The Civil Liberties Minute

Happy birthday, Woody Guthrie. You would have been 100 years old in July.

Taking on injustices, 90 seconds at a time! The Civil Liberties Minute™ podcasts--with attorney Bill Newman, director of the ACLU's western Massachusetts office--highlight threats to our civil liberties and what you can do to protect our freedoms.

Direct download: 2012-07-19-woodyguthrie.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:30am EDT

If you think you remember the presumption of innocence, you may be suffering from...a flashback.

Taking on injustices, 90 seconds at a time! The Civil Liberties Minute™ podcasts--with attorney Bill Newman, director of the ACLU's western Massachusetts office--highlight threats to our civil liberties and what you can do to protect our freedoms.

Direct download: 2012-07-19-innocence.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:29am EDT

Seek shelter immediately. This is not a test. The cell phone you are carrying is not a phone. It is something else. I repeat - this is not a test.

Taking on injustices, 90 seconds at a time! The Civil Liberties Minute™ podcasts--with attorney Bill Newman, director of the ACLU's western Massachusetts office--highlight threats to our civil liberties and what you can do to protect our freedoms.

Direct download: 2012-07-19-cellphone.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:24am EDT

Will the Supreme Court strike down or uphold the Federal Defense of Marriage Act?

Taking on injustices, 90 seconds at a time! The Civil Liberties Minute™ podcasts--with attorney Bill Newman, director of the ACLU's western Massachusetts office--highlight threats to our civil liberties and what you can do to protect our freedoms.

Direct download: 2012-07-13-doma.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:23am EDT

The interesting question about Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank's marriage is not why the national press is all atwitter, but rather, why it isn't.

Taking on injustices, 90 seconds at a time! The Civil Liberties Minute™ podcasts--with attorney Bill Newman, director of the ACLU's western Massachusetts office--highlight threats to our civil liberties and what you can do to protect our freedoms.

Direct download: 2012-07-13-barneyfrank.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:23am EDT

Here's why the ACLU legal challenge to the new Arizona Anti-Abortion Law is so very important.

Taking on injustices, 90 seconds at a time! The Civil Liberties Minute™ podcasts--with attorney Bill Newman, director of the ACLU's western Massachusetts office--highlight threats to our civil liberties and what you can do to protect our freedoms.



Direct download: 2012-07-13-azchallenge.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:21am EDT

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