Ashbury Park, NJ–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2010. Fewer than one in five Americans nationwide believe that consuming marijuana is more dangerous than drinking alcohol, according to a national telephone poll of 1,000 likely voters by the polling firm Rasmussen Reports. Fifty percent of respondents, including the majority of those who said[Read More…]
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Bush Administration Removed Detainees From Guantánamo To Avoid The Law
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2010. The Bush administration moved four detainees from Guantánamo to secret CIA prisons overseas in 2003 to keep them from having access to lawyers, according to the Associated Press today. The transfer came just before the Supreme Court ruled that prisoners at Guantánamo could challenge their detention[Read More…]
Civil Liberties Groups Applaud Approval Of NYC Islamic Cultural Center For Upholding Values Of Freedom And Tolerance
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 3 – The New York Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union today praised the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission for standing up for the principles of religious freedom and tolerance in approving a proposal to build a 13-story Islamic cultural center near the World[Read More…]
Surge Voters, A Good Court Decision, and Barney Frank’s 5-Year Forecast
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2010. Exciting developments in the movement to end marijuana prohibition keep flooding my inbox. Here’s just a sampling from over the weekend: Citing a new survey, Ryan Grim gives more credence to the idea that marijuana ballot initiatives could help Democrats drive “surge voters” to the polls[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Must Stop Blocking Home Energy Program
Washington, D.C–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2010. The Sierra Club filed suit against the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) for blocking participation in Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs by any of Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s mortgage holders. The FHFA has oversight over the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the[Read More…]
Sierra Club Supports Reid’s Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2010. This week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced the Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act. The Sierra Club issued the following statement in response to the introduction. Statement of Michael Brune, Sierra Club Executive Director “The Sierra Club supports Majority Leader Reid’s Clean Energy[Read More…]
Obama Administration In Danger Of Establishing ‘New Normal’ With Worst Bush-Era Policies, Says ACLU
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2010. The Obama administration has repudiated some of the Bush administration’s most egregious national security policies but is in danger of institutionalizing others permanently into law, thereby creating a troubling “new normal,” according to a new report released today by the American Civil Liberties Union. “Establishing a[Read More…]
Race and Beyond: Obama Should Speak Up
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2010. This column marks the first of a new weekly series on racial issues by Sam Fulwood III. Try as he might, President Barack Obama can’t elude the nation’s complicated racial passions. For plainly obvious reasons, this president will be judged as none before him on how[Read More…]
In Historic Move, V.A. Eases Rules for Medical Marijuana Patients
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2010. Major news! The Department of Veterans Affairs has formally announced that patients being treated at V.A. facilities will be allowed to use medical marijuana if they live in one of the 14 states where it is legal. This historic development was trumpeted over the weekend in[Read More…]
ACLU Urges No Vote On DISCLOSE ACT
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSFP)–July 26, 2010. The Senate today and tomorrow will debate a campaign finance bill that includes disclosure requirements that raise significant civil liberties concerns. The American Civil Liberties Union is urging senators to vote against the bill because those disclosure requirements are overly broad and inconsistent and will likely infringe[Read More…]
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