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Justin Amash has introduced a bill to end civil asset forfeiture nationwide. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 Dec 2020 19 3639
If you allow the government to break the law during an emergency, ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 Dec 2020 9 3578
On this day, December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was enacted. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 Dec 2020 3 2135
IT IS TIME for mandatory BODY CAMS for POLICE -- Another police shooting no body cams 0 TigressDem Dec 2020 Dec 2020 7 2188
Supreme Court says Muslims placed on no-fly list can sue FBI agents for damages 0 friendly_iconoclast Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1764
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Will somebody silence Trump promoting law breaking and civil unrest. 2 Prosper Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1974
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Offensive License Plates Are Free Speech, Court Tells California 6 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 4 2962
BluePrints members receive Student Press Law Center Courage in Student Journalism Award 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 1585

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Chile police chief resigns after officers shoot adolescents 0 sandensea Nov 2020 Nov 2020 1 1645
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 sl8 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 1891
Pasco's (FL) sheriff uses grades and abuse histories to label schoolchildren potential criminals... 3 friendly_iconoclast Nov 2020 Nov 2020 4 2133
Justice Alito says pandemic has resulted in 'unimaginable' restrictions on individual liberty 13 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 3700
Facial recognition used to identify Lafayette Square protester accused of assault 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 1 2129
Chad Wolf complains to Twitter about censorship. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 0 1952
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 2202
Symposium: The First Amendment does not require governments to contract with parties who do not ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 7 1824
The Supreme Court's seemingly contradictory decisions in the voting wars are unified under one ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 1 1697
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 4518
Weenie Waver Kavanaugh and Bend Over Barrett - SCOTUS A$$ Kissers 0 Praek3 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1657
Cops Turn to Canadian Phone-Tracking Firm After Infamous 'Stingrays' Become 'Obsolete' 0 friendly_iconoclast Oct 2020 Oct 2020 4 2192
Security company that sought ex-Special Forces to guard Minnesota polls agrees to stay out of state, 1 Eugene Oct 2020 Oct 2020 6 1772
FCC: Rejects All Its Own Legal Arguments; Claims It Can Be The Internet Speech Police 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 3 1635
NY Times: Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police 3 friendly_iconoclast Oct 2020 Oct 2020 3 2518
Trump: we did a retaliatory gang killing 8 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 7 3456
They stopped and humiliated him at the Versace store. He is the Vice President of Versace. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 23 3086
Video of Black jogger stopped by ICE agents in Boston prompts calls for investigation 0 Eugene Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1815
Sign on UVA Lawn Room Causing a stir 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 0 3162
ABUSE OF POWER: THE CASE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR'S IMPEACHMENT 4 BigmanPigman Sep 2020 Sep 2020 8 2545
This message was self-deleted by its author 6 Maraya1969 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 4 2308
This message was self-deleted by its author 6 Maraya1969 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 1 2912
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 3140
Police Officers Patient With White Suspect -- Black Suspect Brutalized 0 rocktivity Aug 2020 Aug 2020 3 2233
This is an incredibly disturbing thread. Public defender begins to expose police corruption ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 15 2881
Family seeking legal action after bodycam video shows alarming arrest of 8-year-old boy 2 sandensea Aug 2020 Aug 2020 8 2480
Trump kayos O'Rielly's nomination, possibly because he didn't support conservative media reform 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 2 2275
Important new video from the Renew Democracy Initiative 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 1 1506
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 2522
Apparently North Paulding High @nphswolfpack doesn't want you to see this photo. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 17 2174

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Regarding the Implementation of Trump's Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 2 1860
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 3372
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 4543
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 1637
Defund Teaching About Slavery? Sen. Tom Cotton Proposes Legislation Attacking The 1619 Project 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 6 1808
DHS authorizes personnel to collect information on protesters it says threaten monuments 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 1 1888
These high school journalists are documenting what's happening in Portland @Clypian 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 34 3710
Prosecutor: No time for evidence against arrested reporter 4 friendly_iconoclast Jul 2020 Jul 2020 23 2659
Forbes: The FBI Is Secretly Using A $2 Billion Travel Company As A Global Surveillance Tool 3 friendly_iconoclast Jul 2020 Jul 2020 13 2385
DHS Dep Sec Cuccinelli tells NPR not only are they not stopping the Portland tactics, they're ... 20 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 14 6147
Secret White House calls helped funnel tax money to Trump preachers 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 9 1914
Does anyone here feel as I do, that we have essentially lost the courts? 10 Desert Dem Sep 2019 Jul 2020 2 4799
Your Boss Can Now Search Your Car 9 sandensea Jul 2020 Jul 2020 16 4340
Hey, quick question: Is there any research showing how GOING TO JAIL affects grades and memory? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 0 1678
Selah city lawyer: Family could be prosecuted for chalk art 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 25 4676
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Face recognition vendor vows new rules after wrongful arrest in U.S. using its technology 1 Eugene Jun 2020 Jun 2020 3 1577
Justice Department will reportedly propose limits to online platforms' legal protections 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 2 2100
Former prosecutors write court in support of bail for lawyers accused of throwing molotov cocktail 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 1 1673
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