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The Supreme Court’s Era of Meaningless Rights
The Supreme Court is not saying people don’t have certain rights, just that no courts can help them when those rights are violated.
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Truthout
Right-Wing Supreme Court Rules in Trump’s Favor in 2 Anti-Immigration Cases
“More people will die,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in one of the dissents against the rulings.
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Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Applaud Permanent Closure of Everglades Detention Center, Cruelly Dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Immigrants’ rights advocates applaud the announced closure of the notorious Everglades detention center, cruelly dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” known for the horrific and unsafe conditions faced by immigrants being held there.Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the closure during a press conference today, just days after reports emerged that people detained at the facility were being transferred to other ICE detention facilities ahead of hurricane season. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, and Americans for Immigrant Justice had sued over the facility last July, challenging the lack of access to legal counsel and violations of due process for people held there.The site is a hastily constructed facility on an abandoned airstrip in the middle of the wetlands in Ochopee. It was built out of shoddy tents and trailers, and surrounded by alligators, pythons, mosquitos, and swampland, and at serious risk of dangerous flooding. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of detainees held there, on behalf of a class, and legal service providers with clients there.While pleased with news of the detention center’s permanent closure, the groups also urge caution.“The fact that this site ever existed is a travesty, given the cruelty behind it, horrific conditions, and blatant violations of due process. We challenged the Trump administration and the State of Florida over the facility, and now celebrate its closure,” said Carmen Iguina González, deputy director for immigration detention with the ACLU’s National Prison Project. “However, the nightmarish scene found at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is not wholly unique and reflects systemic patterns of abuse at other ICE detention facilities nationwide. We remain very concerned that people may be transferred to other sites with sordid and dangerous conditions, and we will continue to monitor this situation.”“With its official closure, 'Alligator Alcatraz' seals its reputation as a ruinous venture. This detention center stands as a monument to what happens when a state government abandons its conscience in service of a federal cruelty agenda. The DeSantis administration deliberately built a detention facility in the middle of the Everglades — not despite the harsh conditions, but because of them — and spent over $1 billion of Florida taxpayers' money to do it,” said Keisha Mulfort, deputy executive director and strategy officer of the ACLU of Florida. “That is not governance; that is cruelty dressed up as policy, and complicity dressed up as leadership. In spite of this, hundreds of thousands of Floridians protested, organized, called their legislators, and refused to look away. They made this moment possible, and we should name that clearly: this is what accountability looks like when the government won't hold itself accountable. As people are transferred to other facilities, the abuses do not disappear — they relocate. The ACLU of Florida will follow. We will not allow this administration, or any administration, to simply shuffle the harm out of sight and call it progress. Our vigilance does not end with a closure. It deepens.”“Closing this facility is an important step, but the government's obligation to respect due process does not end at the facility gates. Constitutional rights must follow every person wherever they are detained," said Paul R. Chavez, Director of Litigation & Advocacy at Americans for Immigrant Justice. "These failures are not an isolated case — they reflect systemic failures throughout our immigration detention system. We remain deeply concerned that people transferred out of this facility will continue to face mistreatment and civil rights violations in other detention centers. Americans for Immigrant Justice will continue to defend due process, offer free legal representation to low-income immigrants and stand strong with our immigrant neighbors, friends, and their families.”
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Blaze Media
Christian fan says she was ejected from Detroit Tigers game over pro-Jesus shirt: 'I have the right to wear that'
A woman says she was treated like a criminal at a Detroit Tigers game because she was wearing a shirt that expressed her faith.The incident happened on June 19 during a game between the Tigers and Chicago White Sox, where fan Paige Combs-Morgan was seen in the seats behind home plate.'Put it down, shut off the recording.'Combs-Morgan told New Media Detroit that she was escorted out of Comerica Park in Detroit after staff told her the message on her shirt was offending other fans.A video showed Combs-Morgan in the front row behind home plate — typically the most expensive seats — moving left and right with her arms out while wearing a hoodie that read, "Jesus Over Pride."In a self-shot video, Combs-Morgan can be heard saying, "They’re kicking me out because of my shirt," as she is being escorted through the halls of the stadium."We have received a couple complaints," a staff member can faintly be heard telling her. After entering what appears to be a security office, one individual can be heard telling Combs-Morgan to “put your phone down,” before saying, “We’re not going to tape this.”"Put it down, shut off the recording," a man is heard saying.The woman told the Detroit outlet that multiple police officers and stadium representatives escorted her out of the stadium after that."They acted like I committed a crime for existing there," she claimed.The Tigers organization said that Combs-Morgan's ejection was not over her shirt; it was due to her conduct.RELATED: MLB says warning Christian players was a mistake — but confirms 2 teams are allowed to push Pride propaganda "We received several complaints from fans seated behind home plate during Friday's game, who reported another fan's behavior as being disruptive to their ballpark experience," the team said in a statement to Blaze News. The team said that Combs-Morgan not only made "frequent walks and poses" across the front row of seats in camera-visible areas that obstructed the view of others, but she was warned by staff that "she would be ejected if the behavior continued," as it violated Tigers' stadium rules.The team pointed to their code of conduct, which contains the following directive: "Guests should refrain from any action that disrupts other guests' enjoyment of the game."The Tigers spokesman concluded, "She was later escorted from the ballpark because the behavior persisted, and not because of her attire."The ball club provided multiple images of the fan making gestures in the 2nd and 6th inning, seemingly showing her making waving motions with her arms.This was is in addition to video that showed Combs-Morgan walking across the front row of seats with drinks in her hands.RELATED: Detroit Lions in the crosshairs for skipping Juneteenth — but an entire major sports league did too Images courtesy Detroit Tigers/MLB In her interview with New Media Detroit, Combs-Morgan told the host she did walk to the bathroom and "made my shirt known, but just like everybody else does when they want to make a point."As for her inspiration, Combs-Morgan said she took issue with the MLB's warning to San Francisco Giants pitchers who wrote Bible verses on their caps and said these types of protests only seem to be an issue when they are supportive of Christianity."I have the right to wear that. And just like everybody else, like everyone else flaunts whatever they believe in, but you don't see people wearing anything about religion because this is exactly what happens," the fan stated.She continued, "And I got kicked out not because of how I was acting in any sort of way. I was told specifically by two people that I was offensive for wearing that shirt.""I completely got kicked out because it offended people," she added, contradicting the Tigers organization.Combs-Morgan also said she felt the organization was trying to "intimidate" her and did not want her to "talk about my rights."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
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Reason.com
Guns, Property Rights, and the Second Amendment
The government cannot force private property owners to allow guns on their land. But the Supreme Court rightly ruled today that it also cannot impose a presumption of exclusion.
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BizPac Review
Pro-gun groups, GOP lawmakers, and Trump all want to make right to carry a reality—but they can’t agree how
Passage of national concealed carry legislation has stalled as pro-Second Amendment organizations, the White House, and members of Congress have debated which version of competing bills to […]
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Supreme Court strikes down blue state's 'vampire rule' in major win for gun rights
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Hawaii's law requiring concealed-carry permit holders to obtain permission before carrying firearms onto most private property violates the Second Amendment.
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