Civil Liberties Defense Center

Lauren Regan heads to court in Minneapolis this week to represent the Minnesota 15. In Texas, our client in the Prairieland case faces a mandatory 15 years in prison for allegedly deleting Signal messages or users. We’re fighting to keep the government from unmasking an anonymous Reddit user who spoke out against ICE, and in New Jersey, we won dismissal of claims against America...

The Trump administration is weaponizing federal law to criminalize anti-ICE protesters. In Minnesota, 39 activists face federal prosecution as government investigators stand accused of illegally using customs summonses to circumvent constitutional protections. CLDC is fighting back, exposing government surveillance abuses and challenging the expansion of the FACE Act to silence ...

Behind the walls of America’s prisons are jailhouse lawyers, like myself, seeking emancipation. Equipped with passion, time and skill we trace the cracks within archaic and “modern” law to force open bondage holding us from the many possibilities of life. Jailhouse lawyering is akin to reverse-engineering. We know the problem very well, but have to […]