WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Defending Rights and Dissent issued the following news: * * * The Abduction of Badar Khan Suli is "an egregious abuse of immigration law to undermine the First Amendment" The Trump administration has delivered another blow to the First Amendment, seizing and detaining Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suli. Suli, a citizen of India, is in the US legally on a student visa. But that didn't stop masked DHS agents from abducting him on March 17 from his home in Vir  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 22 -- Thomas More Society, a national public interest law firm defending life, family and freedom, issued the following news: * * * Federal Appeals Court Protects Coast Guard Servicemembers' Conscience Rights Fifth Circuit Ruling Reversing Dismissal Sets Stage for Broader Protections of Religious Freedom Nationwide (March 21, 2024 - New Orleans, Louisiana) On March 20, 2025, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned a lower court's dismissal in   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 [Category: Business] -- NetChoice, a coalition of trade associations that says it makes the internet safe for free enterprise and expression, posted the following news release: * * * NetChoice Sues Louisiana to Protect Free Speech, Online Safety & Parental Rights BATON ROUGE, La.--Today, NetChoice sued Louisiana to stop SB 162, a new law that forces citizens to surrender private information to access protected speech online--violating the First Amendment and putting milli  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Earthworks issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: * * * Statement on DOE Approving CP2 LNG Export Authorization WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announced the approval of an export authorization for Venture Global's proposed CP2 liquefied "natural" gas (LNG) export project in Southwest Louisiana. The announcement comes as the Trump administration tries to boost LNG exports, even though exporting huge quantities of U.S. gas abroa  more