Sally Ness, a community activist, wants to record use of the park by a local Islamic school's students; she alleges the school overuses the park, in violation of the school's Conditional Use Permit.
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia, Ann Arbor, Seattle, Madison, and Guam
The State asked the court to impose "(1) a requirement that officers identify themselves and their agency before arresting or detaining any person; (2) a requirement that officers explain to any person being seized that he or she is being arrested or detained; and (3) an enjoinder against arrests that lack probable cause."
Generally, the government has broad authority to require any of us to turn over evidence relevant to an investigation.
Colorado, Montana, New York, North Dakota.
A tarot card-reading liberal arts major, a Sudanese immigrant, and a former restaurant worker explain why they are out protesting in Rose City.
Trump sics his border police on Americans: We are all immigrants now
U.S. District Judge Michael Simon reminds the feds that they are bound by the First Amendment.
The Glens Falls (N.Y.) ordinance, the court held, lacked any exceptions for First-Amendment-protected spontaneous demonstrations.
The student has now sued Fordham
A president from a party supposedly committed to restraining the federal government is now sending enforcers to cities over local objections.
The protests continue, as does the tear gassing.
The federal police presence in Portland has enraged demonstrators. It's also taken pressure off the local justice center.
These exist in many states and some counties and cities, but are rarely focused on.
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American voters know what's up.
It's possible that a narrower statute with a "lack of nexus" requirement (see below) might be constitutional, though the majority doesn't discuss that.
"The idea that wrongheaded, dangerous, heretical, and blasphemous ideas should be not only allowed but protected is preposterous," says Rauch. And yet, it's "the single most successful social principle ever invented."
The president’s heavy-handed response to protests against police brutality belies his promise of "law and order."
Up close with the #WallofMoms on night 53 of the protests
The line between peace officer and soldier of war has become far too blurry.
When can libel plaintiffs, suing over allegedly false claims of sexual misconduct, sue pseudonymously? When can defendants defend pseudonymously?
The Hawaii senator fails to fully consider the causes of bad policing.
The Reason Roundtable talks Portland, policing, federalism, coronavirus, and the perennially dumb discourse.
John Lewis' life was a testament to the power of free speech and peaceful agitation.
The Fifth Column podcaster is done with cancel culture, identity politics, and political orthodoxy.
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The hip-hop star's wild, disjointed presentation offers both red meat and poison for right, left, and libertarian.
Defendant, a local mayor and sheriff's deputy, tweeted about Castile's girlfriend (who had gotten a settlement from local government entities), "She needs to come off County and State Aid now that she has some cash. It'll be gone in 6 months on crack cocaine."
The ACLU of Oregon says it's the first of many lawsuits regarding the Trump administration's deployment of federal law enforcement to Portland.
The Court unanimously ruled such a tax "forfeiture" qualifies as a taking for which compensation must be paid.
Never mind the court order showing the child as a dependent in her care.
Americans are increasingly monitored, and COVID-19 health concerns aren’t improving the situation.
As policy makers consider ways to reduce some of these shocking use-of-force incidents, they need to evaluate the role of unions in protecting overly aggressive officers.
By kicking out critics on Twitch and Discord, is the military running afoul of the First Amendment?
So a Second Circuit panel just held.
One department said a protester was hit in the eye with tear gas after the canister bounced. Video shows something entirely different.
So holds a Virginia state judge under the Virginia Constitution, concluding that the Virginia background check requirement for private sales therefore can't be applied to 18-to-20-year-olds.
When a university president threatens a professor with consequences for writing an article, free expression loses out.
"The record shows nothing more than odious expressions of frustration."
