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FIRE Branches Out into Free Speech Beyond Universities, Planning $75M Litigation and Public Education Campaign

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is becoming the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

Reason

Deported mom returns to San Diego after more than a decade

SAN YSIDRO, Calif. — As an advocate for deportees and family reunifications, Yolanda Varona was able to witness some of the stories of deported veterans and mothers who after years of strife managed to return to the United States with their families. This Friday was her turn.

Tribune News Service

3 old-school institutions helped make the internet firestorm around the Depp-Heard trial

There's a theory of awful internet behavior that goes like this: Sometimes social media is great for helping people connect, bringing new voices into the public sphere and exposing injustices of what we used to call "in real life." But sometimes the internet takes existing social forces and amplifies them…

Los Angeles Times

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"The ACLU Never Stopped Defending Free Speech"

David Cole writes, Ira Glasser and Wendy Kaminer respond. [UPDATE: Added Cole's reply.]

Reason

Depp verdict deemed "a win for all men"

Twitter flooded with rejoicing from the GOP and men after a jury ruled in favor of Depp vs Amber Heard

Salon

ACLU Would Like You To Ignore Partisan Activism, Mission Drift

National Legal Director David Cole insists that the critics are wrong, but he fails to contend with much of the substance of their critiques.

Reason

Federal prison inmate to get gender-affirming surgery: ACLU

Cristina Nichole Iglesias has been fighting for years to have the procedure. She is serving a 28-year prison sentence for threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard: Ahead of verdict; petition to remove Amber Heard as ACLU ambassador of women's rights receives 80,000 signatures

As people around the world wait for the jury to announce their verdict on the Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard case, some on the internet have begun campaigning for the actress to be removed as a women’s rights ambassador for American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

The Times of India

How undated ballots could affect Pennsylvania's GOP Senate race and voters' rights

Mail-in ballots that arrived on time but in envelopes missing dates handwritten by voters have been a flashpoint in recent elections in the key swing state, including a close Republican primary race.

WEKU

Stricter curfew approved by divided City Council

Mayoral allies and critics alike again condemned the crackdown as a desperate response that will have no impact on an outbreak of youth violence downtown — but signed off on it anyway.

Chicago Sun-Times

Indiana bans transgender athletes from school sports by voting to override governor’s veto

ACLU immediately files lawsuit alleging violations of federal antidiscriminaton law

The Independent UK

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Demonstrate How Not To Handle a #MeToo Case

The torturous trial calls to mind Title IX investigations on college campuses.

Reason

City Council delays action on Lightfoot’s curfew crackdown

Two mayoral allies used a parliamentary maneuver to put off approval of an ordinance that would alter Chicago’s seldom-enforced curfew law, though it is expected to pass at Wednesday’s Council meeting.

Chicago Sun-Times

Missouri school board bans another library book for sexual content

ST. LOUIS — Months after causing a national uproar with its first book ban, the Wentzville School Board voted Thursday to yank another acclaimed book from school libraries.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Missouri school board to vote on banning another book for sexual content

ST. LOUIS — Months after causing a national uproar with its first book ban, the Wentzville School Board is expected to vote Thursday on a recommendation to yank another acclaimed book from school libraries.

Benzinga

Cannabis Regulatory Update: New York, Nebraska, Ohio, Louisiana & Poland

NY Bill Stimulating Business To Utilize Hemp For Industrial Purposes Heads To Gov. Hochul The bill that seeks to stimulate hemp use in packaging, construction and other industrial purposes got the green light from the New York Senate and Assembly.

Manchester Evening News

Amber Heard admits she hasn't yet paid the millions she promised to charities from Johnny Depp divorce

“I fully intend to honour all of my pledges. I would love for him to stop suing me so I can," Amber said in court

Evening Standard

Amber Heard admits she hasn’t yet donated $7million divorce settlement to charity

Amber Heard has admitted she has not yet donated her $7 million divorce settlement to charity but insists her libel battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp is to blame.

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Amber Heard pledged $7 million to charity, but did it ever happen?

The ACLU has supported Heard through her abuse claims, but a report from Rolling Stone questions how much the organization received.

The Independent UK

Key revelations so far in the Johnny Depp v Amber Heard defamation trial

Four weeks of testimony provides insight into the lives of actors at centre of case

The Independent UK

Johnny Depp v Amber Heard: Most explosive moments in the star-studded defamation trial

Over six weeks of testimony, jury heard from string of witnesses including the couple’s friends, psychiatric experts, surgeons and the actors themselves. Testimony painted captivating and disturbing portrait of a doomed marriage, laying bare violent fights, drug use and vicious words to each other. Here are some of most dramatic…

The Independent UK

Key revelations so far in the Johnny Depp v Amber Heard defamation trial

Four weeks of testimony provides insight into the lives of actors at centre of case

Tribune News Service

Texas Supreme Court says governor cannot order trans child abuse investigations

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday struck down a statewide injunction halting child abuse investigations into the parents of transgender youth, while keeping in place a block on the case of one family who sued the state.

The Independent UK

Key revelations so far in the Johnny Depp v Amber Heard defamation trial

Four weeks of testimony provides insight into the lives of actors at centre of case

The Independent UK

Key revelations so far in the Johnny Depp v Amber Heard defamation trial

Four weeks of testimony provides insight into the lives of actors at centre of case

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