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Supreme Court says Muslims placed on no-fly list can sue FBI agents for damages 0 friendly_iconoclast Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1487
ACLU files request over data US collected via Muslim app used by millions 0 Eugene Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1565
Will somebody silence Trump promoting law breaking and civil unrest. 2 Prosper Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1613
Police guide that calls BLM a terrorist group draws outrage 0 friendly_iconoclast Dec 2020 Dec 2020 5 1451
Offensive License Plates Are Free Speech, Court Tells California 6 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 4 2444
BluePrints members receive Student Press Law Center Courage in Student Journalism Award 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 1339
Chile police chief resigns after officers shoot adolescents 0 sandensea Nov 2020 Nov 2020 1 1379
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 sl8 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 1709
Pasco's (FL) sheriff uses grades and abuse histories to label schoolchildren potential criminals... 3 friendly_iconoclast Nov 2020 Nov 2020 4 1726
Justice Alito says pandemic has resulted in 'unimaginable' restrictions on individual liberty 13 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 2657
Facial recognition used to identify Lafayette Square protester accused of assault 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 1 1859
Chad Wolf complains to Twitter about censorship. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 0 1628
SCOTUS summarily reverses in suit by TX inmate left naked for 6 days in cell covered in human waste 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 15 1908
Symposium: The First Amendment does not require governments to contract with parties who do not ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 7 1568
The Supreme Court's seemingly contradictory decisions in the voting wars are unified under one ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 1 1413
Minnesota Cops Can Seize Your Car, Sell It And Keep The Profits, Even If You Did Nothing Wrong 10 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 Oct 2020 14 3435
Weenie Waver Kavanaugh and Bend Over Barrett - SCOTUS A$$ Kissers 0 Praek3 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1460
Cops Turn to Canadian Phone-Tracking Firm After Infamous 'Stingrays' Become 'Obsolete' 0 friendly_iconoclast Oct 2020 Oct 2020 4 1861
Security company that sought ex-Special Forces to guard Minnesota polls agrees to stay out of state, 1 Eugene Oct 2020 Oct 2020 6 1454
FCC: Rejects All Its Own Legal Arguments; Claims It Can Be The Internet Speech Police 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 3 1374
NY Times: Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police 3 friendly_iconoclast Oct 2020 Oct 2020 3 2043
Trump: we did a retaliatory gang killing 8 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 7 2757
They stopped and humiliated him at the Versace store. He is the Vice President of Versace. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 23 2715
Video of Black jogger stopped by ICE agents in Boston prompts calls for investigation 0 Eugene Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1513
Sign on UVA Lawn Room Causing a stir 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 0 2821
ABUSE OF POWER: THE CASE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR'S IMPEACHMENT 4 BigmanPigman Sep 2020 Sep 2020 8 1967
This message was self-deleted by its author 6 Maraya1969 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 4 1851
This message was self-deleted by its author 6 Maraya1969 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 1 2351
McAllen, TX: lawyers discover DHS is detaining people at black-site run out of the local Hampton Inn 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Sep 2020 20 2589
Police Officers Patient With White Suspect -- Black Suspect Brutalized 0 rocktivity Aug 2020 Aug 2020 3 1965

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This is an incredibly disturbing thread. Public defender begins to expose police corruption ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 15 2503
Family seeking legal action after bodycam video shows alarming arrest of 8-year-old boy 2 sandensea Aug 2020 Aug 2020 8 2113
Trump kayos O'Rielly's nomination, possibly because he didn't support conservative media reform 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 2 1942
Important new video from the Renew Democracy Initiative 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 1 1241
Bowser Had 'Black Lives Matter' Painted On A D.C. Street. Other Groups Say They Should Get A Turn 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 0 1962
Apparently North Paulding High @nphswolfpack doesn't want you to see this photo. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 17 1854
Regarding the Implementation of Trump's Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 2 1562
Patent Troll Gets Court To Order Startup It Sued To 'Edit' Blog Post; Troll Now Asks Startup To ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 3 3132
DHS decides there's been enough free speech for the day, walks up, and pepper-sprays vet in the face 15 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 14 3320
