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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 1145
"Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 1196
Justice Thomas urges Supreme Court to reconsider free speech rules near abortion clinics 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 1774
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 4 832
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 8 892
FCC adds banner to complaints page inviting comments on Kamala Harris interview on "60 Minutes." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 990
How Renegade Juries Could Help Thwart Trumpian Misrule 1 ck4829 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 1064
NO more Apple phones reasons why plus more 5 Flash953 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 2330
Supreme Court Signals That Landmark Libel Ruling Is Secure 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 1020
No More Pretense: Carr's FCC Threatens News Radio Station For Reporting The News Too Specifically 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 12 1297
Nevada Court Shuts Down Federal Civil Forfeiture Loophole That Bypassed State Restrictions 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 875
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 1338
'Brush up on our laws': Ilhan Omar claps back after Elon Musk pushes edited video of her 0 ck4829 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 10 1171
New NY law lets doctors keep their names off abortion meds 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 846
Meet two lawyers leading the fight for trans people's lives against Trump's anti-trans attacks 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 946
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 1271
On this day, January 30, 1919, Fred Korematsu was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 0 947
Trump's Death Penalty Order Is a Message to the Supreme Court 14 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 3393
Texas judge permits states' challenge against abortion pill rules to proceed 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 1199
TED Jimmy Carter, Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse 3 littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 Jan 2025 39 2214
The Fight for Free Speech 0 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 1180
Mount Vernon, NY police force strip searched nearly everyone it arrested, DOJ says 3 Eugene Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 1606
Free Speech Advocate 3 joelg Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 1659
predictive policing: Pasco County, FL Sheriff's Office settles 'intelligence-led policing' program 0 Eugene Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 1102
No DEI shopping at WalMart this year 3 CatWoman Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 2224
Christian Nationalism's First Item on the Agenda: Repeal Women's Right to Vote 1 niyad Nov 2024 Nov 2024 13 1662
Two Missouri officers charged with stealing nude photos during traffic stops 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 6 1444
Hat's Off to UVA Student for Keeping His Hat On 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 1520
Maybe now white people will be able to understand 1 JMCKUSICK Nov 2024 Nov 2024 14 1193
Died for being pregnant, Died for being black hmmmmm 0 JMCKUSICK Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 904

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Supreme Court schedules transgender rights case for December 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 1708
Police seldom disclose use of facial recognition despite false arrests 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 1244
Trump's second-term agenda on LGBTQ issues alarms civil rights groups 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 1343
Supreme Court flooded with prayers for relief from groups eager to promote religion 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 1321
Jonathan Mitchell told the Fifth Circuit public libraries only exist "as a matter of grace" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 1730
PLEASE SHARE: Kamala Harris talks abortion at GA rally: FULL SPEECH (VIDEO) 0 RandySF Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 1328
Illinois' top court says odor of burnt marijuana isn't enough to search car 0 Eugene Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 1200
Progressives press Chicago mayor over pledge to end controversial policing tool ShotSpotter 4 Eugene Jul 2023 Sep 2024 0 3236
Mississippi mail voting case at the Fifth Circuit could quickly become a national issue 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 1487
This Election, It's Women's Choice 1 niyad Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 1257
Ofra Bikel, whose films freed the wrongly convicted, dies at 94 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 1266
Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest 30 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 92 13961
Lawsuit accuses (Medford) Oregon police department of illegally monitoring progressive activists 0 Eugene Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 1104
Virginia appeals court rules judge wrongly dismissed asset forfeiture challenge 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 1302
BREAKING: Gaza protest in front of Blinken's house removed by state authorities 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 1548
Billions in taxpayer dollars now go to religious schools via vouchers 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jul 2024 10 2531
Some Thoughts on Civil Liberty, on Civil Responsibility, from an often forgotten Emperor 0 MedRxx Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 1337
Missouri woman who served 43 years in prison is free after her murder conviction was overturned 4 ck4829 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 17 1893
Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024? 0 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 1174
Massachusetts teacher fired for her TikTok videos loses First Amendment federal appeal 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 11 2522
In the 1940's FDR imprisoned Japanese citizens & descendants. Can DJT imprison Liberals & Democrats if reelected? 4 Jacson6 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 1831
Judge rules against Texas Attorney General Paxton in campaign against migrant shelters 1 Jacson6 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 1390
She Needed an Emergency Abortion. Doctors in Idaho Put Her on a Plane. 34 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 67 9000
The Supreme Court Just Took Its First Swipe at Marriage Equality 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 15 2054
Supreme Court Allows Suit Over Arrest Said to Be Politically Motivated 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 1603
La.'s Ten Commandments law will test religion-friendly courts, experts say 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 1797
Missouri woman's murder conviction tossed after 43 years. Her lawyers say a police officer did it 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 9 1489
Freed murder convict sues Chicago over eyewitness who turned out to be blind 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 26 2020
Federal judge orders ICE to end 'knock and talk' arrests of immigrants in Southern California 0 Eugene May 2024 May 2024 10 1592
Opinion: This Alabama AG won't stop at the state line to prosecute abortion 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 2256

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Justices Jackson, Sotomayor call out Supreme Court for rejecting due process appeal 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 9 1722
Chains of Labor: The Global Stranglehold on Worker Rights 0 erronis May 2024 May 2024 4 1515
D.C.'s largest high school to show alternate Palestinian film after suit 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 1755
Flat-Fee Representation Fuels Man's Bid To Avoid Execution 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 2537
Jury Finds Denver Police Officers Violated Colorado Constitution, Awards $3.76 Million in Damages 1 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 10 2445
Tennessee lawmakers advance bill to undo Memphis' traffic stop reforms after Tyre Nichols death 1 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 2154
Mississippi police unconstitutionally jailed people for unpaid fines, Justice Department says 0 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 2014
Maybe they could beat him to death with a baseball bat. 4 SarahD Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 2771
Ferguson, Missouri, agrees to pay $4.5 million to settle 'debtors' prison' lawsuit 1 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 2020
Supreme Court skeptical of Texas, Florida regulation of social media moderation 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 2325
The Alabama Chief Justice Who Invoked God in Deciding the Embryo Case 6 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 3034
Senate poised to pass biggest piece of tech regulation in decades 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 2564
ShotSpotter: Chicago to stop using controversial gunshot detection technology this year 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 2088
New Jersey officer accused of excessive force pleads guilty to misdemeanor counts in federal court 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 2129
Minneapolis City Council approves $950,000 settlement with journalists detained or injured during 2020 unrest 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 1895
If a cop crashes and dies when chasing someone, should the person being chased be held responsible for the cop's death? 6 Towlie Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 3251
Dozens of Rogue California Police Agencies Still Sharing Driver Locations with Anti-Abortion States 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 7 2444
SCOTUSblog: Court schedules abortion pill case for March argument session 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 2390
Court appoints lawyer in Oklahoma death penalty case 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 2093
After LA police raid home of Black Lives Matter attorney, a judge orders photographs destroyed 2 ck4829 Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 3813
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