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9th Cir. holds 2-1 Fellowship of Christian Athletes school group likely to prevail on its challenge 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 2137
Popular Trans Twitch Streamer Keffals Arrested After 'Traumatizing' Swatting Incident 2 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1628
A legal battle in Mississippi will test whether states can criminalize those who provide information 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 1730
Oklahoma teacher suspended after promoting Brooklyn Public Library's anti-censorship campaign 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 1349
They didn't remain silent: How false confessions happen 1 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 1458
We're here because we're people who kill Hessians on Christmas. The kids will be okay. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 1795
I protect the right of federal judiciary employees to engage in partisan politics outside ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 1831
The Feminist Case for Ending the Death Penalty 4 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1385
Pennsylvania school district trying to ban any written expression not created for school purposes. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 2003
Students in every ND public school, along with every public school in the US, also have the right... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 1975
Attorneys argue juries should know they don't need to convict on unpopular abortion and drug laws 0 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 1527
25 years after wrongful conviction, a man is free from Angola 1 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1372
How Solitary Confinement Harms Women 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 1059
Students sue college president who invented rules to ban conservative flyers 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 2139
Re: the theater thing 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 1308
7 murder convictions overturned in a single day after prosecutors stop backing group of cases tied 1 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 18 1902
Even the District Attorney Believed Joaquin Ciria Was Innocent. Why Did It Take So Long to Set Him 0 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 1484
Privacy concerns awakened as Roe v Wade is overturned 0 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 1173
"I would have been happier if a jury had assessed the merits of the case against Alex Jones ..." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 1927
Federal court upholds First Amendment protections for students on social media off campus 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1363
1A: "Legislation that requires biblical citizenship training in schools would violate me" 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 1501
"Today, @WSJ published a letter to the editor by my @IJ colleague Anya and me." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 1435
"This is a very good piece ... tracing a 1662 slavery case to the 2022 Dobbs decisions ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 14 1785
On Friday, the 5th Cir. granted #QualifiedImmunity to a mayor, police chief, and attorney ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1411
28 women file suit over 'night of terror' in Indiana jail, alleging incarcerated men bribed jail 1 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1521
"It's Crushing": The Lasting Trauma of the Exonerated 0 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 1436
Republicans' next big play is to 'scare the hell out of Washington' by rewriting the Constitution... 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 1472
With Roe gone, states rush to criminalize not only abortion, but 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 about abortion. 12 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 32 2791
That's the price you pay for serving in government. You have to listen to the people who annoy you. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 1457
Victory!!! Larry Klayman sued Rebecca Schoenkopf and @Wonkette over publications protected by 1A. 13 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 32 2887

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Lafayette Parish librarian who spoke against censorship of LGBTQ books may be fired Monday 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 1736
Oklahoma City library releases guidelines on patrons seeking abortion information 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 1199
Despite judge's ruling that Spokane County deleted video evidence in jail death 'to avoid legal' 0 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 6 1505
Lawsuit: Chicago police misused ShotSpotter in murder case 0 Eugene Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 1399
"I protect your right to participate in public school board meetings, including your right to ..." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 1696
Op-ed in The Wall Street Journal.: Arizona Moves to Hold Cops Unaccountable 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 1253
Another US appeals court upholds right to record police 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 968
Watch: Police in small Texas town show up at man's home and remove 'F*ck Joe Biden' flag 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 6 1929
Detroit to pay $7.5M to man who claims cops switched bullets 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 15 1532
Defiant Philippine Nobel laureate Ressa fights for her freedom 0 cbabe Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 1131
Detroit cash bail reforms to strike at racial inequality 0 Eugene Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 1023
Demanding that the IRS go against political enemies (such as what tRUMP and his IRS Commissioner 6 SWBTATTReg Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 2306
New initiatives aim to help the innocent fight wrongful convictions 1 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 1083
The Danger of License Plate Readers in Post-Roe America 2 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 5 1323
Judge overturns murder conviction of man who said he was framed by disgraced former detective 0 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 1383
Philippines' Nobel laureate Maria Ressa loses appeal against cyber libel conviction 0 cbabe Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 1379
People will no longer be allowed to take close-range recordings of Arizona police under a new bill 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 1589
Reproductive rights activists read first Amendment outside Kavanaugh's home 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 1084
New Complaint Challenges Limits to Corporate Speech Enacted by Florida's 'Stop WOKE Act' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 6 1267
Federal Agent Stupidly Threatens Twitter User With Arrest Over Protected First Amendment Expression 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 1661
Kansas wrongful conviction lawsuit reaches $12.5M settlement 0 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 5 1235
Black man arrested on warrant for white man awarded $90K settlement 0 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 7 1262
On July 4th, Ray Gray is still learning how to be free after decades behind bars 0 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 942
I'd like to thank the 1st amendment to the Constitution for chiming in, and also thank all the ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 1250
Ex-Argentine naval officer found responsible for 1972 Trelew Massacre 0 peppertree Jul 2022 Jul 2022 6 1145
This gentleman right here is Alton Toussaint Lemon, for whom the famed "Lemon Test" was named. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 2972
After Roe's overturn: the abortion surveillance state 2 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 1116
'You tarnished your reputation.' Ex-Miami-Dade cop gets 364 days for wrongful arrest 2 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 1181
On this day, June 26, 2003, Lawrence v. Texas was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 1005
North Texas man jailed for crime he didn't commit is free at last 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 1217

Civil Liberties Continued...

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On this day, June 17, 1963, Abington School District v. Schempp was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 1181
We often hear that the First Amendment has never been stronger. I'd like to tell you a story ... 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 1761
After four years of silence and a settlement with Fox News, Seth Rich's parents are ready to talk. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 16 1859
Marsy's Law in action. We told you this would happen. You were warned. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 16 2193
The Impotence of the Fourth Amendment in a Post-Roe World 4 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 14 1339
A Black Army vet spent 16 months in solitary. Then a jury heard the evidence against him. 1 Eugene Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 1784
On this day, June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 1 1092
On this day, June 12, 1967, Loving v. Virginia was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 8 1048
Supreme Court prioritizes expedience, not justice, in wrongful convictions 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 1139
Idaho Falls settles wrongful conviction lawsuit for $11.7M 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 945
Enforcing Criminal Abortion Bans Post-Roe: 'A Massive Escalation of Surveillance' 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 6 1061
A lawsuit claims Waukegan police extracted another false confession from a Black teen 2 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 1162
📣 Coming up next week! "Protesting Injustices," a webinar dedicated to understanding 1A 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 1017
He spent most of his adult life in a W.Va. prison on a wrongful conviction. Two years later, he 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 6 1257
$14.25M settlement proposed for man who spent 20 years in prison for double murder he didn't commit 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 841
The new court's absurd inhumanity: To preserve procedure, an innocent man must die 2 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 7 1384
There is no general hate speech exception to 1A, which means that hate speech is protected speech. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 1 1424
On June 8, 1789, James Madison introduced the Bill of Rights to Congress. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 833
Time for a quick primer on the law of accessing phones under the 4th Amendment. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 9 1147
Happy **** The Draft Day! On June 7, 1971, the Supreme Court ruled that wearing a jacket that ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 1033
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