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Muslim Leaders Settle Lawsuit with NYPD in Resounding Win for Equal Constitutional Protection
The Guardian reports that last week a settlement was reached in a lawsuit against the New York Police Department in which lawyers representing New Jersey-area Muslim community leaders won significant concessions from the defendant. The suit, filed jointly by Muslim … Read more »
Report: Coalition of Immigrant Rights Groups Reaffirms Constitutional Protections for Locally Detained Immigrants and Backs Sanctuary Cities
A new report published by a coalition of immigrant rights organizations challenges a key immigration policing technique employed by the federal government. The document outlines the glaring legal deficiencies inherent in ICE-issued detainers and other administrative forms for requesting the … Read more »
Announcement: CCDBR and LPL to Jointly Present Digital Security Training
It is with great excitement that the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights announces that we will be presenting two digital security training sessions this week featuring Lucy Parsons Labs. The two workshops, one on October 12 and … Read more »
Announcement: CCDBR Stands For Digital Rights, Freedom, Security, and Privacy
For almost 60 years, the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights has weathered political shifts to preserve our fundamental civil liberties. Dramatic changes in technology have not diminished our commitment.
Since the digital sphere is a natural extension … Read more »
New Security Features in iOS 11 Will Reinforce Digital Fourth and Fifth Amendment Protections
According to a new article in Ars Technica, the latest version of the iOS mobile operating system will include new features allowing users to more easily safeguard their digital rights. The iOS 11 update, scheduled for release later … Read more »
Opinion: Consistent, and Meaningful, Defense of First Amendment Fee Expression Must Include Even White Supremacists
In the wake of the horrific and senseless attack on peaceful anti-white supremacist protesters by a white supremacist supporter in Charlottesville, Virginia, the progressive movement, and Americans across the political spectrum, are understandably in shock. But while tragedies such as … Read more »
Bipartisan Congressional Bill Threatens to Criminalize Peaceful Pro-Palestine Speech
UPDATE (9/7/17): A piece out last week from Portside reports that Congressman Bobby Rush of Illinois’s 1st District has added his name to the growing list of Congress members who have rescinded their initial support for the Israel Anti-Boycott Act… Read more »
New Hampshire Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Warrants for Stingrays, Poising State to Join Illinois and Others in Stricter Regulation
According to a report by the Tenth Amendment Center, the New Hampshire House has just passed a bill which would closely regulate the deployment of stingray surveillance devices in the state, most notably by requiring law enforcement to obtain … Read more »
Supreme Court to Weigh Case Which May Extend Fourth Amendment Protections to Searches of Location Data Archives
According to a new story from The New York Times, the US Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case which could decide whether or not Fourth Amendment protections are extended to law enforcement searches of past location data records. … Read more »
Whistleblower Chelsea Manning is Freed, Marking a Triumph for Acts of Conscience
On Wednesday, May 17th, whistleblower Chelsea Manning was released from military detention in accordance with President Barack Obama’s commutation of her sentence in the final weeks of his presidency. Manning, who was convicted by court martial on charges of “espionage” for … Read more »
