From the intellectual freedom front

Attorney General defends USA-PATRIOT Act

Submit your written comments to repeal the USA-PATRIOT Act. National public hearings will take place on July 3rd. This is sponsored by a coalition of groups concerned with the abrogation of our constitutional rights under this act.

Defence panel debates spying safeguards

'Imagine a world where the actions of your government could no longer be examined by the press or the public. Politicians and bureaucracies could act in secret, without the healthy sunlight of outside scrutiny. '

Article from The Nation regarding the outcry against the FCC's ruling to allow greater media monopoly

Rumours of retirement fly as the Supreme Court wraps up its current term

High court term to end with a flurry: affirmative action, gay rights, minority voting, free speech and the Internet

ALA denounces Supreme Court decision regarding Internet filtering

One Georgia teacher finds using the First Amendment more challenging--and more rewarding--than just talking about it