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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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…
The Kojo Nnamdi Show: The First Amendment Meets Trump’s New D.C. Hotel (Interview)
Even if the voters do not go his way on Election Day, Donald Trump will still have an increased presence in the nation’s capital this…
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.…
Telling the truth after the Orlando massacre: Counter-terrorism funding and authority is systematically abused
No words can express the horror of the massacre in an Orlando gay bar that took the lives of 49 innocent people. We in the…
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…
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.
Exposed: ATF Spying on Occupy and ‘Known Anarchists and Protestors’ List
Newly released documents show that the ATF, an agency that is supposed to investigate crimes related to alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives — including a…
Exposed: FBI Surveillance of School of the Americas Watch
FBI used counter-terrorism authority to track pacifist human rights group for 10 years By Mara Verheyden-HilliardExecutive Director of thePartnership for Civil Justice Fund For a…
Huffington Post: With Police Body Cameras, D.C. Mayor Promises Transparency With Caveats
Reprint from the Huffington Post WASHINGTON — After months of policy debate, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has unveiled her proposed regulations for how the public…