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Ballot Access
- General Assembly overrides veto; Small parties laud NC ballot access law - WWAY NewsChannel 3
- Editorial: Increasing ballot access a worthy reform - Burlington Times News
- Third Parties Win Battle for Ballot Access - NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS
- WUNCPolitics Podcast: Judicial Redistricting, Ballot Access And AG ... - WUNC
- New York Inches Its Way Toward Easier Ballot Access | New York ... - New York Law Journal
GLBT
- West Virginia city passes gay rights ordinance - Seattle Times
- Russian court fines gay rights activist sharing LGBT articles on social media - Washington Times
- Gay Rights in Russia: Victim of Chechnya's Alleged Purge Shares Story of Beatings - Newsweek
- Gay rights groups feel they are under siege - The Hill
- LGBT activists worry about Trump impact in Africa - ABC News
- GOP Leaders Decry North Carolina Governor's LGBT Rights Deal - U.S. News & World Report
- Kim Davis Takes Struggle Against Gay Marriage To Another Theater: Romania - NPR
- Balkan Pride Parades Highlight Growing Support for LGBT Rights (and Politicians Are Taking Notice) - Global Voices Online
- Gay marriage is now legal on some cruise ships - New York Post
- San Diego council to support Colorado in gay rights 'wedding cake ... - The San Diego Union-Tribune
Human Rights
- King receives 2016 human rights report - Jordan Times
- EU human rights report finds Macau rule of law upheld - Macau Daily Times
- Report on Australia's human rights record to be scrutinised by UN committee - The Guardian
- Naperville ranks last among large Illinois communities for LGBTQ equality: report - Chicago Tribune
- Rwandan parliament condemns Human Rights Watch report - Xinhua
- Jordan delegates assert Kingdom's commitment to safeguarding human rights - Jordan Times
- China Is Getting Better at Undermining Global Human Rights - Foreign Policy
- Criticized for Egypt ties, France to raise human rights with al-Sisi - Reuters
- Ousted South Korean president suffering in jail, lawyers say - CNN
- Pollution Is One of World's Biggest Killers - Human Rights Watch
US/World Supreme Court News
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All Courts
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Lawsuits
- How a Comma and the NRA Changed the Constitution - THE CENTURION
- Proposal to end disclosure requirements for city ballot initiatives ... - Santa Fe New Mexican
- YouTube Demonetization Targets Conservatives... and Atheists and LGBTQs? - PJ Media
- Everything You Need To Know About Gary Johnson's Rally On The US Supreme Court Steps - The Jack News
- The Latest Obamacare Fight Centers on Insurance Subsidies. Here's What They Are and How They Will Affect Your Costs - Money Magazine
- Extremist: What the Right's Most Influential Philanthropist Really Thinks - Inside Philanthropy
- Tom Kacich: Ruling offers hope for fans of alternative parties - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
- Lawsuit seeks to allow non-Alaska residents to gather signatures for state ballot initiatives - Alaska Public Radio Network
- The racist roots of the right-wing agenda gripping Illinois | Chicago ... - Chicago Reporter
- Candidates clash in Delaware County Council debate - The Delaware County Daily Times
Initiative
- Is Direct Democracy Better Able to Withstand the Influence of Special Interests?
