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Rand Paul Meets TSA Civil Rights Issues Print E-mail
Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 12:53 pm

By:  Kate Fischer, ACLU of Kentucky intern

Senator Rand Paul is no novice when it comes to frequent flyer miles. But by some standards, he may now be an expert on the invasive TSA policies and procedures for screening passengers. In an interview with FOX news, Paul explained that “This morning I went through the screener, and the machine said there was a hot spot near my knee. So I showed them my knee and pulled my sock down and felt that would be sufficient. But they wanted to do a pat-down exam. I said I would walk back to the screener. They said no, you either get a pat-down or you don't fly."

Senator Paul was escorted to a cubicle where he made a cell phone call to his office informing them that he would miss his speaking engagement. TSA officials then told him that because he used his cellphone he would be getting a full pat-down.

 

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Louisville.com Writer on the Death Penalty Print E-mail
Friday, January 6, 2012, 9:40 am

by Keith Rouda
The time to end the death penalty in Kentucky has come.

A report released earlier this month on a two year assessment conducted by the American Bar Association [ABA] found that Kentucky's death penalty system is so broken and unfair that the state should declare a moratorium on executions. A moratorium would be a good start, and if Kentucky voters have any say in the matter, one will be imposed sooner rather than later. A survey conducted right before the report was released showed that strong majorities of likely 2012 Kentucky voters support a death penalty moratorium, and these majorities go across party affiliation, gender, and even geography within the state.


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Source: Lake Research Partners survey of 405 likely November 2012 Kentucky voters, Nov. 30–Dec. 4, 2011, margin of error (±4.9%)

But a moratorium doesn't go far enough. The time has come to end the death penalty in Kentucky once and for all. (If you agree, sign this petition that will be delivered to Governor Beshear and members of the Kentucky House and Kentucky Senate.)

Read the full Louisville.com story here.

 
Civil Liberties Issues Before the U.S. Supreme Court Print E-mail
Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 9:55 am

Central Kentucky Civil Liberties Union (CKCLU) Program

 Title:  Civil Liberties Issues Before the U.S. Supreme Court

 

Date/Time:  Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 7:00 p.m.

 

Place:   Temple Adath Israel

124 North Ashland Avenue

Lexington, KY 40502

(859) 269-2979

 

Panelists:

Paul Salamanca

Wyatt, Tarrant and Combs Professor of Law, UK College of Law

Allison Connelly

Director of the UK Legal Clinic and Associate Clinical Professor of Law, UK College of Law

Roberta M. Harding

William L. Matthews Professor of Law, UK College of Law

Nicole Huberfield

Galion & Baker Professor of Law, UK College of Law

CLEs (Continuing Legal Education Units): pending  

Panelist bios:

Paul E. Salamanca

Paul E. Salamanca is the Wyatt, Tarrant and Combs Professor of Law. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1983 and Boston College Law School in 1989, where he was a note editor for the Boston College Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif.


Professor Salamanca served as a law clerk to Judge David H. Souter of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and subsequently clerked for Justice Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court. He practiced law with the firm of Debevoise & Plimpton in New York from 1991 to 1994 and was a visiting assistant professor of law at Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans before joining the faculty at UK in June 1995.


Professor Salamanca writes in the areas of separation of powers, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and privacy. He has published articles on these subjects in the University of Cincinnati Law Review, the Missouri Law Review, the Georgia Law Review and the Kentucky Law Journal, among other places

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