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June 9, 2026
In an important victory for free speech, a federal court has dismissed with prejudice all civil rights conspiracy claims brought against The People’s Forum and other individual defendants arising from the April 2024 occupation of Hamilton Hall — Hind’s Hall — at Columbia University.
April 15, 2026
Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Executive Director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and Steering Committee member of the Committee for the First Amendment, spoke about the threat to free speech and democracy posed by the proposed Paramount-Skydance acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery, Inc at a spotlight hearing convened by Senator Cory Booker.
March 13, 2026
Excerpts from The New York Times. Read the full article here. “Ms. Verheyden-Hilliard, a lawyer with the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, which is representing Mr. Carey pro bono, said her client had been prosecuted only “at the whims and the directives of a president who has said that he disfavors a particular viewpoint.”
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