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Victory!!! Larry Klayman sued Rebecca Schoenkopf and @Wonkette over publications protected by 1A. 13 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 32 2450
VICTORY: Student detained for passing out political flyers settles lawsuit with Illinois college 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 Apr 2018 10 1445
Video Letter To President Obama From Cambodian Deportees 0 ChicagoRonin Apr 2012 Apr 2012 0 2759
Video of Black jogger stopped by ICE agents in Boston prompts calls for investigation 0 Eugene Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1206
Video shows off-duty Chicago police officer shooting unarmed autistic man 0 Eugene Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 1153
VIDEO: Black Man Pulled Over by White Cop for 'Making Direct Eye Contact' 3 votesparks Aug 2015 Aug 2015 1 1769
VIDEO: Pregnant woman slammed onto street by NYPD cop in Sunset Park 2 Man from Pickens Sep 2014 Sep 2014 12 2161
Videos appear to show armed militia detaining migrants at US-Mexico border 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 1793
Vindictive Narcissism 0 no_hypocrisy Feb 2020 Feb 2020 3 1113
Virginia and Automatic License Plate Readers 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2015 May 2015 0 1406
Virginia bills that would curtail police powers create a ‘weird alliance’ 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 1465
Virginia cake pop maker battles state regulators for right to post pics on Instagram 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1514
Virginia forfeiture laws come under scrutiny 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 1481
Virginia lawmaker targets civil forfeiture 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2014 Oct 2014 6 1434
Virginia: Fairfax SWAT team raids high stakes Great Falls poker game, seizes cash, terrifies players 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 2054
Voter suppression should be unconstitutional 2 Panich52 Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1725
Voter turnout research shows... 0 Equinox Moon Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 935
WA Councilmember Sawant Proposes Legislation Against Caste Discrimination 0 cbabe Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 1302
Wake County school choirs barred from performing at nativity event 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2118
Walter Scott Shooting: Judge Sets 2017 Civil Rights Trial for Ex-Officer Who Shot Black Motorist 0 Eugene Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1116
Warden orders life-support withdrawn. Inmate dies. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1400
Washington state: Clark County's 'In God We Trust' motion shelved 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1626
Washington Supreme Court: Lawmakers Can't Legislate Constitutional Rights Away 5 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 8 1885
Washington, D.C.: Handcuffing of 9-year-old prompts probe of police practices 4 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 3 1507
Watch - Roy Moore says even SCOTUS can't make same-sex marriage legal 3 Panich52 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 5103
Watch the Nassau county cop slam on the brakes to give them an excuse to beat a protester. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 4 1710
Watch Tower's misuse of copyright to suppress criticism 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 Mar 2022 3 1280
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 1696
Watchdog faults FBI for 'widespread' errors handling surveillance warrants 0 PoliticAverse Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1257
Watchdog says FBI has access to about 640M photographs 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 1573

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Watching the Tony Robinson Jr shooting press conference. 2 Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 May 2015 4 2272
Wave of state bills would restrict public access to police body-camera footage 1 Eugene Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 1391
We must keep marching toward Dr. King's dream 3 MN2theMax Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1086
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 1476
We're here because we're people who kill Hessians on Christmas. The kids will be okay. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 1578
Weenie Waver Kavanaugh and Bend Over Barrett - SCOTUS A$$ Kissers 0 Praek3 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1162
Well, my 15 year old son just headed off to protest! 9 Tucker08087 Jun 2018 Jul 2018 13 2374
West Virginia case: It's still lawful to pose a question to a government official 1 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 4 1697
West Virginia school system mandates religious freedom training following revival assembly lawsuit 0 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 1245
What an insulting abuse of power 1 inchhigh Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1413
What happens when constitutional rights contradict each other? 15 DetlefK Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 3289
What intelligence agency in the West has absolutely NO oversight body or obligation to government? 3 shockedcanadian Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1986
What surveillance really is, at its root, is a highly effective form of social control 6 limpyhobbler Aug 2013 Aug 2013 7 2278
What the DOJ Lawsuit Against Ferguson Alleges 0 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1357
What the feds consider evidence of criminal activity: living a block or two away from a drug dealer. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 May 2019 2 1410
What this country needs is more government monitoring of the internet 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 1420
What to do? 7 sinkingfeeling Jun 2012 Jun 2012 1 2714
What to watch for at Wednesday's hearing in medication abortion lawsuit 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 1101
What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 Jun 2018 1 1221
WHAT!!?? Another mistaken identity "Made to stand naked" by police? 12 TigressDem Dec 2020 Feb 2021 5 2738
What's the differece between the SCOTUS "vacating" and "reversing" a decision? 3 dariomax Mar 2015 May 2015 2 15898
When a Witness Recants 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 Apr 2022 11 1243
When does your religion legally excuse you from doing part of your job? 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2015 Sep 2015 3 1750
When Kavanaugh joins the court, there will be a solid 4 votes to overturn Times v. Sullivan. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 Sep 2018 3 1528
When was the last time the Supreme Court had a majority of Democratic appointees? 4 fantomas Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 7204
When you want to violate the Constitution, literally any smell is the "odor of marijuana." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 9 1434
Where are the bills to end the militarization of police and murder of black men? 6 qwlauren35 Apr 2015 May 2015 7 2069
Where there's no 1A: 7 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 1619
White House dismisses Trump claim that flag burners should be imprisoned 1 Eugene Nov 2016 Nov 2016 4 1597
White House Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden 12 limpyhobbler Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 3346

Civil Liberties Continued...

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White House supports renewal of spy law without reforms: official 0 Eugene Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1468
Whose Books Are Banned? (Racism?) 2 Panich52 Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1491
Why Are Educators Learning How to Interrogate Their Students? 1 friendly_iconoclast Apr 2016 Apr 2016 4 1624
Why expelled Oklahoma frat boys would have an ‘excellent chance’ in court 12 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 3244
Why I am in favor of (a modest amount of) terrorism and assassination 0 Craig234 Jul 2016 Jul 2016 5 1463
Why is it so hard to free wrongfully convicted people from prison? 3 ck4829 Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 1213
Why NCAC Objects to Restore Campus Free Speech Bills 0 Panich52 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 1786
Why Oklahoma cops are returning $53,000 to a Christian band, an orphanage and a church 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2016 Apr 2016 10 1373
Why Philadelphia police need reforms in wake of shootings 0 Eugene Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 1242
Wikileaks release of TPP deal text stokes 'freedom of expression' fears 0 Eugene Oct 2015 Oct 2015 6 1448
Wikipedia can pursue NSA surveillance lawsuit: U.S. appeals court 0 Eugene May 2017 May 2017 1 2627
Wikipedia to file lawsuit challenging mass surveillance by NSA 1 Eugene Mar 2015 Mar 2015 2 1412
Will somebody silence Trump promoting law breaking and civil unrest. 2 Prosper Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1223
With Roe gone, states rush to criminalize not only abortion, but 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 about abortion. 12 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 32 2393
With thousands of people confused about the First Amendment and censorship ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 1223
Woman in Illegal Body Cavity Search Settles Border Case 0 Eugene Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1369
Woman sues Albuquerque for seizing car despite ban on civil asset forfeiture 2 Eugene Aug 2016 Aug 2016 4 1524
Woman Sues LAPD For Kidnapping and Sexually Assaulting Her 5 Man from Pickens Nov 2014 Nov 2014 16 2604
Women Are Improving the Federal Bench: Milestones and Historic Firsts 2 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1169
World Record for life ruined? Wilbert Jones, 19 when arrested, released after 45 years 7 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 32 2784
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