- The Left/Right Challenge to the Failed “War on Drugs”
- Trump in the Middle East: From ‘America First’ to Saudi and Israel first
- MEMO TO THE U.S. CONGRESS ON OBAMA GUN-RUNNING TO SYRIA
- Senators’ Letter to Saudi Ambassador: Stop Yemen Bombing
Referendum
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Civil Liberties
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Death Penalty
- Death penalty abolition 'not easy' in Thailand - Bangkok Post
- Renewed efforts to abolish death penalty - DailyNews Live - DailyNews
- 'The death penalty has no place in the 21st century' – UN chief Guterres - UN News Centre
- Tanzania: Abolish Death Sentence to Protect Rights, Govt Urged ... - AllAfrica.com
- Cuba Abstains from UN Vote Condemning LGBTQ Death Penalty - PanAm Post
- 8 Years Since Last Thai Execution, Future of Death Penalty Uncertain - Khaosod English
- Death penalty: Washington should abolish unjust practice - The News Tribune
- Pope: Catholic guide needs updating on death penalty issue - ABC News
- Assistant State's Attorney Goes By 'Coach' To Hartford Teens - Hartford Courant
- Liberia: EU Opposes Death Penalty - allAfrica.com - AllAfrica.com
Personal Rights
- Court: UW must turn over notes to animal rights group - San Francisco Chronicle
- Brutal crackdown has gay and transgender Egyptians asking: Is it ... - Los Angeles Times
- Dear America, you can't steal a personality: GDPR godfather talks ... - The Register
- Kuwait: Court Strikes Down Draconian DNA Law | Human Rights ... - Human Rights Watch
- Police chief meets with Senate rights committee - Jordan Times
- Criticized for Egypt ties, France to raise human rights with al-Sisi - Reuters
- More than 60 arrested as Egypt cracks down on gay community ... - Washington Post
- Egyptian crackdown on LGBT community creates fears among gays - USA TODAY
- The Framers never intended unlimited individual gun ownership - Philly.com
- No agreement at EU summit on citizens' rights despite reassurances from Theresa May - Telegraph.co.uk
Economic Liberty
- A new report suggests Americans enjoy greater economic liberty than they used to, but there's still more work to be ... - National Review
- Trump Taps Simons for FTC Chair - Multichannel News
- ASU will display rare first edition of 'The Federalist' during Gammage run of 'Hamilton' - AZCentral.com
- Protest This, Colin: The US Now Ranks 11th In Economic Freedom, Thanks To Obama - Investor's Business Daily
- Local business owners lose appeal in Georgia Supreme Court - Daily Tribune News
- Have Hurricanes Wiped Out Puerto Rico Investors' Hopes? - Investor's Business Daily
- Democracy Vs. Liberty: Trump Fails To Understand The Founders, As Have All Presidents Since Wilson - Forbes
- Embracing Populism Means Ignoring the Common Good - Bloomberg - Bloomberg
- Trump Nominates Libertarian-Minded Texas Justice Don Willett to US Appellate Court - Reason (blog)
- Free Markets Make the World a Better Place - Reason.com - Reason (blog)
Env’t Citizen Action
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Electoral Progress
- Demographic voter information collected by EMBs
- Case studies of risk factors for electoral violence
- Intra-party democracy and elections in Latin and South America
- Safe disposal of indelible ink
- "Zombie" election monitors
- Limits to universal suffrage
- Enforcing codes of conduct
- Post-graduate programmes on electoral management/administration?
- National Electoral Commission of Somaliland
- International observer reports and election disputes
Open Borders/Trade
- Europe's New Political Equation: Anti-Open Borders Plus Tax Cuts Equals Winning - Forbes
- Jeff Sessions wants open borders, but only for police | Sonoran News - Sonoran News
- Nationalist Shakeup In Germany Will Force Merkel's Hand On Taxes, Open Borders - Forbes
- Countries with the Most Open Borders, According to Perception - U.S. News & World Report
- UK Industry Fights to Keep Borders Open Post Brexit - AdAge.com
- The libertarian case for open borders - Washington Post
- Soros Transfers $18 BILLION To His Open Society Foundations - The Daily Caller
- Cheap Labor, Open Borders Swamp Embraces Trump's DHS Pick: 'Experience Being Valued over Outsiders' - Breitbart News
- UK ad industry demands open borders - Warc
- Europe offers Asean a lesson in the dangers of open borders - The Nation
Privatization NEWS
- Massive Water Privatization Program to End in Jakarta After 18 Years - Voice of America
- Commissioner wants to study privatization of prison - PA home page
- Saudi Postal plans new distribution centers with view to privatization ... - Al-Arabiya
