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What Country Is This? Forced Blood Draws, Cavity Searches and Colonoscopies
“The Fourth Amendment was designed to stand between us and arbitrary governmental authority. For all practical purposes, that shield has been…
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Battlefield America Is the New Normal: We’re Not in Mayberry Anymore
“If we’re training cops as soldiers, giving them equipment like soldiers, dressing them up as soldiers, when are they going…
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Freedom for the Speech We Hate: The Legal Ins and Outs of the Right to Protest
“If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other, it is the…
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Court Rules in Favor of First Amendment Rights of Controversial ‘Alt Right’ Activist’s Right to Protest in Historic Park
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — In a resounding victory for the First Amendment right to free speech, a federal court has ruled…
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Anything Goes When You’re a Cop in America
“There is one criminal justice system for citizens—especially black and brown ones—and another for police in the United States.”—Redditt Hudson,…
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Policing for Profit: Jeff Sessions & Co.’s Thinly Veiled Plot to Rob Us Blind
“Laws are no longer made by a rational process of public discussion; they are made by a process of blackmail…
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Tear Gas, Guns and Riot Squads: The Police State’s Answer to Free Speech Is Brute Force
“Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those…
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Supreme Court asked to Strike Down MN Law Banning Political Expression on Clothing Worn at Polling Places
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Challenging a Minnesota law that bans political speech on any “badge, button, shirt, or hat” worn at…
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Attorneys Threaten Lawsuit If Police Intimidate Local Activists Rights Protected Under 1st Amendment
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Warning that police intimidation tactics undermine First Amendment rights, alienate members of the community, and could expose…
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You Want a Picture of the Future? Imagine a Boot Stamping on Your Face
“The Internet is watching us now. If they want to. They can see what sites you visit. In the future,…
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Supreme Court Reinstates Lawsuit Against Border Patrol Agent Who Shot Mexican Teenager in the Head Despite Lack of Threat
WASHINGTON, DC —The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated a lawsuit against a U.S. Border Patrol agent who shot and killed…
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