Excerpt from The New York Times. Read the full article here. Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, the executive director for the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, a nonprofit organization that litigates on behalf of protesters, said that groups applying for First Amendment-related events…
WJLA7 covered the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund at the Dec. 7 press conference exposing the National Park Service and Trump Inauguration Committee’s unconstitutional blocking permit. Click on the image below to view the video.
Attorneys from the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund along with activists organizing demonstrations during and after Donald Trump’s Inauguration held a press conference this morning demanding access to sites in Washington, D.C., for protests. At least a dozen groups representing…
Excerpt from the Associated Press. Read the full article here. The National Park Service is quashing dissent by blocking access to public space for those who want to demonstrate before, during and after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, Washington civil rights…
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — A local group wants to protest outside of the Trump Hotel along the Inauguration Day parade route in Washington, D.C. next January, but a legal battle is underway challenging their right to do it. Protesters argue they…
Reprint from The Washington Post Two months before Donald Trump is sworn in as president, the nation’s second highest court on Monday considered how close protesters can get to the inaugural parade along Pennsylvania Avenue. Free speech advocates told the…
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — A local group wants to protest outside of the Trump Hotel along the Inauguration Day parade route in Washington, D.C. next January, but a legal battle is underway challenging their right to do it. Protesters argue they…
By Steven Rosenfeld / Alternet In the first presidential debate, Donald Trump spent a minute pitching his newest hotel in Washington across from the White House, saying the hotel, which opened two weeks earlier, was done “under budget” and “ahead of…
Fact checking the “dramatically ahead of schedule” and “most successful” opening claims. Newly released documents from the General Services Administration (GSA) obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund through a public records request and lawsuit provide new insight into…
Reprint from The Washington Post Every time Donald Trump holds an event at his new Washington hotel they’ve been there. Out front. With signs. And sometimes a bullhorn. Protesters have not allowed the presidential candidate to peacefully promote the Old…
By Jonathan O’Connell for the Washington Post Those wishing to protest on public property along Pennsylvania Avenue near the entrance of Donald Trump’s new hotel are welcome to apply for a permit securing space in front of the $212 million…
Evidence introduced in court is generally considered public information, but D.C. attorney general Karl Racine has invented a new legal theory when it comes to video evidence taken from the Metropolitan Police Department’s body cameras. He says it belongs to…