Constitution

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U.N. Experts: Americans’ Right to Protest Is in Danger Under Trump

By Common Dreams staff Apr 3, 2017 Since Donald Trump was elected president, at least 19 states have introduced bills that attack freedom of peaceful assembly and expression. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

On Verge of Trump Era, Republicans Push New Laws to Clamp Down on Protest

By Nika Knight / Common Dreams Jan 19, 2017 GOP legislators are proposing laws that would criminalize nonviolent protest in North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Washington and Iowa. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Will Civil Liberties Survive OWS Trial?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 16, 2014 As an Occupy Wall Street activist goes to trial on charges of assaulting a police officer, author and lawyer Chase Madar asks what the rights to freedom of assembly, freedom of the press and freedom from warrantless search are worth in the United States today. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Facebook May Join Forces With Police to Thwart Protests

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2013 Independent journalist Kenneth Lipp attended a law enforcement conference in Philadelphia on Monday in which he discovered that soon authorities may have control over what's posted on social media sites. This includes allowing people to plan demonstrations using sites such as Facebook. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Dear Royal Baby: We Americans Apologize for Our Revolution; Please Be Our Absolute Monarch

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jul 23, 2013 Things like freedom of the press and freedom of speech, which seemed like a good idea in 1789, now seem really dangerous to us and we’ve started to agree with King George III about the undesirability of those liberties. Our forebears minded the torture and cruel and unusual punishments imposed by the king. But we have gone back to torturing people. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Chinese Dissidents Face Jail for Dinner Party Photo

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 16, 2013 Three Chinese activists agitating for officials to make public the value of their wealth and assets will be put on trial in a "co-ordinated crackdown" that makes the limitations of an "anti-corruption push by the new government" plain, according to a Reuters report in The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

NYPD vs. Occupy: Cops Out of Control

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 26, 2012 After eight months of study, legal researchers at NYU and Fordham University this week turned out a damning review of the NYPD's behavior in policing the Occupy Wall Street protests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Go. Leave. You Can’t Be Here’

Staff / Truthdig Nov 19, 2011 Neither Brookfield Properties nor the NYPD wants journalists asking questions about an unmarked truck that has been pointing a surveillance camera at protesters in Zuccotti Park for the past few weeks. So much so that a police officer declared journalist Nick Turse’s note-taking at the site to be illegal and ordered him to leave. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )