Watch today 3pm ET: Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, ED of PCJF & Steering Committee member of @1ACommittee on the threat to free speech and democracy at a hearing convened by @SenBooker on the proposed Paramount–Warner Bros Discovery merger. https://t.co/pobUYhC3ZJ
Proud to support the @1ACommittee rally in DC led by Jane Fonda & feat. Joan Baez, challenging “censorship, political intimidation, and a growing effort to reshape American history and cultural life through fear and attacks on our First Amendment.”
👀📺: https://t.co/q55n7xT0do
PCJF ED Mara Verheyden-Hilliard tells WPR: a plan for a foreign corp to create a fund for policing protests @ Line 5 "incentivizes repression against people exercising their First Amend rights", posing a direct threat to constitutional rights & due process https://t.co/efG06lm8Os
1/🧵We were in federal court last week to defend Army veteran Jay Carey. We’ve moved to dismiss the outrageous charges the Trump Admin has leveled against him for burning a flag to protest the President’s directive against flag burning – a First Amendment protected right.
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“'I served this country for over 20 years, having taken an oath to upheld our Constitution. I did not take an oath to serve a dictator, a tyrant or a wannabe king,' Jay Carey told reporters after the hearing."
Mr. Carey is represented by the PCJF.
https://t.co/kfaCf22L45
Jay Carey, the North Carolina veteran facing criminal charges for burning an American flag near the White House last month, says President Trump violated his oath by trying to restrict free speech.
"Our First Amendment rights are sacrosanct," Carey said. https://t.co/ehhEaHplNl
UPDATE: Jay Carey, the Army veteran who set fire to an American flag near the White House to protest President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on flag burning, has pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges.
https://t.co/6pirHHzspH
An Army veteran who set fire to an American flag near the White House to protest President Donald Trump's recent executive order on flag burning pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal criminal charges.
https://t.co/tP5OrwiEdS
The PCJF is defending Jay Carey; Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard spoke to @starsandstripes:
“If the administration seeks to charge Mr. Carey based on the unconstitutional exhortations of the executive order, then it will be challenged.
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Trump's just-issued EO directing the DoD to create a specialized National Guard unit as an occupying force in D.C. deputized to carry out law enforcement is not about "public safety." This is the march to militarize America's cities, destroying and subverting democracy.
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Cuando el FBI llama a su puerta: conoce tus derechos y qué hacer
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When the FBI Comes to Your Door - Know Your Rights and What to Do
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PCJF/CPLL Executive Director, Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, spoke with POLITICO about the DOJ’s targeting nonviolent protestors for prosecution:
https://t.co/eA4ermhBoQ