Become a Sustaining Member – Get a CLDC Shirt

Become a Sustaining Member – Get a CLDC Shirt

 We are offering a free CLDC t-shirt to any new sustaining member. In troubled political times like these, Civil Liberties Defense Center is called upon to provide expert legal support to a wide variety of social and environmental movements with unprecedented...
Valve Turner Appeals Court Refusal to Allow the Climate Necessity Defense

Update from North Dakota Climate Trial

Greetings from Cavalier, North Dakota where we are currently defending the North Dakota Valve Turners, Michael Foster and Sam Jessup.  It’s day 3 of trial today.  We spent a day and a half picking a jury in this rural, conservative farming community on the outskirts...
Trump’s Climate Bullies

Trump’s Climate Bullies

If you troll the internet these days, you might think that SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) and RICO (racketeering) cases may seem to be growing in regularity against environmental activists. In reality, if you compare the tiny number of SLAPP...

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