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The protection of First Amendment rights, particularly in the context of religious freedom and the FACE Act.
Prosecutors must show that defendants used force, threats of force, physical obstruction, property damage, or intentional intimidation that injured or interfered with worshippers’ ability to exercise ...
Lawful protest funding — grants, stipends, reimbursements — is protected when it supports peaceful assembly, organizing, legal support, or advocacy within First Amendment bounds, whereas payments that...
Federal FACE Act prosecutions have typically been proven by demonstrating intentional obstruction, threats or force aimed at preventing access to reproductive-health facilities or religious worship, u...
Courts and scholars defending deepfake and AI-generated sexual content against statutory bans have mainly invoked core First Amendment doctrines: that synthetic expression is speech, content-based res...
Federal courts applying the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act have required prosecutors to prove the core statutory elements — use or threat of force, physical obstruction, intentional ...
What led to the widely circulated confrontation between ICE agents and a Chicago pastor was a months-long set of protests at the Broadview ICE processing facility, clergy intentionally placing themsel...
Direct interference with ICE officers during enforcement actions is legally risky and generally unlawful: federal statutes and ICE guidance warn that obstructing, impeding, or physically assaulting ag...
Federal law and departmental policy constrain ICE’s use of force against bystanders: the Fourth Amendment bars unreasonable or excessive force, DHS and ICE use-of-force rules require necessity and pro...