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Immigration enforcement: a trojan horse?
Comprehensive immigration reform, along with the fiscal cliff and sequester, has recently dominated Washington. But observers have overlooked how calls for stronger immigration enforcement could...
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Bipartisan Senate filibuster challenges Brennan CIA nomination
A bipartisan filibuster of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA riveted Washington on Wednesday. Senators from both sides of the partisan aisle, led by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), took to the Senate...
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Killing us softly
John Brennan - Caricature Why Holder’s letter carries little water Last week, Senator Rand Paul (R-TX) forced a long overdue conversation in Washington about checks and balances on executive power. Yet...
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President Obama vs. his administration’s legacy
President Obama’s speech yesterday, presenting his vision of a comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy, included welcome rhetoric about the importance of constitutional principles, including Due...
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FBI & NSA spying revealed: Uncle Sam is watching you, and both Congress and...
The (UK) Guardian published a previously secret court order authorizing dragnet surveillance of millions of Americans without any pretense of justification, confirming concerns raised by civil...
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Cracks widen in the armor of the surveillance state
This article was originally published at the People’s Blog for the Constitution, the blog of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee. Is the NSA’s armor cracking? Members of Congress sensitive to...
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Dueling judicial rulings on NSA Spying, and why they don’t matter
Two federal judges reached opposite conclusions in separate cases challenging NSA spying. One was thoughtful; the other reflected much of what is wrong with our courts. Ultimately, however, neither...
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Beyond CIA & NSA spying: Corruption
Even before open war erupted last week between the CIA and Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), embattled NSA officials had woven tangled skeins to downplay public crimes...
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Hedges v. Obama: The Supreme Court digs its head deeper into the sand
The Supreme Court declined to consider a constitutional claim challenging a law that enables indefinite detention of US citizens. On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to consider Hedges v. Obama, a...
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House committees take first step to reform NSA
Last week, the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees approved a bill that would begin the process of restoring constitutional limits to dragnet government surveillance. While a praiseworthy step...
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