The addition of the Bill of Rights was the compromise made with those who feared the future abuses by a strong central government. Here are current examples of what they feared.
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News Federal court enjoins NDAA
05-18-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, Glenn Greenwald
A federal district judge today, the newly-appointed Katherine Forrest of the Southern District of New York, issued an amazing ruling
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News Plaintiff in NDAA case: U.S. has ‘gone insane’ in its war on terror
05-17-2012
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Rawstory
Journalist Tangerine Bolen, who along with other activists and writers filed suit over an indefinite detention law, said Thursday that the citizens United States had become indifferent about their rights.
“This panoply of laws and circumstances ov
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News Jury Nullification advocate found Innocent
05-16-2012
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nytimes.com
The next time Julian P. Heicklen an 80-year-old retired chemistry professor demonstrates for the jury Nullification Rights outside the federal courthouse in Manhattan, he may make it home without being locked up by Thugs in Blue.
A federal judge
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News Judge Grants Class-Action Status to Stop-and-Frisk Suit
05-16-2012
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New York Times
A federal judge granted class-action status to a lawsuit challenging the NYPD's stop-and-frisk tactics, saying she was disturbed by the city’s “deeply troubling apathy towards New Yorkers’ most fundamental constitutional rights.”
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News Fight looms over detainee provisions
05-14-2012
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thehill.com, By Jeremy Herb and Carlo Munoz
The House will re-ignite a debate this week that last year sparked public outrage and a White House veto threat: Can terror suspects on U.S. soil be detained indefinitely?
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News Arizona Election Officials Call Cops On Man Recording Them
05-11-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Jim March, a member of the election watchdog group Black Box Voting, entered the Coconino Co. Elections Dept. in Arizona to request some public records regarding a recent election in which questionable tactics were involved.
He was accompanied by
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News Girl allegedly punished for sitting during the Pledge of Allegiance
05-02-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Eric W. Dolan
The Brownsville Area School District announced on Monday it would not discipline students who refused to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance, according to the Associated Press.
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News NYPD Celebrates May Day
05-01-2012
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The Agitator
In anticipation [of May Day protests], the FBI and NYPD raided the homes of protesters. “There were a number of visits in the morning and at other points in the day that targeted Occupy protesters,
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News To Joliet jail for NATO offenders?
04-30-2012
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http://www.suntimes.com, BY FRAN SPIELMAN
Mothballed for a decade, the Joliet Correctional Center could be temporarily reopened to serve as a detention facility for those arrested for serious offenses during the May 20-21 NATO summit.
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News Md. high court bans DNA swabs of charged suspects; police, prosecutors seek appeal
04-29-2012
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Washington Post
Maryland’s top law enforcement officials are pushing back against a recent Court of Appeals decision that prohibits DNA collection from suspects charged — but not yet convicted — of violent crimes, saying the ruling will allow dangerous criminals to
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News No protest; no guns: Tampa, Florida asks, 'How much of the Bill of Rights can we get rid of?'
04-29-2012
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http://rt.com,
The City Council of Tampa, Florida is asking Republican Governor Rick Scott to issue an executive order that would keep people with permits for concealed weapons from — wait for it — carrying concealed weapons.
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News V.A. Threatens Veteran’s Benefits For Handing Out Bible Tracts & Dvd’s
04-29-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Brian D. Hill
A normal 63 year old veteran, who could never have expected a confrontation with the VA Police, was threatened to lose his VA benefits and would have been possibly charged with a felony.
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News Newark Targets Newsstand After Owner Talks to Newspaper
04-27-2012
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Reason magazine
Last week, the Star Ledger’s Barry Carter wrote about the plight faced by a local newsstand owner in Newark, NJ who was having trouble getting the city to renew the license on his nearly 40-year-old business:
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News Obama Opposes CISPA, But Will Sign It Anyway
04-26-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Get ready for another NDAA-style bait and switch
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Headlines: Obama Opposes CISPA, But Will Sign It Anyway -- Newark Targets Newsstand After Owner Talks to Newspaper -- V.A. Threatens Veteran’s Benefits For Handing Out Bible Tracts & Dvd’s -- No protest; no guns: Tampa, Florida asks, 'How much of the Bill of Rights can we get rid of?' -- Md. high court bans DNA swabs of charged suspects; police, prosecutors seek appeal -- To Joliet jail for NATO offenders? -- NYPD Celebrates May Day -- Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Highway Checkpoints Illegal -- Girl allegedly punished for sitting during the Pledge of Allegiance -- Feds Seized Hip-Hop Site for a Year, Waiting for Proof of Infringement -- The Bill of Rights Comedy Concert Sunday May 13th, 2012 at Phoenix Symphony Hall -- Arizona Election Officials Call Cops On Man Recording Them -- Fight looms over detainee provisions -- Judge Grants Class-Action Status to Stop-and-Frisk Suit -- Jury Nullification advocate found Innocent -- Plaintiff in NDAA case: U.S. has ‘gone insane’ in its war on terror -- Federal court enjoins NDAA --
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