High unemployment among experienced professional African-American workers raises the question of how best to ensure equal opportunities in the workplace

Unlike many civil rights organizations that began as grassroots movements, the NAACP had its genesis in the minds and hearts of a group of American leaders who believed that to be quiet in the face of evil is to agree with the atrocities.

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a state of the art museum and archive dedicate to the civil rights movement and the human rights struggle that changed the face of America during the 1950s and 1960s.

A summary and analysis of two varying view points on the question of King's role in the civil rights movement. One historian said yes, he was vital, the other said no.

According to the United States Department of Justice, Madison Square Garden, also known as the "Garden," has agreed to settle a civil rights lawsuit suit in which they allegedly violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.

does Guantanamo Bay conform with international law and rights? I explain and more...

how the interrogation facilities and practices at Guantanamo Bay have led to an abuse of human rights and violations of international law

The recent spike of violence in the Muslim world has largely been blamed on Newsweek, which wrote that American interrogators in Guantanamo Bay "flushed a Koran down the toilet" to incite a reaction from the detainees.

Using deceptive language to trick voters into banning affirmative action, the state-by-state Civil Rights Initiative campaign increases discrimination, instead of eliminating it. Voters in Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Arizona, and Oklahoma are on the 2008 agenda.

The freedom rides of the Civil Rights movement was an assertive movement that served as a symbolic sign of peaceful protest that swept across the nation.

Movie Review for Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, starring Kal Penn and John Cho

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision regarding the legal rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees

Ike Skelton (D-MO), chairman of the House Armed Forces Committee introduced legislation in the House of Representatives Friday aimed at completely restoring the writ of Habeas Corpus

So what is habeas corpus, and why should you care?

Have you ever wondered what a writ of habeas corpus is? Read on to learn more about this legal term.

Habeas Corpus is a highly debated topic in society. Habeas Corpus is a writ that calls into question whether a person whom is detained or imprisoned is being held lawfully or not.

In what might be the most important decision made by the Supreme Court of the United States during the Bush Administration, five justices ruled in Boumedienne v. Bush on Thursday, June 12, that the United States government did not have the right to suspend habeas corpus...

Investigate the civil rights struggles from the vantage point of the initiated who is familiar with the causes of the problems and notes the various Band-Aid solutions that were applied prior to the institution of a concerted effort to offer civil rights protections to all.

A bus driver for the Red River Elementary School in Coushatta, LA, segregates school bus. Said she never heard of the Civil Rights movement.