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Constitutional Rights

DOJ Quietly Removes References to Press Freedom and Gerrymandering From Policy Manual

To Defeat NRA and Curb Gun Violence, Former Supreme Court Justice Says 'Repeal the 2nd Amendment'

Julia Conley, staff writer

"That simple but dramatic action would move Saturday's marchers closer to their objective than any other possible reform."

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'We Are Not That Country': Rebuking Trump Policies, Judge Orders Immigrant Rights Advocate Freed

Julia Conley, staff writer

"It ought not be—and it has never before been—that those who have lived without...

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After 16 Years Without Trial, Guantánamo Inmates and Rights Groups Demand End to 'Unconscionable' Imprisonment

Julia Conley, staff writer

Challenging their detention, prisoners argue Trump's pledge to keep them there...

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flooding in Texas

"Absolutely Unconscionable': In Post-Harvey Texas, No Relief Funds for Critics of Israel

When FCC Chairman Won't Condemn Trump's Threats Against Free Press: 'Worry'

Animal rights supporters hold up signs at a pork expo protest in June 2012. (Photo: Justin Norman/flickr/cc)

New Report Exposes "Big Ag's Gag Agenda"

White supremacists in Charlottesville, Va.

ACLU Shifts Position on Defending Armed Demonstrations After Charlottesville

More than 200 people were indicted on felony rioting charges during anti-Trump protests on Inauguration Day

Trump DOJ Wants Info on Every Person Who Visited Anti-Trump Protest Site

Citing Free Speech, Dissenters Sue Trump for Blocking Them on Twitter

Wikimedia Scores 'Important Victory' in Fight Against NSA Surveillance

Trump Official Praises Autocratic Rule: 'Not a Single Hint of a Protester' in Saudi Arabia

Texas Slapped With ACLU 'Travel Warning' Over Sanctuary Cities Ban

Spicer Confirms White House Actively Planning Attack on Press Freedoms

Twitter 'Alt Account' Lawsuit Exposes Trump Team's Effort to Stomp Out Dissent

Seeking 'To Create a Police State,' AG Sessions Threatens Sanctuary Cities

Newswire

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

CREW Statement On Emoluments Ruling

Public Citizen

Whose Side Are They On: Main Street Consumers or Wall Street Banks?

ACLU

ACLU-TN Statement on Passage of "LGBT Erasure" Legislation...

ACLU

ACLU Statement on Ann Coulter Speech

Common Cause

More Than 200 Organizations Oppose Calls for New Constitutional Convention, Warn of Dangers

Common Cause

Maryland Legislature Rescinds Call for Dangerous Constitutional Convention in the Face of Nationwide Special Interests Push

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Views

Robert C. Koehler

Rethinking the Whole Country

Lornet Turnbull

Two-Thirds of Americans Live in the 'Constitution-Free Zone'

Tom Sullivan

Arpaio Pardon: The First Verifiable Impeachable Offense?

William Cohn

'Of Men, Not Law': To Make America Hate Again

Chris Hedges

The Corruption of the Law

Anthony D. Romero

Equality, Justice and the First Amendment

James Esseks

How Could You Represent Someone Like Milo Yiannopoulos?

Andre Segura

How Trump Is Threatening the Constitution

Harvey J. Kaye

We Are Radicals at Heart — Don’t Forget It

Peter Certo

The Hidden Bombshell in the Comey-Trump Story

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