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Early Test for Obama on Domestic Spying Views

Upon taking office, President-elect Barack Obama will be forced to weigh presidential power and civil liberties. ...

Obama will have to find a new balance between civil liberties and national security. ...

Democrats and civil liberties

There were at least two things I learned from going to the DNC this year that I wouldn't have known if I hadn't gone. 1. There wasn't much disunity in the party between Clinton and Obama supporters. I knew this because, while the television networks were reporting a big...

Editorial Observer: Democratic Pressure on Obama to Restore the Rule of Law

An ardent defender of civil liberties, Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin is dedicated to putting the restoration of American legal traditions on the next president’s agenda. ...

Marcia DeSanctis: Professor Obama

Barack Obama is now the face of the United States - the photograph we will see when we go through customs at JFK airport, or when we go to any U.S. Embassy on earth. The impact of this image, particularly at first, will be subtle, but immeasurable and its iconographic significance is multi-la...

Bush Still Has 77 Days [The Intersection]

From the New York Times: President Bush's aides have been scrambling to change rules and regulations on the environment, civil liberties and abortion rights, among others -- few for the good. Most presidents put on a last-minute policy stamp, but in Mr. Bush's case it is more like a wrecking bal...