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For our next trick, watch the Eighth Amendment disappear before your very eyes! 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 9 3113
Political Violence Threatens Our Democracy. How Do We Keep Candidates Safe? 0 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1896
Ta-Nehisi Coates Speaks Out Against Israel's "Segregationist Apartheid Regime" After West Bank Visit 1 littlemissmartypants Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 2795
Minnesota appeals court protects felon voting rights after finding a lower court judge overstepped 0 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 2586
West Virginia school system mandates religious freedom training following revival assembly lawsuit 0 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 2034
Sick of Cancel Culture? One Man Has a Surprising Solution. 5 reACTIONary Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 2522
High school coach from "Kennedy v. Bremerton School District" releases book 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 2480
San Marcos forced to pay $175,000 to Wendy Davis, other Democrats after "Trump Train" incident 0 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 2512
California becomes first state to ban use of 'excited delirium' as cause of death 0 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1782
'Hysterical' Women Out for Revenge: Family Court's Misogynistic Tropes Traumatize Women and Childr 2 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 2692
S8:E11 (Special Guest - The Village Vice Mayor Sean Cummings) 0 Across-the-Desk Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 1761
Facial recognition technology jailed a man for days. His lawsuit joins others from Black plaintiffs 3 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 12 2842
New York attorney general sends cease-and-desist letter to group accused of voter intimidation 1 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1668
FBI is investigating alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police warehouse known as the 'Brave Cave' 0 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 7783
Appeals Court Says Michigan County's Vehicle Forfeiture Program Is Unconstitutional 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 11 2060
Texas Lawman Linked to Oath Keepers Convicted After Violating Inmate Rights 1 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 2304
Opponents in an Alabama lawsuit over Confederate monument protests reach a tentative settlement 0 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1686
Wrongly arrested because of facial recognition: Why new police tech risks serious miscarriages of ju 2 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 2144
High School band director tased, arrested after police order him to end performance 10 Otto_Harper Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 2914
California lawmakers vote to ban mandatory evictions for arrested tenants 0 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1850
Man files complaint against police - so they raid his home and seize his wife 10 Otto_Harper Sep 2023 Sep 2023 48 4791
Women Are Improving the Federal Bench: Milestones and Historic Firsts 2 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1938
NY attorney general and civil liberties groups reach 'landmark agreement' with NYPD over protest res 0 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 2207
GOP lawmakers take aim at LGBTQ+ 'safe places' program in small Florida town 3 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 2204
California Court Grants Restraining Order Based on Coercive Control (trigger warning) 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1840
Thanks to Chris Hayes for highlighting needs of the criminally accused: 0 elleng Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1653
Federal Appeals Court Rules Detroit's Asset Forfeiture Violates Due Process Rights of Drivers 0 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 1810
Florida lawmakers cower in gun-free zones with bulletproof glass while criticizing 'safe places' for 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 2108
Records show California prisons are reporting U.S. citizens to ICE, ACLU says 1 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1816
Mother is arrested in Bangladesh after son in the U.S. criticizes government online 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 2152