- Aviation united against ATC 'privatization' at NBAA - AOPA Pilot
- Miracle on Hudson pilot: Don't privatize air traffic control - USA TODAY
- Brazil's Privatization Push - U.S. News & World Report
- AFGE ramping up anti-privatization campaign, as VA readies new ... - FederalNewsRadio.com
- Other Views: Kansas must be wary of privatization - The Garden City Telegram
- Union: Privatization effort 'failed' - Boston Herald
- Public Educators Share Fallout on Personalized Learning, Privatization and Edtech - EdSurge
Sister City
- Japan trip planned to celebrate sister city anniversary - Glens Falls Post-Star
- Clarksville, TN Welcomes Visitors from South Korean Sister City - HuffPost
- Helping Dickinson's sister city | The Dickinson Press - The Dickinson Press
- Asheville hosts group from sister city in Mexico - WLOS
- Burlington welcoming visitors from Mexican Sister City - Burlington Times News
- SLO seeks help for Puerto Rico by working to establish sister city status relationship - KEYT
- Jones Elementary hosts visitors from Asheville's sister city - WLOS
- Cosenza group makes sister city visit - Kenosha News
- Sylvania set to celebrate 25th anniversary of sister-city partnership - Toledo Blade
- Seeking funding applications to help local and sister city communities - The Charlottesville Newsplex
Union Rights
- California judicial employees gain union rights with new law - Sacramento Bee
- The Better Deal That America's Workers Deserve - Governing
- CSU Employment Union picket for fair pay and equal work rights - Golden Gate Xpress
- A con con threatens NY workers' rights - New York Daily News
- State workers protest as Michigan Civil Service Commission meets. - Lansing State Journal
- Understanding the Constitutional Convention vote - Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
- Will the Supreme Court Unravel Public Employee Unions? - The Atlantic
- Debs Award makes history with presentation to labor organization - Terre Haute Tribune Star
- As Sen. Sanders, Lt. Gov. Newsom Stress Need for Single Payer Bills, Nurse Union Delegates Re-Affirm Call for ... - Common Dreams
- Not everyone's desperate for Amazon's second headquarters - Mashable
Ballot Access
- Alabama Libertarian Party Runs a Write-in Candidate for U.S. Senate Special Election
- New Zealand 2017 Election
- Two Useful Publications for 2016 Election Returns Expected in November 2017
- Utah Poll for Special U.S. House Election
- Another Maine Legislator Switches to Independent
- Alaska Democratic Party Wins Lawsuit on Who Can Run in the Party’s Primary
- North Carolina News Media Carry News of Passage of Ballot Access Bill
- North Carolina Ballot Access Bill Enacted into Law
- North Carolina Senate Again Passes the Ballot Access Bill
- California Reduces Number of Signatures Needed on Petitions in Lieu of Filing Fee
Civ. Lib.–ACLU
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FIJA/Jury
- -Jury Smacks Down Kangaroo Court in Bundy Trial
- -Federal Judge Upholds Anti-Free Speech Order
- -Ed Forchion Denied Pretrial Release
- -My Birthday Wish List for FIJA!
- -Alabama Set to Kill a Man Against His Jury’s Wishes
- -How Jury Nullification Contributed to Emancipation (and How Government Tried to Thwart It)
- -Trial by Jury Crucial in Malheur Refuge Occupation Acquittals
- -Another Threat of Illegal Arrest at Denver Courthouse
- -Long-Term Jury Nullification Campaign Paying off in New Hampshire
- -Mike Fellows, Montana FIJA State Contact, Died This Week
GOA Gun Rights
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Rights Watch
- Pollution Is One of World’s Biggest Killers
- Risk of Sexual Violence Around Kenya’s Repeat Election
- Kyrgyzstan: President-Elect Should Make Rights a Priority
- Indonesia: US Documents Released on 1965-66 Massacres
- Pakistan’s Deportation of Turkish Family Shows Many at Risk
- Pakistan: Election to UN Rights Body Spotlights Failings
- World Bank Presses Uzbekistan to End Forced Labor
- China: Abolish Secret Detention But Ensure Rights Protections
- Burma: New Satellite Images Confirm Mass Destruction
- World Bank Accountability Body Addresses Attacks on Critics
Freedom House
- Freedom House and Partners Launch Project to Rebuild Support for Democracy
- Turkey: Detention of Kavala Escalates Attacks against Civil Society
- The Far Right’s Gains Challenge German Democracy
- A Journalist’s Death Highlights Obstacles for Maltese Press
- Venezuela: La oposición necesita una nueva y más inclusiva estrategia
- Venezuela: Consejo Nacional Electoral suprime votos en elecciones regionales
- Does Democracy’s Toehold in Myanmar Outweigh the Lives of the Rohingya?
