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Big News: We’ve hired two new associate attorneys

Big News: We’ve hired two new associate attorneys

by | Nov 3, 2015 | Blog

Since 2003 the Civil Liberties Defense Center has been defending activists involved in progressive social change. In just 12 years we have represented more than 2,000 activists across the country and trained countless more through our “Know Your Rights”...
First Amendment victories in New York

First Amendment victories in New York

by | Nov 2, 2015 | Articles, Blog

Last month, First Amendment defenders won two significant victories in New York. First, protestors of Donald Trump’s racist run for President secured the right to protest in front of Trump Tower in downtown Manhattan. Second, Occupy Wall Street demonstrators won...
FCC Caps Prison Phone Rates

FCC Caps Prison Phone Rates

by | Oct 26, 2015 | Articles

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued sweeping reforms to jail phone-call rates. In many states, prior to the reforms, the cost of a 15-minute in-state call could cost upwards of $5. In extreme cases, as a group of US Senators pointed out in a...

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