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Denver to pay $4.7 million to settle claims it targeted George Floyd protesters for violating curfew 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1939
We must keep marching toward Dr. King's dream 3 MN2theMax Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1893
Lawyer Says Cops Secretly Copied Kansas Newspaper Data After Raid 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1729
A Louisiana Man Was Jailed for Criticizing Police. A Federal Court Wasn't Having It. 1 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 17 2983
Argentina's 'notebook' scandal: police confirm calligraphic alterations and dictation 0 peppertree Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1789
Biden Administration Takes on Intimate Partner Violence, Releasing New Clinical Guidance 1 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 8 3403
Liberal justices blast Supreme Court majority for allowing Alabama execution 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 2027
'Hidden Horrors': When it Comes to Domestic Violence, the Real Monsters Are Hiding in Plain Sight 2 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 9 3405
'Family Annihilators': When Conservative America's Fetish for Guns and Patriarchy Turns Deadly 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 2196
Judge rules Kansas Highway Patrol 'waged war on motorists,' violated constitutional rights 1 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 1983
A SWAT team destroyed his shop - now the city won't cover repairs, owner says 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 9 2472
Lawyers Say Catherine Kassenoff's Case--and Thousands of Others--Violate U.S. Constitutional Right to 2 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 2478
After Legal Threats, Uvalde School District Lifts Ban on Parent Who Criticized Police Hire 1 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 2454
Republican attorneys general issue warning letter to Target about Pride merchandise 2 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2248
July 4th 2 1WorldHope Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1252
Justice Thomas uses his dissent in Counterman to reiterate his hatred of New York Times v. Sullivan 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 2396
California governor proposes rolling back access to police misconduct records 1 Eugene Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1253
On June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 2134
Machete madness: Hunter College professor calls pro-life display 'violent,' then threatens reporter 18 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 4570
Federal Lawsuit Challenges K-9 Reliability 0 Dr. Strange Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1176
FIRE wrote today to New College of Florida after trustee Christopher Rufo bragged on Twitter 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 2443
Don't Reform the Courts. Disempower Them. 0 ck4829 Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1220
"Perhaps Chris Todd would understand this if he was someone who knew anything about the law ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 2082
Devin Nunes Loses Yet Another SLAPP Suit, This Time In California 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 May 2023 8 2163
Latest arrests of 'Cop City' protesters 'feel like overreach', experts say 0 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 2 2034
(Rankin Co., Mississippi) Deputies in civil rights probe accused of sexual assault 0 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 3 2332
Stopping the scourge of false confessions 1 ck4829 May 2023 May 2023 5 1207
The first arrests from DeSantis's election police take extensive toll 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 13 2034
Boise Deputy Police Chief Tammany Brooks Oversaw Cesspool of Racism in Antioch, California 1 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 7 2410
Students sue Michigan school district for banning 'Let's Go Brandon' sweatshirts 11 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 2063

Civil Liberties Continued...

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On April 26, 1937, the Supreme Court overruled a Georgia Supreme Court decision that would have ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 8 2684
The Supreme Court Takes Up 'Home-Equity Theft' 7 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 28 3488
Court revives DNA evidence case of Texas man on death-row 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 2467
Panel: Seattle police should apologize for protest violence 0 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 1208
Minneapolis to pay $8.9M over Chauvin's actions before Floyd 0 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 2423
St. Louis suburb settles 'debtors' prison' lawsuit 0 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 1111
Trump is indicted in N.Y. Here's what it means and what happens next. 2 BigmanPigman Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 2162
On this day, March 30, 1942, 227 residents of Bainbridge Island, Washington, were rounded up. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 11 3120
Federal judge rules against immediate relief for WT students in drag show lawsuit 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 2263
On this day, March 22, 1972, Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 1212
How an old law found new life in lawsuit seeking to revoke approval of abortion pill 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 2699
Read the transcript: What happened inside the federal hearing on abortion pills 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 5 2128
What to watch for at Wednesday's hearing in medication abortion lawsuit 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 1321
Atheists avoid -- for now -- Supreme Court review of lawsuit on Florida shooting prayer vigil 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 2977
Confiscation of man's 'Cops Ahead' signs violated First Amendment rights, appeals court says 1 sl8 Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 1561
False Oregon DMV records lead to mistaken arrests, convictions for driving with suspended license 1 ck4829 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 8 3029
North Carolina can't ban undercover filming inside animal farms 10 sl8 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 37 2962
🔥FIRE-IN-A-CROWDED-THEATER🔥 In Bailey v. Iles, a Louisiana district court cited Schenck. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 5 3142
Teen's family sues cops for extracting false confession to a shooting 2 ck4829 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 14 1605
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order (EO) 9066. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 2 2452
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