Civil Rights

Within the United States, civil rights refer to a set of rights that are guaranteed to citizens by the constitution. Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion are but a few examples of civil rights.

Civil rights laws, however, are meaningless without the support of the executive branch and enforcement from Civil Rights Enforcement Agencies. Civil rights are guaranteed by the United States constitution but enforcing these rights often proves to be an ongoing task.

Civil rights can also address disability rights, as evidenced by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The rights of all citizens, irrespective of physical abilities are protected under civil rights laws.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Civil Rights”

• Senate Health Care Bill, Cloture, Debate, Senate schedule, Senate proceedings, Harry Reed, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 584
  I was asked to post the following email.   “Healthcare Tea Party on the Las Vegas Strip today   SENATE VOTES TO BEGIN FORMAL DEBATE ON HEALTH CARE BILL   The Senate has voted to begin debate on the Senate healthcare bill, by a party line vote. As we wrote earlier today, even though we have been considering ...
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• Jena 6 teen maing the most of a second chance

  
  Let's Talk Honestly — Authority: 132
  Great news, 5 of the 6 ” Jena 6″ teens are now in college. The 6th who is still in High School Jesse Ray Bear is getting a second chance on life oustide of Jena and making the most of it. This has happened beacuse one of his lawyers took him into his household so that the young man would have a chance. Watch the ...
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• The Killers Within

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  A time bomb began ticking in the mid-1970s, when the psychiatric and mental health professions went politically correct and identified the mentally ill as "victims" who required advocates. While patients in general do need assistance, the activists turned caring into political action that changed the American ...
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• New Evidence to Act on in 1964 Klan Murder of James Chaney

  
  minor jive — Authority: 444
  New Evidence to Act on in 1964 Klan Murder of James Chaney : X-rays reveal that two bullets were not removed from James Chaney’s body during the autopsy after he, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman were murdered by a gang of Klansmen in Neshoba County, MS, June 21 1964. James Chaney’s brother Ben has told the ...
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• New Evidence to Act on in 1964 Klan Murder of James Chaney

  
  Hungry Blues — Authority:
  X-rays reveal that two bullets were not removed from James Chaney’s body during the autopsy after he, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman were murdered by a gang of Klansmen in Neshoba County, MS, June 21 1964. James Chaney’s brother Ben has told the Clarion Ledger’s Jerry Mitchell that the Chaeny family will ...
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• Ricci: The Interaction of Disparate Treatment and Impact Discrimination

  
  Concurring Opinions — Authority: 610
  Until Ricci, the interrelation between intentional disparate treatment discrimination and unintentional disparate impact discrimination had not been worked out very thoroughly by the courts. Nevertheless, as Justice Ginsburg put it in her dissent, no conflict existed between the two theories:  “Neither ...
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• Ayn Rands Rare Audio Commentary

  
  United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government — Authority: 575
  For the last week, Ayn Rand has been a hot topic at United Liberty as well as throughout the mainstream and underground media, as two biographies of the philosopher have been released. The twenty year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has also been a hot topic. In a combination of the two areas of ...
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• Susan West Friedman; Tireless Activist was Passionate About Righting Social Injustices (CommonDreams.org)

  
  Stompernet SEO Course — Authority: 166
  by Blanca Gonzalez Whether she was marching for civil rights in the 1960s, demonstrating against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan or advocating for marriage equality, Susan West Friedman was never content to wait for others to make the changes that she believed necessary. Friends and fellow activists said she had a ...
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• The New SRA Revival...

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 166
  As some of you might know, I am currently working on a Ph.D. in psychology. (*) One of my major research topics is the myth of "Satanic Ritual Abuse" and "occult crimes." Im frankly amazed that we are still having to deal with moronic imbeciles like Don Rimer these days, and I want to help destroy the idea of such ...
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• Expulsion of Mr. Sana’u’llah Bandi from University

  
  Iran Press Watch — Authority: 126
  Yazd – On the 25th of Mehr 1388 (17 Oct. 2009), Mr. Sana’u’llah Bandi from Yazd was summoned to the Office of University Protection. There he was informed that based on the order of the Supreme Committee of the Cultural Revolution, he was being expelled from the University, because he had indicated his religion ...
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• Groups seek investigation of FBI killing of Imam

  
  Weblog of Dawud Walid — Authority: 432
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• Mother May Face Jail Time for Choosing to Care for Baby

  
  Today's Drum - Positive Black News - African American News — Authority: 147
  Spc. Alexis Hutchinson , a 21-year-old Army cook, had no choice but to skip deployment to Afghanistan, even if it meant going to jail. Click on image to read article The single mother of 10-month-old Kamani did not have anyone in place to care for her son. Her mother, who was already emotionally and ...
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• Former Rep. Jim Traficant is again going to bat for Zionist whipping boy John Demjanjuk

  
  White Civil Rights — Authority: 129
  Demjanjuk Fights For Life ‘When we allow the rights of one American to be violated, we endanger the rights of all Americans’ By Jim Traficant — AFP John Demjanjuk is a retired auto worker from Cleveland. He was born in Ukraine, served in World War II as a Russian soldier, was captured and ...
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• Civil Rights Groups and Congressional Black Caucus Turn on Obama

  
  African American Political Pundit Blog — Authority: 475
  The organizations — including the A.F.L.-C.I.O. and the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group— will make clear that they believe the president’s $787 billion stimulus program has not... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Muslim advocacy group files complaint with Lewiston School Department

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 613
  By Judith Meyer, managing editor/days LEWISTON — A national Muslim civil rights organization has filed a formal request with the Lewiston School Department to allow a middle school student to pray on school property. The group also wants Lewiston to modify existing policy and provide "constitutionally ...
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• Re-Thinking Hate Crimes

  
  Political Wrinkles — Authority: 455
  I was having a conversation with a friend of mine on a long drive back from a business trip. We were talking about the problems with legislation and of course the topic of hate crimes came up. His assertion was that hate crimes basically become a form of thought policing. Ive read this argument before and wasnt ...
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• NOM: “Carrie who?”

  
  Mock, Paper, Scissors — Authority: 154
  Yes, the inevitable has happened: Ethics-challenged Homophobe, former unwed mother and known beauty queen stalker, El Presidente for Life of the failed social engineering non-profit National Organization for Marriage (NOM, which may be a front for the Mormon Church), Chimpy’s shills for hire, the auture of the ...
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• Muslim advocacy group files complaint with Lewiston School Department

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  LEWISTON — A national Muslim civil rights organization has filed a formal request with the Lewiston School Department to allow a middle school student to pray on school property. The group also wants Lewiston to modify existing policy and provide "constitutionally protected religious accommodation," such as a ...
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• Hardball Fact Checks Rep. Foxx

  
  Past in Print Weblog — Authority: 112
  I heard about this from a tweet and then went to check it out.  Like Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), whose rebuke of Foxx immediately followed the latter’s remarks from the House floor, ‘I couldn’t believe my ears.’ Check out my post regarding Foxx’s revisionism – Virginia Foxx and the GOP civil rights ...
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• "The South shall rise again" riles the PC crowd

  
  U.S. Politics Online: A Political Discussion Forum — Authority: 454
  Traveler brought this up in another thread and frankly, Im pissed at the assholes that think people of the south want to see blacks enslaved again all because we are proud to be southerners and we enjoy the North-South good-natured rivalry. Before the LSU/Ole Miss game today, the KKK protested because University of ...
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