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DOJ Enters a New, Even More Aggressive Phase 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 5 330
What Just Happened to the Voting Rights Act 2 SamuelAdams Sunday Sunday 4 463
Elie Mystal: Supreme Court gutting Voting Rights Act is about again making US an apartheid state 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 3 294
Blanche, asked if DOJ will now prosecute every post of '86 47,' says 'every case is different' 3 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 2 408
Montreal Gazette: Alligator Alcatraz was hell, says Montrealer detained by ICE The Corner Booth 1 AStern Wednesday Wednesday 8 488
In the SPLC case this morning, SPLC filed two motions. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 28 Apr 28 6 372
Supreme Court to hear argument on law enforcement's use of "geofence warrants" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 23 Apr 23 9 559
The SPLC indictment, the Klan history behind it, and the ignominy of Todd Blanche 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 Apr 22 10 559
She raised concerns about her company's contracts with ICE. Then she lost her job 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 21 Apr 21 13 545
ICE Is Still in Minneapolis -- Families Say 'The Suffering Hasn't Stopped' 1 AStern Apr 18 Apr 18 10 500
Turning Point USA's high school push in GOP states meets free speech and religion concerns 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 17 Apr 17 4 458
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 8 841
Colorado Court of Appeals: Boulder can't charge fees for bodycam footage in alleged misconduct cases 0 Eugene Apr 10 Apr 10 5 415
Pizzagate lawyer Nathan Hansen is now Minnesota's newest immigration judge 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 6 514
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins sent Easter email to staff touting 'Jesus' and 'God' 7 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 9 Apr 9 6 869
The woman who thinks civil rights went too far 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 7 Apr 7 6 842
This Election Won't Be Normal (with Stuart Stevens and Simon Rosenberg) 1 marmar Apr 7 Apr 7 2 455
Georgia Army veteran deported by ICE after 50 years in U.S. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 6 Apr 6 18 902
Tennessee librarian is fired for refusing to move over 100 LGBTQ books from children's to adult section 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 3 Apr 3 6 499
Looking to limit birthright citizenship, Trump turns to an 1884 Supreme Court ruling against a Native American man 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 Apr 2 3 764
Birthright Citizenship Case Pushes Trump's Relationship With Supreme Court to Brink 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 Apr 1 9 929
Nebraska student appeals censorship of editorial cartoon 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 1 Apr 1 20 653
Trump officials cite white supremacists in bid to end birthright citizenship 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 31 10 880
San Diego woman says her credit card information was stolen while she was in ICE custody 11 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 Mar 30 60 2354
Arab-American teen who sat for Pledge of Allegiance reaches settlement with Plymouth-Canton Schools 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 11 723
Apple formally signs on with Big Brother (UK) "Face that telescreen OR ELSE" 1 usonian Mar 25 Mar 27 4 622
ICE misinformed DOJ prosecutors about its authorization to arrest migrants at immigration courts. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 27 4 534
Two-Thirds of Open Somali Cases Placed on "Somali Rocket Docket" - bklg blog 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 26 3 514
Americans United for Separation of Church and State sues for information on Pentagon and Labor prayer meetings 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 26 11 703
The Vote: Part One Full Documentary American Experience PBS 0 marmar Mar 25 Mar 25 4 496

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Cato had urged the Supreme Court to reverse the Fifth Circuit's ruling in Villarreal v. Alaniz. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 5 656
Afroman Wins Verdict Rejecting Lawsuit Filed by Ohio Cops Over Mocking Music Videos 8 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Mar 23 22 1142
DOJ Civil Rights Division hire resigned from Alabama firm over Facebook post following George Floyd's murder 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 5 792
An update on immigrants who were detained in Trump's crackdown on campus activism 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Mar 18 1 513
Professors Are Changing What They Teach, Even Far from Trump's Gaze 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 16 Mar 16 9 897
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 16 Mar 16 0 383
FCC to journalists: cover the Iran war the way the president prefers or lose your broadcast license. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 9 1144
The Lonesome Death of Daphy Michel 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 11 714
Lafayette Parish Louisiana superintendent directs principals to display Ten Commandments in classrooms 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 2 546
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 11 896
Watch Cato's Director of Immigration Studies, David J. Bier, testify at the Senate Budget Committee hearing. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 3 559
Chicago law firm leading push to appoint special prosecutor to target ICE, Border Patrol agents 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 12 726
You're Welcome, Mr. Supreme Leader (Khamenei) 4 usonian Mar 5 Mar 5 9 999
Victory! Tenth Circuit Finds Fourth Amendment Doesn't Support Broad Search of Protesters' Devices and Digital Data 0 usonian Feb 28 Feb 28 8 755
Trump administration cannot 'terrorize' Minnesota's refugees with arrests, US judge rules 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Feb 28 4 666
BREAKING: Columbia President Claire Shipman says DHS agents entered a residential buliding this morning and detained ... 8 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 26 Feb 27 63 2688
"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 3417
"More lawless slaughter at sea by the Trump administration under the specious guise of counterterrorism." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 21 Feb 22 10 1018
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 1308
Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump's Secretive Deportation Program 13 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 19 Feb 19 53 2412
US DOJ lawyer hit with bar complaint over search of reporter's home 1 Eugene Feb 10 Feb 10 16 875
The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics 0 Eugene Feb 8 Feb 8 6 806
DHS warned its independent watchdog that Noem can kill its investigations, senator says 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 7 Feb 7 7 742
"Democrats Need to Get Serious About Stopping Trump From Rigging the Midterms" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 6 Feb 6 4 883
EXCLUSIVE: DOJ's Civil Rights Chief Called Federal Election Interference Unconstitutional 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 5 Feb 5 5 791
"An agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 18 1009
Pentagon Defends Restrictions on Media Outlets 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 1 841
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 952
The Fashionable Notion of 'Free Speech Culture' Is Justifying State Censorship, Ironically 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 2 687
What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 11 938

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 1008
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 1616
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 2 885
Why Trump's regime will fall 5 CatWoman Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 1488
A Poem- History is Closing In 0 Ranting Randy Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 749
"Every lie told by this regime [is] about pushing narratives to facilitate ethnic cleansing." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 899
New York school violated civil rights law by changing name from 'Thunderbirds' to 'T-Birds,' US says 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 892
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 0 915
Autopsy finds Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia 12 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 35 2514
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to DHS 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 915
Judge Kacsmaryk rejects challenge by West Texas A&M University's [LGBTQ] club to drag show ban ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 1055
DOJ files notice that it is appealing its loss in the challenge to its invasive trans care subpoena 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 826
"Mischief Toys is a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Trump administration ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 879
Stars and Stripes job applicants are asked if they back Trump policies 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 997
Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers 0 Eugene Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 737
TWSJ.: Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 1035
'Turn off your video': ICE agents tell NC men to quit recording traffic stop 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 22 1220
Seattle Indivisible: Know your protest rights. Edited: now in alt text, for people with visual disabilities. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 1023
"Data created during times of human rights violations can be used to prove command responsibility ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 936
Top union accuses Texas of targeting teachers over Charlie Kirk posts 0 Eugene Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 765
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