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On this day, December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery Alabama 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 1664
Ohio Cops Decide First Amendment Doesn't Exist, Arrest Newspaper Editor For Committing Journalism 2 LiberalArkie Nov 2022 Nov 2022 5 1891
Vast majority of those being held in Georgia's rural jails are there for nonviolent offenses 9 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 Nov 2022 9 3371
Ohio man wins $45 million in lawsuit after being wrongfully imprisoned for 20 years 1 ck4829 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 6 1772
TheFIREorg 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 Nov 2022 5 1746
America's scales of justice are badly unbalanced 4 ck4829 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 13 2086
On November 13, 1957, the Longview, TX chapter of the NAACP refused to snitch on its members. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 Nov 2022 4 1803
Have grave concerns about the prison pipeline? Serve on a jury. 8 ck4829 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 10 2253
Tennessee county under fire for adding 'Judeo-Christian' preamble to official document 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 1684
FIRE sues Michigan mayor who abused power, shouted down constituents at city council meeting 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 Nov 2022 4 1698
Judge cites Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone with contempt as backlog of complaint probes grows 0 Eugene Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 1715
"I protect a lot of harmful speech. A short thread" 17 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 Oct 2022 10 3503
Accusations of coerced confessions in Melissa Lucio case shine spotlight on tactic 0 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 9 2124
DNA evidence frees California man imprisoned for decades 2 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 7 1706
School-board spat raises recurring question: Can government officials block you on social media? 0 sl8 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 1864
10-27-1947: Committee for the First Amendment arrives in DC to support "blacklisted" colleagues 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 1577
Jurors Can Protect Abortion Access 1 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 2 1531
Court rules geofence warrant violates Fourth Amendment 0 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 10 2004
Ohio law requires *prisoner* to request testing. Conviction/death sentence stand. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 Oct 2022 2 1634
"Last night, the mayor of Newton, Iowa ejected Noah Petersen from a city council meeting." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 Oct 2022 8 2377
Is the Government Tracking Your Abortion? 0 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 1667
Man working to rebuild life after going to jail for crime he didn't commit 0 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 5 1568
"Trump on Supreme Court Leak: You take the writer and or the publisher... " 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 Oct 2022 5 2448
Chicago college shuts down anti-Marxism display, threatens conservative students with ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 1995
This message was self-deleted by its author 5 GenXer47 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 2327
A website creator is using the Second Amendment to try and upend the First 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 Oct 2022 3 1760
On this day, October 15, 1965, a draft card was burned during an anti-war rally. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 1823
The First Amendment and Alex Jones: a thread 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 Oct 2022 5 1518
North Carolina HBCU leader 'outraged' after bus of Black students stopped in SC 11 Eugene Oct 2022 Oct 2022 50 4216
Comedians sue over drug search program at Atlanta airport 0 Eugene Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 1411

Civil Liberties Continued...

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How Discovery Channel's 'MythBusters' Helped a Wrongly Convicted Man Prove His Innocence 0 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 8 1750
Police Charged a Woman for Recording Them Holding a Black Man at Gunpoint. Now, They Owe Her 2 Eugene Oct 2022 Oct 2022 12 1933
Judge dismisses case over FBI raid of 1,400 private safe-deposit boxes and seizure of millions in je 2 Eugene Oct 2022 Oct 2022 11 2324
The Onion advises the Supreme Court's 'total Latin dorks' on parody 1 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 3 1593
California Restricts Use of Rap Lyrics in Criminal Trials After Gov. Newsom Signs Bill 1 Eugene Oct 2022 Oct 2022 3 1876
Why is it so hard to free wrongfully convicted people from prison? 3 ck4829 Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 1532
The Trevor Project teams up with a student surveillance company accused of LGBTQ+ bias 0 cbabe Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 1603
Fifth Circuit reverses and grants judgment *for* a judge who does a prayer ceremony in his courtroom 8 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 Sep 2022 4 1982
Black people are being falsely convicted of serious crimes at alarming rates, report finds 3 ck4829 Sep 2022 Sep 2022 12 1797
University of Idaho tells faculty that talking about abortion could have criminal repercussions. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 Sep 2022 7 1656
Senators push to reform police's cellphone tracking tools 2 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 4 1411
Treatment of Serial's Adnan Syed is a National Shame 0 ck4829 Sep 2022 Sep 2022 4 1576
Messenger: They stood up to a Missouri judge for First Amendment rights. They won. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 Sep 2022 5 1647
US Private Vaults: FBI misled judge who signed warrant for Beverly Hills seizure of $86 million in c 1 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 2077
Florida brings battle over social media regulation to the Supreme Court 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 Sep 2022 5 1728
Today, FIRE lodged a formal complaint with the Hood County District Attorney following repeated ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 1650
This Banned Books Week, we are spotlighting many of the LGBTQIA+ books being banned ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 Sep 2022 5 1462
Riotsville, USA: the shocking story of fake army towns that militarised police 1 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 1688
Arizona Legislature won't defend law limiting police filming 1 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 1326
Fossil Fuel Giants Have Targeted 150+ Activists With 'Judicial Harassment': Report 4 cbabe Sep 2022 Sep 2022 12 2095
Where there's no 1A: 7 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 2077
From 2017: "A Texas sheriff threatened this woman for having a "F**K TRUMP" bumper sticker." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 Sep 2022 14 2289
With thousands of people confused about the First Amendment and censorship ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 1470
This Tennessee town is restricting demonstrations 'to facilitate the safe exercise' of First... 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 Sep 2022 5 1953
9th Cir. holds 2-1 Fellowship of Christian Athletes school group likely to prevail on its challenge 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 2184
Popular Trans Twitch Streamer Keffals Arrested After 'Traumatizing' Swatting Incident 2 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1672
A legal battle in Mississippi will test whether states can criminalize those who provide information 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 1775
Oklahoma teacher suspended after promoting Brooklyn Public Library's anti-censorship campaign 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 1382
They didn't remain silent: How false confessions happen 1 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 1488
We're here because we're people who kill Hessians on Christmas. The kids will be okay. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 1822

Civil Liberties Continued...

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I protect the right of federal judiciary employees to engage in partisan politics outside ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 1878
The Feminist Case for Ending the Death Penalty 4 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1450
Pennsylvania school district trying to ban any written expression not created for school purposes. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 2102
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 2050
Attorneys argue juries should know they don't need to convict on unpopular abortion and drug laws 0 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 1558
25 years after wrongful conviction, a man is free from Angola 1 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1419
How Solitary Confinement Harms Women 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 1088
Students sue college president who invented rules to ban conservative flyers 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 2184
Re: the theater thing 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 1341
7 murder convictions overturned in a single day after prosecutors stop backing group of cases tied 1 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 18 1947
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 1511
Privacy concerns awakened as Roe v Wade is overturned 0 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 1200
"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 1975
Federal court upholds First Amendment protections for students on social media off campus 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1389
1A: "Legislation that requires biblical citizenship training in schools would violate me" 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 1556
"Today, @WSJ published a letter to the editor by my @IJ colleague Anya and me." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 1478
"This is a very good piece ... tracing a 1662 slavery case to the 2022 Dobbs decisions ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 14 1849
On Friday, the 5th Cir. granted #QualifiedImmunity to a mayor, police chief, and attorney ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1445
28 women file suit over 'night of terror' in Indiana jail, alleging incarcerated men bribed jail 1 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1564
"It's Crushing": The Lasting Trauma of the Exonerated 0 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 1494
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