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BREAKING - PCJF: Civil Rights Groups to Announce Federal Free Speech Lawsuit Against Georgia's Unconstitutional 'Israel Boycott' Law

Posted in News · February 09, 2020 9:01 PM

PCJF Op-Ed in the Washington Post: Trump admin wants to tax protests. What happened to free speech?

Posted in Press Coverage · August 14, 2018 1:36 PM
For the first time, the U.S. government wants demonstrators to pay to use our parks, sidewalks and streets to engage in free speech in the nation’s capital. This is a bold effort by the Trump administration to burden and restrict access to public spaces for First Amendment activities in Washington. If enacted, it would fundamentally alter participatory democracy in America. Read more

Washington Post publishes editorial opposing proposed Pay-to-Protest rules

Posted in Press Coverage · August 12, 2018 9:18 AM
In a follow-up to the OpEd by the PCJF, the editorial board of the Washington Post issues "a resounding no" to the Pay-to-Protest proposal by the Trump administration and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.

"Trump has given a green light to shut down free speech"

Posted in Press Coverage · April 04, 2017 11:23 AM
UN human rights advocates have condemned bills introduced in 19 US states that target peaceful protest and other forms of free speech. They say that the proposed laws violate First Amendment protections as well as international human rights standards. Mara Verheyden-Hillard, a human rights attorney and co-founder of Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, joins RT America’s Simone Del Rosario to explain what’s at stake.

Supreme Court Petition filed in Landmark Mass Protest Arrest Case

Posted in News · March 13, 2017 12:16 PM
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and co-counsel Paul Hughes of Mayer Brown LLP and the Yale Law School Supreme Court Clinic have filed a petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Nominated D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham directed mass unconstitutional arrests

Posted in News · February 23, 2017 2:35 PM
Newsham is a serial mass violator of civil rights and is not fit to be Chief of Police.

Defending the "Protest Nation"

Posted in News · February 01, 2017 1:38 PM
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund is in the courtroom and in the streets protecting the ability of the people of the United States to be the political force that throws a wrench into outrageous efforts to eviscerate fundamental rights.

Know Your Rights: Restrictions on Police Misconduct During Demonstrations in D.C.

Posted in News · January 19, 2017 2:58 PM
Must-know information for any activist and organizer in the nation's capital

Reuters: Facing suit, National Park Service sites freed up for Trump inauguration protests

Posted in Press Coverage · January 13, 2017 3:58 PM
“We believe that this is a significant victory for free speech. They are doing this under threat of litigation,” Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, the fund’s executive director, said in a telephone interview.

Listen: PCJF's Mara Verheyden-Hilliard on NPR's Kojo Nnamdi Show

Posted in Press Coverage · December 29, 2016 5:13 PM
Mara Verheyden-Hilliard of The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund on NPR'S The Kojo Nnamdi Show discusses the right to protest and free speech issues arising at Trump's Inauguration.

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