Showing posts with label Protests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Protests. Show all posts
Friday, September 30, 2022

DC Circuit Hears Oral Arguments From Abortion Protesters

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On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments ( audio of full oral arguments ) in  Frederick Douglass Fo...
Wednesday, November 24, 2021

11th Circuit Rejects Nuclear Protesters' RFRA Defense

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In United States v. Grady , (11th Cir., Nov. 22, 2021), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the convictions of three members of th...
Friday, October 15, 2021

2nd Circuit: Protesters' Sidewalk Tables Were Not A "Place of Worship" Under FACEA

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A provision ( 18 USC §248 ) in the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994 (“FACEA”) prohibits intentionally injuring, intimidatin...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Naval Base Protesters May Not Raise RFRA or 1st Amendment Defenses

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In United States v. Kelly , (SD GA, Oct. 11, 2019), a Georgia federal magistrate judge ruled that seven Catholics who are members of an acti...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Court Orders More Briefs On RFRA Defense By Peace Protesters

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In an Order last week in United States v. Kelly , 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 138195 , (SD GA, Aug. 15, 2018), a Georgia federal magistrate judge ...
Thursday, May 17, 2018

Doctor Says His Free Exercise Rights Are Infringed By Blocking Him From Assisting Protester

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An unusual religious free exercise lawsuit was filed in a Virginia federal district court yesterday by Greg Gelburd, a physician who says th...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Protester At Center of SCOTUS Decision On Military Base Protests Was Catholic Worker Movement Adherent

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Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Apel ,  (US Sup. Ct., Feb. 26, 2014), held that a federal statute which makes it a crim...
Thursday, December 19, 2013

Russia May Free Pussy Riot Band Members Early

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To mark the 20th anniversary of the Russian Constitution, Russia's State Duma yesterday by a vote of 446-0 passed a broad prison amnesty...