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Statement: Justice Department Defends Mueller Report Redaction Process

On Thursday, Justice Department Spokesperson Kerri Kupec released a statement, included in full below, regarding Attorney General Bill Barr's letter concerning the Mueller report. The statement followed reporting from the New York Times, Washington Post and NBC News that members of Mueller's team have voiced concerns … Continue reading

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New Library Bill of Rights Provision Recognizes and Defends Library Users’ Privacy

American Library Association – “The Library Bill of Rights — first adopted in 1939 and last amended in 1980 — has been updated to include an article focused on the concept of ensuring privacy and confidentiality for library users.The new article … Continue reading

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FAN 199.6 (First Amendment News) ACLU’s David Cole defends NRA’s political speech rights

Substitute Planned Parenthood or the Communist Party for the NRA, and the point is clear. If [Gov.] Cuomo can [target] the NRA, then conservative governors could have their financial regulators threaten banks and financial institutions that do business with any … Continue reading

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An Appellate Judge Defends Age Discrimination

What do you do when a three judge panel on a federal appeals court is not only completely clueless about age discrimination in employment but actually ill-informed? You lose. That’s what happened to Adam A. Carter, an attorney with The … Continue reading

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DHS defends media-monitoring database, calls critics “conspiracy theorists”

Enlarge / Tinfoil hats, you say? (credit: DHS/Sam Machkovech) Earlier this week, Bloomberg Law uncovered a Department of Homeland Security job listing for a "media monitoring services" request to keep tabs on over 290,000 "global news sources" and develop an … Continue reading

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