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ACLU Urges Universities To Protect Free Speech Amid Protests

ACLU letter urges universities to protect academic freedom and free speech amidst student activism.

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Here’s what the law says about protesting on Texas college campuses

Students can generally peacefully protest, regardless of their viewpoint, but colleges and authorities may enforce some restrictions and criminal laws to maintain peace and order.

The Texas Tribune

In Travis County, a Fight over Bail Hearings Has Big Stakes for Criminal Defendants

Some arrestees in Austin lack legal representation at a stage that can determine their cases’ outcome. The ACLU wants to change that.

Texas Observer

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First Thing: Fears Iran’s attack on Israel has shifted focus from Gaza aid effort

About 27 children have died of hunger and malnutrition, raising concerns many more will suffer lifelong effects. Plus, dozens of potential Trump trial jurors excused

The Guardian - UK

U.S. Supreme Court issues guidance for when government officials can block users on social media

Welcome to the Thursday, April 11, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Georgia Legislature Passes Election Ballot Reforms

Georgia's Senate Bill 189 proposes election process improvements, sparking debate on transparency and compliance.

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FCC will vote on bringing back net neutrality regulations on April 25

FCC will vote on bringing back net neutrality regulations on April 25.

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Defending Pornography in the Age of Safe Spaces: A Q&A With Nadine Strossen

The civil liberties lawyer talks to Reason about the misguided impulse to attack free speech in the name of protecting women.

Reason

Defending Pornography on Feminist Grounds: A Q&A With Nadine Strossen

"There were many of us who opposed censoring pornography...precisely because of our commitment to feminist goals and principles," says the former ACLU chief.

Reason

Supreme Court Considers Claim That New York Regulators Violated NRA's First Amendment Rights

State officials “jawboned” financial firms into cutting ties with the gun-rights group.

Reason

ACLU, Once a Defender of Free Speech, Goes After a Whistleblower

The former civil liberties group continues morphing into a progressive organization.

Reason

Obscure legal theory could weaken voters’ protections from racist laws

A federal court has ruled private parties unable to file cases under one of few remaining curbs on racial bias in elections

The Guardian - US

Former Trump official Steve Mnuchin puts forward plan to buy TikTok app

Amid concerns over user privacy and national security, Mnuchin told US media TikTok ‘should be owned by US businesses’.

Al Jazeera

House Committee's TikTok Ban Bill Raises Stakes In National Security Debate

A bipartisan bill threatens to ban TikTok from U.S. devices unless its China-linked parent company divests.

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78-Year-Old Grandmother Awarded $3.8 Million After Illegal SWAT Raid

The legal victory has been attributed to a 2020 law banning qualified immunity for police in Colorado.

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ACLU: US House Bill Banning Tiktok Deemed Unconstitutional

ACLU opposes US House bill to ban TikTok, citing First Amendment concerns and government censorship risks.

Reason

ACLU on NRA v. Vullo

An interesting summary of the historical background to this pending Supreme Court case (in which I'm Counsel of Record, and which the ACLU's Legal Director, David Cole, will be arguing on March 18), by the ACLU's Jennesa Calvo-Friedman: More than 60 years ago the Supreme Court ruled that the First…

The Guardian - US

Prisoners in Texas and Florida face biggest risk of increasingly deadly heat

Almost 45% of detention facilities on US mainland suffered rise in hazardous heat days between 1982 and 2020, study says

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Federal Appeals Court Allows Indiana's Gender-Affirming Care Ban

Federal appeals court allows Indiana's ban on gender-affirming care, ACLU vows to continue challenge. Legal battle over LGBTQ+ rights and minors' access to...

The Guardian - US

Progressives lambast Biden over potential move to restrict asylum

Pramila Jayapal and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accuse president of behaving like Trump, saying ‘we must not buckle on our principles’

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Lawsuit Challenges Ban on Stopping on Las Vegas Pedestrian Bridges

Learn about a federal lawsuit filed by the ACLU against Clark County for unfairly targeting people with disabilities under a pedestrian bridge ban in Las V...

Reason

ACLU Sues Ronald McDonald House for Refusing To House People Convicted of Assault

The ACLU's lawsuit is filed on behalf of a New York man whose application to stay in a Ronald McDonald House was denied because of his 12-year-old felony assault conviction.

Reason

Brickbat: Casting a Wide Net

The ACLU of Northern California reports it has uncovered a geofence warrant that stretched nearly two miles across San Francisco. The warrant would have allowed law enforcement to find active cellphones across an area that included numerous private homes as well as several government buildings. The ACLU said it isn't…

Reason

No, Blocking Traffic Is Not Protected by the First Amendment

The freedom to protest is essential to the American project. It also does not give you carte blanche to violate other laws.

Reason

"Yes, the Last 10 Years Really Have Been Worse for Free Speech" (Focusing on Universities)

An interesting and, I think, sound analysis by Greg Lukianoff (FIRE), responding to ACLU National Legal Director (and Georgetown law professor) David Cole's review of Lukianoff & Rikki Schlott's The Canceling of the American Mind in the New York Review of Books. An excerpt: [A]fter 9/11 only about three professors…

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