- Ukraine Should Release Journalist Detained Due to Azerbaijan’s Misuse of Interpol
- Venezuela: Opposition Needs New, Inclusive Strategy
- U.S. Congress Should Call Ethiopia’s Bluff
New Civil Rights
- US State Dept. Releases #SpiritDay Video, Neglects to Do Actual Work of Supporting LGBT People
- WATCH: Crowd Chants 'Four More Years' as Barack Obama Campaigns for Democrat in NJ Governor's Race
- General John Kelly Just Admitted Trump Totally Lied About Call to Fallen Soldier's Wife
- Trump Doubles Down on Conspiracy Theory: 'Real Russia Story' Isn't Collusion but Clinton Involvement in Selling Russia Uranium
- WATCH: George W. Bush Just Delivered a Speech Attacking Bigotry, Nativism, and White Supremacism. Guess Who He Was Talking About?
- Christian Trumpbro Calls Same-Sex Couple 'Intolerant' of His Beliefs, Follows and Lectures Them for 'Abnormal' Behavior
- Brother Testifies 8 Year Old Boy, Allegedly Killed Because He Was Gay, Was Forced to Eat Cat Feces and His Own Vomit
- 345 Days After the Election Trump Tweets Debunked Conspiracy Theory Attacking Clinton
- LISTEN: Trump Judicial Nominee Proudly Admits He Discriminates Against Gay People, Because Jesus
- Roy Moore Says It's 'Against the Law' for NFL Players to Take a Knee
Marihuana
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MPP
- Controversial New Hampshire Marijuana Study Commission Holds First Meeting
- Kentucky Republican Senate Leader Proposes Regulating Marijuana
- What Are the N.J. Gubernatorial Candidates’ Views on Marijuana Policy?
- South Dakota Enters Final Month for Signature Collection
- Voters Defeat Business Bans in Alaska
- Washington to Consider Allowing Home Cultivation
- Atlanta City Council Approves Decriminalizing Marijuana
- D.C. Bill Would Dramatically Expand Access to Dispensaries
- Maryland Expungement Bill Becomes Law
- Marijuana Arrests Increasing Nationally Despite State Reforms
NarcoNews
- Joe T. Hodo: Make Disasters More Profitable!
- Former Anti-Drug Agents: Pardoned Arizona Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio Harassed Black and Hispanic Law Enforcers at the DEA
- I'm So Bored (Karaoke Version)
- Kremlin’s Quid Pro Quo Deal With Trump Camp Comes Into Focus
- El Joe T. Hodo Show Ep. 4: Padre Solalinde / Las Patronas
- Trump’s Business Venture in the Dominican Republic Could Become a Strangling Alliance
- Vice President Pence Has Cause to Support Trump’s Kremlin-Friendly Agenda
- Training for the Resistance: Tell Your Story
- 20 Scholarships Available For The School of Authentic Journalism, This August in Mexico
- "The Drive to Keep the Struggle Going and Never Stop"
OpenMarket
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Participative: TAI
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RPPI Privatization
- Congress Has Opportunity to Reform our Low-Tech Air Traffic Control System
- A Vote to Modernize the Air Traffic Control System
- Californias Bail System Is Unjust and Expensive
- Self-Driving Cars Delivering Pizza in Other States Should Worry California
- Congress Should Repeal Sports Gambling Ban, Let California Chart its Own Path
- Surface Transportation News #168
- Perpetual Mismanagement Threatens Solvency of the Chicago Pension Systems
- Air Traffic Control Newsletter #147
- Pension Reform Newsletter - September 2017
- Express Transit Lanes for Toll Roads
Tax/Asset Prot’n
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Woodhull
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Stossel
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SCOTUS Rpt
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Truth On Market
- Strong Patent Protection Promotes Strong Economies
- IMG-Learfield: An antitrust reality check on two-sided market mergers
- Single Firm Conduct: European Competition Policy, the European Court of Justice, and Brexit
- Developing an Economically Efficient American Trade Policy to Deal with Distortionary Government Subsidies: Brexit and Beyond
- The antitrust laws are not some meta-legislation authorizing whatever regulation activists want: Labor market edition
- The Allergan-Mohawk deal: An ingenious strategy to avoid an unbalanced IPR process
- How a Patent Office Agency Undermines Patent Rights and Cripples Innovation – and What Can Be Done About It
- Democratic Party “Better Deal” Antitrust Proposals Would be a “Worse Deal” for the American Economy and Consumers
- When Should the Government Provide Public Goods?
