PCJF Sues to Strike Down DC’s Checkpoint Program
Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Stops and Data Collection The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, a Washington DC-based civil rights and legal organization, filed…
News
Learn MorePCJF Sues to Strike Down DC’s Checkpoint Program
Groups Sue Department of Interior for Release of National Mall Records
Complaint argues that the Bush Administration is illegally withholding documents A lawsuit filed in federal court today argues that the Bush Administration is illegally withholding…
2005 Bush Inauguration: Rights of Protesters Violated, Judge Rules
Reprinted from The Washington Post By Carol D. LeonnigFriday, March 21, 2008; B03 The Bush administration violated the public’s right to free speech by keeping…
Free speech victory over the Bush administration
First Amendment prevails over Bush’s attempts to privatize inaugural route After a three-year long legal battle pitting free speech rights against the Bush Administration, we…
Judge: Bush Protesters Unfairly Blocked
Article on PCJ victory over National Park Service Reprinted from Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service violated an anti-war group’s First Amendment…
The Battle To Remold the Mall
Preservation Proposals Spark Debate Over Protest Rights Published January 20, 2008 Reprinted from The Washington Post The National Park Service envisions a prime venue for…
A Step Toward a Free Great Lawn
A New York Times Opinion published January 11, 2008 Read the story here. In the decade since it spruced up Central Park’s Great Lawn with…
Settlement on Use of Central Park’s Great Lawn
Reprinted from New York Times. Read the story here.January 8, 2008 After three years of contentious litigation, the New York City Parks Department agreed Tuesday…
Central Park Great Lawn Lawsuit Results in Important Victory for Free Speech Rights
Settlement Strikes Down Regulations Banning Mass Assembly Protest The Partnership for Civil Justice has announced today the filing in Court of a landmark settlement agreement…
Groups say Central Park’s lawn may be opened to big rallies
Published by The Associated Press on January 8, 2008 NEW YORK (AP) — Central Park’s Great Lawn might again be used for large public demonstrations…
Top Park Police Official May be Sued Personally for Sept 27, 2002 Mass False Arrest
A critical ruling and great victory The federal government has tried to escape responsibility for its role in the shocking round-up of 400 persons in…
Editorial on PCJ litigation
“A Black Mark: D.C. police and the FBI need to explain their actions in a 2002 protest incident.” Reprinted from The Washington Post Washington Post…