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New opinion from DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) claims federal law authorizes Trump administration to obtain ... 2 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Thursday 7 441
Trump's Complaints About Iran War Leaks Prompt Aggressive DOJ Investigations 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 3 393
Meet the Seattle woman behind a national effort to end same-sex marriage 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 10 May 10 8 711
No religion should ever be exempt from protest here in America. That would be against the Constitution. 4 Eko May 7 May 7 5 458
DOJ Enters a New, Even More Aggressive Phase 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 3 May 3 5 440
What Just Happened to the Voting Rights Act 2 SamuelAdams May 3 May 3 4 661
Elie Mystal: Supreme Court gutting Voting Rights Act is about again making US an apartheid state 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 2 3 386
Blanche, asked if DOJ will now prosecute every post of '86 47,' says 'every case is different' 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 2 539
Montreal Gazette: Alligator Alcatraz was hell, says Montrealer detained by ICE The Corner Booth 1 AStern Apr 29 Apr 29 8 615
In the SPLC case this morning, SPLC filed two motions. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 28 Apr 28 6 486
Supreme Court to hear argument on law enforcement's use of "geofence warrants" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 23 Apr 23 9 723
The SPLC indictment, the Klan history behind it, and the ignominy of Todd Blanche 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 Apr 22 10 662
She raised concerns about her company's contracts with ICE. Then she lost her job 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 21 Apr 21 13 613
ICE Is Still in Minneapolis -- Families Say 'The Suffering Hasn't Stopped' 1 AStern Apr 18 Apr 18 10 605
Turning Point USA's high school push in GOP states meets free speech and religion concerns 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 17 Apr 17 4 530
Between this and Sotomayor's recent dig at Kavanaugh, I'm getting the sense that Callais (VRA case) will be a disaster. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 16 Apr 16 8 912
Colorado Court of Appeals: Boulder can't charge fees for bodycam footage in alleged misconduct cases 0 Eugene Apr 10 Apr 10 5 491
Pizzagate lawyer Nathan Hansen is now Minnesota's newest immigration judge 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 6 584
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins sent Easter email to staff touting 'Jesus' and 'God' 7 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 9 Apr 9 6 1004
The woman who thinks civil rights went too far 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 7 Apr 7 6 935
This Election Won't Be Normal (with Stuart Stevens and Simon Rosenberg) 1 marmar Apr 7 Apr 7 2 533
Georgia Army veteran deported by ICE after 50 years in U.S. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 6 Apr 6 18 990
Tennessee librarian is fired for refusing to move over 100 LGBTQ books from children's to adult section 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 3 Apr 3 6 565
Looking to limit birthright citizenship, Trump turns to an 1884 Supreme Court ruling against a Native American man 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 Apr 2 3 860
Birthright Citizenship Case Pushes Trump's Relationship With Supreme Court to Brink 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 Apr 1 9 1025
Nebraska student appeals censorship of editorial cartoon 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 1 Apr 1 20 726
Trump officials cite white supremacists in bid to end birthright citizenship 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 31 10 981
San Diego woman says her credit card information was stolen while she was in ICE custody 11 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 Mar 30 60 2495
Arab-American teen who sat for Pledge of Allegiance reaches settlement with Plymouth-Canton Schools 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 11 819
Apple formally signs on with Big Brother (UK) "Face that telescreen OR ELSE" 1 usonian Mar 25 Mar 27 4 701

Civil Liberties Continued...

