Court Halts Unlawful Suppression of Speech by ICE DHS ordered to stop violating First Amendment rights of press, clergy, and protesters in Illinois

VICTORY: Today, together with our partners, we won an emergency order stopping federal agents from using violent force against protestors in Illinois. Federal ICE/DHS agents are now blocked from using tactics like tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse lawful assembly. protdem.org/474KWsA

09.10.2025 16:51 — 👍 246    🔁 98    💬 7    📌 13

Trump is sending a chill across the entire legal community.

His attacks on large law firms are cutting off the litigation lifeline for nonprofit public-interest groups who are challenging his policies — which is exactly why he’s doing it.

Connect the dots.

02.04.2025 18:45 — 👍 3731    🔁 968    💬 105    📌 33

Stopping the Trump administration’s use of funding cuts to coerce speech restrictions at universities - Protect Democracy Protect Democracy is challenging the illegal access to sensitive personal information of millions of Americans by representatives of “DOGE”.

Today, on behalf of faculty represented by @aaup.bsky.social and @aftunion.bsky.social, we filed a lawsuit w/Altshuler Berzon challenging the Trump admin’s unlawful termination of $400m in funding for vital scientific & public health research at Columbia Univ.
protectdemocracy.org/work/stoppin...

25.03.2025 16:47 — 👍 156    🔁 48    💬 4    📌 6

We always knew we’d have to fight the robots one day. Not what (and when) I’d expected, but lezgo.

10.02.2025 17:46 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0