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Journalists unable to report on Michael Brown protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Some reporters were detained and later released. Violating freedom of press.

Journalists unable to report on Michael Brown protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Some reporters were detained and later released. Violating freedom of press.

Journalists unable to report on Michael Brown protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Some reporters were detained and later released. Violating freedom of press.

This website is written by Jonathan Turley who writes about how the government has erroded civil liberties and continues to violate the constitution with unlawful policies.

This article summarizes ten different situations that violate American's personal freedom. The main source of these violations stems back to the government.

Prayer has been a topic of some controversy with the public school systems in America for over 50 years, it has been federally banned other than silent prayers, and in some states it has been banned all together. This is a disgusting violation of Americans first amendment right, as well as our inalienable rights as human of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, for some prayer is a pursuit of happiness. To ban ones ability to pray in school, while they are being taught as if God were not real, is a outrageous violation of the rights of not just Christians, but Islamic folk, and people of Jewish decent. Prayer offers peace, and a hope for salvation, and a denial of such ability in a place where most students attend is an outrageous violation of our rights as humans, and as Americans.

I am on the fence with this topic. I think that all Americans should have the right to pray in school but on the other hand I feel that it may be disrespectful to the third party. This is a tough topic for all people weather they are religious or not.

America is the land of opportunity and freedom. We have the freedom to follow any religion. I think that banning prayer in schools is something that takes away from that right. If it's pray is part of the religion, why is it frowned upon and seen as disrespectful? Our country should respect and go for what it stands for.

It is not illegal for someone from the government to violate your privacy. If they have a warrant or not they can still invade your personal life. If they do not have a warrant and find you not guilty then the police officer would be punished.

Employees from entry-level to top executive have tattoos ever since tattoos moved into mainstream society. In some instances, banning tattoos completely can violate the law. However, for most a well placed tattoo that can be easily hidden doesn't cause a problem

Employees from entry-level to top executive have tattoos ever since tattoos moved into mainstream society. In some instances, banning tattoos completely can violate the law. However, for most a well placed tattoo that can be easily hidden doesn't cause a problem

This article addresses the issues of free speech and privacy in the digital age. Both areas of personal freedoms that are at risk today. The article goes in detail about ways they are both violated by the digital age and the issues that go along with both topics

This article addresses the issues of free speech and privacy in the digital age. Both areas of personal freedoms that are at risk today. The article goes in detail about ways they are both violated by the digital age and the issues that go along with both topics

This article goes over the recent pardon of Arpaio and how it risks future racial profiling and violation of rights for citizens. Arpaio demonstrated harsh practices like keeping inmates outside in scorching summers, and working in chain gangs. He has already been in contempt of court for racial profiling and violating citizens' Fourth Amendment rights.

I'm not sure this Arpaio pardon will encourage others to racial profile for immigration purposes. Arpaio was the lead candidate for this kind of behavior and I'm not sure others are rushing to follow his footsteps .

This article gives a few examples of reporters being persecuted in some countries. There's examples from being arrested, to sentenced over 400 lashes for publishing "false information."

This article relates to the Fourth Amendment; unreasonable search and seizure. The question is; does GPS and DNA violate our Fourth Amendment if utilized without our knowledge?

In Michigan State police is able to download information from the cell phones of people they pull over. It is a violation of the Constitution's 4th Amendment.

In Mississippi children are sent to jail for minor offenses like dress code or disrespect. The majority of those kids is either handicaped or black.

Religious freedom violation that had to do with the Obamacare mandate. Talks about how current organizations rely on our religious freedoms.

Recent debate over the nurse getting fired from not taking the flu shot. Talks about if it is a violation of personal freedom necessary safety measure for people working in the hospital

Nudity is legal in the state of California but has been banned in San Francisco. Many support the ban but others say that it violates their rights.

With all the scientific advances in human genetics, it won't be long until we are capable of manipulating genes purely for modification. This violates the right of identity by never giving the individual a chance to decide if they want to leave their traits to nature instead of science.

This article highlights a recent release of information from the NSA regarding the number of personal e-mails they "inadvertently" ended up collecting through a mistake. According to The Washington Post during a three year period the NSA collected up to 56,000 personal e-mails with no links to terrorism whatsoever. The article concludes stating that these findings were brought to light because of several different lawsuits currently levied against the NSA for violating personal privacy rights.

A federal judge ruled in favor of a lumber company who opposed providing contraceptive coverage to employees on the grounds that it violated the companies religious beliefs. The article details an example of a for-profit company winning an exemption.

This article talks about how many times the National Security Agency violated American's rights with the unauthorized surveillance of many Americans. Some of these cases were unintentional and some were intentional. The number reported was said to only have covered a few of the NSA locations but not all.

Now that it is mandatory in the US to have health insurance or pay a penalty, people are responding more to the issue. Supporters say that imposing this law makes health care affordable for everyone. People who oppose to these laws say that it violates our personal freedom.

This article discusses the cause of warrant less wire tapping. It also explores the question of whether or not warrant-less wiretapping is a violation of the fourth amendment.