The Civil Liberties Minute
Taking on injustices, 90 seconds at a time! The Civil Liberties Minute™ podcasts--with attorney Bill Newman, director of the ACLU's western Massachusetts office--highlight threats to our civil liberties and what you can do to protect our freedoms.
Sanford: A Sitcom Continues in the U.S. House of Representatives
Posted: Thu, 09 May 2013 15:26:46 UTC
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The story on gays in the boy scouts: the next chapter.
Posted: Thu, 02 May 2013 18:16:43 UTC
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Dateline: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.
Posted: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:00:00 UTC
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A quick quiz on drugs and crime. #2 pencils ready? Set, go.
Posted: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:00:00 UTC
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Happily smoking a joint with some friends at a Hemp Fest in a state where possession is not a crime. What happened!?
Posted: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:00:00 UTC
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The bombings in Boston: heartsick at the carnage; heartened by bravery and compassion.
Posted: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:30:08 UTC
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Can distributing condoms get you thrown out of college?
Posted: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:00:00 UTC
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Kids teach high school administrators a lesson.
Posted: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:20:02 UTC
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An open letter to Brian Brown, President of the National Organization for Marriage.
Posted: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:00:00 UTC
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Windsor v. the United States aka the ACLU v. DOMA
Posted: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:00:00 UTC
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When an American state wrongfully convicts and imprisons…
Posted: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:05:37 UTC
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Did you friend the police on Facebook?
Posted: Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:00:00 UTC
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A quiz: which liberal said this? (Spoiler alert: not a liberal).
Posted: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:42:31 UTC
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One of the dirty, not-so-secret secrets of the criminal justice system.
Posted: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:00:00 UTC
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Should women be subject to the military draft?
Posted: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:00:00 UTC
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Want to hear the lie that judges tell jurors every day?
Posted: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:53:32 UTC
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Censoring license plates? Let’s ask…Spinal Tap.
Posted: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:00:00 UTC
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Look up in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a…drone!
Posted: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:23:45 UTC
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I was accused of the most brutal murder in Maryland’s history.
Posted: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:00:00 UTC
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Once upon a time, in our mother’s house…
Posted: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:00:00 UTC
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The law would be a great profession if it weren’t for clients…like Barack Obama.
Posted: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:40:41 UTC
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Listen to what just happened in Vicco, Kentucky. Population: 335.
Posted: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:00:00 UTC
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Should the film Zero Dark Thirty, about the finding and killing of Osama bin Laden, change its content to not endorse torture?
Posted: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:38:34 UTC
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Republicans recipe for winning the 2016 presidential election?
Posted: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:00:00 UTC
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Has “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” actually been abolished?
Posted: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:00:00 UTC
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At airports, does the TSA still need a naked picture of you?
Posted: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:57:27 UTC
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We salute "The Middle Finger Salute."
Posted: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:00:00 UTC
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Paranoia and the 2016 presidential election.
Posted: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:00:00 UTC
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Can a female employee be fired because her male boss thinks she’s really hot?
Posted: Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:30:00 UTC
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Women subjected to full body cavity searches in public for littering--really?
Posted: Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:29:15 UTC
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Winning the vote, but losing the election.
Posted: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:00:00 UTC
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Would you like to know how radio commentators try to influence your opinion?
Posted: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:00:00 UTC
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In memoriam: Muhammad Ali's trainer Angelo Dundee.
Posted: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:00:00 UTC
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The DOJ v. Colorado and Washington on marijuana.
Posted: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:00:00 UTC
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Was Florida guilty of racist voter suppression in the last election?
Posted: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:00:00 UTC
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What does the recent presidential election tell us about ourselves?
Posted: Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:30:00 UTC
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Why poor people have a chance in our legal system. In memoriam: Warren Rudman.
Posted: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:45:01 UTC
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Here's your choice: go to church or go to prison.
Posted: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:00:00 UTC
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How could some Republicans be so sure that Mitt Romney was going to win?
Posted: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:51:49 UTC
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In 2012, how did the Republicans lose the popular vote for the House of Reps, but end up with the majority of seats?
Posted: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:00:00 UTC
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In Brown v. Board of Education, which law clerk believed that the segregationists should have won?
Posted: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:00:00 UTC
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What happens if you flip the bird to a police officer?
Posted: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:11:52 UTC
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The right to vote is under attack...again.
