anyone out there know?? anyone give a ****??

I'll name one that is still fresh in everyone's mind.. and it was a global issue.. Terri Sheravo's situation... how many branches of this United States Government did it effect and still effecting??

Can anyone name anymore??

Hog

You're singing my song......I'm literally trembling with excitement over this post.

I'll sit back, relax, and then add my comments after everyone else has had a shot. I've got a few pages for you......

we're in some sad times here in America...

Hog

the minute men

the house ethics committee

the fulibuster rule

teaching of evolution vs creationism

the violation of free speech by the imax corporation

the violation of free speech by the dod for refusing access to the media photographing the return of men and women killed in action.

the removal of people that might not agree with bush at public functions

and

the ever popular, constantly challanged, unconstitutional demand by the federal government to confiscate our money using an arm of the government with the illegal right to confiscation without due process.

now please re-read what the topic of the thread is.. then re-read what you posted and explain what in your posts are directly effecting the Constitution of this United States?? some are valid.. but really??

Hog

the violation of free speech by the imax corporation

the violation of free speech by the dod for refusing access to the media photographing the return of men and women killed in action.

the removal of people that might not agree with bush at public functions.

this might fit:

the ever popular, constantly challanged, unconstitutional demand by the federal government to confiscate our money using an arm of the government with the illegal right to confiscation without due process.

the rest are more traditional.

are we both moving to the center?

Attempted censorship of beer labels.

The ACLU successfully challenged regulations purported to give the Liquor Control Board authority to prohibit labels on beer bottles that the Board believes are "immodest, undignified, or in bad taste." The Board agreed to remove all such vague and arbitrary provisions from its regulations for labels and advertisements. The Board had objected to label on a Belgian brew that featured impressionistic artwork showing an unclothed woman holding a beer and sitting on the lap of Gambrinus, the mythical king of beers. With the ACLU preparing a lawsuit on behalf of the beer's importer, the Board enacted an interim policy reflecting ACLU's concerns and approved the label in question for sale

THAT's why I'm a card carrying member!!!!

Section 215 of the Patriot Act gives law enforcement agents the ability to, through an order issued by the highly secret Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court, access any "tangible things," including the business records of medical offices, libraries, gun stores and other businesses with minimal judicial review. Such searches are based merely on a certification by the government that the records are "sought for" a national security investigation: once the government certifies this, the judge is required to issue the order. These orders contain an automatic and permanent gag order barring the recipient from telling anyone, including an attorney, that the recipient has received the order.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has disclosed that section 215 has been used at least 35 times in "non-international terrorism type investigations" since passage of the Patriot Act, though he would not disclose what types of records were specifically sought.

The ACLU has challenged the constitutionality of section 215, and that case is pending in federal court.

I'm glad someone is protecting my rights......

Following Threat of ACLU of Virginia Lawsuit, Officials to Agree Not to Ban Baptisms in Public Parks

RICHMOND, VA -- Under pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Falmouth Waterside Park Manager Brian Robinson has agreed not to prohibit baptisms in Stafford County, the ACLU announced.

Robinson also told the ACLU that the Fredericksburg-Stafford Park Authority, which controls access to the public park, expects to issue written policies making it clear that religious groups have the same right to use the park as all other groups.

“This kind of confusion over religious expression in public places is not uncommon,” said ACLU of Virginia Executive Director Kent Willis. “Government officials often seem not to understand that private religious expression is protected in public forums. Afraid of violating separation of church and state by permitting religious activities, they end up obstructing freedom of religion.”

The controversy over baptisms in the park surfaced when Robinson told Rev. Todd Pyle of the Cornerstone Baptist Church that religious activities were not allowed in the park. Pyle was in the park at the time and had just performed a series of baptisms in the Rappahannock River, which borders the park.

The ACLU of Virginia immediately informed Pyle that he had a constitutional right to conduct baptisms in the park and threatened to challenge in federal court the Park Authority’s ban on religious activities. The ACLU also discovered that the Park Authority does not have written rules governing use of the park.

Pyle decided not to contest the ban, but earlier this week Rev. John H. Reid of the New Generation Evangelical Episcopal Church announced plans to defy park officials by performing a baptism in the park this Sunday. The ACLU again acted, offering assistance to Reid and informing park officials that they must allow the baptisms to proceed.

“The rules are really very simple,” Willis said. “Government officials merely need to make sure that religious activities have the same rights as any other activities in a public park. If swimming is allowed, then baptisms must be allowed. If groups can gather for sports or cultural activities, then groups can gather for religious ceremonies.”

“The key to avoiding these kinds of problems is to have reasonable written rules regarding the use of the park and to apply those rules equally to all users, whether their activities are secular or religious,” he added. “We have offered to help park officials write those rules.”

Again, the ACLU comes to the rescue......

Gary

it appears that your thread is going limp. Nobody seems to care except us Commie Pinko Liberals.