Left Side of the Aisle #102

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of April 4-10, 2013

Good news #1: Not-so-secret drones
http://www.salon.com/2013/03/15/federal_court_cia_cant_ignore_foias_on_drones/?source=newsletter
http://www.aclu.org/national-security/dc-appeals-court-rejects-cias-secrecy-claims-aclus-targeted-killing-foia-lawsuit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/14/cia-aclu-drone-secrecy

Good news #2: UN treaty on arms sales
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/un-adopts-arms-treaty-global-weapons-trade_n_2999505.html
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/02/u_n_adopts_arms_treaty/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/worlds-top-5-arms-exporters_n_2899052.html

Good news #3: SCOTUS says "Down, boy!"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/26/drug-sniffing-dogs-unconstitutional-search_n_2956079.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

Good news#4: Same-sex marriage continues to gain
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/mark-kirk-gay-marriage_n_2999668.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2013/0330/Gay-marriage-opinion-shift-conservative-lawmakers-pundits-left-scrambling/%28page%29/2
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/26/supreme-court-proposition-8_n_2950615.html
http://mediamatters.org/research/2009/05/12/oreillys-ark-gay-marriage-could-lead-to-goat-du/150069
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/27/bill-oreilly-gay-marriage-thump-bible_n_2962110.html
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/02/alan_keyes_gay_marriage_is_the_archetype_of_all_crimes_against_humanity/
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/02/baptist_pastor_calvin_butts_marriage_equality_is_the_freedom_god_has_given_you/

Clown Award: Georgia GOP chair Sue Everhart
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/sue-everhart-gay-marriage_n_2991860.html

Outrage of the Week: Wal-mart will brook no opposition
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/20/cvs-workers-insurance_n_2915006.html
http://ehbs.kff.org/pdf/2012/8346.pdf
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/25/us-walmart-trespass-lawsuit-idUSBRE92O0W820130325
http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/295341.html
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-03-26/news/os-walmart-sues-orange-protesters-20130326_1_wal-mart-workers-wal-mart-employees-wal-mart-stores
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SLAPP
http://www.anti-slapp.org/
http://www.anti-slapp.org/recent/in-a-new-aisle-energy-drinks-sidestep-some-rules/

Update #1: More transparency reports
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/us-law-enforcement-gets-most-customer-data-from-microsoft/

Update #2: Keystone XL pipeline
http://www.salon.com/2013/03/26/states_keystone_report_authors_also_okayed_explosive_caspian_pipeline/?source=newsletter