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Elon Musk's X sues media watchdog Media Matters over report on pro-Nazi content on the social media site 8 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 21 Tuesday 0 478
Trump hints at expanded role for the military within the US. A legacy law gives him few guardrails 34 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 32 2031
Trump hints at TERRIFYING USE OF MILITARY (never underestimate Trump and his ability to grab power) 3 UCmeNdc Monday Monday 6 485
Should People Have the Right to Say Awful Things Without Facing Legal Consequences? 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 7 513
Federal judge grants injunction banning 'Kansas Two-Step' Highway Patrol tactic 2 Eugene Nov 21 Nov 22 11 437
Court upholds NYC law banning the types of police restraints that killed George Floyd, Eric Garner 0 Eugene Nov 21 Nov 21 6 2884
Republicans Have a New Plan to Save the Supreme Court Abortion Pill Case 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 21 Nov 21 7 411
Speaker Johnson: Separation of church, state 'a misnomer' 15 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 14 Nov 17 4 665
For our next trick, watch the Eighth Amendment disappear before your very eyes! 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 14 Nov 14 9 819
Political Violence Threatens Our Democracy. How Do We Keep Candidates Safe? 0 niyad Nov 4 Nov 4 4 413
Ta-Nehisi Coates Speaks Out Against Israel's "Segregationist Apartheid Regime" After West Bank Visit 1 littlemissmartypants Nov 3 Nov 3 3 505
Minnesota appeals court protects felon voting rights after finding a lower court judge overstepped 0 Eugene Nov 2 Nov 2 1 358
West Virginia school system mandates religious freedom training following revival assembly lawsuit 0 Eugene Oct 28 Oct 28 6 324
Sick of Cancel Culture? One Man Has a Surprising Solution. 5 reACTIONary Oct 21 Oct 24 2 788
High school coach from "Kennedy v. Bremerton School District" releases book 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 24 Oct 24 2 546
San Marcos forced to pay $175,000 to Wendy Davis, other Democrats after "Trump Train" incident 0 Eugene Oct 18 Oct 18 6 638
California becomes first state to ban use of 'excited delirium' as cause of death 0 Eugene Oct 10 Oct 10 3 413
'Hysterical' Women Out for Revenge: Family Court's Misogynistic Tropes Traumatize Women and Childr 2 niyad Oct 7 Oct 7 10 856
S8:E11 (Special Guest - The Village Vice Mayor Sean Cummings) 0 Across-the-Desk Oct 1 Oct 1 0 381
Facial recognition technology jailed a man for days. His lawsuit joins others from Black plaintiffs 3 Eugene Sep 25 Sep 25 12 1109
New York attorney general sends cease-and-desist letter to group accused of voter intimidation 1 Eugene Sep 23 Sep 23 3 379
FBI is investigating alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police warehouse known as the 'Brave Cave' 0 Eugene Sep 23 Sep 23 1 3030
Appeals Court Says Michigan County's Vehicle Forfeiture Program Is Unconstitutional 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 19 Sep 19 11 761
Texas Lawman Linked to Oath Keepers Convicted After Violating Inmate Rights 1 Eugene Sep 18 Sep 18 3 807
Opponents in an Alabama lawsuit over Confederate monument protests reach a tentative settlement 0 Eugene Sep 18 Sep 18 1 459
Wrongly arrested because of facial recognition: Why new police tech risks serious miscarriages of ju 2 Eugene Sep 17 Sep 18 2 825
High School band director tased, arrested after police order him to end performance 10 Otto_Harper Sep 17 Sep 17 6 1288
California lawmakers vote to ban mandatory evictions for arrested tenants 0 Eugene Sep 16 Sep 16 3 551
Man files complaint against police - so they raid his home and seize his wife 10 Otto_Harper Sep 9 Sep 13 48 3092
Women Are Improving the Federal Bench: Milestones and Historic Firsts 2 niyad Sep 9 Sep 9 6 534

Civil Liberties Continued...

