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08/7/2026
First Amendment attorneys challenge the Committee’s abuse of authority to direct compulsory process in order to punish and silence constitutionally protected expression and viewpoints with which the Committee leadership disagrees.
07/23/2026
Trump and his allies are trying to bring McCarthyism back as a political weapon to crush political opposition in the United States.
07/11/2026
The PCJF, which defeated Trump's first-term effort to crush protest on federal land in D.C., condemns plan to permanently fence Lafayette Square and Pennsylvania Avenue
06/24/2026
The sadistically cruel and politically motivated sentencing of the Prairieland defendants, following a trial rife with due process violations, on terrorism and conspiracy charges for involvement with the non-existent Trump-fantasy “antifa” organization is unjustified, disproportionate and openly targets political speech. (Continues)
06/16/2026
Excerpts from Mission Local. Read the full article here. "Probable cause must be determined individual by individual, or, in this case, 'kid by kid,' Emilly Zhu, a legal fellow at the ACLU of northern California, wrote in a press statement."
06/9/2026
In an important victory for free speech, a federal court has dismissed with prejudice all civil rights conspiracy claims brought against The People's Forum and other individual defendants arising from the April 2024 occupation of Hamilton Hall — Hind’s Hall — at Columbia University.
04/21/2026
PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard was featured in a documentary-style video released just ahead of the Warner Bros. Discovery shareholder meeting set for April 23, 2026.
04/15/2026
Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Executive Director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and Steering Committee member of the Committee for the First Amendment, spoke about the threat to free speech and democracy posed by the proposed Paramount-Skydance acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery, Inc at a spotlight hearing convened by Senator Cory Booker.
03/13/2026
Excerpts from The New York Times. Read the full article here. "Ms. Verheyden-Hilliard, a lawyer with the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, which is representing Mr. Carey pro bono, said her client had been prosecuted only “at the whims and the directives of a president who has said that he disfavors a particular viewpoint.”