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ICE misinformed DOJ prosecutors about its authorization to arrest migrants at immigration courts. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 27 4 614
Two-Thirds of Open Somali Cases Placed on "Somali Rocket Docket" - bklg blog 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 26 3 600
Americans United for Separation of Church and State sues for information on Pentagon and Labor prayer meetings 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 26 11 771
The Vote: Part One Full Documentary American Experience PBS 0 marmar Mar 25 Mar 25 4 562
Cato had urged the Supreme Court to reverse the Fifth Circuit's ruling in Villarreal v. Alaniz. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 5 731
Afroman Wins Verdict Rejecting Lawsuit Filed by Ohio Cops Over Mocking Music Videos 8 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Mar 23 22 1311
DOJ Civil Rights Division hire resigned from Alabama firm over Facebook post following George Floyd's murder 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 5 883
An update on immigrants who were detained in Trump's crackdown on campus activism 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Mar 18 1 599
Professors Are Changing What They Teach, Even Far from Trump's Gaze 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 16 Mar 16 9 998
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 16 Mar 16 0 472
FCC to journalists: cover the Iran war the way the president prefers or lose your broadcast license. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 9 1339
The Lonesome Death of Daphy Michel 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 11 791
Lafayette Parish Louisiana superintendent directs principals to display Ten Commandments in classrooms 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 2 634
Cato Institute's David Bier stood his ground at a hearing today and talked back to bloviating Sen. John Kennedy, (R-LA) 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 11 999
Watch Cato's Director of Immigration Studies, David J. Bier, testify at the Senate Budget Committee hearing. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 3 644
Chicago law firm leading push to appoint special prosecutor to target ICE, Border Patrol agents 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 12 825
You're Welcome, Mr. Supreme Leader (Khamenei) 4 usonian Mar 5 Mar 5 9 1137
Victory! Tenth Circuit Finds Fourth Amendment Doesn't Support Broad Search of Protesters' Devices and Digital Data 0 usonian Feb 28 Feb 28 8 837
Trump administration cannot 'terrorize' Minnesota's refugees with arrests, US judge rules 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Feb 28 4 747
BREAKING: Columbia President Claire Shipman says DHS agents entered a residential buliding this morning and detained ... 8 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 26 Feb 27 63 2901
"The police chief of Quakertown, Pa., led a group of plainclothes officers to disrupt a peaceful high school protest." 20 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 21 Feb 22 61 3807
"More lawless slaughter at sea by the Trump administration under the specious guise of counterterrorism." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 21 Feb 22 10 1117
She was an orphan adopted from Iran by a US veteran. The Trump administration wants to deport her 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 21 Feb 21 26 1444
Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump's Secretive Deportation Program 13 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 19 Feb 19 53 2677
US DOJ lawyer hit with bar complaint over search of reporter's home 1 Eugene Feb 2026 Feb 2026 16 958
The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics 0 Eugene Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 885
DHS warned its independent watchdog that Noem can kill its investigations, senator says 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 816
"Democrats Need to Get Serious About Stopping Trump From Rigging the Midterms" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 984
EXCLUSIVE: DOJ's Civil Rights Chief Called Federal Election Interference Unconstitutional 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 871
"An agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 18 1094

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Pentagon Defends Restrictions on Media Outlets 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 1 936
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 1049
The Fashionable Notion of 'Free Speech Culture' Is Justifying State Censorship, Ironically 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 2 753
What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 11 1021
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 1103
Pam Bondi's X account is posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP, forbidden under DOJ rules. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 8 1803
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues another out-of-state provider accused of illegally sending abortion-inducing pills to Texans. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 974
Why Trump's regime will fall 5 CatWoman Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 1613
A Poem- History is Closing In 0 Ranting Randy Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 815
"Every lie told by this regime [is] about pushing narratives to facilitate ethnic cleansing." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 974
New York school violated civil rights law by changing name from 'Thunderbirds' to 'T-Birds,' US says 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 997
The head of Trump DOJ's Civil Rights Division boosts prediction markets placing 36% odds she'll prosecute Don Lemon 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 997
Autopsy finds Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia 12 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 35 2756
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to DHS 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 986
Judge Kacsmaryk rejects challenge by West Texas A&M University's [LGBTQ] club to drag show ban ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 1146
DOJ files notice that it is appealing its loss in the challenge to its invasive trans care subpoena 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 891
"Mischief Toys is a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Trump administration ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 949
Stars and Stripes job applicants are asked if they back Trump policies 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 1079
Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers 0 Eugene Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 807
TWSJ.: Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 1097
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