Tagged: Civil Liberties and Advocacy Efforts
More on the U.K.’s version of a national identification card: UK: The London School of Economics says the Home Office’s recent rebuttal of their critique of the Government’s identity cards scheme was misleading and...
Christina Bellantoni of The Washington Times on N. Virginia to turn off 'spy' cameras: Red-light cameras in Northern Virginia will be unplugged tomorrow, as a 10-year pilot program expires. A state legislative committee in...
From the good folks at Veterans for Common Sense: Yesterday, the House passed H.J.Res.10, supporting a constitutional amendment banning the "desecration" of the Flag. Passing with only 8 votes more than the 2/3 required,...
Statewatch has posted a copy of a bill to introduce the U.K.'s version of a national ID card: UK: Identity Card Bill published 25 May 2005 (full-text, pdf): http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/may/uk-ID-CARD-Bill.pdf Explanatory Notes (pdf): http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/may/uk-ID-CARD-Bill-expl.pdf
I've gotten a little behind with my work at The Multiracial Activist. I've recently posted several coalition letters (co-signed by The Multiracial Activist) on the REAL ID Act, PATRIOT Act oversight and other issues:...
Bill St. Clair has an interesting open letter to President Bush regarding the REAL ID Act. Read it here.
Also, take a minute to check out UnRealID.com for further information on national ID cards.
From Shane Cory at the Libertarian Party, who share my sentiments over the concept of national ID cards: Outrage of the Week: Senate Unanimously Passes the “Real ID” Act In a 100-0 vote, the...
For those of you as distressed as I am by the sellout of our privacy by the United States Senate and most of the U.S. House, you have a place to sound off: Take...
The Libertarian Party has chimed in (as I have repeatedly) against the current national ID card scam: May 10, 2005 All Americans Must Denounce the Real ID Act Libertarian Party Calls on the U.S....