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Leadership Conference Releases Voting Record Detailing 109th Congress’ Civil Rights Record: “As Americans prepare to go to the polls for the midterm elections, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), the nation’s oldest and largest civil and human rights coalition, is releasing its annual Voting Record, which tracks votes on key civil rights legislation for …
Voter Identification and Citizenship Requirements: Legislation in the 109th Congress, September 18, 2006.
“The National Committee for Voting Integrity (NCVI) makes recommendations for electronic voting systems that will be deployed for the November 7, 2006 election. The recommendations were prepared with the assistance of the Brennan Center for Justice at NY School of Law and are intended to assist election administrators, poll workers, and voters in engaging the …
From DHS, this report concerns the upcoming implementation of RFID in ID cards for U.S. citizens, effective for those returning to the country by air, in 2007: Privacy Impact Assessment for the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), August 11, 2006. From EPIC, Spotlight on Surveillance August 2006: Homeland Security PASS Card: Leave Home Without It …
Rotenberg, Marc, “The Sui Generis Privacy Agency: How the United States Institutionalized Privacy Oversight After 9-11” (September 28, 2006). Available at SSRN. “This article looks at the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, the President’s Civil Liberties and Privacy Oversight Board, and the Civil Liberties Protection Officer of the Office of the …
Press release: “New unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States are on the rise, according to a study by Professor Michael P. Malloy commissioned by USA*Engage and the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC). This new Study of New U.S. Unilateral Sanctions: 1997-2006 reports that although the United States has imposed or threatened significantly more sanctions …
Electionline Weekly, October 26, 2006: Report Finds Potential for Trouble at Polls / States Differ in Strategies for ‘Fleeing Voters’: “An estimated third of all voters will cast ballots on voting systems never before used in a general election, while new procedures and legal battles over voter identification could confuse voters, poll workers or both. …
Press release: “Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has released tips for bloggers who want the inside story on government agencies. The Bloggers’ FAQ on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) outlines how to use open government laws to get access to records kept by federal agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the …
Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Jag Corps Leadership Summit, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, October 23, 2006: “This new law [the Military Commissions Act of 2006] provides for full and fair military trials of captured terrorists; reinforces and clarifies our obligations under the Geneva Conventions; and buttresses our ability to gather …
Pursuant to President Bush having signed the Military Commissions Act of 2006 on October 17, 2006 the Washington Post reported that the DOJ notified the District Court for the District of Columbia that it has no jurisdiction over “196 pending habeas cases, some of which cover groups of detainees.” [note: via SCOTUSblog, a copy of …
Follow up to postings on the Military Commissions Act, see this October 18, 2006 Council on Foreign Relations’ article, Military Commissions Made Legal, by Lionel Beehner. In the first paragraph of his commentary, the author cites an article published on LLRX.com, United States Military Commissions: A Quick Guide to Available Resources, by Stephen Young.
Press release: Voting in 2006: Have We Solved the Problems of 2004? The Century Institute, Common Cause Education Fund, The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, October 11, 2006: “The report, Voting in 2006: Have We Solved the Problems of 2004? is a follow up to a report on voting problems issued in 2004 …
