Good news for Jewish families living in Germany!
Read all about it at: Three months after circumcision ban, German government to legalize rite | The Times of Israel.
Outrageous! What happened to tolerance on campus? Isn’t a student allowed to have opinions that differ with her teacher’s? This sort of bullying is tantamount to harassment. The teacher apologized and claimed it was all a joke. The student is not laughing.
Read the write up at NBC 10 Philly: Philly Student Told to Lose Romney T-Shirt or Get Out | NBC 10 Philadelphia.
Incredible but true! The Philippines government wants to set up a tattle-tale system whereby anyone can rat on his/her neighbor’s tweets, posts, or comments–with a stiff fine and prison term as punishment. The government is given carte blanche to spy on all social media and even snoop into Filipinos’ Skype calls!
Read all about it at RT.com: Philippines gags internet with ‘draconian’ cyber crime law — RT.
In an ‘amicus curiae’ (friend of the court) brief signed on June 8, 2011, forty Indiana state senators and state representatives have formally requested a rehearing of the Indiana Supreme Court’s recent decision to deny Hoosiers the right to resist unlawful police invasions of their homes. Go, Indiana! — PID
Link to the document (pdf ) is below:
Barnes amici.pdf (application/pdf Object).
Come on, are we really surprised? — PID
(POLITICO.COM) — Top lawmakers in the House and Senate reached a deal to extend the Patriot Act for four years, a week before key provisions were set to expire.
via Leaders reach Patriot Act deal – Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan – POLITICO.com.
(BOULDER DAILY CAMERA) — Language in Louisville’s proposed emergency response plan, which would give the city the power to “commandeer private property” and “seize” buildings in a crisis, has given several of the city’s elected leaders pause.
The emergency ordinance, which was supposed to have gotten an up or down vote earlier this month, was instead tabled until April so that the council can figure out how it wants to deal with what one member called the measure’s “stark” language.
via Emergency plans in Louisville raise eyebrows – Boulder Daily Camera.
(McCLATCHY) — The Obama administration’s Justice Department has asserted that the FBI can obtain telephone records of international calls made from the U.S. without any formal legal process or court oversight, according to a document obtained by McClatchy.
The controversy over the telephone records is a legacy of the Bush administration’s war on terror. Critics say the Obama administration appears to be continuing many of the most controversial tactics of that strategy, including the assertion of sweeping executive powers.
via Obama assertion: FBI can get phone records without oversight | McClatchy.
