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    President Obama's statement in support of marriage equality was a huge boon to the human rights movement, but the fight continues.
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    A new report from Columbia University makes a compelling case that Texas executed an innocent man in 1989.
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Supreme Court to Hear Amnesty FISA Challenge
 
The US Supreme Court agreed to hear our challenge to the constitutionality of the FISA Act that allows for "dragnet" surveillance of emails and phone calls without warrant.
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