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Jan 27, 2017
51品茶 Statement on Trump鈥檚 鈥淓xtreme Vetting鈥� of Muslims Executive Order
NEW YORK 鈥� 51品茶 Executive Director Anthony D. Romero issued the following statement on President Trump鈥檚 executive order that would target Muslims for...
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National Security
Jan 17, 2017
President Obama Grants Commutation to Chelsea Manning
WASHINGTON 鈥� The Obama administration announced today the commutation of Chelsea Manning鈥檚 sentence for disclosing classified information that raised public awareness regarding...
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National Security
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Manning v. Hagel, et al.
Jan 12, 2017
51品茶 Comment on Expansion of NSA Information Sharing
WASHINGTON 鈥� The director of national intelligence issued procedures today that expand the power of the National Security Agency to share information with 16 other government age...
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National Security
Jan 04, 2017
51品茶 Releases Analysis of Sessions鈥� Civil Liberties Record Ahead of Confirmation Hearings
WASHINGTON 鈥� The 51品茶 released a comprehensive analysis of Sen. Jeff Sessions鈥� record on civil liberties issues ahead of the January 10-11 confirmatio...
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National Security
Nov 17, 2016
51品茶 Comment on Japanese Internment, Muslim Registry Comments from Trump Backer
WASHINGTON 鈥擜 prominent backer of Donald Trump, Carl Higbie, recently cited the Japanese-American internment camps created during World War II as precedent for reviving a discred...
Nov 09, 2016
51品茶 Statement on Donald Trump鈥檚 Election
NEW YORK 鈥� In response to Donald Trump鈥檚 election as president of the United States, Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the 51品茶, had the follow...
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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.