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Top union accuses Texas of targeting teachers over Charlie Kirk posts 0 Eugene Tuesday Tuesday 3 182
"In the midst of everything else, the Trump administration is an incredible combination of entitlement and sloppiness." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 2 250
Organizer arrested in Grand Rapids following protest in response to U.S. attack in Venezuela 2 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 3 401
More than 300 judges rebuff Trump's immigration policy 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 6 298
NEW: The latest effort to hold Gregory Bovino accountable for his disregard of the rule of law. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 8 383
JUST IN: Abrego Garcia lawyers press TN fed judge to sanction feds for alleged gag order violations 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 1 Jan 1 7 371
Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 29 Dec 29 8 418
The Situation: A Legal Puzzle to Ponder 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 28 Dec 28 3 298
Miami Herald reporter accuses the Trump Department of Justice for tracking her flight history in 2019. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 28 Dec 28 10 318
Here's the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 25 Dec 25 11 639
Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 25 Dec 25 9 457
Breaking: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 25 Dec 25 10 466
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 25 Dec 25 1 364
Trump's Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 24 Dec 24 10 491
Kari Lake sends a memo to the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 23 Dec 23 5 428
DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 22 Dec 22 5 362
Federal judge to decide whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia should return to immigration custody 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 22 Dec 22 7 500
Abrego's lawyers have proof of Todd Blanche's direct involvement in his prosecution - after lying to the court about it. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 20 Dec 20 25 886
Texas is making a list of transgender Texans. It's using the DMV to help. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 17 Dec 17 14 597
11th Ct. grants Florida's request to limit the injunction against the anti-drag law to cover only Hamburger Mary's 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 3 382
"Rob Reiner was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California's Prop 8 banning same sex marriage." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 47 1374
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 11 567
More Trump DOJ Hijinks in Abrego Garcia Saga 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 9 519
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 10 538
CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 13 38 1379
🚀 NOTICE: Federal US website newly registered. https://merrychristmas.gov 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 4 659
Turkish student who criticized Israel can resume research at Tufts after visa revoked, judge rules 0 Eugene Dec 10 Dec 10 11 363
"Constitution's 'domestic violence' clause may block Trump deployment of National Guard in Oregon." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 5 465
Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 2 374
Amicus brief from the Cato Institute, Dale Carpenter and Eugene Volokh urges full Fifth Circuit to affirm panel ruling 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 7 Dec 7 4 529

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Trump Action Tracker keeps track of antidemocratic actions by category including civil liberties, with links 6 mahina Dec 6 Dec 6 12 611
Halligan Continues as U.S. Attorney, Prompting Criticism From Judges 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 6 Dec 6 5 460
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 5 Dec 5 8 581
ICE brutally arrested and illegally detained George Retes, an American citizen and Army veteran. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 Dec 4 58 1897
Fired EPA employees challenge agency, alleging free speech violations 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 4 Dec 4 6 373
The Rise of the Anti-Trump Jury. Juries Can Stop Trump, Too 1 ck4829 Dec 2 Dec 2 10 748
Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2 Dec 2 8 546
They're simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but ... 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 30 Nov 30 18 1024
Judge Boasberg orders DHS Sec Kristi Noem and other officials to submit declarations. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 28 Nov 28 13 692
Ask yourself why there wasn't this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 28 Nov 28 70 2373
FL has suspended 25 rules using DeSantis' yearslong immigration state of emergency 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 28 Nov 28 9 877
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana 6 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 53 2139
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 24 Nov 24 2 572
After 27 years on Louisiana's death row, Chris "Jimmie" Duncan is finally getting out. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 22 Nov 23 19 866
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 23 Nov 23 8 681
ICE video shows officers planned to 'smash' into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol 7 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 23 Nov 23 37 1755
Judge Places Hold on I.R.S. Data Sharing With ICE 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 22 Nov 22 3 395
MAGA's $300 million heist 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 21 Nov 21 14 743
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 2 699
At the Justice Department, Civil Rights Now Means Gun Rights 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 2 492
UCLA faculty gets big win in suit against Trump's university attacks 0 usonian Nov 17 Nov 17 4 956
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 17 Nov 17 19 843
Wisconsin: Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs--And They Have No Idea What They're Doing 2 Eugene Nov 16 Nov 16 2 611
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: 'I felt like a piece of trash' 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 15 Nov 15 13 586
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 13 Nov 13 14 756
Advocates Applaud as Pro-Palestinian Commentator Sami Hamdi Released by ICE 2 cbabe Nov 11 Nov 11 6 541
DOJ Officials Hype Up Ongoing Efforts to Weaponize Civil Rights Laws 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 11 Nov 11 5 478
Q) How does a person protect a pro democracy anti fascist web site? 2 Ranting Randy Oct 31 Nov 9 2 550
Trump administration speeds up new rules that would make it easier to charge some protesters 2 Eugene Nov 7 Nov 7 4 577
Flock cameras lead Colorado police to wrong suspect: "It became my job to prove my innocence" 2 ck4829 Nov 7 Nov 7 0 549

Civil Liberties Continued...

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"Excessive force. PERIOD!" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 40 1232
Are You on Trump's List of Domestic Terrorists? There's No Way to Know. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 4 7 527
The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 4 7 875
EXCLUSIVE: Key Lime Air is running flights of detainees for ICE, according to government data and flight tracking 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 1 Nov 1 10 685
Don't think of it as a concentration camp; think of it as an "accountability center." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 3 547
Shock Video Shows ICE Agent Assaulting Woman Who Asked If He's A Good Christian 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 29 Oct 29 11 656
There's a Right To Record ICE Raids--and There's No Blanket Immunity for Raiders 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 28 Oct 28 9 622
BREAKING: Full Fifth Circuit decides it will rehear the case over West Texas A&M's effort to ban a drag show 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 27 Oct 27 4 760
Trump ally says grand jury empaneled in Florida to investigate a sweeping conspiracy against Trump 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 27 Oct 27 2 713
Looking to speed up building network of migrant detention centers, Trump administration turns to the US Navy 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 27 Oct 27 2 674
Man challenges arrest for mocking DC troops with Darth Vader's theme song 3 cbabe Oct 23 Oct 23 26 843
6 ICE monsters attack blind 4'6" man 2 Nululu Oct 22 Oct 22 12 888
ICE agents hold teens at gunpoint at Dutch Bros in Hillsboro 2 cbabe Oct 21 Oct 21 16 963
DoDEA Must Return Books to Shelves, Judge Rules 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 21 Oct 21 12 676
After hours of oral argument ... in Callais v. Louisiana... Supreme Court is ready to decimate ..Voting Rights Act 1 littlemissmartypants Oct 19 Oct 19 9 732
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Stonewall Veteran and Legendary Trans Activist, Has Died at 78 0 cbabe Oct 18 Oct 18 2 528
Hey Desperate Times, this is Desperate Measures. Desperate Measures, this is Desperate Times. 1 ck4829 Oct 17 Oct 17 3 580
Can Police Enter Your Home Without a Warrant? The Supreme Court Will Soon Decide. 0 littlemissmartypants Oct 16 Oct 16 10 709
Official border patrol FB page is posting the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song. "Jew me sue Kick me k*ke me." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 15 Oct 15 7 678
Supreme Court to hear arguments in pivotal case on the Voting Rights Act 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 12 Oct 15 4 727
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