Add Civil Liberties Knowhow to Your Back-to-School Checklist  

In addition to those pencils and notebooks, keep a handy stock of important information about students’ rights so everyone can learn in a welcoming environment.

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Core First Amendment Rights are Implicated in This Supreme Court Case about True Threats

The outcome of a case before the Supreme Court could have grave implications for protest, advocacy, and expression.

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Better Understand the Legislative Process

A vital part of holding your elected officials accountable is knowing effective ways to do so.

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The Sneaky Way the Police Could Abuse Their Power to Restrict Free Speech

The Supreme Court needs to hear a case out of Texas in order to protect people arrested for exercising their constitutional right to free expression and protest.

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Defend the right to read and learn freely

Elected leaders at every level of government are denying people of all ages one of our most crucial freedoms, we must fight back.

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State Supreme Courts Offer the Best Chance to Advance Rights

Through litigation and engagement strategies, we’re turning to the states to protect our liberties where federal courts have failed.

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When Complaining About a Public Official Can Land You in Jail

Defamation laws are relics of a bygone age.

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First They Came for the Books

An illustration of books bans and censorship throughout history.

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Banning Books Closes Minds

Leave public education as it should be: a force for good in society.

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