Last month I was proud to vote for two candidates I believed in & worked for in my district ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 1 1359
Defund Teaching About Slavery? Sen. Tom Cotton Proposes Legislation Attacking The 1619 Project 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 6 1460
DHS authorizes personnel to collect information on protesters it says threaten monuments 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 1 1544
These high school journalists are documenting what's happening in Portland @Clypian 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 34 3389
Prosecutor: No time for evidence against arrested reporter 4 friendly_iconoclast Jul 2020 Jul 2020 23 2208
Forbes: The FBI Is Secretly Using A $2 Billion Travel Company As A Global Surveillance Tool 3 friendly_iconoclast Jul 2020 Jul 2020 13 1942
DHS Dep Sec Cuccinelli tells NPR not only are they not stopping the Portland tactics, they're ... 20 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 14 4540
Secret White House calls helped funnel tax money to Trump preachers 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 9 1635
Does anyone here feel as I do, that we have essentially lost the courts? 10 Desert Dem Sep 2019 Jul 2020 2 4097
Your Boss Can Now Search Your Car 9 sandensea Jul 2020 Jul 2020 16 3459
Hey, quick question: Is there any research showing how GOING TO JAIL affects grades and memory? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 0 1427
Selah city lawyer: Family could be prosecuted for chalk art 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 25 4174
Argentina's Spygate: Macri aide Susana Martinengo, 21 others arrested 0 sandensea Jun 2020 Jun 2020 0 1371
SHERIFF SONGER: MY RIGHT TO LIVE TRUMPS YOUR RIGHT TO BE AN A**HOLE 1 MikeJelf Jun 2020 Jun 2020 11 2117
Face recognition vendor vows new rules after wrongful arrest in U.S. using its technology 1 Eugene Jun 2020 Jun 2020 3 1285
Justice Department will reportedly propose limits to online platforms' legal protections 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 2 1732
Former prosecutors write court in support of bail for lawyers accused of throwing molotov cocktail 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 1 1428
On this day, June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 8 1825
Watch the Nassau county cop slam on the brakes to give them an excuse to beat a protester. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 4 2096
L.A. schools police will return grenade launchers but keep rifles, armored vehicle 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 7 1637
FBI warned of white supremacists in law enforcement 10 years ago. Has anything changed? 4 BigmanPigman Jun 2020 Jun 2020 3 2387

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Justin Amash wants bill to allow victims to sue police officers 2 sandensea Jun 2020 Jun 2020 8 1875
This video is from 3 nights ago, but remains one of the most disturbing we've seen. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 9 1792
Complaint filed against Argentina's Macri for wide-reaching illegal surveillance 0 sandensea May 2020 May 2020 1 1399
Philippines orders its largest broadcaster off the air as nation fights virus 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 May 2020 4 1553
A Federal Judge Has a Plan to Let Politicians Manipulate Elections 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 May 2020 12 2424
As campaign 2020 shifts into high gear, Trump's defamation suits pose a chilling prospect for press 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 Apr 2020 2 1569
Georgia Loses Legal Code Copyright Clash at Supreme Court 0 Eugene Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1533
What this country needs is more government monitoring of the internet 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 1848
The Persistence of Tyranny 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 Apr 2020 5 2342
Dark Side: Secret Origins of Evidence in US Criminal Cases 4 friendly_iconoclast Jan 2018 Apr 2020 6 2743
Inmates at N.J. Women's Prison Endured Years of Sex Abuse, Justice Dept. Finds 2 Eugene Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1599
There's a provision that would allow deporting people with virus to countries that will torture them 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1983
Laurence Tribe: There are "national emergencies" . . . and then there are NATIONAL EMERGENCIES 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 Mar 2020 9 2305
On this day, March 22, 1972, Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 Mar 2020 0 1897
Mississippi African Americans besieged by illegal searches, ACLU lawsuit says 3 Eugene May 2017 Mar 2020 2 5239
NSA backtracks on sharing number of Americans caught in warrant-less spying 1 Eugene Jun 2017 Mar 2020 1 4039
Georgia Innocence Project: GA Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Joey Watkins & Johnny Lee Gates! 3 klook Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 3073
To Track Virus, Governments Weigh Surveillance Tools That Push Privacy Limits 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1752
The DEA seized her father's life savings at an airport without alleging any crime occurred 8 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2020 Mar 2020 23 4697
Intellectual Property Reform. 11 gredinger Feb 2020 Feb 2020 0 5200
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