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Trump demands unprecedented control at Columbia, alarming scholars and speech groups 2 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 685
Death by a thousand cuts 6 JMCKUSICK Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 811
Federal judge blocks Trump order against law firm, calling it a "personal vendetta" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 16 730
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Trump Orders DOJ to Demand Money Bonds From Challengers in Court 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 676
D.C. U.S. attorney targets Ukraine whistleblower Rep. Vindman 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 588
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 4 762
Knight Institute Says Threats to Deport Student Protesters Pose "Existential Threat" to Universities 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 537
US authorities arrest Palestinian student protester at Columbia University, students say 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 732
Trump lashes out, acting as an authoritarian in attacks on perceived opponents 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 349
KY clerk who denied marriage licenses to same-sex couples loses another round in court 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 824
Trump "Brings Back Free Speech" By [Checks Notes] Threatening To Imprison Protestors And Expose Journalist Sources 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 8 523
AP's amended complaint over its exclusion from the WH press pool, filed late last night 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 570
Tennessee Supreme Court opinion holds that personalized license plates are secretly the government's speech. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 723
"Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 662
Justice Thomas urges Supreme Court to reconsider free speech rules near abortion clinics 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 1160
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 4 472
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 8 508
FCC adds banner to complaints page inviting comments on Kamala Harris interview on "60 Minutes." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 575
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Supreme Court Signals That Landmark Libel Ruling Is Secure 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 688
No More Pretense: Carr's FCC Threatens News Radio Station For Reporting The News Too Specifically 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 12 868
Nevada Court Shuts Down Federal Civil Forfeiture Loophole That Bypassed State Restrictions 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 537
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'Brush up on our laws': Ilhan Omar claps back after Elon Musk pushes edited video of her 0 ck4829 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 10 769
New NY law lets doctors keep their names off abortion meds 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 499
Meet two lawyers leading the fight for trans people's lives against Trump's anti-trans attacks 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 598
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 7 772
On this day, January 30, 1919, Fred Korematsu was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 0 535
Trump's Death Penalty Order Is a Message to the Supreme Court 14 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 1862
Texas judge permits states' challenge against abortion pill rules to proceed 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 708
TED Jimmy Carter, Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse 3 littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 Jan 2025 39 1604
The Fight for Free Speech 0 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 760
Mount Vernon, NY police force strip searched nearly everyone it arrested, DOJ says 3 Eugene Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 1030
Free Speech Advocate 3 joelg Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 911
predictive policing: Pasco County, FL Sheriff's Office settles 'intelligence-led policing' program 0 Eugene Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 739
No DEI shopping at WalMart this year 3 CatWoman Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 1614
Christian Nationalism's First Item on the Agenda: Repeal Women's Right to Vote 1 niyad Nov 2024 Nov 2024 13 1076
Two Missouri officers charged with stealing nude photos during traffic stops 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 6 988
Hat's Off to UVA Student for Keeping His Hat On 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 1107
Maybe now white people will be able to understand 1 JMCKUSICK Nov 2024 Nov 2024 14 765
Died for being pregnant, Died for being black hmmmmm 0 JMCKUSICK Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 583
Supreme Court schedules transgender rights case for December 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 1103
Police seldom disclose use of facial recognition despite false arrests 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 811
Trump's second-term agenda on LGBTQ issues alarms civil rights groups 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 950
Supreme Court flooded with prayers for relief from groups eager to promote religion 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 905
Jonathan Mitchell told the Fifth Circuit public libraries only exist "as a matter of grace" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 1219
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Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest 30 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 92 10523

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Lawsuit accuses (Medford) Oregon police department of illegally monitoring progressive activists 0 Eugene Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 765
Virginia appeals court rules judge wrongly dismissed asset forfeiture challenge 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 901
BREAKING: Gaza protest in front of Blinken's house removed by state authorities 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 1071
Billions in taxpayer dollars now go to religious schools via vouchers 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jul 2024 10 1661
Some Thoughts on Civil Liberty, on Civil Responsibility, from an often forgotten Emperor 0 MedRxx Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 917
Missouri woman who served 43 years in prison is free after her murder conviction was overturned 4 ck4829 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 17 1265
Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024? 0 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 781
Massachusetts teacher fired for her TikTok videos loses First Amendment federal appeal 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 11 1507
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Judge rules against Texas Attorney General Paxton in campaign against migrant shelters 1 Jacson6 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 965
She Needed an Emergency Abortion. Doctors in Idaho Put Her on a Plane. 34 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 67 5095
The Supreme Court Just Took Its First Swipe at Marriage Equality 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 15 1487
Supreme Court Allows Suit Over Arrest Said to Be Politically Motivated 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 1197
La.'s Ten Commandments law will test religion-friendly courts, experts say 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 1099
Missouri woman's murder conviction tossed after 43 years. Her lawyers say a police officer did it 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 9 1100
Freed murder convict sues Chicago over eyewitness who turned out to be blind 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 26 1511
Federal judge orders ICE to end 'knock and talk' arrests of immigrants in Southern California 0 Eugene May 2024 May 2024 10 1210
Opinion: This Alabama AG won't stop at the state line to prosecute abortion 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 1638
Justices Jackson, Sotomayor call out Supreme Court for rejecting due process appeal 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 9 1334
Chains of Labor: The Global Stranglehold on Worker Rights 0 erronis May 2024 May 2024 4 1130
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