Saturday, January 24, 2015

Left Side of the Aisle #190





Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of January 22-28, 2015

This week:
Good News (mostly) - feds largely end corrupt "Equitable Sharing" civil asset forfeiture program
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/16/holder-asset-forfeiture_n_6488816.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/08/left-side-of-aisle-120-part-1.html
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/02/are-police-stealing-people-s-property.html
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/05/2411801/five-egregious-ways-police-are-seizing-property-from-those-never-accused-of-a-crime/
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/bottom_line/2013/01/motel-caswell-owner-victorious-over-feds.html?page=all
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/01/16/breaking-down-holders-move-to-limit-civil-asset-forfeiture-abuse/
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/11/11/3591031/in-asset-seizure-programs-officials-advise-cops-if-in-doubt-take-it/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/holder-ends-seized-asset-sharing-process-that-split-billions-with-local-state-police/2015/01/16/0e7ca058-99d4-11e4-bcfb-059ec7a93ddc_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/01/19/more-fallout-from-eric-holders-changes-to-civil-asset-forfeiture-law/

Update: NY governor to propose increase in state minimum wage
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/18/andrew-cuomo-minimum-wage_n_6497286.html

Update: SCOTUS takes up same-sex marriage
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/16/supreme-court-gay-marriage_n_6439926.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/16/kennedy-supreme-court-gay-marriage_n_6489434.html

Footnote: American Family Association demands Kagan, Ginsburg recuse themselves from marriage equality cases
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/19/1358815/-AFA-demands-Ginsburg-and-Kagan-recuse-themselves-from-marriage-equality-cases

Footnote: Media says loss on same-sex marriage good news for Republicans
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/us/politics/marriage-case-offers-gop-political-cover.html?_r=0
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1938/1938_696
http://www.parentsagainstgunviolence.com/tag/dc-v-heller/

Clown Award: Fox News host Jeanine Pirro
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/14/joe-walsh-tweet-islamists_n_6472948.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/14/jamie-dimon-banks-assault_n_6470358.html
http://www.vox.com/2015/1/12/7533159/fox-news-pirro-rant

Outrage of the Week: National Research Council says no viable alternative to bulk data collection by NSA
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/science-panel-no-alternative-to-bulk-collection/2015/01/15/9dcc77c4-9cd1-11e4-86a3-1b56f64925f6_story.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Passcode/2015/0116/Privacy-advocates-say-NSA-reform-doesn-t-require-technological-magic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_are_known_knowns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v7YtTnon90
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-shouldnt-keep-phone-database-review-board-recommends/2013/12/18/f44fe7c0-67fd-11e3-a0b9-249bbb34602c_story.html
http://www.pclob.gov/Library/215-Report_on_the_Telephone_Records_Program-2.pdf

Everything You Need to Know: about the state of the economy in one sentence
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/16/southern-education-foundation-children-poverty_n_6489970.html

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