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Police in riot gear line up near the scene of riots ahead of a 10 p.m. curfew Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Baltimore. The curfew was imposed after unrest in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

FBI spy planes flew over Baltimore 10 times during Freddie Gray protests: documents

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 6, 2013 file photo, a sign stands outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Federal court won’t halt phone-snooping program during transition

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

MQ-9 Reaper drone fires a missile. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

ACLU demands CIA disclose details on drone program after document leak

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

ACLU Attacks on Religious Freedom Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: ACLU campaigns to force Catholic hospitals to provide abortions

By Robert Knight

This Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, photo, shows the WhatsApp and Facebook app icons on an iPhone in New York. (AP Photo/Karly Domb Sadof) ** FILE **

ACLU urges Congress to thwart spies by embracing encryption

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

The Stingray, manufactured by Harris Corp. of Melbourne, Florida, is a cellular site simulator used for surveillance. (Associated Press/File)

Use of StingRay cellphone trackers draws privacy concerns

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

ACLU Removing Religion from the Health Care System Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: Liberals view religious freedom as sex discrimination

By Robert Knight

April Miller, left, and her partner Karen Roberts read the decision of the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals refusing to hear Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis' appeal ordering her to issue marriage licenses because of her religious beliefs in Morehead, Ky., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Same-sex couple cheers gay marriage ruling in Kentucky

By Claire Galofaro and Adam Beam - Associated Press

A voter can be seen in a voting booth Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014 in Honolulu. Despite the rains and winds from Tropical Storm Iselle that pounded the state Friday, Hawaii will hold primary elections today. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

ROBERT KNIGHT: Attack on election reforms

By Robert Knight

In a photo from Aug. 23, 2014, people rally at the State House in Lansing, Mich., as part of the Michigan Pride Parade and Rally. A push to update Michigan's anti-discrimination law to include protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender residents is stalled, as Republicans insist it would have to include religious liberty exemptions and Democrats say it is not negotiable. (AP Photo/Lansing State Journal, Robert Killips)

LGBT funders fuel fight against religious liberty laws

By Kevin Jones - Catholic News Agency

Police car lights. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Florida cop accused of treating inmate like animal, caught on camera

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 6, 2013 file photo, a sign stands outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Civil liberties groups push to end NSA bulk collection of phone records

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

April DeBoer, center left, and Jayne Rowse, center right, attend Michigan Adoption Day with their family to finalize their adoption of 2-year-old Rylee DeBoer-Rowse, left, at the Oakland County Court House in Pontiac, Mich., on Nov. 25, 2014. The Detroit-area nurses are challenging Michigan's ban on gay marriage. Their family, from left are, Rylee, Nolan, 5, Ryanne , 4, and Jacob, 5. In the back are April DeBoer's parents Wendy DeBoer and Ken DeBoer, right. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Mandi Wright)

Ariz. county attorney sidesteps same-sex adoption fight

By Bob Christie - Associated Press

A petition drive aimed at giving Nebraska voters the final say on executions is running up against national opposition, led by a $400,000 donation from the Proteus Action League in Amherst, Massachusetts, a liberal nonprofit with ties to progressive billionaire George Soros. (Associated Press)

George Soros-backed death penalty foes spend big in bid to block Nebraska vote

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Illustration on targeting the Washington Redskins' name by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Redskins’ trademark ruling unlikely to apply to other teams with Native American names

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: ACLU religious freedom fight yields to left’s same-sex marriage empowerment

By Robert Knight

Illustration on risks in the current housing market by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: Supreme Court: Housing lawsuits charging discrimination no longer need proof

By Robert Knight

Demonstrators rally outside outside the Minneapolis Police Department's Third Precinct to protest police brutality on Nov. 25, 2014, in Minneapolis, following the previous day's announcement that a grand jury has decided not to indict Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed, black 18-year-old Michael Brown. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Minneapolis police target minorities for low-level arrests: ACLU study

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Current staffing for the Metropolitan Police Department is around 3,800 officers, but officials have said at least 4,000 are needed to safely patrol the District. (Associated Press/File)

ACLU proposes policy for police body cameras

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times