PCJF Legal Director responds to endorsement by Congress of NSA surveillance
A defining moment and call to action The endorsement yesterday by Congress of the NSA’s domestic spying program comes as no surprise. The Obama administration…
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PCJF Files FOIA request with National Security Agency related to surveillance programs
Demands also sent to other federal agencies for disclosure of documents Within hours of Edward Snowden’s courageous revelations about the U.S. government’s massive spying program…
The Guardian: Pentagon Bracing for Public Dissent Over Climate and Energy Shocks
Fears that environmentally linked disasters could spur anti-government activism Reprinted from The Guardian Top secret US National Security Agency (NSA) documents disclosed by the Guardian have shocked the…
NPR: Judge Reluctantly Approves Government Plan For Morning-After Pill
Reprinted from NPR An obviously unhappy Judge Edward Korman has approved the Obama administration’s proposal to make just one formulation of the morning-after birth control pill…
Obama Administration Announces it is Dropping Legal Fight to Keep Morning-After Pill from Women in U.S.
Attorneys and Plaintiffs Speak Out In response to a battle for over a decade to eliminate all restrictions on access to the Morning-After Pill, the…
A watershed moment in the fight for women’s reproductive rights
PCJF: A long legal battle enters a new stage Obama Administration Says it is Dropping Legal Fight to Keep Morning-After Pill from Women in United…
New York Times: U.S. Drops Bid to Limit Sales of Morning-After Pill
Reprinted from The New York Times The Obama administration has decided to stop trying to block over-the-counter availability of the most popular morning-after contraceptive pill for…
Wall St. on Parade: One Nation, Under Surveillance: U.S. Government Now Monitoring Your Phone Calls
Reprinted from Wall Street on Parade June 6, 2013 Last evening, The Guardian newspaper published a document classified by the U.S. government as Top Secret, revealing that…
Court Denies Government’s Motion to Stay Order that Morning-After Pill Be Made Available Without Restrictions
Judge calls government argument “frivolous,” “for the purpose of delay” and “largely an insult to the intelligence of women” In a scathing decision, U.S. District…
The Eviction of Occupy Portland, Ore.: A Supremely Political Affair
New Docs Show More Detail into Boston Law Enforcement Focus on Peaceful Protests The latest trove of documents obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice…
Court Orders Morning-After Pill Must Immediately Go Over-the-Counter Without Restrictions
Court Denies Government’s Request for a Stay of Order on Two-Pill Product Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ordered the Obama…
Court Orders FDA to Remove All Restrictions on the Morning-After Pill
Feminists Win Landmark Birth Control Victory Today, a U.S. federal judge ordered that the Morning-After Pill be made available “without a prescription and without point-of-sale…