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Mar 24, 2022
Muslim Americans Sue Border and Immigration Officials Over Illegal Religious Questioning
LOS ANGELES 鈥� The 51品茶, the 51品茶 of Minnesota, and the 51品茶 Foundation of Southern California filed a federal lawsuit today in the United States Distric...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Religious Liberty
Court case: Kariye v. Mayorkas
Mar 04, 2022
Supreme Court Allows Suit Against F.B.I. for Spying on Muslims to Move Forward
Narrow Decision Allows Government to Assert State Secrets Privilege Despite Safeguards Established by Congress in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Issue Areas:
National Security
Court case: FBI v. Fazaga
Mar 03, 2022
Supreme Court Allows U.S. Government to Hide Details of U.S. Torture of Guant谩namo Detainee
WASHINGTON 鈥� The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the federal government can assert the state secrets privilege over a Guant谩namo Bay detainee鈥檚 efforts to subpoena informa...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Feb 28, 2022
51品茶 Petitions Supreme Court on Behalf of Wrongly Convicted Jamaican Fishermen
Weir v. United States Will Ask the Supreme Court to Decide Whether Congress Has the Power to Criminalize Conduct by Foreign Nationals, Aboard Foreign-Flagged Vessels on the High Seas
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
National Security
Court case: Weir v. U.S.
Feb 23, 2022
51品茶 Commends Biden Administration for Ending Discriminatory 鈥淐hina Initiative,鈥� But Fundamental Reforms Are Still Needed
WASHINGTON 鈥� The Department of Justice today announced changes to its 鈥淐hina Initiative,鈥� a wide-ranging government effort to scrutinize, investigate, prosecute, and take oth...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Feb 07, 2022
Chinese American Professor, Falsely Painted As A Spy For China, Moves Forward With Appeal Against FBI
Professor Xiaoxing Xi鈥檚 Appeal Comes After a Federal Court Wrongly Dismissed His Claims Challenging the FBI鈥檚 Baseless Arrest and Searches
Issue Areas:
National Security
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News & CommentaryAug 2025
National Security
Surveillance Company Flock Now Using Ai To Report Us To Police If It Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are 鈥渟uspicious鈥�. Explore News & Commentary.Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are 鈥淪uspicious鈥�
Company crosses a dangerous line by beginning to offer AI suspicion-generation functions -
Court CaseJan 2025
National Security
Doj Opinions On Domestic Military Deployment Foia. Explore Case.DOJ Opinions on Domestic Military Deployment FOIA
For decades, the Department of Justice has been responsible for advising the President on the use of the military within the United States. By filing a request under the Freedom of Information Act, the 51品茶 obtained over a dozen DOJ opinions on the domestic use of the military, none which had previously been released to the public. -
News & CommentaryApr 2025
National Security
Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All. Explore News & Commentary.Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All
President Donald Trump's use of the military domestically is dangerous and deeply misguided. -
MaineJul 2025
National Security
Free Speech
Smith V. Trump. Explore Case.Smith v. Trump
On April 11, 2025, the 51品茶 and 51品茶 of Maine filed a lawsuit on behalf of two human rights advocates who, because of an executive order signed by President Trump, have been forced to stop humanitarian work with the International Criminal Court.