Movement Defense

The PCJF Responds to House Ways & Means Committee’s Subpoenas to The People’s Forum and BreakThrough News: “A witch-hunt is not a valid legislative purpose”  

First Amendment attorneys challenge the Committee’s abuse of authority to direct compulsory process in order to punish and silence constitutionally protected expression and viewpoints with which the Committee leadership disagrees.  

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Defending Press Freedom and Free Speech: PCJF Represents Organizations Targeted by Congressional Subpoenas in Modern Day Witch Hunt

The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) is providing legal representation to The People's Forum, a movement organization, and BreakThrough News, an independent press outlet, in response to subpoenas issued by the House Ways and Means Committee.

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Trump Administration’s Plans to Wall Off Lafayette Park, Shut Down America’s Premier Public Forum, and Silence Protest are Unconstitutional and an Open Attack on Participatory Democracy 

The PCJF, which defeated Trump's first-term effort to crush protest on federal land in D.C., condemns plan to permanently fence Lafayette Square and Pennsylvania Avenue

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VICTORY! Federal Court Dismisses Civil Rights Conspiracy Claims Against Protestors in Rejection of Ideological Lawfare

In an important victory for free speech, a federal court has dismissed with prejudice all civil rights conspiracy claims brought against The People's Forum and other individual defendants arising from the April 2024 occupation of Hamilton Hall — Hind’s Hall — at Columbia University.

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Federal Court Dismisses Civil Rights Conspiracy Claims Against Pro-Palestine Activists and The People’s Forum: Anti-Zionism Is Not Anti-Semitism

In an important victory for free speech, a federal court has dismissed with prejudice all civil rights conspiracy claims brought against The People's Forum and other individual defendants arising from the April 2024 occupation of Hamilton Hall — Hind’s Hall — at Columbia University.

Read MoreFederal Court Dismisses Civil Rights Conspiracy Claims Against Pro-Palestine Activists and The People’s Forum: Anti-Zionism Is Not Anti-Semitism