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NY attorney general and civil liberties groups reach 'landmark agreement' with NYPD over protest res 0 Eugene Sep 5 Sep 5 0 928
GOP lawmakers take aim at LGBTQ+ 'safe places' program in small Florida town 3 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 726
California Court Grants Restraining Order Based on Coercive Control (trigger warning) 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 655
Thanks to Chris Hayes for highlighting needs of the criminally accused: 0 elleng Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 542
Federal Appeals Court Rules Detroit's Asset Forfeiture Violates Due Process Rights of Drivers 0 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 657
Florida lawmakers cower in gun-free zones with bulletproof glass while criticizing 'safe places' for 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 841
Records show California prisons are reporting U.S. citizens to ICE, ACLU says 1 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 540
Mother is arrested in Bangladesh after son in the U.S. criticizes government online 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 876
Denver to pay $4.7 million to settle claims it targeted George Floyd protesters for violating curfew 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 789
We must keep marching toward Dr. King's dream 3 MN2theMax Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 513
Lawyer Says Cops Secretly Copied Kansas Newspaper Data After Raid 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 569
A Louisiana Man Was Jailed for Criticizing Police. A Federal Court Wasn't Having It. 1 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 17 1691
Argentina's 'notebook' scandal: police confirm calligraphic alterations and dictation 0 peppertree Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 532
Biden Administration Takes on Intimate Partner Violence, Releasing New Clinical Guidance 1 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 8 1630
Liberal justices blast Supreme Court majority for allowing Alabama execution 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 685
'Hidden Horrors': When it Comes to Domestic Violence, the Real Monsters Are Hiding in Plain Sight 2 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 9 1807
'Family Annihilators': When Conservative America's Fetish for Guns and Patriarchy Turns Deadly 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 927
Judge rules Kansas Highway Patrol 'waged war on motorists,' violated constitutional rights 1 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 636
A SWAT team destroyed his shop - now the city won't cover repairs, owner says 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 9 1320
Progressives press Chicago mayor over pledge to end controversial policing tool ShotSpotter 3 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 900
Lawyers Say Catherine Kassenoff's Case--and Thousands of Others--Violate U.S. Constitutional Right to 2 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 1255
After Legal Threats, Uvalde School District Lifts Ban on Parent Who Criticized Police Hire 1 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1524
Republican attorneys general issue warning letter to Target about Pride merchandise 2 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 1072
July 4th 2 1WorldHope Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 851
Justice Thomas uses his dissent in Counterman to reiterate his hatred of New York Times v. Sullivan 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1937
California governor proposes rolling back access to police misconduct records 1 Eugene Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 845
On June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1660
Machete madness: Hunter College professor calls pro-life display 'violent,' then threatens reporter 18 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 2861
Federal Lawsuit Challenges K-9 Reliability 0 Dr. Strange Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 790
FIRE wrote today to New College of Florida after trustee Christopher Rufo bragged on Twitter 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 2032

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Don't Reform the Courts. Disempower Them. 0 ck4829 Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 818
"Perhaps Chris Todd would understand this if he was someone who knew anything about the law ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1633
Devin Nunes Loses Yet Another SLAPP Suit, This Time In California 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 May 2023 8 1524
Latest arrests of 'Cop City' protesters 'feel like overreach', experts say 0 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 2 1673
(Rankin Co., Mississippi) Deputies in civil rights probe accused of sexual assault 0 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 3 1954
Stopping the scourge of false confessions 1 ck4829 May 2023 May 2023 5 824
The first arrests from DeSantis's election police take extensive toll 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 13 1628
Boise Deputy Police Chief Tammany Brooks Oversaw Cesspool of Racism in Antioch, California 1 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 7 2031
Students sue Michigan school district for banning 'Let's Go Brandon' sweatshirts 11 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 1359
On April 26, 1937, the Supreme Court overruled a Georgia Supreme Court decision that would have ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 8 2327
The Supreme Court Takes Up 'Home-Equity Theft' 7 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 28 2917
Court revives DNA evidence case of Texas man on death-row 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 2095
Panel: Seattle police should apologize for protest violence 0 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 852
Minneapolis to pay $8.9M over Chauvin's actions before Floyd 0 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 2070
St. Louis suburb settles 'debtors' prison' lawsuit 0 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 781
Trump is indicted in N.Y. Here's what it means and what happens next. 2 BigmanPigman Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 1700
On this day, March 30, 1942, 227 residents of Bainbridge Island, Washington, were rounded up. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 11 2676
Federal judge rules against immediate relief for WT students in drag show lawsuit 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 1961
On this day, March 22, 1972, Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 937
How an old law found new life in lawsuit seeking to revoke approval of abortion pill 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 2384
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