The ACLU has brought 129 [and counting] lawsuits against the Trump Administration. These are four: Lee Gelernt, immigrants’ rights; Brigitte Amiri, reproductive rights; Dale Ho, voting rights; Josh Block & Chase Strangio, LGBT rights. ibid.
Garza v Hargan: Jane Doe’s abortion … Dept of Commerce v New York: The Census Question … Ms L v Ice: Family Separation … ibid.
‘After consultation with my Generals and military experts, pleased be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the US Military’. ibid. Trump Tweet
Freedom of speech is central to most every other right that we hold dear in the United States and serves to strengthen the democracy of our great country. It is unfortunate, then, when actions occur that might be interpreted as contrary to this honored tenet. Sam Farr, Congressional Record: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press November 1997
The issue of holographic rights is not going to go away. Star Trek: Voyager s7e20: Author, Author, magistrate
Kids don’t have a little brother working in the coal mine, they don’t have a little sister coughing her lungs out in the looms of the big mill towns of the Northeast. Why? Because we organised; we broke the back of the sweatshops in this country; we have child labor laws. Those were not benevolent gifts from enlightened management. They were fought for, they were bled for, they were died for by working people, by people like us. Kids ought to know that. That’s why I sing these songs, damnit! No roots, no fruit! Utah Phillips