Baltimore’s covert spy plane program: a national crossroads for privacy and free speech
Recording us all from the sky By Carl MessineoPCJF Legal Director Published on Alternet Everyone’s movements are watched from a hidden camera in the sky,…
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Inauguration Protest (ANSWER) – Appellant Brief 2016
PCJF and the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition filed an appeal asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to rule in favor of the coalition…
Washington Post: Will a traffic plan at Trump’s new D.C. hotel block free speech?
Reprint from The Washington Post The whole thing would be laughable, a real thigh-slapper, if the danger weren’t so real. The Trump Organization, led by…
Washington Post: Advocates go to court in fight to protect protest space outside Trump hotel
Below is an article on the PCJF’s litigation and defense of free speech rights against Trump’s privatization of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Excerpt from…
Lawsuits Filed Over Donald Trump’s Privatization of Pennsylvania Avenue, “America’s Main Street”
Civil Rights Group Challenges Buffer Zone that Restricts Free Speech at New Trump International Hotel PCJF sues D.C. and federal government to force release of…
How the FBI greenlighted the crackdown on Black Lives Matter
By Mara Verheyden-HilliardExecutive Director of the PCJF Originally published on Alternet The events of the past week have placed the country at a decisive moment.…
Washington Times: Donald Trump protesters, supporters to face off at Cleveland convention
Excerpt from Washington Times Cleveland’s security plans for the Republican National Convention include the deployment of more than 3,000 police officers, but security experts and…
Postering (ANSWER/MASF) – Supplemental Brief 2015
D.C. defended their restrictive postering regulations in this supplemental brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Read the document below
Postering (ANSWER/MASF) – Cross-Appellant Responsive Supplemental Brief 2016
The PCJF argues in this brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that the District’s postering regulations are content-based and a…
Postering (ANSWER/MASF) – Cross-Appellant Supplemental Brief 2015
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Postering (ANSWER/MASF) – Order on Motion for Summary Judgment 2012
Judge Lamberth of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted part of the PCJF’s motion for summary judgment and declared portions of…
KPFA covers “Activism is Not Terrorism” campaign
PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard and Chip Gibbons, Defending Dissent Legal Fellow, are interviewed on KPFA about the government’s spying on peaceful protest.