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Afraid of a fight, white supremacist backs down: Spencer says threats of armed march just a joke 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 2457
Jeff Sessions could weaken police reforms on excessive force and racial bias 2 Eugene Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 2187
The alt-right arrives in Alexandria: Alexandria, Virginia's newest Nazi, Richard Spencer. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 Mar 2017 5 1900
FBI request for Twitter account data may have overstepped legal guidelines 2 Eugene Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 1891
Repost from GD: ACLU launches PeoplePower.org to help organize mass resistance 2 friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 Mar 2017 8 2079
2014 Washington Post series, "Stop and Seize" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2017 Jul 2017 3 1740
Trump to First Amendment: Drop Dead 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 2825
No sanctions for Detroit jail's group strip searches: court 2 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 2962
Customs agents seized a lawful gun owner's truck over five bullets. Now he's suing to get it back. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2017 Oct 2017 2 2799
CBS: D.C. court rules tracking phones without a warrant is unconstitutional 2 friendly_iconoclast Sep 2017 Oct 2017 7 1794
This Texas town offers hurricane relief - if your politics are right 2 Eugene Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 1416
Kentucky: He wanted info on Lexington's surveillance cameras. Now the city is suing him. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 1490
Mississippi judge resigns after barring mother from seeing baby for 14 months over unpaid court fees 2 appleannie1943 Oct 2017 Oct 2017 4 1383
NY prosecutors gave themselves $3.25 million in bonuses - from the asset forfeiture fund, of course. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 2601
Civil forfeiture 2 discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1272
California police worked with neo-Nazis to pursue 'anti-racist' activists, documents show 2 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 3 1226
Rhode Island bill: pay a one-time $20 fee to access porn sites or other "offensive material" online. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 1544
ACLU:The Trump Administration Is Using the Parkland Massacre as an Excuse to Roll Back Civil Rights 2 friendly_iconoclast Mar 2018 Mar 2018 7 1680
"Police brutality often looks like this. Read this thread from start to finish." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 May 2018 2 1562
Opinion analysis: Court rules for death-row inmate whose lawyer conceded guilt 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 May 2018 7 1233
Re: Pentagon sending military lawyers to border to help prosecute immigration cases 2 HAB911 Jun 2018 Jun 2018 1 1324
Tacoma hit with $300,000 fine for improperly withholding records about surveillance device 2 friendly_iconoclast Jul 2018 Jul 2018 3 1599
As Alabama AG, Jeff Sessions tried to ban public university students from discussing LGBTQ issues 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2018 Aug 2018 1 1274
Amazon's Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress With Mugshots 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2018 Sep 2018 3 1373
Memphis police accused of using fake accounts to surveil black activists 2 Eugene Aug 2018 Aug 2018 2 1248
PROTESTS AGAINST KAVANAUGH Aug 26th... 2 BigmanPigman Aug 2018 Aug 2018 6 1491
Your civil asset forfeiture story of the day: West Virginia state trooper seizes $10K in cash.... 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 Aug 2018 9 1734
I teach my 1Ls on Day 2 of law school that "I want my lawyer" is the most important phrase in law. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 1263
"Not in this America, you pharisaical theocratic half-wit." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 1901
USC students rallied today demanding prof be fired for championing due process 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 4 1618

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Warden orders life-support withdrawn. Inmate dies. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1399
You can't protest here. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 1213
Deep In The Desert, A Case Pits Immigration Crackdown Against Religious Freedom 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 1200
How a police beating in Elkhart, Indiana, unfolded 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 Nov 2018 8 1464
Justices to consider whether Eighth Amendment ban on "excessive fines" applies to the states 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1169
Texas police made more than $50 million in 2017 from seizing people's property 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1150
Happy 227th birthday, the Bill of Rights, enacted on December 15, 1791 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1572
ICE Seizes Over 1 Million Websites With No Due Process; Apparently Unaware That Copyright & Trademar 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 Feb 2019 2 1560
Happy belated 233rd anniversary, the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 Feb 2019 3 1319
Court: OK For Wayne County, Michigan, to seize man's car for 3 years 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 Mar 2019 2 1163
