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The Situation: A Legal Puzzle to Ponder 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 833
Miami Herald reporter accuses the Trump Department of Justice for tracking her flight history in 2019. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 893
Here's the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 11 1358
Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 964
Breaking: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 998
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 931
Trump's Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 1095
Kari Lake sends a memo to the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 981
DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 975
Federal judge to decide whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia should return to immigration custody 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 7 1101
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 1565
Texas is making a list of transgender Texans. It's using the DMV to help. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 14 1515
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 3 951
"Rob Reiner was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California's Prop 8 banning same sex marriage." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 47 1885
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 11 1123
More Trump DOJ Hijinks in Abrego Garcia Saga 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 1005
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 1029
CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 38 2091
🚀 NOTICE: Federal US website newly registered. https://merrychristmas.gov 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 1261
Turkish student who criticized Israel can resume research at Tufts after visa revoked, judge rules 0 Eugene Dec 2025 Dec 2025 11 817
"Constitution's 'domestic violence' clause may block Trump deployment of National Guard in Oregon." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 910
Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 846
Amicus brief from the Cato Institute, Dale Carpenter and Eugene Volokh urges full Fifth Circuit to affirm panel ruling 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 930
Trump Action Tracker keeps track of antidemocratic actions by category including civil liberties, with links 6 mahina Dec 2025 Dec 2025 12 1440
Halligan Continues as U.S. Attorney, Prompting Criticism From Judges 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 890
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 1109
ICE brutally arrested and illegally detained George Retes, an American citizen and Army veteran. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 58 2888
Fired EPA employees challenge agency, alleging free speech violations 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 6 790
The Rise of the Anti-Trump Jury. Juries Can Stop Trump, Too 1 ck4829 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 1215
Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 1004

Civil Liberties Continued...

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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 1698
Judge Boasberg orders DHS Sec Kristi Noem and other officials to submit declarations. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 13 1189
Ask yourself why there wasn't this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 70 2906
FL has suspended 25 rules using DeSantis' yearslong immigration state of emergency 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 9 1483
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana 6 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 53 2823
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 1007
After 27 years on Louisiana's death row, Chris "Jimmie" Duncan is finally getting out. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 19 1453
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 8 1152
ICE video shows officers planned to 'smash' into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol 7 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 37 2534
Judge Places Hold on I.R.S. Data Sharing With ICE 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 721
MAGA's $300 million heist 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 14 1141
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 1030
At the Justice Department, Civil Rights Now Means Gun Rights 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 789
UCLA faculty gets big win in suit against Trump's university attacks 0 usonian Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 1251
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 19 1402
Wisconsin: Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs--And They Have No Idea What They're Doing 2 Eugene Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 986
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: 'I felt like a piece of trash' 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 13 894
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 14 1157
Advocates Applaud as Pro-Palestinian Commentator Sami Hamdi Released by ICE 2 cbabe Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 870
DOJ Officials Hype Up Ongoing Efforts to Weaponize Civil Rights Laws 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 732
Q) How does a person protect a pro democracy anti fascist web site? 2 Ranting Randy Oct 2025 Nov 2025 2 880
Trump administration speeds up new rules that would make it easier to charge some protesters 2 Eugene Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 922
Flock cameras lead Colorado police to wrong suspect: "It became my job to prove my innocence" 2 ck4829 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 894
"Excessive force. PERIOD!" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 40 1519
Are You on Trump's List of Domestic Terrorists? There's No Way to Know. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 7 762
The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 7 1233
EXCLUSIVE: Key Lime Air is running flights of detainees for ICE, according to government data and flight tracking 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 10 1010
Don't think of it as a concentration camp; think of it as an "accountability center." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 796
Shock Video Shows ICE Agent Assaulting Woman Who Asked If He's A Good Christian 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 11 877
There's a Right To Record ICE Raids--and There's No Blanket Immunity for Raiders 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 9 875

Civil Liberties Continued...

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BREAKING: Full Fifth Circuit decides it will rehear the case over West Texas A&M's effort to ban a drag show 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 1002
Trump ally says grand jury empaneled in Florida to investigate a sweeping conspiracy against Trump 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 1015
Looking to speed up building network of migrant detention centers, Trump administration turns to the US Navy 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 1009
Man challenges arrest for mocking DC troops with Darth Vader's theme song 3 cbabe Oct 2025 Oct 2025 26 1186
6 ICE monsters attack blind 4'6" man 2 Nululu Oct 2025 Oct 2025 12 1192
ICE agents hold teens at gunpoint at Dutch Bros in Hillsboro 2 cbabe Oct 2025 Oct 2025 16 1259
DoDEA Must Return Books to Shelves, Judge Rules 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 12 891
After hours of oral argument ... in Callais v. Louisiana... Supreme Court is ready to decimate ..Voting Rights Act 1 littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 Oct 2025 9 911
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Stonewall Veteran and Legendary Trans Activist, Has Died at 78 0 cbabe Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 708
Hey Desperate Times, this is Desperate Measures. Desperate Measures, this is Desperate Times. 1 ck4829 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 767
Can Police Enter Your Home Without a Warrant? The Supreme Court Will Soon Decide. 0 littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 Oct 2025 10 864
Official border patrol FB page is posting the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song. "Jew me sue Kick me k*ke me." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 7 855
Supreme Court to hear arguments in pivotal case on the Voting Rights Act 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 921
"MIT's response to the Trump admin's proposed "compact" is excellent and should be a model for other universities." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 9 1045
"Honestly very impressed by Newsmax, the Washington Times, and the Washington Examiner." 11 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 22 2058
Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, which has agreed to accept him for residency. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 38 2399
Discussion Highlights False Confessions on International Wrongful Conviction Day 0 ck4829 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 732
This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to Prison in Africa 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 10 1230
Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia return to court as his deportation saga continues 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 701
"They are clearly trying to terrify everyone out of showing up to the No Kings protest." 7 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 10 1521
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