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Major Free Speech Win by PCJF and CAIR: Court Rules Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law is Unconstitutional

Posted in News · July 22, 2021 11:05 AM
A federal court in Georgia has ruled that the state’s anti-BDS law violates the First Amendment in the case the PCJF brought on behalf of journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin.  Read more

Protesters Were Supposed To Hear Warnings Before Federal Police Moved In. They Didn't

Posted in Press Coverage · September 18, 2020 8:42 PM
NPR's Morning Edition talks to PCJF's Mara Verheyden-Hilliard about the clearing of peaceful protesters from Lafayette Park, and how the police violated previous agreements imposed upon them after their previous misconduct at Pershing Park in 2002. Read more

Long-Awaited Win for Water Protectors

Posted in News · September 11, 2020 4:48 PM
Standing Rock Civil Rights Class Action Moves Forward After Four Years. “We are litigating this case not only on behalf of the water protectors whose rights were so viciously violated at Standing Rock, but for the constitutional rights of all people fighting for climate and racial justice as our planet is in flames and paramilitary forces attack peaceful protestors across the land.” — Mara Verheyden-Hilliard.

Washington Post: A victory for free speech on the Mall

Posted in Press Coverage · November 04, 2019 3:19 PM
Washington Post editorial "A victory for free speech on the Mall" calls the total withdrawal of proposed anti-protest regulations: "a full retreat by the Trump administration and, more important, a victory for the First Amendment." "Their plan to suppress protest,” said Mara Verheyden-Hilliard of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, “was met with the very force it was trying to suppress."

Huge Free Speech Victory: Trump Administration Rescinds Planned Anti-Protest Rules

Posted in News · October 29, 2019 2:15 PM
In an extraordinary victory for the people, the Trump Administration has announced that it is fully withdrawing its massive anti-democratic plan to block free speech and assembly through proposed regulations that would have crushed protest on federal land in the nation's capital.

PCJF Opposes Trump's Dept of Interior Plan to Obstruct Access to Public Information

Posted in Documents · January 30, 2019 11:57 AM
PCJF filed a challenge to Trump's Dept. of Interior plan to obstruct access to public information; calls proposed FOIA rules an "Obstructive Shell Game" and a "Political Gatekeeping Maneuver."

PCJF Sues Hobby Lobby-affiliated Museum of the Bible for Race Discrimination, Visitor Profiling

Posted in News · January 17, 2019 3:54 PM
"Our client's visit to the Bible Museum turned into a Kafkaesque ordeal of humiliation, detention, interrogation and ultimately an FBI counter-terrorism investigation caused by the Museum's racist actions and false reporting," stated PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard.

‘They’re Going to Pen You In and Charge You for It’

Posted in Multimedia · October 24, 2018 7:11 PM
Janine Jackson interviewed Mara Verheyden-Hilliard about Trump’s proposed new anti-protest rules for FAIR's CounterSpin. Read more

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

Lawsuit Over Police Collusion with Right-Wing Organizations to Infiltrate and Surveil Protest Groups

Posted in News · February 13, 2018 2:33 PM
The PCJF is suing to obtain government disclosure of documents regarding the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and its officers’ relationships with Project Veritas, Oath Keepers and other right-wing groups who acted as proxy with the MPD to infiltrate and surveil protest groups. Read more

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