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The federal government steps in – and has the capacity to do so – when, for example, civil liberties are being violated.
How much longer can we ignore the fact that, in raising the bogeyman of “Chechen terrorism,” the Russian government is suppressing the liberties gained when the Soviet empire collapsed?
Elected parliaments do not own our liberties.
They safeguard them, and should not diminish those liberties without an explicit mandate.
The revelations and resulting debates in recent months have shown that many US politicians are also uneasy about the liberties taken by the secret services.
Thus, our first task is legal and judicial reform, and here we are given hope by the courage of Ukraine’s Supreme Court, which in overturning the stolen election of November 21 upheld the law and the liberties of Ukrainians against a regime determined to sweep them away.
In renewing our liberties, we will renew our unity.
How long will the war last and how does it relate to civil liberties and alliances?
Much international attention has focused on the USA Patriot Act's sanctioning of grave violations of civil liberties, and on the subsequent treatment of thousands of immigrants--particularly south Asian Muslims--who have faced secret detention and deportation.
Or can they, short of committing unconstitutional acts, take some liberties with the democratic processes in the name of honorable and necessary ends, perhaps even in the name of securing the future of democracy itself?
And securing basic liberties through the use of disputable, though not illegal, processes may in the end prove truly democratic.
Rich countries are places where investors feel secure in their property rights, the rule of law prevails, private incentives are aligned with social objectives, monetary and fiscal policies are solidly grounded, risks are mediated through social insurance, and citizens have recourse to civil liberties and political representation.
The system of robber capitalism that has taken hold in that country is so iniquitous that people may well turn to a charismatic leader promising national revival at the cost of civil liberties.
Young people and civil-society groups are increasingly focused on how to secure individual rights, and regard their civil liberties as a precursor to, rather than the result of, statehood.
The Puzzle of Liberal DemocracyPRINCETON – Nearly two decades ago, the political commentator Fareed Zakaria wrote a prophetic article called “The Rise of the Illiberal Democracy,” in which he worried about the rise of popular autocrats with little regard for the rule of law and civil liberties.
Maybe it requires instead, the development over time of a culture of tolerance and civil liberties.
But the liberties of Europeans will not be better served by blowing up the institutions that were carefully constructed in the ruins of the last calamitous European war.
If any institution (including the Supreme Court) exercises unfettered, unaccountable power, the erosion of civil liberties, and the spread of day-to-day injustices, fascism will not be far behind.
This means regular elections, a democratic constitution, and civil society, coupled with electoral fraud, skewed representation, human rights violations, and restrictions on civil liberties.
Snowden claims that he acted according to his conscience, to protect “basic liberties for people around the world.”
To avoid the Soviet Union’s fate, Xi and his colleagues have re-imposed ideological control and curtailed civil liberties.
Islam’s part in the deal must include a guarantee of human rights and civil liberties, improvement in women’s status, and realistic policies to stem the Islamic world’s demographic explosion.
The EU parliamentarians called the Polish government’s actions a witch-hunt, and Geremek declared Poland’s “lustration” law a threat to civil liberties.
Nor has the inconsistency between China’s capitalism and its lack of civil liberties been resolved yet.
The latter category includes an increasing assault on civil liberties within the United States that now compares to that of Richard Nixon’s administration more than thirty years ago.
Of course, civil liberties were bound to suffer in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
In the twentieth century, abuses of civil liberties were particularly severe during four periods.
Though Americans tend to lump Nixon’s violations of civil liberties together under the heading of “Watergate,” much more was involved than the break-in at Democratic Party headquarters and the subsequent cover-up.
Another secret assault on civil liberties was Nixon’s adoption of the “Huston Plan” which authorized political surveillance by burglary, electronic eavesdropping, and the use of the military to spy on civilians.
Indeed, a hallmark of the Bush administration’s violations of civil liberties is that many involve efforts to evade judicial review.
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