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25 years after wrongful conviction, a man is free from Angola 1 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1603
How Solitary Confinement Harms Women 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 1237
Students sue college president who invented rules to ban conservative flyers 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 2396
Re: the theater thing 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 1485
7 murder convictions overturned in a single day after prosecutors stop backing group of cases tied 1 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 18 2101
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 1665
Privacy concerns awakened as Roe v Wade is overturned 0 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 1349
"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 2191
Federal court upholds First Amendment protections for students on social media off campus 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1516
1A: "Legislation that requires biblical citizenship training in schools would violate me" 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 1801
"Today, @WSJ published a letter to the editor by my @IJ colleague Anya and me." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 1653
"This is a very good piece ... tracing a 1662 slavery case to the 2022 Dobbs decisions ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 14 2098
On Friday, the 5th Cir. granted #QualifiedImmunity to a mayor, police chief, and attorney ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1616
28 women file suit over 'night of terror' in Indiana jail, alleging incarcerated men bribed jail 1 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 1728
"It's Crushing": The Lasting Trauma of the Exonerated 0 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 1692
Republicans' next big play is to 'scare the hell out of Washington' by rewriting the Constitution... 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 1675
With Roe gone, states rush to criminalize not only abortion, but 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 about abortion. 12 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 32 3314
That's the price you pay for serving in government. You have to listen to the people who annoy you. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 1632
Victory!!! Larry Klayman sued Rebecca Schoenkopf and @Wonkette over publications protected by 1A. 13 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 32 3460
Lafayette Parish librarian who spoke against censorship of LGBTQ books may be fired Monday 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 1949
Oklahoma City library releases guidelines on patrons seeking abortion information 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 1471
Despite judge's ruling that Spokane County deleted video evidence in jail death 'to avoid legal' 0 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 6 1676
Lawsuit: Chicago police misused ShotSpotter in murder case 0 Eugene Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 1566
"I protect your right to participate in public school board meetings, including your right to ..." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 1987
Op-ed in The Wall Street Journal.: Arizona Moves to Hold Cops Unaccountable 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 1462
Another US appeals court upholds right to record police 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 1141
Watch: Police in small Texas town show up at man's home and remove 'F*ck Joe Biden' flag 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 6 2136
Detroit to pay $7.5M to man who claims cops switched bullets 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 15 1738
Defiant Philippine Nobel laureate Ressa fights for her freedom 0 cbabe Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 1350
Detroit cash bail reforms to strike at racial inequality 0 Eugene Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 1181

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Demanding that the IRS go against political enemies (such as what tRUMP and his IRS Commissioner 6 SWBTATTReg Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 2921
New initiatives aim to help the innocent fight wrongful convictions 1 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 1350
The Danger of License Plate Readers in Post-Roe America 2 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 5 1573
Judge overturns murder conviction of man who said he was framed by disgraced former detective 0 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 1586
Philippines' Nobel laureate Maria Ressa loses appeal against cyber libel conviction 0 cbabe Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 1615
People will no longer be allowed to take close-range recordings of Arizona police under a new bill 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 1886
Reproductive rights activists read first Amendment outside Kavanaugh's home 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 1327
New Complaint Challenges Limits to Corporate Speech Enacted by Florida's 'Stop WOKE Act' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 6 1481
Federal Agent Stupidly Threatens Twitter User With Arrest Over Protected First Amendment Expression 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 1895
Kansas wrongful conviction lawsuit reaches $12.5M settlement 0 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 5 1473
Black man arrested on warrant for white man awarded $90K settlement 0 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 7 1464
On July 4th, Ray Gray is still learning how to be free after decades behind bars 0 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 1148
I'd like to thank the 1st amendment to the Constitution for chiming in, and also thank all the ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 1502
Ex-Argentine naval officer found responsible for 1972 Trelew Massacre 0 peppertree Jul 2022 Jul 2022 6 1326
This gentleman right here is Alton Toussaint Lemon, for whom the famed "Lemon Test" was named. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 3198
After Roe's overturn: the abortion surveillance state 2 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 1363
'You tarnished your reputation.' Ex-Miami-Dade cop gets 364 days for wrongful arrest 2 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 1478
On this day, June 26, 2003, Lawrence v. Texas was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 1243
North Texas man jailed for crime he didn't commit is free at last 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 1426
On this day, June 17, 1963, Abington School District v. Schempp was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 1414
We often hear that the First Amendment has never been stronger. I'd like to tell you a story ... 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 2062
After four years of silence and a settlement with Fox News, Seth Rich's parents are ready to talk. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 16 2066
Marsy's Law in action. We told you this would happen. You were warned. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 16 2503
The Impotence of the Fourth Amendment in a Post-Roe World 4 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 14 1707
A Black Army vet spent 16 months in solitary. Then a jury heard the evidence against him. 1 Eugene Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 2024
On this day, June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 1 1349
On this day, June 12, 1967, Loving v. Virginia was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 8 1285
Supreme Court prioritizes expedience, not justice, in wrongful convictions 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 1357
Idaho Falls settles wrongful conviction lawsuit for $11.7M 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 1215
Enforcing Criminal Abortion Bans Post-Roe: 'A Massive Escalation of Surveillance' 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 6 1293

Civil Liberties Continued...

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A lawsuit claims Waukegan police extracted another false confession from a Black teen 2 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 1473
📣 Coming up next week! "Protesting Injustices," a webinar dedicated to understanding 1A 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 1225
He spent most of his adult life in a W.Va. prison on a wrongful conviction. Two years later, he 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 6 1459
$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 1077
The new court's absurd inhumanity: To preserve procedure, an innocent man must die 2 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 7 1685
There is no general hate speech exception to 1A, which means that hate speech is protected speech. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 1 1688
On June 8, 1789, James Madison introduced the Bill of Rights to Congress. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 1003
Time for a quick primer on the law of accessing phones under the 4th Amendment. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 9 1351
Happy **** The Draft Day! On June 7, 1971, the Supreme Court ruled that wearing a jacket that ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 1202
10th Circuit denies immunity to Denver detectives who coerced teenager's false murder confession 7 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 42 3352
AZ man spent 17 days in jail for crime he didn't commit. He blames American Airlines 5 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 12 1965
To Promote Public Safety, Michigan Authorizes Cops To Rob Travelers at Airports 8 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 2261
Commentary: It's too easy to extract false confessions from youths 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 6 1290
Food for thought 3 dweller Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 1332
An ex-priest, a flier and the arrest that legalized protests at Md. homes 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 May 2022 8 1497
Caste discrimination in America 1 cbabe May 2022 May 2022 3 1660
1A: I protect hate speech, incendiary speech, and screaming "fire" in a crowded theater, unless ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 May 2022 2 1727
Raleigh NC reaches settlement with teen detained in 2020 George Floyd protests for arrest 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 May 2022 1 1077
Oregon sued over failure to provide public defenders 0 Eugene May 2022 May 2022 1 1050
Do you recall that the Brooklyn Public Library was offering school kids free library cards? 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 May 2022 7 1567
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