Posted: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:00:00 UTC
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Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ?
Posted: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:31:29 UTC
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Are you sure you can vote this November?
Posted: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 15:00:00 UTC
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The story of Osama bin Laden's driver.
Posted: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:00:00 UTC
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The case of state drug lab chemist Annie Dookan.
Posted: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:00:00 UTC
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Can judges lose their jobs for writing a correct opinion?
Posted: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:11:51 UTC
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If you believe that your vote for President doesn't matter, will you give me a minute to try to change your mind?
Posted: Sat, 06 Oct 2012 15:00:00 UTC
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This civil liberties minute - about standing - may be easier to take sitting down.
Posted: Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:39:34 UTC
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In my next life, I want to be an undecided voter in Ohio.
Posted: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:00:00 UTC
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Let's consider another kind of death sentence in America.
Posted: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:00:00 UTC
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So you think the government doesn't have a file on you?
Posted: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:28:01 UTC
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A lawyer you've probably never heard of - almost by herself - may select the next President of the United States.
Posted: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:00:00 UTC
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Has the time come for Massachusetts to enact a medical marijuana law?
Posted: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:00:00 UTC
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"If it's legitimate rape, the female body has a way to shut that whole thing down."
Posted: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:05:50 UTC
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This is the story of how the war on women is now being fought in Tex
Posted: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:00:00 UTC
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Does America execute the mentally retarded?
Posted: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:00:00 UTC
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What are we to make of Julian Assange hiding out in Ecuador's embassy?
Posted: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:00:00 UTC
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Breaking news! The male bastion Augusta National Golf Club, where the Masters Golf Tournament is played, has admitted its first two women members.
Posted: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:05:43 UTC
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Can police in America torture people in custody...and get away with it?
Posted: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:23:05 UTC
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Today for you friends and lovers of Google, some fun facts...
Posted: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:22:43 UTC
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Should Boston's mayor keep the homophobic Chick-fil-A restaurant chain out of Beantown?
Posted: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:22:14 UTC
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Skype: They're easy-going tech good-guys... right?
Posted: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:34:07 UTC
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Do prisoners have the right to read about their rights?
Posted: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:27:34 UTC
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Happy birthday, Woody Guthrie. You would have been 100 years old in July.
Posted: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:30:51 UTC
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If you think you remember the presumption of innocence, you may be suffering from...a flashback.
Posted: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:29:56 UTC
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Seek shelter immediately. This is not a test. The cell phone you are carrying is not a phone. It is something else. I repeat - this is not a test.
Posted: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:24:00 UTC
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Will the Supreme Court strike down or uphold the Federal Defense of Marriage Act?
Posted: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:23:02 UTC
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The interesting question about Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank's marriage is not why the national press is all atwitter, but rather, why it isn't.
Posted: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:23:00 UTC
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Here's why the ACLU legal challenge to the new Arizona Anti-Abortion Law is so very important.
Posted: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:21:24 UTC
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Terrell McCullum is serving big time at Big Sandy, a high security penitentiary in Eastern Kentucky for having committed...no crime.
Posted: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:10:19 UTC
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Today, a quick quiz to see if you were paying attention in your elementary school social studies class!
Posted: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:08:41 UTC
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How often are innocent people convicted of serious crimes and shipped off to prison?
Posted: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:02:32 UTC
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Is the Fourth Amendment going to the dogs?
Posted: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:01:57 UTC
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U.S.A! We're # 1! U.S.A! We're # 1! U.S.A! We're # 1!
Posted: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:01:20 UTC
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The drones are coming! The drones are coming!
Posted: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:00:46 UTC
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Shhhhh!!! Today we go to the U.S. House of Representatives to find out who favors domestic violence.
Posted: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:00:13 UTC
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If the U.S. government illegally tortures a U.S. citizen, who it alleges is a terrorist, can that person go to court to balance the scales of justice?
Posted: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:59:37 UTC
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Does the Constitution give you the right to audio-visually record a police officer making a bust?
Posted: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:59:02 UTC
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Is there a Muslim exception to the First Amendment?
Posted: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:59:57 UTC
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May the police search your bedroom for telltale signs that you have committed the crime of using contraceptives?
Posted: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:58:02 UTC
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The Dallas County Medical Examiner Earl Rose became famous due to one autopsy.
Posted: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:57:27 UTC
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