A defining moment and call to action The endorsement yesterday by Congress of the NSA’s domestic spying program comes as no surprise. The Obama administration and leaders of both major political parties fought hard for the continuation of this unprecedented…
Demands also sent to other federal agencies for disclosure of documents Within hours of Edward Snowden’s courageous revelations about the U.S. government’s massive spying program against the people of the United States and the world, the Partnership for Civil Justice…
Fears that environmentally linked disasters could spur anti-government activism Reprinted from The Guardian Top secret US National Security Agency (NSA) documents disclosed by the Guardian have shocked the world with revelations of a comprehensive US-based surveillance system with direct access to Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft…
Reprinted from NPR An obviously unhappy Judge Edward Korman has approved the Obama administration’s proposal to make just one formulation of the morning-after birth control pill available over the counter without age restrictions. But in a testily worded , the federal…
Attorneys and Plaintiffs Speak Out In response to a battle for over a decade to eliminate all restrictions on access to the Morning-After Pill, the Obama administration has just announced that it will comply with a federal court ruling ordering…
PCJF: A long legal battle enters a new stage Obama Administration Says it is Dropping Legal Fight to Keep Morning-After Pill from Women in United States Front page coverage from The New York Times below In response to a battle…
Reprinted from The New York Times The Obama administration has decided to stop trying to block over-the-counter availability of the most popular morning-after contraceptive pill for all women and girls, a move fraught with political repercussions for President Obama. The reversal…
Reprinted from Wall Street on Parade June 6, 2013 Last evening, The Guardian newspaper published a document classified by the U.S. government as Top Secret, revealing that the Obama administration is engaged in a domestic surveillance program involving the phone records of…
Judge calls government argument “frivolous,” “for the purpose of delay” and “largely an insult to the intelligence of women” In a scathing decision, U.S. District Court Judge Edward R. Korman has denied the Obama administration’s Motion to Stay his Order…
New Docs Show More Detail into Boston Law Enforcement Focus on Peaceful Protests The latest trove of documents obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) from the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Protective Service adds new detail to…
Court Denies Government’s Request for a Stay of Order on Two-Pill Product Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ordered the Obama administration’s Food and Drug Administration to comply with U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman’s Order…
Feminists Win Landmark Birth Control Victory Today, a U.S. federal judge ordered that the Morning-After Pill be made available “without a prescription and without point-of-sale or age restrictions within thirty days.” Judge Edward R. Korman of the U.S. District Court…