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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 1 570
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The perversity of false arrest claims. Plaintiffs has evidence he was falsely arrested for being a journalist. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 645
Meet Steve Davis, Elon Musk's Top Lieutenant Who Oversees DOGE (Gift Article) 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 594
Trump administration deletes database of kidnapped Ukrainian children out of spite 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 850
Georgetown Univ. researcher detained by federal immigration officials 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 684
French researcher denied entry to US for 'expressing personal opinion' on Trump policies 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 809
Justices allow Louisiana to execute Buddhist over religious freedom claim 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 767
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 4 969
Trump is seeking to deport another graduate student who is legally in the country, lawsuit says 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 937
DOGE flipped the Institute's security contractors - Inter-Con - against them by threatening to cancel their contracts 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 687
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 6 764
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 2464
Trump to declare fentanyl "Weapon of Mass Destruction," per draft EO 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 749
There are no Justice Department line attorneys handling the Perkins Coie case--a case about lawyers. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 801
Justice Department Stonewalls Federal Judge Over Deportation Flights 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 707
Trump demands unprecedented control at Columbia, alarming scholars and speech groups 2 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 844
Death by a thousand cuts 6 JMCKUSICK Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 997
Federal judge blocks Trump order against law firm, calling it a "personal vendetta" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 16 900
We Are Asking the Wrong Questions About Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 645
The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 789
Trump Orders DOJ to Demand Money Bonds From Challengers in Court 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 856
D.C. U.S. attorney targets Ukraine whistleblower Rep. Vindman 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 711
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 4 894
Knight Institute Says Threats to Deport Student Protesters Pose "Existential Threat" to Universities 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 676
US authorities arrest Palestinian student protester at Columbia University, students say 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 909
Trump lashes out, acting as an authoritarian in attacks on perceived opponents 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 459
KY clerk who denied marriage licenses to same-sex couples loses another round in court 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 1050
Trump "Brings Back Free Speech" By [Checks Notes] Threatening To Imprison Protestors And Expose Journalist Sources 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 8 643
AP's amended complaint over its exclusion from the WH press pool, filed late last night 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 686

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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 2 862
"Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 811
Justice Thomas urges Supreme Court to reconsider free speech rules near abortion clinics 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 1338
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 4 594
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 8 636
FCC adds banner to complaints page inviting comments on Kamala Harris interview on "60 Minutes." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 711
How Renegade Juries Could Help Thwart Trumpian Misrule 1 ck4829 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 792
NO more Apple phones reasons why plus more 5 Flash953 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 1733
Supreme Court Signals That Landmark Libel Ruling Is Secure 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 805
No More Pretense: Carr's FCC Threatens News Radio Station For Reporting The News Too Specifically 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 12 989
Nevada Court Shuts Down Federal Civil Forfeiture Loophole That Bypassed State Restrictions 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 642
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 9 890
'Brush up on our laws': Ilhan Omar claps back after Elon Musk pushes edited video of her 0 ck4829 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 10 917
New NY law lets doctors keep their names off abortion meds 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 618
Meet two lawyers leading the fight for trans people's lives against Trump's anti-trans attacks 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 711
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 7 929
On this day, January 30, 1919, Fred Korematsu was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 0 663
Trump's Death Penalty Order Is a Message to the Supreme Court 14 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 2224
Texas judge permits states' challenge against abortion pill rules to proceed 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 873
TED Jimmy Carter, Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse 3 littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 Jan 2025 39 1792
The Fight for Free Speech 0 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 908
Mount Vernon, NY police force strip searched nearly everyone it arrested, DOJ says 3 Eugene Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 1207
Free Speech Advocate 3 joelg Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 1134
predictive policing: Pasco County, FL Sheriff's Office settles 'intelligence-led policing' program 0 Eugene Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 858
No DEI shopping at WalMart this year 3 CatWoman Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 1788
Christian Nationalism's First Item on the Agenda: Repeal Women's Right to Vote 1 niyad Nov 2024 Nov 2024 13 1317
Two Missouri officers charged with stealing nude photos during traffic stops 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 6 1135
Hat's Off to UVA Student for Keeping His Hat On 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 1269
Maybe now white people will be able to understand 1 JMCKUSICK Nov 2024 Nov 2024 14 896
Died for being pregnant, Died for being black hmmmmm 0 JMCKUSICK Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 705

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Supreme Court schedules transgender rights case for December 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 1298
Police seldom disclose use of facial recognition despite false arrests 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 962
Trump's second-term agenda on LGBTQ issues alarms civil rights groups 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 1097
Supreme Court flooded with prayers for relief from groups eager to promote religion 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 1046
Jonathan Mitchell told the Fifth Circuit public libraries only exist "as a matter of grace" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 1385
PLEASE SHARE: Kamala Harris talks abortion at GA rally: FULL SPEECH (VIDEO) 0 RandySF Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 1106
Illinois' top court says odor of burnt marijuana isn't enough to search car 0 Eugene Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 931
Progressives press Chicago mayor over pledge to end controversial policing tool ShotSpotter 4 Eugene Jul 2023 Sep 2024 0 2837
Mississippi mail voting case at the Fifth Circuit could quickly become a national issue 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 1137
This Election, It's Women's Choice 1 niyad Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 987
Ofra Bikel, whose films freed the wrongly convicted, dies at 94 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 989
Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest 30 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 92 11178
Lawsuit accuses (Medford) Oregon police department of illegally monitoring progressive activists 0 Eugene Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 887
Virginia appeals court rules judge wrongly dismissed asset forfeiture challenge 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 1040
BREAKING: Gaza protest in front of Blinken's house removed by state authorities 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 1239
Billions in taxpayer dollars now go to religious schools via vouchers 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jul 2024 10 1905
Some Thoughts on Civil Liberty, on Civil Responsibility, from an often forgotten Emperor 0 MedRxx Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 1084
Missouri woman who served 43 years in prison is free after her murder conviction was overturned 4 ck4829 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 17 1483
Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024? 0 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 924
Massachusetts teacher fired for her TikTok videos loses First Amendment federal appeal 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 11 1861
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