New York Times Opinion: Drafting a New America
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Attorneys for Army veteran who burned flag claim he is the target of ‘vindictive prosecution’
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Free Speech Victory: Charges Dismissed in Trump Administration’s Vindictive Prosecution for Flag Burning Protest Near White House
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) and its Center for Protest Law & Litigation provided pro bono representation to U.S. Army veteran and free-speech advocate Jay Carey, who was subjected to vindictive prosecution in federal court by the Trump Administration for burning an American flag in Lafayette Park in front of the White House.
NEW: Know Your Rights – US Citizen Rights When Re-Entering the US at Airports or Land Borders
Use this quick reference guide to know what to do when re-entering the US as a citizen.
PCJF Staff Attorney and Marine Veteran Nick Place’s message to servicemembers being deployed to Los Angeles
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…
An Open Letter from Civil Rights Groups to the American People
Our Rights Are at Stake. We Will Not Be Silenced. In America, our government cannot do whatever it wants. And we, the people, have a…
PCJF Statement on Mahmoud Khalil’s Unlawful Arrest and Abduction
The Trump Administration is pursuing an unconstitutional witch hunt, abusing government authority in order to target, punish and silence viewpoints that it ideologically opposes.
Trump says he wants to protect free speech. Advocates say he’s undermining it.
In what President Donald Trump says is a move to protect the rule of law and free speech advocates see as an attack on it, the White House is promising tougher punishments for vandalizing public monuments, statues and religious displays.
PCJF challenges Trump’s Executive Order targeting pro-Palestinian protestors as “racist and unhinged” attack on free speech
The Trump Administration’s Executive Order targeting by viewpoint those who have courageously stood against the U.S. backed Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people is a racist and unhinged assault on the fundamental constitutional right to free speech.
Civil Rights Orgs Warn Pomona College: Unprecedented Suspensions of Students Are Unlawful, ‘Punishes the Act of Protest Itself.’
Five legal organizations including Palestine Legal, the Asian Law Caucus, the Center for Protest Law and Litigation, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, and the…
UC Santa Cruz: Remedy violations of students’ rights
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund joined Palestine Legal in requesting that UC Santa Cruz remedy the university’s violations of its students and workers’ civil…
Legal Organizations Condemn Local Repression Against Anti-Genocide Protestors
While peaceful protests were happening in 81 cities and 19 countries, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) took the extraordinary step of jailing the San Francisco protestors on trumped up felony conspiracy charges.