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Baldwin v. Brizill
In 2006, D.C. good-government activist Dorothy Brizill was sued in Guam by John Baldwin, the promoter of a ballot initiative to legalize slot machine gambling there. He claimed he was injured by statements...
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In 2006, D.C. good-government activist Dorothy Brizill was sued in Guam by John Baldwin, the promoter of a ballot initiative to legalize slot machine gambling there. He claimed he was injured by statements...
We are co-counsel with the ACLU of Oregon in this case arising from President George W. Bush’s visit to Jacksonville, Oregon, during the 2004 presidential election campaign. Groups of pro- and anti-Bush...
Before the Supreme Court’s 2013 ruling in Shelby County v. Holder, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act prohibited government entities in certain states that have a history of voting discrimination...
After the New York Times disclosed in December 2005 that the National Security Agency was engaged in warrantless interception of domestic telecommunications, the ACLU and the National Security Archive filed...
We filed this class action on behalf of about six dozen people who were falsely arrested in the Adams Morgan neighborhood on Inauguration Day 2005, when other people engaged in vandalism along the route of...