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California’s COVID-19 ‘misinformation’ law chills constitutionally protected speech

California is threatening to punish doctors whose advice deviates from the “scientific consensus.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 24, 2022

California's COVID-19 'Misinformation' Law Chills Constitutionally Protected Speech

The state is threatening to punish doctors whose advice deviates from the "scientific consensus."

Reason · Nov 23, 2022

Oregon Governor Pardons 45,000 Marijuana Offenders

The ACLU of Oregon is calling on other state governors to follow suit.

Reason · Nov 22, 2022

Businessmen seek $5 million in TIF funding to install surveillance cameras in Fulton Market, Garfield Park

The ACLU of Illinois has repeatedly raised alarms about such cameras, warning last year that the city’s camera system “continues to operate without any regulation or privacy or regular public reporting.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 21, 2022

19-year-old asks court to let her watch father's execution

A 19-year-old woman is asking a federal court to allow her to watch her father’s death by injection, despite a Missouri law barring anyone under 21 from witnessing an execution

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2022

Controversial Title 42 border policy vacated by federal judge

A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday vacated a controversial border policy known as Title 42, a public health law invoked by the Trump administration during the pandemic that had allowed border agents to quickly turn back migrants.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 16, 2022

Ky. Supreme Court hears arguments over abortion ban

Ky. Supreme Court hears arguments over abortion ban

WEKU · Nov 15, 2022

The ACLU Says California's Ban on COVID-19 'Misinformation' From Doctors Is Gratuitous and Unconstitutional

Two chapters of the organization say the law violates the First Amendment.

Reason · Nov 15, 2022

Nicholas Goldberg: We rarely prosecute bigots and racists who spew hate speech. And rightly so

In March, a woman dressed all in black like a Nazi SS officer and wearing a swastika armband got into an altercation with several local residents of Laguna Woods, California.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 15, 2022

Voting rights groups sue again to block Nevada hand-count

Two Nevada voting rights groups have filed the latest lawsuit seeking to shut down a controversial hand-count of all paper ballots in rural Nye County

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022