Chip Pitts

Chip Pitts is a lecturer in law at Stanford Law School, board president of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and a volunteer leader and board member or advisor to other civil liberties and human rights groups.

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  • A Constitutional Disaster

    October 21, 2005

    Chip Pitts writes that after a campaign of distortion and deception, the Patriot Act is about to be renewed. No longer a temporary measure, it will be used against dissidents, immigrants, Muslims and ordinary Americans accused of crimes unrelated to terrorism.

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House Passes Health Reform, But Without Reproductive Rights | Pelosi secures necessary votes, but only after allowing anti-choice Dems to bar access to abortion in new programs.
John Nichols
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» Editor's Cut

Around The Nation | Obama, one year on. Plus: Jeremy Scahill takes your questions, and a new video series from The Nation.
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» The Notion

Injustice in Illinois | Prosecutors in Illinois should be more concerned with an innocent man behind bars than journalism students' grades.
Ari Berman
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» The Dreyfuss Report

Obama Fails in Middle East | Clinton delivers the ultimate diss to Abbas.
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» Act Now!

Equality Across America | This week, young LBGT activists are staging a National Week of Initiative.
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» Altercation

Slacker Thursday | Dying laptops, recapping the election, the Dow, and the Yankees with the World Series.
Eric Alterman