Excerpt from The Mission Local. Read the full article here. “The class certification decision is one step toward finally getting justice for these young people,” said Rachel Lederman, an attorney with the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, which is representing…
A federal court in San Francisco allowed the civil rights lawsuit challenging the San Francisco Police Department’s 2023 mass arrest to proceed as a class action in an order issued late Thursday afternoon. The class consists of approximately 113 people…
Excerpt from Associated Press. Read the full article here. “Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, one of Carey’s lawyers, said the charges against him represent an effort by the Trump administration to stifle free speech and dissent. “This is a desecration of the First…
Excerpt from Stars and Stripes. Read the full article here. Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, one of the attorneys representing Carey, said the veteran’s legal team is prepared to respond to any action from the White House. “If the administration seeks to charge…
Executive Director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and constitutional lawyer Mara Verheyden-Hilliard joins Breakthrough News’ The Freedom Side to discuss Trump’s unlawful federal takeover of D.C., declaring a “crime emergency” despite a 30-year decline in violent crimes. Verheyden-Hilliard…
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund issued the following statement from its executive director, constitutional rights litigator Mara Verheyden-Hilliard: “Donald Trump has created the fiction of an emergency to turn the nation’s capital into a prototype of a police state.…
Excerpt from the Mercury News. Read the full article here. “Rachel Lederman, senior counsel with the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and the Center for Protest Law & Litigation, said being able to clearly identify law enforcement is crucial in…
Nick Place, constitutional rights attorney with the Center for Protest Law and Litigation at the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, and a Marine veteran, with a message to servicemembers being deployed to Los Angeles: Your oath is to the Constitution…
Excerpt from the Advocate. Read the full article here. “Meanwhile, a watchdog group, the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, announced on Tuesday that it has filed Freedom of Information Act requests with the National Park Service, the Department of the…
FOIAs Require Disclosure of Communications and Other Information Related to Closure and Subsequent Recission The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) today filed Freedom of Information Act requests (FOIA) demanding the disclosure of records from the Trump Administration’s National Park…
PCJF/CPLL Executive Director, Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, spoke with POLITICO about the DOJ’s targeting nonviolent protestors for prosecution: “There are those in higher levels of law enforcement authority who are celebrating and countenancing and supporting a violent attack on the Capitol, and…
The Center for Protest Law & Litigation at the PCJF, co-counsel Thomas Seabaugh, and the ACLU Foundation of Northern California have successfully resolved litigation arising from University of California Santa Cruz’ campus bans of more than 100 students and faculty…