Standing Rock (Dundon) – Appellant’s Reply Brief 2017
PCJF’s reply brief as they appealed the lower court decision in Dundon v. Kirchmeier to the Eighth Circuit. Click to download the brief.
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The Fight to Strike Down Unconstitutional Regulations on Postering
The PCJF waged a decade long battle to strike down the District of Columbia’s unconstitutional regulations on postering winning a string of victories in the lower court which forced the District to repeatedly rewrite its unlawful regulations. The final iterations were upheld by the D.C. Circuit despite the PCJF’s continued objection to remaining rules that determined how posters were regulated based on the content of the words.
CounterSpin interviews Mara Verheyden-Hilliard on the right to protest
‘There’s an Effort Around the Country to Curtail People’s Fundamental 1st Amendment Rights’
Mass Arrests of Protesters: Outrageous in Russia, Barely Worth Mentioning in US
FAIR reports: Major media’s relative lack of interest in the mass arrests by Metro DC police on Inauguration Day is a fact noted by activists and journalists since the incident almost six months ago.
D.C. Auditor Tells Police To Disclose Trump Protest Report to the PCJF
The ODCA issued a report criticizing MPD for refusing to release to the PCJF documents regarding Chief Peter Newsham's controversial handling of the J20 protests against the incoming Trump Administration.
D.C. Auditor Report on MPD’s Surveillance of Protests- 2017
In a 2017 report by the D.C. Auditor, the office recommended that MPD release public records regarding law enforcement's treatment of protestors to the PCJF.
Supreme Court Passes on Mass Arrests
“The Supreme Court has let stand a Second Circuit ruling that poses a clear and present danger to democracy, free speech and a free press,” says Mara Verheyden-Hilliard to U.S. News and World Report
Supreme Court Considers Mass Arrests Without Warning
Justices are being asked to require police to warn peaceful protesters before mass-arresting them, U.S. News reports.
Independent Journalist Now Faces 70 Years in Prison After Inauguration Mass Arrest
Alexei Wood live-streamed his every move and utterance to Facebook. Now he’s one of the last journalists to face charges, U.S. News reports.
Free Artistic Expression on Campus Extinguished Under Pressure from FBI Agent’s Association
After exhibiting Rigo23's statue of longtime political prisoner Leonard Peltier, AU immediately capitulated to the FBI Agent's Association's demand that the statue be removed, in the process publicly decapitating the statue and extinguishing free expression.
Esquire: How the Government is Turning Protesters into Felons
Lost between the tumult of Inauguration Day and the spectacle of the Women's March was the arrest of 214 protesters—now facing felony charges and 10 years in prison.
Brooklyn Bridge (Garcia) – Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Amicus Brief 2017
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed an amicus curiae brief asking the Supreme Court to rule that police must provide fair warning…