Civil Liberties

John Marion of Common Cause Gloats As RIGOP National Committeeman Frias Reacts To Census “Overcounting” Double Counting In Lil Rhody!

John Marion of Common Cause gloated … The Rhode Island Republican Party cried foul.  In other words, it was a typical week in Lil Rhody, as the Democratic Party, and their supporting cast (Common Cause) reveled in their dirty tricks, ’cause, well, if you aren’t cheating, you aren’t trying hard[Read More…]

by May 19, 2022

BLM RI PAC Statement On Buffalo Massacre

BLM RI PAC Statement on Buffalo Massacre On the afternoon of May 14, 2022, 18-year-old white supremacist Payton Gendron carried out a racially motivated attack at Tops Market in Buffalo, New York, killing ten people and injuring three others. Of the victims, eleven of them were Black. The suspect detailed[Read More…]

by May 18, 2022

Connecticut Governor Lamont Signs Legislation Limiting the Use of Isolated Confinement

  Connecticut Governor signs into law codifying prior year Executive Order. Increasingly, the “Torture State” of Rhode Island is becoming an outlier on fundamental human rights. In a “quick response” from StopTortureRI.com, activists noted that the legislation will have the immediate impact: 1) Creates a Correctional Advisory Committee (and specifies[Read More…]

by May 11, 2022

Rhode Island ACLU Reacts To Landmark Rhode Island Supreme Court Ruling On Reproductive Privacy Act

  From The Rhode Island Chapter of The American Civil Liberties Union: ACLU of RI executive director Steven Brown today issued the following statement in response to the RI Supreme Court’s decision in Benson v. Raimondo, a lawsuit filed in 2019 which challenged the constitutionality of RI’s Reproductive Privacy Act:   Today’s[Read More…]

by May 4, 2022

Rhode Island Michael Benson et al v. Daniel McKee Governor for the State of Rhode Island, et al.

   

by May 4, 2022

City Council Candidate Jackie Goldman Wins The Day Plus! Allan Fung On Roe V. Wade-Matt Brown Pokes Boomer Democrats

Former Cranston Mayor/Rhode Island Congressional District 2 Primary Candidate Allan Fung on the controversy circling the current Supreme Court debate on Roe V. Wade: “My views are in line with the majority of Rhode Islanders.  As your next Congressman, I would not vote for legislation that allowed late term or[Read More…]

by May 3, 2022

Rhode Island Political Leaders Weigh In On SCOTUS Rowe V. Wade Reveal

The response from Rhode Island political leaders has been both swift and furious, in reaction to the leaked “working draft” of an opinion on Roe V. Wade to be delivered by The United States Supreme Court. The Coalition has reached out to dozens of  community leaders, and will continue to[Read More…]

by May 3, 2022

Why Is The Coventry School Teachers Unions Attacking A Parent/Candidate?

Op Ed: Coventry School Board Candidate Bethany Chatterley I am a concerned parent turned candidate for Coventry school committee. If you run against them, guess what happens? The highest level will call you a domestic terrorist while the teacher’s union will accuse you of all sorts of falsehoods. The teacher’s[Read More…]

by May 2, 2022

Ruh Roh! Whatcha Gonna Do When The Rhody State Police Come For You!

Rhode Island State Police Participate in “I-95 Drive to Save Lives” Initiative You are going to want to be extra careful on I 95 this weekend … starting tomorrow. The Staties & Fed Bois may be on your tail! From The Rhode Island State Police: The Rhode Island State Police[Read More…]

by April 7, 2022

Rhode Island Judge Orders Release of Unlawfully Incarcerated Juvenile Offenders

From The Rhode Island ACLU: R.I. Superior Court Judge Stephen Nugent today ordered the release on parole of three individuals who were convicted of crimes committed when they were teenagers and who were recently granted parole, but who nonetheless continued to be held at the ACI. Cooperating attorneys for the[Read More…]

by March 31, 2022