Civil Liberties and Constitutional Issues

Civil Liberties and Constitutional Issues – Web Resources

Text of the Bill of Rights.

 Georgia Civil Liberties Union. Issues briefs, reports, news links, case histories, activism opportunities.

Alliance For Justice. Nationally-based coalition dedicated to ensuring access to justice, strengthening the public interest community and fostering the next generation of advocates.

Bill of Rights Defense Committee. Suggestions for activism, links to articles and other sites.

First Amendment Center. News, opinions, case histories, additional resources about all 1st Amendment issues. Includes a page on student expression in public schools.

Association of Research Libraries’ Copyright and Intellectual Property page. Legislation, resources, links.

American Constitution Society. An organization promoting equality and access to justice for all individuals of U.S. society. ACS demonstrates a progressive vision of the law on issues such as privacy, freedom of speech, immigration, and international human rights.

Center for Constitutional Rights. Organization to protect and advance civil rights given by Constitution and Human Rights Declarations. Includes news on legal decisions concerning civil liberties and human rights as well as analysis of anti-terrorism legislation.

Major Political Parties

Georgia Republican Party

Republican National Committee.

Republican Party platform.

Democratic Party of Georgia.

Democratic National Committee.

Democratic Party platform.

Third Parties

Georgia Green Party

Green Party of the United States.

Green Party platform.

Libertarian Party of Georgia.

Libertarian Party.

Libertarian Party platform.

Government / Politics Links:

Georgia.Gov. Georgia’s Official Government Website.

Georgia’s General Assembly. Official website of the Georgia General Assembly.

Atlanta Journal Constitution – Georgia Politics. Political news with a Georgia focus, including the Georgia Legislature, Congress, White House, presidential elections and Georgia Congressional Districts. 

Georgia Public Broadcasting – Politics. The latest Georgia political and legislative news from Georgia Public Broadcasting.

Georgia Pol. GeorgiaPol.com strives to be “the” media hub for news, analysis, opinion, and discussion of politics and policy in the state of Georgia.

Political Information.com. A targeted, nonpartisan search engine just for politics and policy.

Public Agenda. A nonpartisan opinion research organization.