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No, Blocking Traffic Is Not Protected by the First Amendment

The freedom to protest is essential to the American project. It also does not give you carte blanche to violate other laws.

Reason

"Yes, the Last 10 Years Really Have Been Worse for Free Speech" (Focusing on Universities)

An interesting and, I think, sound analysis by Greg Lukianoff (FIRE), responding to ACLU National Legal Director (and Georgetown law professor) David Cole's review of Lukianoff & Rikki Schlott's The Canceling of the American Mind in the New York Review of Books. An excerpt: [A]fter 9/11 only about three professors…

Reason

Federal workers threaten walkout over President Biden's support for Israel

This content discusses the recent snow day in D.C. and the potential impact on a planned federal worker protest, highlighting differing views on the legali...

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ACLU of Montana challenges law defining the word 'sex' in state code as only male or female

The ACLU of Montana has filed a lawsuit challenging a new law that defines the word “sex” throughout state code as only male or female, based on a person’s biology at birth

The Independent UK

This NRA Supreme Court Case Has Big Implications for Porn

The ACLU will represent the gun rights group in a case with widespread relevance for free speech.

Reason

Congress Renews Warrantless Digital Spying Program as Part of $886 Billion Spending Bill

Section 702 will continue until April, when Congress will have another shot at seriously reforming a program that desperately needs it.

Reason

Woman suing Kentucky over abortion laws learns her embryo no longer viable

Woman, referred to as Jane Doe in court documents, was about eight weeks pregnant when she filed lawsuit against state

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Pregnant Kentucky woman dismisses abortion lawsuit weeks after filing after no heartbeat discovery

Jane Doe dismissed her case less than 10 days after filing it after an unexpected health issue cropped up

Reason

NRA and ACLU Teaming up on the First Amendment in NRA v. Vullo

I'm delighted to report (as Adam Liptak wrote in today's New York Times) that the ACLU will be representing the NRA in this important First Amendment case, and that the ACLU's Legal Director David Cole—an experienced Supreme Court advocate—is (the Times notes) planning on arguing. The issue in the case…

Latin Times

Federal Judge Orders Halt to Migrant Family Separations at US Border for 8 Years|

This follows the controversial "zero tolerance" policy implemented by the Trump administration

WEKU

Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at the border

The settlement says migrant families cannot be separated at the border for the next eight years, a policy of the Trump administration. Around 1,000 children remain separated from their parents.

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LGBTQ+ rights group sues over Iowa law banning school library books, gender identity discussion

Several families are suing to stop Iowa’s new law that critics say violates the rights of LGBTQ+ students and educators

The Guardian - US

‘Archaic’: the Tennessee town that made homosexuality illegal

Republican lawmakers in the US are leaning into outdated definitions of obscenity to outlaw drag and ban books too

The Conversation

Who can defend voting rights? An appeals court ruling sharply limiting lawsuits looks likely to head to the Supreme Court

A federal appeals court in Arkansas ruled on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, that only the federal government – not private citizens or civil rights groups – could sue to enforce the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Salon

Dems threaten immigrant aid over Israel

Advocates sound alarm about pro-Israel groups using "punitive" measures to "silence" any criticism

The Guardian - US

Pro-Palestinian student group sues DeSantis over ‘deactivation’

Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine say order by Republican governor violates its free speech rights

Reason

Illinois Youth Lockup Is 'No Place for Children,' According to ACLU Lawsuit

Children held in the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center are routinely subjected to solitary confinement, inadequate meals, and filthy cells, according to legal documents.

WEKU

Colorado banned forced prison labor 5 years ago. Prisoners say it's still happening

The U.S. Constitution bans slavery except as punishment for a crime. A growing number of states have tried to address this in their own constitutions, but prisoners say the only change is on paper.

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