ACT NOW - Tell Obama to Veto the NDAA and Indefinite Detention of Americans
alysia, December 22, 2011 - 11:53amDo you oppose indefinite imprisonment of Americans without charge or trial? Of COURSE you do!
Yet somehow Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Bill (NDAA) with provisions authorizing just that. The NDAA now sits awaiting the president's signature...but it's over yet!
| continue reading
Yet somehow Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Bill (NDAA) with provisions authorizing just that. The NDAA now sits awaiting the president's signature...but it's over yet!
| continue reading
Help Stop Indefinite Military Detention of American Citizens Without Charge Or Trial
alysia, December 14, 2011 - 4:45pmShould the president be allowed to imprison American citizens indefinitely in military custody without charge or trial?
To most, the answer to this question is a resounding and definitive “NO!”
Yet Congress is currently poised to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which contains provisions giving the president the power to do just that.
| continue reading
To most, the answer to this question is a resounding and definitive “NO!”
Yet Congress is currently poised to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which contains provisions giving the president the power to do just that.
| continue reading
State Funding for Religious Schools - A Bad Idea No Matter What the Method
alysia, September 2, 2011 - 3:22pmThis past year, the Maine legislature considerd four bills (LD 250; LD 1044; LD 1092; and LD 1287) that would have allowed for a system of government-funded religion here in Maine. | continue reading
Another Day, Another Medical Records Breach - Further Warning About the Promise of Universal Medical Records
alysia, August 24, 2011 - 4:33pmCalifornia patient Paul Thompson says the prospect of all health records going electronic — which federal law mandates should happen by 2014 — "scares the living hell out of me." Thompson just found out his patient record had been seriously compromised. | continue reading
A Disturbing Illustration of the Dangers of Private Prisons - "Kids for Cash" Judge Sentenced to 28 Years
alysia, August 18, 2011 - 4:26pmThe biggest and most obvious problem with profit driven private prisons is that private prison operators, in order to maximize revenue, will seek to ensure a steady stream of inmates to their "business". And that in order to ensure/increase profits, they will seek to pass laws or influence those in power so that more and more people flow into or stay longer at their facilities regardless or any risk to public safety, the nature or seriousness of offense, or other considerations that normally come into play.
| continue reading
| continue reading
Let's Reduce Incarceration, Save Money AND Keep Communities Safe - New ACLU Report Highlights How
alysia, August 10, 2011 - 2:26pmYesterday, the ACLU released a new report highlighting ways to reduce state budgets and prison populations. | continue reading
Maine Sides with Reason and Equality in Nationwide Push for Anti-Sharia Legislation
alysia, August 4, 2011 - 6:03pmIn March, Shenna posted this blog about a troublesome bill - LD 1076 - which would have banned court consideration of foreign law. If it had passed, the bill would have unnecessarily limited judges' ability to look to informative decisions or bodies of law (always within the bounds of our judicial system and constitutional rights) and, in doing so, violated the doctrine of separation of powers.
| continue reading
| continue reading
Recent Decision Helps Address Racially Biased Crack Cocaine Laws - But the 40 Year "War on Drugs" Remains a Costly Failure
alysia, July 6, 2011 - 4:04pmA recent decision by the U.S. Sentencing Commission will help ensure that over 12,000 people — 85 percent of whom are African-Americans — will have the opportunity to have their sentences for crack cocaine offenses reviewed by a federal judge and possibly reduced.
| continue reading
| continue reading
