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Many millions engage across the United States to protect democracy and the underlying civil rights and civil liberties under threat
March 30th, 2026
As outlined in prior posts, including on September 1, 2025 and on February 9, 2026, the current Federal regime has attacked vital civil rights and civil liberties and, more generally, the rule of law repeatedly and aggressively since taking power. In…
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Unions and nonprofit community groups lead the opposition to escalating Federal civil rights and civil liberties violations
February 9th, 2026
In January 2026, masked paramilitaries deployed to Minnesota by the Federal regime summarily killed two peaceful legal observers in broad daylight: Renee Good and Alex Pretti. As immortalized by Bruce Springsteen’s immediately top-selling song “S…
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Civil rights and civil liberties increasingly threatened as 2026 begins
January 2nd, 2026
The Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights (“LCCHR”), one of the leading civil rights and civil liberties organizations in the United States, recently published a highly detailed report and related timeline of what the current Federal r…
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Minnesota paid family and medical leave law takes effect in 2026, continuing the progressive trend
December 22nd, 2025
As of January 1, 2026, Minnesota employees have guaranteed paid family and medical leave to use in an array of situations. This imminently implemented law, Minn. Stat. §§ 268B.01, et seq., requires employers to provide paid leave to their employees…
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Supreme Court majority's use of the shadow docket skyrockets and thwarts the rule of law
November 17th, 2025
The shadow docket of the Supreme Court involves decisions by the Supreme Court majority without written briefs submitted by the affected parties, without oral argument by those parties, without questions from the Supreme Court in response, and withou…
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Court losses for, and public opposition to, the current Federal administration increase to historic levels in response to the escalating attacks against basic rights
October 20th, 2025
Among other extreme actions, the new regime has deployed or sought to deploy soldiers in multiple cities and States around the country over the objections of the people and political leadership there. Tellingly, the majority of people living in those…
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While making a mockery of employee rights and employer responsibilities, the current Federal administration repeatedly loses when challenged in court
September 1st, 2025
The escalating attack against unions and the employees they represent persists. The Federal regime recently and unilaterally terminated the collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) governing approximately 30 Federal agencies, including the United Stat…
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The current Federal administration seeks to roll back numerous workplace protections and other rights
August 4th, 2025
The United States Department of Labor plans to repeal or rewrite more than 60 work-related regulations. These essential workplace rules include minimum wage protections for home healthcare workers – who provide vital services, especially as assiste…
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Supreme Court majority again facilitates Presidential overreach, but the fight for the rule of law continues
July 7th, 2025
Following its opinion last year in which the Supreme Court majority opined that the President is ordinarily immune from liability for criminal conduct and other legal violations, the majority in Trump v. Casa, Inc. decided that nation-wide injunction…
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The current Federal regime continues to wreak havoc in workplaces across the nation
June 5th, 2025
Earlier this week, yet another court imposed an injunction against the current Federal administration’s campaign against public employees and the public agencies for which they work in the public interest. In this most recent case, the court blocke…
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