Ann Beeson
Ann Beeson
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There are considerable First Amendment issues involved in such a move.
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Our first amendment rights are irreparably harmed, every day the gag continues,
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Our client wants to tell the American public about the dangers of allowing the FBI to demand library records without court approval.
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Requiring a judge to approve a wiretap is not a nicety that can be avoided by presidential decree -- it is a fundamental rule of American democracy. The government ignored the system authorized by Congress in favor of limitless power to spy on Americans.
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It is crucial that we recognize the important separation of powers principles that our democracy was founded on, ... There should always be a check on the executive branch's power, the president's power, to take away that most fundamental of liberty interests and that is the government's ability to detain a person, possibly indefinitely.
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We are thrilled the jury understood the importance of the First Amendment. We believe the material support statute is overbroad, and we are very glad the government's attempt to extend the bad statute has been thwarted.
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We are thrilled the jury understood the importance of the First Amendment, ... We believe the material support statute is overbroad, and we are very glad the government's attempt to extend the bad statute has been thwarted.
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The FBI should use its resources to investigate credible threats to national security instead of spending time tracking Americans who criticize government policy, or monitoring groups that have not broken the law.
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It's clear that this administration has engaged every possible agency, from the Pentagon to NSA to the FBI, to engage in spying on Americans.
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criminal statute that violates a whole range of protected speech.
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This type of investigation is really a form of intimidation and a message to activists that they will pay a price for speaking out, ... The posting of publicly available information about people who are in the news should not trigger an investigation.
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We are obviously very much looking forward to the day where they can explain how it felt to be under threat of criminal prosecution for merely identifying themselves. The clients are happy that the fight over this gag is nearing its end.
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Although the government claims the censorship law is necessary to protect minors, it has not even used all of the tools currently available to protect them from sexually explicit content.
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It's fabulous, ... Clearly the judge recognized it was profoundly undemocratic to gag a librarian from participating in the Patriot Act debate.