Two journalists were arrested while covering a protest, raising concerns about the use of federal civil rights statutes against the press and the potential chilling effect on press freedom and democratic accountability.
Mohsen Mahdawi’s deportation proceedings were terminated by an immigration judge due to the government’s failure to authenticate a memorandum, marking a significant development in the case stemming from his advocacy for Palestinian rights.
The Brennan Center for Justice is urging Congress to enact common-sense reforms to restore oversight, protect constitutional rights, and curb abuses within the Department of Homeland Security, as key accountability mechanisms have been eroded and First and Fourth Amendment protections have been violated.
A protest by middle and high school students in Winters over federal immigration enforcement escalated when an adult counter-protester arrived, prompting a response from the Winters police chief that has since drawn criticism over how responsibility was framed.
Photojournalist Nicholas Stern has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the County of Los Angeles, Sheriff Robert G. Luna, and unnamed deputies and supervisors for allegedly shooting him with a less-lethal projectile while documenting an anti-ICE protest in Compton and denying him medical assistance despite a severe injury.
Students from Winters High School and Winters Middle School protested federal immigration enforcement, but tensions escalated when anti-trans activist Beth Bourne inserted herself into the demonstration, leading to an altercation that is now under investigation by local police.
A landmark settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit challenging the unlawful targeting and questioning of five journalists about their reporting near the U.S.-Mexico border, upholding the First Amendment rights of the press.
The ACLU has filed an amended complaint in federal court alleging violence, intimidation and retaliation by federal immigration agents against Minnesota residents who document and protest enforcement activity, detailing what it calls escalating constitutional violations in the case Tincher v. Noem.
The ACLU won a case against the Department of Homeland Security, prompting them to withdraw a subpoena for Google to provide personal information about a man who had criticized the government’s immigration enforcement actions, protecting his First Amendment rights.
The ACLU announced that removal proceedings against Tufts University Ph.D. student Rümeysa Öztürk have been dismissed by a U.S. immigration court after she was detained for co-writing an op-ed criticizing U.S. government participation in the Palestinian genocide.
A Tennessee Chancery Court judge ruled that members of the press have the right to witness executions from beginning to end, granting a temporary injunction that expands media access and reframes executions as a continuous judicial process.
The California Lawyers Association has raised concerns about recent federal immigration enforcement practices, which it says may violate constitutional protections and civil liberties, and has called for courts and oversight institutions to ensure independent review of such actions.
An appellate panel in California upheld a judge’s ruling that a social-media journalist’s posts were political commentary and protected by the First Amendment, rejecting a city councilmember’s attempt to silence him through the court system.
Don Lemon, a former CNN anchor, was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles for allegedly violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act while covering a protest, in what press freedom advocates and courts have called an unprecedented effort to criminalize routine newsgathering.
Public universities may lawfully regulate certain forms of speech when a reasonable member of the campus community could construe that expression as a disruptive threat, but this standard has been inconsistently applied and widely misunderstood.
The Trump administration is demanding that universities take greater action to protect Jewish community members, placing federal funding at risk while reviving unresolved constitutional disputes over campus speech, and critics argue that these demands are extortionate and may be unconstitutional under rulings issued by conservative federal appellate courts.
The ACLU has filed a brief in support of The New York Times’ lawsuit against the Department of Defense, arguing that the new press policy is an unconstitutional attack on free expression and democratic accountability.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Ohio State University from disenrolling a student over political speech, ruling that the school likely violated the student’s First Amendment and due process rights.
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to rescind media protections led to an FBI raid on Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home, which journalist Lauren Harper argued was an unnecessary action based on a sham pretext and part of the Trump administration’s war on press freedom.
A Yolo County Superior Court judge dismissed criminal charges against Marissa Barrera, ruling that the prosecutors failed to identify speech that could overcome constitutional protections under the First and Fourteenth Amendments and failed to meet the statutory requirements of California Penal Code section 653.2.