Documents Received from Department of Homeland Sercurity: Pages 1 - 100 Pages 101 - 200 Pages 201 - 398 How Homeland Security Is Hiding the Feds' Role in Occupy Crackdown A trove of documents released today by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in response to a FOIA request filed ...
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Blogger Profile: Mara Verheyden-Hilliard
Mara Verheyden-Hilliard is co-founder and Executive Director of The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and co-chair of the Guild’s national Mass Defense Committee. She recently secured $13.7 million for about 700 of the 2000 IMF/World Bank protesters in Becker, et al. v. District of Columbia, et al., while also winning pledges from the District to improve police training about First Amendment issues. She won $8.25 million for approximately 400 class members in Barham, et al. v. Ramsey, et al. (alleging false arrest at the 2002 IMF/World Bank protests). She served as lead counsel in Mills, et al v. District of Columbia (obtaining a ruling that D.C.’s seizure and interrogation police checkpoint program was unconstitutional); in Bolger, et al. v. District of Columbia (involving targeting of political activists and false arrest by law enforcement based on political affiliation); and in National Council of Arab Americans, et al. v. City of New York, et al. (successfully challenging the city’s efforts to discriminatorily restrict mass assembly in Central Park’s Great Lawn stemming from the 2004 RNC protests.)
A graduate of Columbia University Law School, she has appeared extensively in the media, including NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, the Washington Post, and the New York Times.
Mara Verheyden-Hilliard 's Blogs
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H.R 347: Get the Truth on the New "Protest Law"
This past week many free speech advocates have sounded the alarm about H.R. 347, which President Obama signed into law today. Much of what has been written about H.R. 347 is not correct. We are writing this to clarify the situation and separate fact from fiction. Many of the articles ...
As the Mayor of the District of Columbia came to the aid of Tea Party favorite Congressman Darrell Issa at his political hearing today designed to demonize the Occupy movement, the PCJF is exposing that the Mayor’s office in coordination with the U.S. Conference of Mayors has intentionally sought to ...
Occupy and the Tragedy Facing the 1%
"What rights do we have?" "Why do we have to change our lifestyle to allow for people to block our streets and stop us from going to restaurants, meetings, salons, etc. Enough is enough, what about our rights?...My wife cannot go to the spa after work and we have stopped ...
The Brooklyn Bridge Mass Arrest Was Unconsitutional
When more than seven hundred New Yorkers left their apartments on the morning of Saturday October 1 to join in a march of thousands from the Occupy Wall Street encampment to downtown Brooklyn they had no idea that they were just hours away from being handcuffed and hauled off to ...
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March 22nd, 2012
Documents Received from Department of Homeland Sercurity: Pages 1 - 100 Pages 101 - 200 Pages 201 - 398 How Homeland Security Is Hiding the ...
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March 8th, 2012
H.R 347: Get the Truth on the New "Protest Law"
This past week many free speech advocates have sounded the alarm about H.R. 347, which President Obama signed into law today. Much of what has ...
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January 24th, 2012
As the Mayor of the District of Columbia came to the aid of Tea Party favorite Congressman Darrell Issa at his political hearing today designed ...
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January 14th, 2012
Occupy and the Tragedy Facing the 1%
"What rights do we have?" "Why do we have to change our lifestyle to allow for people to block our streets and stop us from ...
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November 14th, 2011
The Brooklyn Bridge Mass Arrest Was Unconsitutional
When more than seven hundred New Yorkers left their apartments on the morning of Saturday October 1 to join in a march of thousands from ...
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January 14th, 2012
Occupy and the Tragedy Facing the 1%
"What rights do we have?" "Why do we have to change our lifestyle to allow for people to block our streets and stop us from ...
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March 22nd, 2012
Documents Received from Department of Homeland Sercurity: Pages 1 - 100 Pages 101 - 200 Pages 201 - 398 How Homeland Security Is Hiding the ...
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November 14th, 2011
The Brooklyn Bridge Mass Arrest Was Unconsitutional
When more than seven hundred New Yorkers left their apartments on the morning of Saturday October 1 to join in a march of thousands from ...
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January 24th, 2012
As the Mayor of the District of Columbia came to the aid of Tea Party favorite Congressman Darrell Issa at his political hearing today designed ...
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March 8th, 2012
H.R 347: Get the Truth on the New "Protest Law"
This past week many free speech advocates have sounded the alarm about H.R. 347, which President Obama signed into law today. Much of what has ...
