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D.C. Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, allows for Trump's firing of members of multi-member independent boards. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 573
Hegseth doesn't want midshipmen reading an autobiography of MLK 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 609
Trans people can serve currently under the terms in place before Trump's EO. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 460
"Do not pretend that what is happening is normal or excusable. It isn't." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 958
Trump administration quietly reinstates a State Dept program allowing the tracking of Ukrainian children sent to Russia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 444
Exclusive: Trump's "pro-Hamas" purge could block foreign students from colleges 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 613
American Oversight is suing Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe et al, saying their messaging via Signal is a violation of ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 510
Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 18 1012
"We're the country that made lynchings into picnics." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 929
Key Takeaways from Trump's Election Integrity EO - Institute for Responsive Government 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 478
UPDATE: DOJ and Kari Lake are desperate to make this case go away, but they're not being too bright about it. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 777
"Trump DOJ lawyers making it clear that you should never trust a word they say. They'll renege on deals over and over." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 639
ICE goons were turned away at HD Cooke. They tried to seize the school nurse in the parking lot. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 1328
Exclusive: DOGE staffer, 'Big Balls', provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 610
Law firm targeted by Trump could have been 'destroyed,' chairman says in explaining deal with Trump 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 813
Ninth Circuit panel allows Trump administration to enforce much of Trump EO pausing refugee admissions program 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 618
Join the AAUP webinar "Trump's Immigration Actions: What You Need to Know"; Thursday, March 27 at 3:00 PM PT/ 6:00 PM ET 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 413
U.S. Lodges New Accusations Against Detained Columbia Protest Leader 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 567
Democratic Senators Team Up With MAGA To Hand Trump A Censorship Machine 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 1014
"every person involved in this needs to be in prison" 9 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 60 2968
OSHA Update: All Quiet Now, But DOGE is Coming 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 569
RFK Jr.'s group set up a fake CDC site full of vaccine disinfo. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 916
Judge Boasberg is having a hearing starting now on the DOJ motion to vacate his Temporary Restraining Order. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 791
After filing nothing since Tuesday injunction blocking Trump anti-trans military ban, DOJ filed a motion this morning 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 1010
This is how you take a stand. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 18 843
'Deported because of his tattoos': has the US targeted Venezuelans for their body art? 5 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 937
We get to say who is a terrorist. Our decision is final. It can't be challenged. Just trust us. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 664
Fed. judge says gov't filing in AEA case--which was filed, but tardy--is "woefully insufficient." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 799
Federal judge blocks Elon Musk, Amy Gleason, and DOGE employees from access to Social Security Administration 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 11 627
"I do not think the filing in the Perkins Coie case actually complies with the court's order." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 621

Civil Liberties Continued...

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The Claremont Institute has been conducting a campaign to radicalize sheriffs to embrace reactionary and nativist ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 515
How Bari Weiss's University of Austin Sidles Up to Orban's Strongman Rule 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 636
The perversity of false arrest claims. Plaintiffs has evidence he was falsely arrested for being a journalist. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 585
Meet Steve Davis, Elon Musk's Top Lieutenant Who Oversees DOGE (Gift Article) 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 540
Trump administration deletes database of kidnapped Ukrainian children out of spite 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 771
Georgetown Univ. researcher detained by federal immigration officials 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 611
French researcher denied entry to US for 'expressing personal opinion' on Trump policies 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 725
Justices allow Louisiana to execute Buddhist over religious freedom claim 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 710
NEW: Judge Boasberg says he'll give DOJ one more day to produce the information he asked for by noon. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 871
Trump is seeking to deport another graduate student who is legally in the country, lawsuit says 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 868
DOGE flipped the Institute's security contractors - Inter-Con - against them by threatening to cancel their contracts 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 630
One of the named defendants in the United States Institute of Peace suit will clerk for Gorsuch starting later this year 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 691
A new Supreme Court case seeks to revive one of the most dangerous ideas from the Great Depression 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 19 2381
Trump to declare fentanyl "Weapon of Mass Destruction," per draft EO 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 670
There are no Justice Department line attorneys handling the Perkins Coie case--a case about lawyers. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 730
Justice Department Stonewalls Federal Judge Over Deportation Flights 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 643
Trump demands unprecedented control at Columbia, alarming scholars and speech groups 2 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 764
Death by a thousand cuts 6 JMCKUSICK Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 914
Federal judge blocks Trump order against law firm, calling it a "personal vendetta" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 16 832
We Are Asking the Wrong Questions About Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 589
The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 730
Trump Orders DOJ to Demand Money Bonds From Challengers in Court 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 773
D.C. U.S. attorney targets Ukraine whistleblower Rep. Vindman 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 651
10th Cir.: it violates the First Amendment for school superintendent to try and shut down a parent-led group on Facebook 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 828
Knight Institute Says Threats to Deport Student Protesters Pose "Existential Threat" to Universities 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 609
US authorities arrest Palestinian student protester at Columbia University, students say 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 827
Trump lashes out, acting as an authoritarian in attacks on perceived opponents 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 413
KY clerk who denied marriage licenses to same-sex couples loses another round in court 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 934
Trump "Brings Back Free Speech" By [Checks Notes] Threatening To Imprison Protestors And Expose Journalist Sources 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 8 587
AP's amended complaint over its exclusion from the WH press pool, filed late last night 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 632

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Tennessee Supreme Court opinion holds that personalized license plates are secretly the government's speech. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 787
"Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 736
Justice Thomas urges Supreme Court to reconsider free speech rules near abortion clinics 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 1251
Political speech--which is what the WH says the AP Stylebook is in this letter--is core protected speech under 1A. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 535
A man in Hawaii argued he spent 30 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. New DNA evidence helped free him 0 ck4829 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 579
FCC adds banner to complaints page inviting comments on Kamala Harris interview on "60 Minutes." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 648
How Renegade Juries Could Help Thwart Trumpian Misrule 1 ck4829 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 732
NO more Apple phones reasons why plus more 5 Flash953 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 1563
Supreme Court Signals That Landmark Libel Ruling Is Secure 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 751
No More Pretense: Carr's FCC Threatens News Radio Station For Reporting The News Too Specifically 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 12 938
Nevada Court Shuts Down Federal Civil Forfeiture Loophole That Bypassed State Restrictions 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 596
Make a civil liberties complaint Musk et. al. who violate Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a 3 suegeo Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 813
'Brush up on our laws': Ilhan Omar claps back after Elon Musk pushes edited video of her 0 ck4829 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 10 851
New NY law lets doctors keep their names off abortion meds 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 565
Meet two lawyers leading the fight for trans people's lives against Trump's anti-trans attacks 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 660
Her grad school tried to expel her for a tweet about Cardi B. Now they'll pay a $250K lawsuit settlement 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 872
On this day, January 30, 1919, Fred Korematsu was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 0 604
Trump's Death Penalty Order Is a Message to the Supreme Court 14 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 2028
Texas judge permits states' challenge against abortion pill rules to proceed 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 785
TED Jimmy Carter, Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse 3 littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 Jan 2025 39 1712
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