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Between this and Sotomayor's recent dig at Kavanaugh, I'm getting the sense that Callais (VRA case) will be a disaster. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 14 hrs ago 14 hrs ago 7 668
Colorado Court of Appeals: Boulder can't charge fees for bodycam footage in alleged misconduct cases 0 Eugene Friday Friday 5 286
Pizzagate lawyer Nathan Hansen is now Minnesota's newest immigration judge 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 6 387
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins sent Easter email to staff touting 'Jesus' and 'God' 7 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 9 Apr 9 6 646
The woman who thinks civil rights went too far 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 7 Apr 7 6 667
This Election Won't Be Normal (with Stuart Stevens and Simon Rosenberg) 1 marmar Apr 7 Apr 7 2 333
Georgia Army veteran deported by ICE after 50 years in U.S. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 6 Apr 6 18 779
Tennessee librarian is fired for refusing to move over 100 LGBTQ books from children's to adult section 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 3 Apr 3 6 382
Looking to limit birthright citizenship, Trump turns to an 1884 Supreme Court ruling against a Native American man 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 Apr 2 3 621
Birthright Citizenship Case Pushes Trump's Relationship With Supreme Court to Brink 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 Apr 1 9 761
Nebraska student appeals censorship of editorial cartoon 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 1 Apr 1 20 542
Trump officials cite white supremacists in bid to end birthright citizenship 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 31 10 716
San Diego woman says her credit card information was stolen while she was in ICE custody 11 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 Mar 30 60 2112
Arab-American teen who sat for Pledge of Allegiance reaches settlement with Plymouth-Canton Schools 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 11 595
Apple formally signs on with Big Brother (UK) "Face that telescreen OR ELSE" 1 usonian Mar 25 Mar 27 4 515
ICE misinformed DOJ prosecutors about its authorization to arrest migrants at immigration courts. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 27 4 408
Two-Thirds of Open Somali Cases Placed on "Somali Rocket Docket" - bklg blog 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 26 3 419
Americans United for Separation of Church and State sues for information on Pentagon and Labor prayer meetings 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 26 11 600
The Vote: Part One Full Documentary American Experience PBS 0 marmar Mar 25 Mar 25 4 404
Cato had urged the Supreme Court to reverse the Fifth Circuit's ruling in Villarreal v. Alaniz. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 5 549
Afroman Wins Verdict Rejecting Lawsuit Filed by Ohio Cops Over Mocking Music Videos 8 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Mar 23 22 915
DOJ Civil Rights Division hire resigned from Alabama firm over Facebook post following George Floyd's murder 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 5 679
An update on immigrants who were detained in Trump's crackdown on campus activism 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Mar 18 1 420
Professors Are Changing What They Teach, Even Far from Trump's Gaze 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 16 Mar 16 9 786
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 16 Mar 16 0 292
FCC to journalists: cover the Iran war the way the president prefers or lose your broadcast license. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 9 1002
The Lonesome Death of Daphy Michel 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 11 618
Lafayette Parish Louisiana superintendent directs principals to display Ten Commandments in classrooms 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 2 444
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 11 781
Watch Cato's Director of Immigration Studies, David J. Bier, testify at the Senate Budget Committee hearing. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 3 467

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Chicago law firm leading push to appoint special prosecutor to target ICE, Border Patrol agents 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 12 623
You're Welcome, Mr. Supreme Leader (Khamenei) 4 usonian Mar 5 Mar 5 9 863
Victory! Tenth Circuit Finds Fourth Amendment Doesn't Support Broad Search of Protesters' Devices and Digital Data 0 usonian Feb 28 Feb 28 8 661
Trump administration cannot 'terrorize' Minnesota's refugees with arrests, US judge rules 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Feb 28 4 572
BREAKING: Columbia President Claire Shipman says DHS agents entered a residential buliding this morning and detained ... 8 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 26 Feb 27 63 2499
"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 3104
"More lawless slaughter at sea by the Trump administration under the specious guise of counterterrorism." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 21 Feb 22 10 903
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 1161
Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump's Secretive Deportation Program 13 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 19 Feb 19 53 2179
US DOJ lawyer hit with bar complaint over search of reporter's home 1 Eugene Feb 10 Feb 10 16 774
The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics 0 Eugene Feb 8 Feb 8 6 717
DHS warned its independent watchdog that Noem can kill its investigations, senator says 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 7 Feb 7 7 641
"Democrats Need to Get Serious About Stopping Trump From Rigging the Midterms" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 6 Feb 6 4 771
EXCLUSIVE: DOJ's Civil Rights Chief Called Federal Election Interference Unconstitutional 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 5 Feb 5 5 693
"An agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 4 Feb 4 18 920
Pentagon Defends Restrictions on Media Outlets 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 4 Feb 4 1 738
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 4 Feb 4 5 850
The Fashionable Notion of 'Free Speech Culture' Is Justifying State Censorship, Ironically 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2 Feb 2 2 595
What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2 Feb 2 11 839
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 31 Jan 31 4 905
Pam Bondi's X account is posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP, forbidden under DOJ rules. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 28 Jan 28 8 1425
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues another out-of-state provider accused of illegally sending abortion-inducing pills to Texans. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 28 Jan 28 2 783
Why Trump's regime will fall 5 CatWoman Jan 19 Jan 27 6 1350
A Poem- History is Closing In 0 Ranting Randy Jan 25 Jan 25 1 666
"Every lie told by this regime [is] about pushing narratives to facilitate ethnic cleansing." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 24 Jan 24 11 813
New York school violated civil rights law by changing name from 'Thunderbirds' to 'T-Birds,' US says 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 24 Jan 24 0 779
The head of Trump DOJ's Civil Rights Division boosts prediction markets placing 36% odds she'll prosecute Don Lemon 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 22 Jan 22 0 824
Autopsy finds Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia 12 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 22 Jan 22 35 2307
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to DHS 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 21 Jan 21 11 836
Judge Kacsmaryk rejects challenge by West Texas A&M University's [LGBTQ] club to drag show ban ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 Jan 18 0 941

Civil Liberties Continued...

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DOJ files notice that it is appealing its loss in the challenge to its invasive trans care subpoena 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 0 739
"Mischief Toys is a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Trump administration ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 11 793
Stars and Stripes job applicants are asked if they back Trump policies 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 905
Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers 0 Eugene Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 646
TWSJ.: Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 945
'Turn off your video': ICE agents tell NC men to quit recording traffic stop 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 22 1124
Seattle Indivisible: Know your protest rights. Edited: now in alt text, for people with visual disabilities. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 908
"Data created during times of human rights violations can be used to prove command responsibility ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 853
Top union accuses Texas of targeting teachers over Charlie Kirk posts 0 Eugene Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 683
"In the midst of everything else, the Trump administration is an incredible combination of entitlement and sloppiness." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 818
Organizer arrested in Grand Rapids following protest in response to U.S. attack in Venezuela 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 1026
More than 300 judges rebuff Trump's immigration policy 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 828
NEW: The latest effort to hold Gregory Bovino accountable for his disregard of the rule of law. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 8 948
JUST IN: Abrego Garcia lawyers press TN fed judge to sanction feds for alleged gag order violations 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 7 921
Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 958
The Situation: A Legal Puzzle to Ponder 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 797
Miami Herald reporter accuses the Trump Department of Justice for tracking her flight history in 2019. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 850
Here's the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 11 1295
Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 941
Breaking: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 976
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