- Congressional Review Act Should Be Used to Strike Down Ill-Advised CFPB Arbitration Rule
Volokh
- [David Post] Ragtime!
- [David Post] Is the Supreme Court allergic to math?
- [Robert Natelson] Dickinson’s contributions to the Constitution
- [Ilya Somin] Federal court rules against Travel Ban 3.0 because it discriminates against Muslims
- [Eugene Volokh] Senate candidate Roy Moore claims kneeling during national anthem violates federal law
- [Robert Natelson] John Dickinson during the Continental and Confederation periods
- [Orin Kerr] Who can access your e-mails after you die?
- [Ilya Somin] Federal court blocks enforcement of Trump’s Travel Ban 3.0
- [Eugene Volokh] FCC chairman rejects possibility (raised by Trump) of revoking broadcasters’ licenses for supposed ‘Fake News’
- [Eugene Volokh] Can public high school student be kicked off cheerleading for using vulgarity off-campus?
TOTM
- Strong Patent Protection Promotes Strong Economies
- IMG-Learfield: An antitrust reality check on two-sided market mergers
- Single Firm Conduct: European Competition Policy, the European Court of Justice, and Brexit
- Developing an Economically Efficient American Trade Policy to Deal with Distortionary Government Subsidies: Brexit and Beyond
- The antitrust laws are not some meta-legislation authorizing whatever regulation activists want: Labor market edition
- The Allergan-Mohawk deal: An ingenious strategy to avoid an unbalanced IPR process
- How a Patent Office Agency Undermines Patent Rights and Cripples Innovation – and What Can Be Done About It
- Democratic Party “Better Deal” Antitrust Proposals Would be a “Worse Deal” for the American Economy and Consumers
- When Should the Government Provide Public Goods?
- Congressional Review Act Should Be Used to Strike Down Ill-Advised CFPB Arbitration Rule
Africa: Rights
- Liberia:'Amendment of Rape Law Terrible'
- Tanzania:12 Men Arrested for 'Promoting Homosexuality'
- Zimbabwe:Mujuru a Vendor, Says Party Spokesperson
- Tanzania:Zanzibar Imams Want Severe Punishment for Homosexuality
- Nigeria:Humanitarian Crisis in Nigeria 'Most Severe' - Unocha
- South Africa:Life Esidimeni MD - 'Doctors Failed to Speak Out'
- Southern Africa:Mandela Wasn't Perfect, but He Was No Sellout
- Egypt:EOHR Disputes the New NGO Law At the State Council and Calls Upon Egyptian Civil Society Organizations to Join the Case
- Africa:Anti-Slavery Day 2017
- Nigeria:Group Wants Govt to Overhaul Prison Facilities, Address Congestion
Africa: Priv’n
- Nigeria:Govt to Review Power Sector Privatisation
- Nigeria:We Cannot Cancel Privatisation of Power Sector - Buhari
- Sudan:Port Sudan Workers Decry Privatisation
- South Africa:South Africa Needs to Sober Up to Save Itself From Sickly State-Owned Enterprises
- South Africa:Private Sector Must Also Be Censured When at Fault - Ex Deputy Finance Minister
New Europe
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