Public Space Access
Stopping Trump’s Plan to Crush Protest in the Nation’s Capital
In 2018, at the same time the Trump administration and other proponents of bigotry, repression, and environmental devastation ratcheted up their verbal attacks against a protest against them, they took concrete actions to shut down free speech actions in Washington, D.C. In rapid-response, PCJF then led a national organizing, education, and outreach campaign bringing together organizations and grassroots groups across the country, that resulted in more than 140,000 comments to the formal record.
Read MoreStopping Trump’s Plan to Crush Protest in the Nation’s Capital‘They’re Going to Pen You In and Charge You for It’
FAIR’s Janine Jackson interviewed Mara Verheyden-Hilliard about Trump’s new anti-protest rules for CounterSpin.
Read More‘They’re Going to Pen You In and Charge You for It’FAIR’s Counterspin Radio interviews Mara Verheyden-Hilliard about protest suppression
From Counterspin Radio: “If it’s a new day, you’re right to ask if the Trump administration is coming for your rights in a new way, and the answer is yes."
Read MoreFAIR’s Counterspin Radio interviews Mara Verheyden-Hilliard about protest suppressionCourthouse News Service: Trump Planning Tough New Rules for Protests Near White House
A proposal by the National Parks Service that could limit protests near iconic landmarks in the nation’s capital is drawing heavy criticism
Read MoreCourthouse News Service: Trump Planning Tough New Rules for Protests Near White HouseBloomberg: “Get Off My Lawn: Trump Proposal Could Squelch Protests in D.C.”
The Trump administration is seeking to restrict protests by effectively blocking them along the north sidewalk of the White House and making it easier for police to shut them down.
Read MoreBloomberg: “Get Off My Lawn: Trump Proposal Could Squelch Protests in D.C.”PCJF Op-Ed in the Washington Post: Trump admin wants to tax protests. What happened to free speech?
The Washington Post published an op-ed written by the PCJF’s Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard and Legal Director Carl Messineo challenging the Trump administration’s new and outrageous plan to charge demonstrators fees a to protest in the nation’s capital.
Read MorePCJF Op-Ed in the Washington Post: Trump admin wants to tax protests. What happened to free speech?PCJF Statement on Proposal to Give Nazis Private Metro Service for Unite the Right Rally
The following statement by Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, constitutional rights attorney with the PCJF, on the proposal to provide private Metro cars for “Unite the Right” rally was released to the press today.
Read MorePCJF Statement on Proposal to Give Nazis Private Metro Service for Unite the Right RallyFAIR talks with Mara Verheyden-Hilliard about criminalizing protest
The truth is this country has a rich tradition of radicalism and dissent, struggle in many ways being the thing that has pulled us forward.
Read MoreFAIR talks with Mara Verheyden-Hilliard about criminalizing protestD.C. Police and the Feds Partner With Hard Right to Convict Trump Protesters
The capital’s cops and right-wingers are apparently working together, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by PCJF against D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Karl A. Racine in the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Read MoreD.C. Police and the Feds Partner With Hard Right to Convict Trump ProtestersTrump Hotel Documents Hidden from Public View
PCJF uncovers that GSA manager involved in hotel redevelopment negotiations maintained communications with Trump Organization through private email.
Read MoreTrump Hotel Documents Hidden from Public ViewCivil Rights Groups Challenge Protest Restrictions at Speech by Self-Proclaimed White Nationalist Richard Spencer at University of Florida
Florida Legal Services and the PCJF sent a letter to the University of Florida raising constitutional issues about restrictions enacted for anti-fascist and anti-racist protests planned on October 19, 2017.
Read MoreCivil Rights Groups Challenge Protest Restrictions at Speech by Self-Proclaimed White Nationalist Richard Spencer at University of Florida