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GOP lawmakers take aim at LGBTQ+ 'safe places' program in small Florida town 3 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 2545
California Court Grants Restraining Order Based on Coercive Control (trigger warning) 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 2351
Thanks to Chris Hayes for highlighting needs of the criminally accused: 0 elleng Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1831
Federal Appeals Court Rules Detroit's Asset Forfeiture Violates Due Process Rights of Drivers 0 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 2072
Florida lawmakers cower in gun-free zones with bulletproof glass while criticizing 'safe places' for 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 2386
Records show California prisons are reporting U.S. citizens to ICE, ACLU says 1 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 2093
Mother is arrested in Bangladesh after son in the U.S. criticizes government online 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 2431
Denver to pay $4.7 million to settle claims it targeted George Floyd protesters for violating curfew 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 2190
We must keep marching toward Dr. King's dream 3 MN2theMax Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 2277
Lawyer Says Cops Secretly Copied Kansas Newspaper Data After Raid 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1955
A Louisiana Man Was Jailed for Criticizing Police. A Federal Court Wasn't Having It. 1 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 17 3356
Argentina's 'notebook' scandal: police confirm calligraphic alterations and dictation 0 peppertree Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 2032
Biden Administration Takes on Intimate Partner Violence, Releasing New Clinical Guidance 1 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 8 3699
Liberal justices blast Supreme Court majority for allowing Alabama execution 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 2293
'Hidden Horrors': When it Comes to Domestic Violence, the Real Monsters Are Hiding in Plain Sight 2 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 9 4016
'Family Annihilators': When Conservative America's Fetish for Guns and Patriarchy Turns Deadly 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 2495
Judge rules Kansas Highway Patrol 'waged war on motorists,' violated constitutional rights 1 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 2363
A SWAT team destroyed his shop - now the city won't cover repairs, owner says 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 9 2709
Lawyers Say Catherine Kassenoff's Case--and Thousands of Others--Violate U.S. Constitutional Right to 2 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 2988
After Legal Threats, Uvalde School District Lifts Ban on Parent Who Criticized Police Hire 1 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 2711
Republican attorneys general issue warning letter to Target about Pride merchandise 2 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2558
July 4th 2 1WorldHope Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1569
Justice Thomas uses his dissent in Counterman to reiterate his hatred of New York Times v. Sullivan 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 2783
California governor proposes rolling back access to police misconduct records 1 Eugene Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1489
On June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 2473
Machete madness: Hunter College professor calls pro-life display 'violent,' then threatens reporter 18 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 5587
Federal Lawsuit Challenges K-9 Reliability 0 Dr. Strange Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1391
FIRE wrote today to New College of Florida after trustee Christopher Rufo bragged on Twitter 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 2719
Don't Reform the Courts. Disempower Them. 0 ck4829 Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1443
"Perhaps Chris Todd would understand this if he was someone who knew anything about the law ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 2362

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Devin Nunes Loses Yet Another SLAPP Suit, This Time In California 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 May 2023 8 2548
Latest arrests of 'Cop City' protesters 'feel like overreach', experts say 0 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 2 2272
(Rankin Co., Mississippi) Deputies in civil rights probe accused of sexual assault 0 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 3 2569
Stopping the scourge of false confessions 1 ck4829 May 2023 May 2023 5 1503
The first arrests from DeSantis's election police take extensive toll 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 13 2310
Boise Deputy Police Chief Tammany Brooks Oversaw Cesspool of Racism in Antioch, California 1 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 7 2693
Students sue Michigan school district for banning 'Let's Go Brandon' sweatshirts 11 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 2905
On April 26, 1937, the Supreme Court overruled a Georgia Supreme Court decision that would have ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 8 2920
The Supreme Court Takes Up 'Home-Equity Theft' 7 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 28 4008
Court revives DNA evidence case of Texas man on death-row 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 2692
Panel: Seattle police should apologize for protest violence 0 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 1458
Minneapolis to pay $8.9M over Chauvin's actions before Floyd 0 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 2681
St. Louis suburb settles 'debtors' prison' lawsuit 0 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 1337
Trump is indicted in N.Y. Here's what it means and what happens next. 2 BigmanPigman Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 2554
On this day, March 30, 1942, 227 residents of Bainbridge Island, Washington, were rounded up. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 11 3494
Federal judge rules against immediate relief for WT students in drag show lawsuit 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 2517
On this day, March 22, 1972, Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 1444
How an old law found new life in lawsuit seeking to revoke approval of abortion pill 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 2933
Read the transcript: What happened inside the federal hearing on abortion pills 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 5 2333
What to watch for at Wednesday's hearing in medication abortion lawsuit 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 1566
Atheists avoid -- for now -- Supreme Court review of lawsuit on Florida shooting prayer vigil 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 3247
Confiscation of man's 'Cops Ahead' signs violated First Amendment rights, appeals court says 1 sl8 Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 1757
False Oregon DMV records lead to mistaken arrests, convictions for driving with suspended license 1 ck4829 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 8 3267
North Carolina can't ban undercover filming inside animal farms 10 sl8 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 37 3531
🔥FIRE-IN-A-CROWDED-THEATER🔥 In Bailey v. Iles, a Louisiana district court cited Schenck. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 5 3679
Teen's family sues cops for extracting false confession to a shooting 2 ck4829 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 14 1911
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order (EO) 9066. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 2 2676
Missouri man who served 27 years in prison is freed as judge vacates his murder conviction 5 ck4829 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 6 3537
League City Council will vote on creating politically appointed committee to restrict library books. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 2 2272
National Archives and abortion rights opponents reach potential agreement 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 0 1520

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Greenville students removed from National Air and Space Museum for wearing pro-life hats 9 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 2 3814
"We're now at 30 NEW anti-boycott bills introduced since the 2023 legislative sessions began." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 4 3207
Texas lawsuit that seeks to ban abortion drug nationwide sparks fear among advocates 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 3 2264
FIRE to the Supreme Court: The First Amendment applies in Texas, too 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 9 2029
"Ticketing someone seven times for clearly protected speech, then passing a new ordinance ..." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 2842
Republican demands "stronger laws" to stop women from leaving state to get abortions 2 ck4829 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 0 2450
Hawaii man freed after wrongful conviction in 1991 murder, rape 1 ck4829 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 4 2006
On this day, January 30, 1919, Fred Korematsu was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 2116
WA Councilmember Sawant Proposes Legislation Against Caste Discrimination 0 cbabe Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 1819
FDA Defends Abortion Pill Approval in Response to Texas Lawsuit 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 2107
European Union bureaucrat predicts that laws prohibiting hate speech will be imposed in US 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 2844
Opinion by William P. Barr: Congress Must Halt Big Tech's Power Grab 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 2086
Here's why Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot can't ask teachers to help her reelection campaign 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 2260
The phrase "Orwellian" is overused, but bowing to state censorship while claiming to embrace ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 2387
The phrase "Orwellian" is overused, but bowing to state censorship while claiming to embrace ... 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 2111
Here's why Sheila Jackson Lee's proposed legislation doesn't survive 5 seconds of scrutiny. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 2321
A Chicago Attorney Is Getting Justice For Hundreds Of Wrongfully Convicted People All At Once 19 ck4829 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 100 5908
Question of the Day 0 JMCKUSICK Jan 2023 Jan 2023 4 1649
In some states, your 6-year-old child can be arrested. Advocates want that changed 1 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 2380
Study Shows Race is Substantial Factor in Wrongful Convictions 1 ck4829 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 7 1811
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