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Judge rules (Illinois) eavesdropping law unconstitutional 7 Bozita Mar 2012 Feb 2013 10 3979

"... some idiot law firm thought it could threaten Something Awful into a settlement...." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1914

"...Propose a federal law that would fill in the gaps if SCOTUS overturns NYT v. Sullivan ..." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 2488

"A powerful message for everyone working in the world of journalism." 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 May 2022 15 1142

"Cops are still taking more stuff from people than burglars do." 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 Dec 2021 15 1453

"F*&k Civility!" 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 May 2022 8 1134

"I hate to be a grinch, but: this is not a legitimate use of the power to pull people over." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 Mar 2019 2 2367

"I protect a lot of harmful speech. A short thread" 17 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 Oct 2022 10 2348

"I protect your right to participate in public school board meetings, including your right to ..." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 1414

"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 1675

"If the right of privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 Mar 2018 3 1606

"It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears." - Louis D. Brandeis 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 8 1959

"It's Crushing": The Lasting Trauma of the Exonerated 0 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 1159

"Last night, the mayor of Newton, Iowa ejected Noah Petersen from a city council meeting." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 Oct 2022 8 1943

"No American should have to choose between faith and the law." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 2074

"Not in this America, you pharisaical theocratic half-wit." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 1894

"Perhaps Chris Todd would understand this if he was someone who knew anything about the law ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1849

"Police brutality often looks like this. Read this thread from start to finish." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 May 2018 2 1558

"This is a very good piece ... tracing a 1662 slavery case to the 2022 Dobbs decisions ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 14 1485

"Ticketing someone seven times for clearly protected speech, then passing a new ordinance ..." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 2281

"Today, @WSJ published a letter to the editor by my @IJ colleague Anya and me." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 1193

"Trump on Supreme Court Leak: You take the writer and or the publisher... " 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 Oct 2022 5 2065

"We're now at 30 NEW anti-boycott bills introduced since the 2023 legislative sessions began." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 4 2696

"[Robert] Reich has two ideas that he thinks don't undermine free speech. He's simply wrong." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2 1649

$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 4 609

📣 Coming up next week! "Protesting Injustices," a webinar dedicated to understanding 1A 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 792

🔥FIRE-IN-A-CROWDED-THEATER🔥 In Bailey v. Iles, a Louisiana district court cited Schenck. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 5 2866

"100,000 signatures wanted to free Don Siegelman" Pls sign petition at FREE-DON.org 5 robinlynne Oct 2012 Nov 2012 9 4302

"Gideon’s Army": Young Public Defenders Brave Staggering Caseloads, Low Pay to Represent the Poor 7 rug Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 2868

"Male Escorts A Homeland Security Threat?" NYT Editorial 8 Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 Aug 2015 10 2762

Civil Liberties Continued...

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"Never talk to the police" video 2 Ilsa Mar 2012 Mar 2012 4 3218

'Big Mountain Jesus' gets the OK from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 2059

'Blatant Violation of the First Amendment': Public Citizen Sues Betsy DeVos for Censoring Its Websit 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 1558

'Family Annihilators': When Conservative America's Fetish for Guns and Patriarchy Turns Deadly 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 1386

'Geofence warrant' unconstitutional, judge rules in Virginia 0 Eugene Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 953

'Good day for a chokehold': the police endorsing racism and violence on Facebook 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 5 1605

'Hate speech is not protected by the First Amendment,' Portland mayor says. He's wrong. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2017 May 2017 0 6058

'Hidden Horrors': When it Comes to Domestic Violence, the Real Monsters Are Hiding in Plain Sight 2 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 9 2433

'Hysterical' Women Out for Revenge: Family Court's Misogynistic Tropes Traumatize Women and Childr 2 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 1716

'I am a citizen': when border patrol agents violate the rights of US residents 1 Eugene Jun 2015 Dec 2017 3 2021

'I was struck with multiple blows': inside the secret violence of Homan Square 0 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 7 1518

'In Trump We Trust': Ice cream shop resists town orders to take down its impeachment banner 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2020 Jan 2020 2 1908

'Muslim-free' Arkansas gun range draws wary eye of Justice Department 2 Eugene May 2015 May 2015 4 1694

