By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A messy fight between the ACLU’s national office and Florida affiliate has spilled over into Sarasota circuit court, where ousted state board members are trying to regain their clout.
By Carrie Levine, Senior Reporter The Center for Public Integrity
The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit investigative news organization based in Washington, D.C. This story was published in partnership with Indian Country Today and HuffPost.
Tiffany Crutcher was worried.
Oklahoma lawmakers had passed a new measure stiffening penalties for protesters who block roadways and granting immunity to drivers who unintentionally hit them. The state NAACP, saying the law was passed in response to racial justice demonstrations and could chill the exercising of First Amendment rights, filed a federal lawsuit challenging portions of it. But the new law was only weeks from taking effect.
New York City's Thurgood Marshall Courthouse where U.S. Magistrate Sarah Netburn presides By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org A federal magistrate in New York has launched a leak hunt in an effort to find out who provided a Yahoo! News reporter with the deposition of a former Saudi embassy
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida’s controversial new “anti-riot’’ law that opponents say puts an unconstitutional chill on legitimate protest by ratcheting up the power of police to crack down on demonstrators could end up hitting unsuspecting taxpayers in the pocket.
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