Lawyers, Judges, and Juries

Civil Liberties Minute: Eating Your Vegetables
What would happen if Congress passed a law that said Americans had to eat three vegetables and three fruits every day? Really, this is a serious question.

Civil Liberties Minute: Right to Remain Silent
The Supreme Court has spoken. When arrested, you have the right to remain silent. Sort of. Kind of. Maybe.

Civil Liberties Minute: Alice in Wonderland
The totally cool new movie "Alice in Wonderland," starring Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway, apparently is influencing The Department of Justice and the federal courts.

Civil Liberties Minute: A Man's Home is His Castle
Under our Constitution, a man's home is his castle. Even if that castle is a homeless shelter.

Civil Liberties Minute: Say to Obama
There are two words I need to say to President Obama, if he really intends to reverse Attorney General Holder's decision to try the 9/11 defendants in criminal court and instead hand the accused terrorists over to a military commission.

ACLU First Amendment Minute: Illegal Torture
When senior Department of Justice lawyers provide cover for illegal torture, what happens to the lawyers?

ACLU First Amendment Minute: Jury Service
Want to get out of jury service? Well, bills are pending in the Judiciary Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature that could help you out. There is one problem: these bills are a terrible idea.

ACLU First Amendment Minute: The Killer Judge
In Texas, when they say a judge is a real killer, they mean it.

Pottygate 2
Northwestern Distric Attorney Elizabeth Scheibel recently was slammed by Superior Court Judge John Agostini over her investigation called "Pottygate."
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