How the Georgia speaker of the House pockets big bucks to delay cases for alleged criminals 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 Feb 2019 5 1348
Happy 50th anniversary, Tinker v. Des Moines 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1265
Supreme Court seems to seek narrow way to uphold cross that memorializes war dead 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1256
Thomas attacks the right of indigent criminal defendants to have counsel provided 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1263
Court: Flipping the bird to cop is free speech 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 6 1530
Alarm over leaked US database targeting journalists and immigration activists 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 11 1544
Judge orders Fairfax County, Virginia, police to stop collecting data from license plate readers 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 1363
Alabama Cops Raid House, Seize Cash, and Ruin Lives Over $50 of Marijuana 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 7 1636
Perrysburg, Ohio, high school student criminally charged for "ranking" women in his class on twitter 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1656
Georgia jury acquits man for coming to the door holding a gun when police officers came knocking 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1632
At UMass, a Palestinian human rights panel draws a lawsuit 2 friendly_iconoclast May 2019 May 2019 2 1436
Last-minute execution decisions expose wide and bitter rift at Supreme Court 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 May 2019 0 1752
Co. Supreme Ct. Upholds Decision Forcing Teen to Register As Sex Offender for Swapping Nude Selfies 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1722
Motel 6 hotel chain to settle lawsuit over sharing guest lists with ICE 2 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1526
Barr directs federal government to resume capital punishment 2 sandensea Jul 2019 Jul 2019 2 1398
Facebook loses facial recognition appeal, must face privacy class action 2 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 4 1269
FBI ranks 'black identity extremists' bigger threats than Al Qaeda, white supremacists: leaked docs 2 sandensea Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 1701
ICE agents try to raid Brooklyn homeless shelter without warrants, sources say 2 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 9 1734
Manhattan DA Got Innocent People's Google Phone Data Through A 'Reverse Location' Search Warrant 2 friendly_iconoclast Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 1714
LA police search black drivers most - even though white people have more drugs, report finds 2 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1173

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Artist Designs Face Jewelry to Block Facial Recognition Surveillance Cameras 2 littlemissmartypants Nov 2019 Nov 2019 12 1798
Laurence Tribe: There are "national emergencies" . . . and then there are NATIONAL EMERGENCIES 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 Mar 2020 9 1832
Inmates at N.J. Women's Prison Endured Years of Sex Abuse, Justice Dept. Finds 2 Eugene Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1293
A Federal Judge Has a Plan to Let Politicians Manipulate Elections 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 May 2020 12 2047
Justin Amash wants bill to allow victims to sue police officers 2 sandensea Jun 2020 Jun 2020 8 1535
These high school journalists are documenting what's happening in Portland @Clypian 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 34 3046
Defund Teaching About Slavery? Sen. Tom Cotton Proposes Legislation Attacking The 1619 Project 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 6 1142
Apparently North Paulding High @nphswolfpack doesn't want you to see this photo. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 17 1495
Family seeking legal action after bodycam video shows alarming arrest of 8-year-old boy 2 sandensea Aug 2020 Aug 2020 8 1686
Chad Wolf complains to Twitter about censorship. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 0 1187
Will somebody silence Trump promoting law breaking and civil unrest. 2 Prosper Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1222
On this day, December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was enacted. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 Dec 2020 3 1320
The ELEPHANT in the US living room is White Supremacy Violence 2 TigressDem Jan 2021 Jan 2021 5 2119
Brazil justice annuls Lula da Silva's sentences, enabling 2022 run 2 sandensea Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1142
SWAT Team Destroys Innocent Woman's Texas Home Chasing A Fugitive, City Refuses To Pay For Damages 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2021 Mar 2021 5 2259
D.C. Circuit Judge Silberman calls on the Supreme Court to overturn New York Times v. Sullivan 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 3034
Suit: Georgia election law threatens voting, speech rights 2 Eugene May 2021 May 2021 8 1629
Trump DOJ seized communications data on Congressional Democrats in leak investigations 2 peppertree Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 1920
On this day, June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 Jun 2021 11 3098
DOJ says a drug dog not alerting but seeming to almost alert because he's sniffing a lot can ... 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1792
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