Adam Wagner writes: The Protection of Freedoms Bill received its second reading in Parliament yesterday, followed by debate. The bill will have significant implications for civil liberties, although some of the changes, such as those relating to the retention of DNA, the reduction of child protection police checks, and police stop and search, have arisen…
Category: Laws
NH Bill Would Make Some Airport Screening Sexual Assault
Lawmakers and residents engaged in heated debate Tuesday over a bill that would make random airport security pat-downs and body scans criminal in New Hampshire. The bill (HB628-FN) “makes the touching or viewing with a technological device of a person’s breasts or genitals by a government security agent without probable cause a sexual assault,” according…
RI lawmakers look to shield Social Security digits
Associated Press reports: Two Rhode Island lawmakers are pushing legislation to stop businesses from asking for the last four digits of customers’ Social Security numbers. The state already prohibits businesses from recording a person’s entire Social Security number on a personal check. But many routinely ask to record part of the number. Read more on…
GOP War on Women: If You Have Sex, Republicans Want to Pry In Your Private Parts
Amanda Marcotte writes: With a recent surge in unprecedented attacks on reproductive rights—federal assaults on women’s right to use private funding for abortion and the House attempting to defund Planned Parenthood—it certainly seems like it’s high season for misogyny. In the woman-hating clamor, one story has risen to the top: a Georgia state legislator (Republican,…