'Protesters as terrorists': growing number of states turn anti-pipeline activism into a crime 0 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1259

'Racially biased' arrests in Louisiana school district prompt appeal to feds 0 Eugene May 2015 May 2015 1 1589

'Racism from cradle to grave': Texas cemetery sued for 'whites only' policy 3 Eugene May 2016 May 2016 3 1499

'Secret and unaccountable': Where some immigrant teens are being taken by ICE 6 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 7 1622

'You are being tracked': How cities use licence-plate scanners to create vast databases of vehicles 3 shockedcanadian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1819

'You tarnished your reputation.' Ex-Miami-Dade cop gets 364 days for wrongful arrest 2 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 890

(Alabama) Brookside police patrolled social media, threatening town's critics 0 Eugene Jan 2022 Jan 2022 2 1029

(Baltimore) 2,000 cases may be overturned because police used secret Stingray surveillance 2 Eugene Sep 2015 Sep 2015 6 1984

(Jefferson Parish, LA) After refusing murder charge, JPDA wants to charge victim's father $18k for public records 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 844

(October 2) World Innocence Day: "One wrongful conviction is too many,..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 893

(Rankin Co., Mississippi) Deputies in civil rights probe accused of sexual assault 0 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 3 2117

(REDACTED) memo released on killing (REDACTED) American overseas 0 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 4 1376

(UK) Convicted murderers lose appeal against whole-life tariffs 0 alp227 Jan 2012 Jan 2012 1 1830

(xp) Arabs, Muslims can sue U.S. officials over post-9/11 jail treatment 1 Eugene Jun 2015 Jun 2015 2 1534

10-27-1947: Committee for the First Amendment arrives in DC to support "blacklisted" colleagues 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 1306

10th Circuit denies immunity to Denver detectives who coerced teenager's false murder confession 7 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 42 2518

16-year-old Illinois boy commits suicide after police threatened him with lifetime sex registry 8 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 3 2092

Civil Liberties Continued...

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1984 has finally arrived, folks 7 WhoIsNumberNone Nov 2012 Feb 2013 5 3077

1A: "Legislation that requires biblical citizenship training in schools would violate me" 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 1241

1A: I protect hate speech, incendiary speech, and screaming "fire" in a crowded theater, unless ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 May 2022 2 1116

2 NYPD Officers beat 16 y.o. black kid for raising his hands 6 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 Dec 2017 21 3488

2014 Washington Post series, "Stop and Seize" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2017 Jul 2017 3 1733

25 years after wrongful conviction, a man is free from Angola 1 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1118

28 women file suit over 'night of terror' in Indiana jail, alleging incarcerated men bribed jail 1 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1271

40 Members of Congress Say No to Indefinite Detention of Americans 0 jakeXT Dec 2011 Dec 2011 6 2006

5th Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Cops Who Ignited a Suicidal, Gasoline-Drenched Man by ... 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2021 Feb 2021 6 2325

7 murder convictions overturned in a single day after prosecutors stop backing group of cases tied 1 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 18 1661

70 people arrested at house party after less than an ounce of marijuana goes unclaimed 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1917

8 Ways the Supreme Court Has Been Destroying American Democracy 3 Panich52 Jun 2015 Nov 2015 4 1800

92% of Americans think their basic rights are being threatened, new poll shows 1 Eugene Dec 2019 Dec 2019 5 3594

9th Cir. holds 2-1 Fellowship of Christian Athletes school group likely to prevail on its challenge 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 1854

9th Circuit Says Arresting People For "Fuck The Cops" Chalk Writing Is Unconstitutional Retaliation 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 Mar 2022 9 1204

@CustomsBorder got on a Greyhound bus yesterday and asked every passenger for their papers 42 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 Jan 2018 44 7477

A 53 year-old homeless man was arrested after trying and failing to use a counterfeit $20 bill to... 11 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 Mar 2019 3 2603

A Black Army vet spent 16 months in solitary. Then a jury heard the evidence against him. 1 Eugene Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 1550

A Chicago Attorney Is Getting Justice For Hundreds Of Wrongfully Convicted People All At Once 19 ck4829 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 100 4440

A child is more likely to end up on the sex offender registry than to be molested by someone on it. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 Apr 2018 5 1250

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