The RISE Stronger Justice and Civil Liberties Policy Working Group is dedicated to ensuring the rights of all people in a free and fair society. We will hold the powerful to account to protect the rights of all Americans. We will guard against policies that threaten free speech, reproductive justice, privacy, the fair application of of criminal justice and police, or any other aspect of a just society.
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Dec 15, 2017
Call to Action: End Backdoor Searches of Americans and Other Abuses in U.S. Intelligence Law Congress will soon decide the fate of the law that governs America's main foreign intelligence spying program. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) will expire this December 31st, requiring Congressional approval to reauthorize. This sunset and reauthorization is an opportunity to implement needed reforms. One of the most important is to end "back door" searches. This reform would require law enforcement agencies like the FBI to get a probable cause warrant approved by a judge before they search the vast troves of NSA communications data for evidence of crimes that can be used against U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents.... READ MORE |
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Oct 4, 2017
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Apr 22, 2017
The group was created. |