Excerpt from U.S. News and World Report | Read the article here. Verheyden-Hilliard says she doubts that standard can be met in the pending case. Her group is considering civil litigation on behalf of those arrested Friday, but she says…
Today the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund notified the National Park Service that litigation was imminent and that permits, including for the Ellipse and other locations, had to be released immediately. We advised them that their withholding of space from…
Letter issued on behalf of artist Rigo 23 responding to American University’s censorship of political art and expression The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, the constitutional rights and free speech legal organization, sent a letter today on behalf of artist…
From KBOO: Guest host Linda Olson-Osterlund is joined by Carl Messineo, Legal Director of The Partnership For Civil Justice Fund. He talks about the efforts of the Trump Regime to keep protesters away on Inauguration Day and the lawsuit filed…
Mara Verheyden-Hilliard of The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund on NPR’S The Kojo Nnamdi Show discusses the right to protest and free speech issues arising at Trump’s Inauguration. Click here to listen to the interview
Anti-Trump Protesters Upset They Haven’t Been Assigned Inauguration Day Sites Excerpt from NPR. Click here to listen to the report from NPR Thousands of people are expected in Washington, D.C., next month to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump. They’ll…
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…