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Trump admin dusts off 'Civil War-era law' to punish protesters and 'scare Americans’
The Trump DOJ Is Using Old Laws to Criminalize DissentThe Source Material, BrieflyFederal prosecutors under President Donald Trump have brought a wave of conspiracy charges against protesters linked to blockades outside ICE facilities, including a Minneapolis case involving special education teacher Treasure Thoreson. The charges rely on a rarely used 19th-century statute, and legal experts say the cases often reach people accused of association, not direct violence.The Decision MakersThe institutional power here is not with the protesters, the teachers, or the organizers. It sits with the…
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