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Feb 22 2020
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Federal judge orders city to cease enforcing free speech restrictions at Millennium Park
People who want to pass out literature or evangelize in Millennium Park will now be able to do so after a federal judge has temporarily barred the city of Chicago from restricting free speech privileges there.
U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey granted a preliminary injunction Thursday that allows people to evangelize and campaign in the park.
Blakey called the city’s rules
Chicago TribuneNov 01 2021
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U.S. Supreme Court hears challenges to Texas near-total abortion ban
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Monday in challenges by President Joe Biden's administration and abortion providers to a Texas law that imposes a near-total ban on the procedure and lets private citizens enforce it - a novel design that has shielded it from being blocked by lower courts.
Abortion rights in the United States are hanging in the balance as the nine
ReutersJul 22 2020
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Portland standoff: State asks federal agents to be reined in
Attorneys for Oregon argued Wednesday for a restraining order against federal agents deployed to quell protests in Portland, in a standoff that some legal experts have warned could lead to a constitutional crisis in an election year.
A federal judge heard the state’s and the U.S. government’s arguments in a lawsuit filed by Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, who accuses federal
Associated PressJun 29 2021
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‘Raises Significant Concerns’: Wisconsin Elections Commission Sued Over Ballot Drop Boxes
A conservative nonprofit law firm filed a lawsuit that challenges Wisconsin’s law that allows ballot drop boxes, coming just days after the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to hear a similar suit.
In a suit filed (pdf) Monday in a county circuit court on behalf of two voters in Waukesha County, the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty argued that the court should make a declaratory
The Epoch TimesMay 24 2021
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Many Americans don’t trust elections. What can be done?
America’s democratic process has been severely tested in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. Former President Donald Trump’s personal push to overturn results in key states revealed vulnerabilities in the nation’s electoral system – including how many important aspects of voting are defended not by laws, but by norms of official behavior.
Nor has the testing ended, despite
Christian Science MonitorMay 29 2020
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‘Total And Complete Victory’: Illinois Governor Withdraws Worship Restrictions
The governor of Illinois has withdrawn restrictions on religious services amid the coronavirus pandemic following lawsuits from the Thomas More Society.
The nonprofit law firm hailed Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Thursday announcement as a victory after the governor said he would remove mandates on Illinois churches requiring no more than 10 or more people to be present at
The Daily CallerNov 05 2020
Fact Check
Rudy Giuliani and Eric Trump's press conference was filled with false claims about ballots in Pennsylvania
After announcing the Trump campaign's plan to pursue a series of lawsuits at an event billed as a press conference in Philadelphia, the President's son, Eric Trump, and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, didn't take questions from the media. Instead, they spent time lambasting election officials who they said blocked access to ballot-counting locations for partisan Trump campaign poll
CNN DigitalMay 22 2021
Analysis
Many Americans don’t trust elections. What can be done?
America’s democratic process has been severely tested in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. Former President Donald Trump’s personal push to overturn results in key states revealed vulnerabilities in the nation’s electoral system – including how many important aspects of voting are defended not by laws, but by norms of official behavior.
Nor has the testing ended, despite
Christian Science MonitorDec 22 2017
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Trump Administration Official Opposed Abortion for Teen Impregnated After Rape
Refugee Resettlement director’s denial was overruled by court order following ACLU lawsuit.
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 18 2019
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Nunes sues Twitter, some users, seeks over $250M alleging anti-conservative 'shadow bans,' smears
California GOP Rep. Devin Nunes filed a major lawsuit seeking $250 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages against Twitter and a handful of its users on Monday,
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