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You're Welcome, Mr. Supreme Leader (Khamenei) 4 usonian Yesterday Yesterday 9 429
Victory! Tenth Circuit Finds Fourth Amendment Doesn't Support Broad Search of Protesters' Devices and Digital Data 0 usonian Saturday Saturday 8 421
Trump administration cannot 'terrorize' Minnesota's refugees with arrests, US judge rules 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 4 324
BREAKING: Columbia President Claire Shipman says DHS agents entered a residential buliding this morning and detained ... 8 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 26 Friday 63 2014
"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 2197
"More lawless slaughter at sea by the Trump administration under the specious guise of counterterrorism." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 21 Feb 22 10 607
She was an orphan adopted from Iran by a US veteran. The Trump administration wants to deport her 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 21 Feb 21 26 806
Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump's Secretive Deportation Program 13 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 19 Feb 19 53 1631
US DOJ lawyer hit with bar complaint over search of reporter's home 1 Eugene Feb 10 Feb 10 16 524
The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics 0 Eugene Feb 8 Feb 8 6 494
DHS warned its independent watchdog that Noem can kill its investigations, senator says 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 7 Feb 7 7 394
"Democrats Need to Get Serious About Stopping Trump From Rigging the Midterms" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 6 Feb 6 4 493
EXCLUSIVE: DOJ's Civil Rights Chief Called Federal Election Interference Unconstitutional 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 5 Feb 5 5 474
"An agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 4 Feb 4 18 668
Pentagon Defends Restrictions on Media Outlets 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 4 Feb 4 1 429
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 4 Feb 4 5 538
The Fashionable Notion of 'Free Speech Culture' Is Justifying State Censorship, Ironically 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2 Feb 2 2 368
What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2 Feb 2 11 583
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 31 Jan 31 4 618
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 8 896
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 2 501
Why Trump's regime will fall 5 CatWoman Jan 18 Jan 27 6 973
A Poem- History is Closing In 0 Ranting Randy Jan 25 Jan 25 1 445
"Every lie told by this regime [is] about pushing narratives to facilitate ethnic cleansing." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 24 Jan 24 11 579
New York school violated civil rights law by changing name from 'Thunderbirds' to 'T-Birds,' US says 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 24 Jan 24 0 501
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 0 573
Autopsy finds Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia 12 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 22 Jan 22 35 1684
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to DHS 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 21 Jan 21 11 601
Judge Kacsmaryk rejects challenge by West Texas A&M University's [LGBTQ] club to drag show ban ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 Jan 18 0 641
DOJ files notice that it is appealing its loss in the challenge to its invasive trans care subpoena 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 0 531

Civil Liberties Continued...

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"Mischief Toys is a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Trump administration ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 11 583
Stars and Stripes job applicants are asked if they back Trump policies 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 14 Jan 14 2 650
Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers 0 Eugene Jan 14 Jan 14 1 429
TWSJ.: Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 11 Jan 11 5 713
'Turn off your video': ICE agents tell NC men to quit recording traffic stop 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 11 Jan 11 22 904
Seattle Indivisible: Know your protest rights. Edited: now in alt text, for people with visual disabilities. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 10 Jan 10 4 634
"Data created during times of human rights violations can be used to prove command responsibility ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 10 Jan 10 6 641
Top union accuses Texas of targeting teachers over Charlie Kirk posts 0 Eugene Jan 6 Jan 6 3 460
"In the midst of everything else, the Trump administration is an incredible combination of entitlement and sloppiness." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 5 Jan 5 2 601
Organizer arrested in Grand Rapids following protest in response to U.S. attack in Venezuela 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 5 Jan 5 3 748
More than 300 judges rebuff Trump's immigration policy 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 5 Jan 5 6 585
NEW: The latest effort to hold Gregory Bovino accountable for his disregard of the rule of law. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2 Jan 2 8 710
JUST IN: Abrego Garcia lawyers press TN fed judge to sanction feds for alleged gag order violations 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 1 Jan 1 7 694
Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 29 Dec 29 8 713
The Situation: A Legal Puzzle to Ponder 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 28 Dec 28 3 565
Miami Herald reporter accuses the Trump Department of Justice for tracking her flight history in 2019. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 28 Dec 28 10 609
Here's the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 25 Dec 25 11 982
Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 25 Dec 25 9 729
Breaking: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 25 Dec 25 10 754
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 25 Dec 25 1 666
Trump's Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 24 Dec 24 10 807
Kari Lake sends a memo to the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 23 Dec 23 5 726
DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 22 Dec 22 5 707
Federal judge to decide whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia should return to immigration custody 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 22 Dec 22 7 884
Abrego's lawyers have proof of Todd Blanche's direct involvement in his prosecution - after lying to the court about it. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 20 Dec 20 25 1224
Texas is making a list of transgender Texans. It's using the DMV to help. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 17 Dec 17 14 1030
11th Ct. grants Florida's request to limit the injunction against the anti-drag law to cover only Hamburger Mary's 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 3 718
"Rob Reiner was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California's Prop 8 banning same sex marriage." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 47 1689
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 11 890
More Trump DOJ Hijinks in Abrego Garcia Saga 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 9 810

Civil Liberties Continued...

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ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 10 832
CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 13 38 1791
🚀 NOTICE: Federal US website newly registered. https://merrychristmas.gov 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 4 999
Turkish student who criticized Israel can resume research at Tufts after visa revoked, judge rules 0 Eugene Dec 10 Dec 10 11 643
"Constitution's 'domestic violence' clause may block Trump deployment of National Guard in Oregon." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 5 747
Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 2 670
Amicus brief from the Cato Institute, Dale Carpenter and Eugene Volokh urges full Fifth Circuit to affirm panel ruling 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 7 Dec 7 4 792
Trump Action Tracker keeps track of antidemocratic actions by category including civil liberties, with links 6 mahina Dec 6 Dec 6 12 1048
Halligan Continues as U.S. Attorney, Prompting Criticism From Judges 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 6 Dec 6 5 746
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 924
ICE brutally arrested and illegally detained George Retes, an American citizen and Army veteran. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 58 2441
Fired EPA employees challenge agency, alleging free speech violations 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 6 665
The Rise of the Anti-Trump Jury. Juries Can Stop Trump, Too 1 ck4829 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 1072
Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 868
They're simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but ... 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 18 1442
Judge Boasberg orders DHS Sec Kristi Noem and other officials to submit declarations. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 13 1021
Ask yourself why there wasn't this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 70 2715
FL has suspended 25 rules using DeSantis' yearslong immigration state of emergency 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 9 1249
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana 6 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 53 2559
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 884
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