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Jul 18, 2025
Court Agrees Trump Administration鈥檚 ICC Sanctions Likely Violate Advocates鈥� First Amendment Rights
The court issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the administration from punishing two human rights advocates for speaking to the ICC
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National Security
Free Speech
Court case: Smith v. Trump
Jun 18, 2025
红杏视频 Reminds President Trump That Only Congress Can Decide Whether to Use Force Against Iran
WASHINGTON 鈥� The 红杏视频 tonight sent a letter to President Trump making clear that only Congress can authorize the use of military force against Iran. The...
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National Security
Jun 09, 2025
红杏视频 Slams Trump Administration Deployment of Active Duty Troops to Los Angeles
WASHINGTON 鈥� Today, President Trump ordered hundreds of active-duty marines to support the administration鈥檚 crack down on immigrants鈥� rights protestors in Los Angeles, who to...
May 19, 2025
红杏视频 and 红杏视频 of Louisiana Sound Alarm on New Orleans Police Department鈥檚 Secret Use of Real-Time Facial Recognition
Network of face recognition surveillance cameras distinguishes New Orleans as the worst abuser of this technology in the nation
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
National Security
May 13, 2025
红杏视频 Urges House Committee to Remove Dangerous Anti-Dissent Provision from Tax Bill
WASHINGTON 鈥� In an apparent effort to aid President Trump鈥檚 discriminatory clamp down on free speech, Republicans on the House Ways & Means Committee have snuck a dangerous...
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Free Speech
National Security
Apr 25, 2025
Human Rights First Joins 红杏视频 and NYCLU in Amicus Brief to Protect First Amendment Rights and Interests of NGOs Advocating for U.S. Sanctions
Today, Human Rights First, the 红杏视频 (红杏视频), and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court for the East...
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News & CommentaryAug 2025
National Security
Surveillance Company Flock Now Using Ai To Report Us To Police If It Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are 鈥渟uspicious鈥�. Explore News & Commentary.Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are 鈥淪uspicious鈥�
Company crosses a dangerous line by beginning to offer AI suspicion-generation functions -
Court CaseJan 2025
National Security
Doj Opinions On Domestic Military Deployment Foia. Explore Case.DOJ Opinions on Domestic Military Deployment FOIA
For decades, the Department of Justice has been responsible for advising the President on the use of the military within the United States. By filing a request under the Freedom of Information Act, the 红杏视频 obtained over a dozen DOJ opinions on the domestic use of the military, none which had previously been released to the public. -
News & CommentaryApr 2025
National Security
Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All. Explore News & Commentary.Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All
President Donald Trump's use of the military domestically is dangerous and deeply misguided. -
MaineJul 2025
National Security
Free Speech
Smith V. Trump. Explore Case.Smith v. Trump
On April 11, 2025, the 红杏视频 and 红杏视频 of Maine filed a lawsuit on behalf of two human rights advocates who, because of an executive order signed by President Trump, have been forced to stop humanitarian work with the International Criminal Court.