Freedoms Law

One in 10 American children has a parent under criminal justice supervision - incarcerated, on probation, or on parole. One in 33 American children - and one in eight African American children - goes to sleep without access to a parent because that parent is in jail. Despite these staggering numbers, the children of prisoners remain largely invisible to society. Journalist Nell Bernstein shows, through the deeply moving stories of real families, how the children of the incarcerated are routinely punished for their parents' status.

In November 2001, a 31-year-old Yemeni man named Salim Ahmed Hamdan was captured near the Pakistan border and turned over to U.S. forces in Afghanistan. After confessing to being Osama bin Laden's driver, Hamdan was transferred to Guantánamo Bay and designated for trial before a special military tribunal. The Pentagon assigned a young military defense lawyer, Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift, to represent him in a defense that no one expected to amount to much. But it did.

Like most people, you know that something is happening in the world. Things are changing, and not necessarily for the better. You may feel like you're losing your grip on what's happening around you. And that a cabal of dark forces is precipitating economic collapse, totalitarian oppression and dystopia, and crushed dreams. Manipulating mass consciousness and corrupting our planet. Others are speaking of a Great Reset. Have no fear! The good news is that there is a way to survive and thrive during these times of change. It starts with cultivating new skills of Uncommon Power, Money & ...

Tell is the riveting story of Major Margaret Witt’s dedicated and decorated military career as a frontline flight nurse, and of her love and devotion to her partner - now wife - Laurie Johnson. Tell captures the tension and drama of the politically charged legal battle that led to the congressional repeal of the controversial law and helped pave the way for a suite of landmark political and legal victories for gay rights.

Built on three key visions stemming from intense meditation and personal reflection, Free Bird helps you on the path to self-growth: visions of blockages to freedom, love and happiness.

How Sex Became a Civil Liberty is the first book to show how and why we have come to see sexual expression, sexual practice, and sexual privacy as fundamental rights. Using rich archival sources and oral interviews, historian Leigh Ann Wheeler shows how the private lives of women and men in the American Civil Liberties Union shaped their understanding of sexual rights as they built the constitutional foundation for the twentieth-century's sexual revolutions.

Future Imperfect describes and discusses technological revolutions that might happen over the next few decades, their implications, and how to deal with them. Topics range from encryption and surveillance through biotechnology and nanotechnology to life extension, mind drugs, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. One theme of the book is that the future is radically uncertain.

The freedom to think what you want and to say what you think has always generated a pushback of regulation and censorship. This raises the thorny question: to what extent does free speech actually endanger speech protection? This book examines today's calls for speech legislation and places it into historical perspective, using fascinating examples from the past 200 years, to explain the historical context of laws regulating speech.

A tour de force of groundbreaking reportage by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jo Becker, Forcing the Spring follows the historic legal challenge mounted against California’s ban on same-sex marriage, a remarkable lawsuit that forced the issue of marriage equality before the highest court in the land. For nearly five years Becker embedded with the lawsuit’s plaintiffs, was given free rein within the legal and political war rooms where strategy was plotted, and attended every day of the trial and every appellate argument.

Lawyer life didn't turn out to be as profitable and exciting as you dreamed... But you have the power to change that! Whatever your professional training and experience, there’s a fairly good chance that you’ve never benefited from the wisdom of a high-tech hillbilly lawyer… But that’s about to change – and here’s why it should: Law is stressful. The courtroom is stressful. But law is also exciting… and legal expertise is in demand. There’s a way for you to grow your own law firm and strip off your tie, ready to show up to work comfortable, confident, and completely in charge.

The trajectory of negative thinking is an endless loop. One negative thought takes over another, and before you know it, you are already reaping the loss of action driven by negativity. Our actions, decisions, perceptions, and outlook on life is dictated by thoughts. Count all of the times you found yourself in a pit of negative thoughts driving every decision in your life. It is a bad place to be in.

This engaging book delves deeply into the intricate interplay between human rights and international law, revealing how these two realms intertwine to address contemporary challenges. Through in-depth analyses, relevant case studies, and practical examples, the work examines how international law serves as the foundation for ensuring fundamental rights in the face of issues such as technological advancements, climate change, migration, and armed conflicts.

Facebook has been adopted and loved by many for over a decade, and it has functioned with immunity under the guise of being an "American" company, despite violating billions of people's individual rights and national laws in every country that it's operational. FB makes money from its users' content and selling their data on the backend to advertising organizations, but somewhere between uploading content and trying to turn a profit, it has violated individual rights, as protected by international law, and national legislation, and its users and the organization have not been properly held ...

Dive into the intricate web of judicial interpretations surrounding religious freedom and the First Amendment with "What’s Law Got to do With it?." In this thought-provoking exploration, Rev Dr. Anthony Suarez Esq, a seasoned legal scholar, dissects the evolving landscape of the "establishment clause" and the "free exercise clause" and delves into the inherent tensions between these constitutional principles.

Discover seven golden secrets to help you believe, attract, and manifest the abundance and lifestyle you want. This book contains proven steps, strategies, and principles on how to start improving your life today. If your goal is financial freedom and prosperity, the Law of Attraction will be of great utility in your life. This Law has been put to work for millions of people, and is tried and true. The Law of Attraction is the mental hack that lets you jumpstart this process and get started on your journey to financial freedom today.

"Tax Free at Last" is a true story about income tax law, tracing its roots over 100 years ago from a simple tax collection method to an uncontrollable force that impacts all citizens' lives. The book sheds light on unexplored corners of the income tax world and advocates for a complete overhaul of the tax system.

Barrister Michael Mansfield, KC, has spent his career fighting injustice, persecution and corruption. And be it the Birmingham Six, Bloody Sunday, Stephen Lawrence, the Marchioness, Hillsborough or Grenfell, he has come to learn one thing - that people power is unstoppable. Michael draws upon his 50 years of fighting for justice and revisits his most important cases and clients, proving without doubt that when people get together they can make lasting and positive change.

1 Timothy 2:1-4 “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, (2) for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. (3) For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, (4) who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” In the above quoted passage of scripture the Holy Spirit exhorts the church to pray for heads of state and all those who are in authority. One of the main roles that the church is required ...

In the summer of 2008 Kimberley Motley quit her job as a Criminal Defence Attorney in Milwaukee to join a program to help train lawyers in war-torn Afghanistan. She was 32 years old at the time, a former Mrs Wisconsin (she'd entered the contest on a dare) and a mother of three who had never travelled outside the United States.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of On Liberty, written and read by Shami Chakrabarti. On 11 September 2001, our world changed. The West's response to 9/11 has morphed into a period of exception. Governments have decided that the rule of law and human rights are often too costly. In On Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti explores why our fundamental rights and freedoms are indispensable.