Month: January 2009

RITSEMA: Supreme Court deals death blow to the 4th Amendment (Civics News)

Now, any the time that law enforcement makes a “mistake” that prevents them from doing a proper search, they will get away with it, and the evidence can be admitted into the court proceedings. The incentive to do the search in a legal fashion has now been removed; instead, and an incentive to do illegal searches and then say “oops” has now been introduced.

January 15, 2009 Read →

Celebrate Religious Freedom Day on January 16

Since 1993 each year, the President declares January 16th to be “Religious Freedom Day,” and calls upon Americans to “observe this day through appropriate events and activities in homes, schools, and places of worship.”

January 10, 2009 Read →

New law in Russia ends jury trials for ‘crimes against state’ (LA Times)

Reporting from Moscow — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paused in the last, quiet hours of a dying year to sign into law a controversial bill that eliminates jury trials for “crimes against the state,” a move that lawyers and human rights groups fear will be the start of a dangerous exertion of Kremlin control over government critics.

January 4, 2009 Read →