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Supreme Court Considers Claim That New York Regulators Violated NRA's First Amendment Rights

State officials “jawboned” financial firms into cutting ties with the gun-rights group.

Reason

ACLU, Once a Defender of Free Speech, Goes After a Whistleblower

The former civil liberties group continues morphing into a progressive organization.

Reason

Obscure legal theory could weaken voters’ protections from racist laws

A federal court has ruled private parties unable to file cases under one of few remaining curbs on racial bias in elections

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Former Trump official Steve Mnuchin puts forward plan to buy TikTok app

Amid concerns over user privacy and national security, Mnuchin told US media TikTok ‘should be owned by US businesses’.

Al Jazeera

House Committee's TikTok Ban Bill Raises Stakes In National Security Debate

A bipartisan bill threatens to ban TikTok from U.S. devices unless its China-linked parent company divests.

International Business Times

78-Year-Old Grandmother Awarded $3.8 Million After Illegal SWAT Raid

The legal victory has been attributed to a 2020 law banning qualified immunity for police in Colorado.

Reason

ACLU: US House Bill Banning Tiktok Deemed Unconstitutional

ACLU opposes US House bill to ban TikTok, citing First Amendment concerns and government censorship risks.

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ACLU on NRA v. Vullo

An interesting summary of the historical background to this pending Supreme Court case (in which I'm Counsel of Record, and which the ACLU's Legal Director, David Cole, will be arguing on March 18), by the ACLU's Jennesa Calvo-Friedman: More than 60 years ago the Supreme Court ruled that the First…

Reason

Prisoners in Texas and Florida face biggest risk of increasingly deadly heat

Almost 45% of detention facilities on US mainland suffered rise in hazardous heat days between 1982 and 2020, study says

The Guardian - US

Federal Appeals Court Allows Indiana's Gender-Affirming Care Ban

Federal appeals court allows Indiana's ban on gender-affirming care, ACLU vows to continue challenge. Legal battle over LGBTQ+ rights and minors' access to...

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Progressives lambast Biden over potential move to restrict asylum

Pramila Jayapal and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accuse president of behaving like Trump, saying ‘we must not buckle on our principles’

The Guardian - US

Lawsuit Challenges Ban on Stopping on Las Vegas Pedestrian Bridges

Learn about a federal lawsuit filed by the ACLU against Clark County for unfairly targeting people with disabilities under a pedestrian bridge ban in Las V...

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ACLU Sues Ronald McDonald House for Refusing To House People Convicted of Assault

The ACLU's lawsuit is filed on behalf of a New York man whose application to stay in a Ronald McDonald House was denied because of his 12-year-old felony assault conviction.

Reason

Brickbat: Casting a Wide Net

The ACLU of Northern California reports it has uncovered a geofence warrant that stretched nearly two miles across San Francisco. The warrant would have allowed law enforcement to find active cellphones across an area that included numerous private homes as well as several government buildings. The ACLU said it isn't…

Reason

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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…

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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...

Tom’s Guide

7 best new to Hulu movies that are 90% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes

Hulu is adding a solid collection of critically acclaimed movies this month, including 'Shoplifters,' 'Grandma,' and 'The Fight.'

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Salon

Why Busy Philipps talks about abortion

The actor discusses reproductive resources, the ACLU and her role in the new "Mean Girls" as "not a cool mom"

Salon

GOP pushes "flood" of anti-LGBTQ bills

State legislatures introduced a record 500+ bills in 2023. Advocates warn this year could be even more "horrendous"

The Conversation

School board members could soon be blocked from blocking people − and deleting their comments − on social media

If a school board member has a social media account, would it be wrong for them to block someone and delete their comments? That’s a question the Supreme Court has decided to take up after public officials, including two school board members, blocked constituents from seeing their accounts or removed…

The Independent UK

Federal judge blocks Idaho gender-affirming care ban for minors

The ruling came days before the prohibition was supposed to go into effect

Salon

Mass. cop searches class for single book

“These are the tactics of a police state," ACLU attorney warns

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Governor Abbott's immigration law faces legal challenge amid border crisis

Discover the latest developments on the US-Mexico border as thousands of migrants flee their homelands. Mayor Lori Lightfoot shares her perspective on the ...

The Independent UK

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

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