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Looking to limit birthright citizenship, Trump turns to an 1884 Supreme Court ruling against a Native American man 1 mahatmakanejeeves 5 hrs ago 4 hrs ago 3 272
San Diego woman says her credit card information was stolen while she was in ICE custody 10 mahatmakanejeeves 7 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 58 1553
Birthright Citizenship Case Pushes Trump's Relationship With Supreme Court to Brink 2 mahatmakanejeeves 6 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 9 345
Arab-American teen who sat for Pledge of Allegiance reaches settlement with Plymouth-Canton Schools 3 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 11 335
Apple formally signs on with Big Brother (UK) "Face that telescreen OR ELSE" 1 usonian Wednesday Friday 4 365
ICE misinformed DOJ prosecutors about its authorization to arrest migrants at immigration courts. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Friday 4 265
Two-Thirds of Open Somali Cases Placed on "Somali Rocket Docket" - bklg blog 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 3 296
Americans United for Separation of Church and State sues for information on Pentagon and Labor prayer meetings 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 11 467
The Vote: Part One Full Documentary American Experience PBS 0 marmar Wednesday Wednesday 4 293
Cato had urged the Supreme Court to reverse the Fifth Circuit's ruling in Villarreal v. Alaniz. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 5 433
Afroman Wins Verdict Rejecting Lawsuit Filed by Ohio Cops Over Mocking Music Videos 8 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Monday 22 616
DOJ Civil Rights Division hire resigned from Alabama firm over Facebook post following George Floyd's murder 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 5 499
An update on immigrants who were detained in Trump's crackdown on campus activism 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Mar 18 1 325
Professors Are Changing What They Teach, Even Far from Trump's Gaze 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 16 Mar 16 9 633
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 16 Mar 16 0 188
FCC to journalists: cover the Iran war the way the president prefers or lose your broadcast license. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 9 774
The Lonesome Death of Daphy Michel 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 11 492
Lafayette Parish Louisiana superintendent directs principals to display Ten Commandments in classrooms 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 2 316
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 11 614
Watch Cato's Director of Immigration Studies, David J. Bier, testify at the Senate Budget Committee hearing. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 3 355
Chicago law firm leading push to appoint special prosecutor to target ICE, Border Patrol agents 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 12 481
You're Welcome, Mr. Supreme Leader (Khamenei) 4 usonian Mar 5 Mar 5 9 699
Victory! Tenth Circuit Finds Fourth Amendment Doesn't Support Broad Search of Protesters' Devices and Digital Data 0 usonian Feb 28 Feb 28 8 566
Trump administration cannot 'terrorize' Minnesota's refugees with arrests, US judge rules 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Feb 28 4 476
BREAKING: Columbia President Claire Shipman says DHS agents entered a residential buliding this morning and detained ... 8 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 26 Feb 27 63 2306
"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 2652
"More lawless slaughter at sea by the Trump administration under the specious guise of counterterrorism." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 21 Feb 22 10 763
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 1007
Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump's Secretive Deportation Program 13 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 19 Feb 19 53 1855
US DOJ lawyer hit with bar complaint over search of reporter's home 1 Eugene Feb 10 Feb 10 16 654

Civil Liberties Continued...

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The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics 0 Eugene Feb 8 Feb 8 6 618
DHS warned its independent watchdog that Noem can kill its investigations, senator says 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 7 Feb 7 7 531
"Democrats Need to Get Serious About Stopping Trump From Rigging the Midterms" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 6 Feb 6 4 640
EXCLUSIVE: DOJ's Civil Rights Chief Called Federal Election Interference Unconstitutional 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 5 Feb 5 5 593
"An agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 4 Feb 4 18 809
Pentagon Defends Restrictions on Media Outlets 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 4 Feb 4 1 576
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 4 Feb 4 5 705
The Fashionable Notion of 'Free Speech Culture' Is Justifying State Censorship, Ironically 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2 Feb 2 2 495
What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2 Feb 2 11 725
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 31 Jan 31 4 769
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 1126
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 2 639
Why Trump's regime will fall 5 CatWoman Jan 19 Jan 27 6 1161
A Poem- History is Closing In 0 Ranting Randy Jan 25 Jan 25 1 569
"Every lie told by this regime [is] about pushing narratives to facilitate ethnic cleansing." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 24 Jan 24 11 709
New York school violated civil rights law by changing name from 'Thunderbirds' to 'T-Birds,' US says 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 24 Jan 24 0 640
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 0 705
Autopsy finds Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia 12 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 22 Jan 22 35 1955
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to DHS 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 21 Jan 21 11 722
Judge Kacsmaryk rejects challenge by West Texas A&M University's [LGBTQ] club to drag show ban ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 Jan 18 0 810
DOJ files notice that it is appealing its loss in the challenge to its invasive trans care subpoena 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 0 650
"Mischief Toys is a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Trump administration ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 11 707
Stars and Stripes job applicants are asked if they back Trump policies 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 14 Jan 14 2 785
Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers 0 Eugene Jan 14 Jan 14 1 552
TWSJ.: Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 11 Jan 11 5 856
'Turn off your video': ICE agents tell NC men to quit recording traffic stop 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 11 Jan 11 22 1030
Seattle Indivisible: Know your protest rights. Edited: now in alt text, for people with visual disabilities. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 10 Jan 10 4 777
"Data created during times of human rights violations can be used to prove command responsibility ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 10 Jan 10 6 759
Top union accuses Texas of targeting teachers over Charlie Kirk posts 0 Eugene Jan 6 Jan 6 3 579
"In the midst of everything else, the Trump administration is an incredible combination of entitlement and sloppiness." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 5 Jan 5 2 720

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Organizer arrested in Grand Rapids following protest in response to U.S. attack in Venezuela 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 5 Jan 5 3 889
More than 300 judges rebuff Trump's immigration policy 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 5 Jan 5 6 711
NEW: The latest effort to hold Gregory Bovino accountable for his disregard of the rule of law. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2 Jan 2 8 835
JUST IN: Abrego Garcia lawyers press TN fed judge to sanction feds for alleged gag order violations 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 1 Jan 1 7 823
Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 29 Dec 29 8 839
The Situation: A Legal Puzzle to Ponder 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 689
Miami Herald reporter accuses the Trump Department of Justice for tracking her flight history in 2019. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 732
Here's the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 11 1132
Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 853
Breaking: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 869
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 798
Trump's Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 950
Kari Lake sends a memo to the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 858
DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 841
Federal judge to decide whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia should return to immigration custody 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 7 1007
Abrego's lawyers have proof of Todd Blanche's direct involvement in his prosecution - after lying to the court about it. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 25 1396
Texas is making a list of transgender Texans. It's using the DMV to help. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 14 1260
11th Ct. grants Florida's request to limit the injunction against the anti-drag law to cover only Hamburger Mary's 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 866
"Rob Reiner was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California's Prop 8 banning same sex marriage." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 47 1812
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 11 1026
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