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First Amendment Victory: Trump Administration’s FACE Act Case Against Pro-Palestine Protestors Dismissed 

In a victory for the First Amendment and free speech rights, a federal judge has granted all defendants’ motions to dismiss a civil lawsuit that the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) filed against pro-Palestine protestors in federal court in New Jersey. The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) represents one of the defendants in this matter, the Party for Socialism and Liberation New Jersey (PSL-NJ).

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Judge Grants Block the Merger Coalition’s Motion to Oppose ‘Weak and Unenforceable’ Paramount-WB Settlement

Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín has granted the Block the Merger coalition’s emergency motion for an opportunity to file amicus briefs formally opposing Paramount’s settlement with 12 state attorneys general to resolve litigation against the Warner Bros. Discovery merger...

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The PCJF Responds to House Ways & Means Committee’s Subpoenas to The People’s Forum and BreakThrough News: “A witch-hunt is not a valid legislative purpose”  

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.  

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Trump Administration’s Plans to Wall Off Lafayette Park, Shut Down America’s Premier Public Forum, and Silence Protest are Unconstitutional and an Open Attack on Participatory Democracy 

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

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Federal Court Dismisses Civil Rights Conspiracy Claims Against Pro-Palestine Activists and The People’s Forum: Anti-Zionism Is Not Anti-Semitism

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.

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WATCH: PCJF Executive Director Testifies at Congressional Spotlight Hearing on Proposed Paramount-Skydance acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery, Inc

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.

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