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Welcome to KnowMyRights.org.... |
Know My Rights is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote social change through civil rights and other legal education. Ignorance of our criminal law is never an excuse, and ignorance of civil procedures can prove itself very costly. Too many people possess neither the knowledge nor the means to assert their legal rights properly. Unfortunately, what our laws were supposed to be, what they are, and how they're actually enforced are sometimes three very different things. It is our sincere hope that by educating people about these facts of law and life, and how some situations play themselves out in the real world, that they will be better equipped to properly assert themselves and their legal rights when necessary. I know my rights. ...Do you know yours?
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Written by Gene Policinski, First Amendment Center
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Sunday, 29 June 2008 14:01 |
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George Carlin is gone, but the kinds of free-speech conflicts he skewered in his comedic routines live on. So does the national debate over where First Amendment protections end and government regulation begins on broadcast speech and speech in public. Not all such conflicts directly involve First Amendment consideration — some are more involved with the “spirit” of free speech than with statutory definitions. But all encompass a kind of national question: “Can you say that?” |
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Written by Kia Gregory, Inquirer
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 20:37 |
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Daniel Moffat is searching for answers. He wants to know why Philadelphia police raided his Francisville home Friday without a warrant, and why the Department of Licenses and Inspections subsequently boarded it up. Outside City Hall yesterday, Moffat and one of his roommates were joined by about 150 people at a rally, where they called the Police Department's actions "illegal." |
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Disappearing Middle Class |
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Written by Robyn E. Blumner, St. Petersburg Times
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Sunday, 29 June 2008 13:55 |
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In case you haven't been keeping up with the fortunes of the fortunate, the private jet business is booming. In the first quarter of this year, shipments of private jets were up 41 percent. It seems that servicing America's elite is a thriving niche. There are so many new mega-yachts that owners can't keep them staffed, says the New York Observer. Now, back on Earth, let's look at how the rest of us are doing. Hmm. Not so well. |
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Written by Micah Daigle, SSDP
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Monday, 23 June 2008 18:16 |
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ACT NOW: Ask your state legislators to enact a life-saving Good Samaritan Policy. Twenty-two years ago, the tragic overdose death of a rising basketball star sparked a reactionary scare across the United States, resulting in the creation of the most destructive drug policies to date. But this does not need to be his legacy. A Good Samaritan Policy could have saved Len Bias's life. |
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