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Apr 16, 2026 DOJ charged a journalist and protesters under an unused FACE Act provision after an ICE church protest Tier 1 · Primary Civil Rights and Dissent
Federal agents charged a journalist who filmed an ICE protest, applying a statute selectively while abandoning its original reproductive-rights protections.
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- DOJ applies FACE Act religious-freedom provision to prosecute church protest for first time — The Trump administration charged protesters and journalists under an unused provision of the 1994 Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act that prohibits interfering with religious freedom at places of worship. This marks the first use of that provision. Simultaneously, the administration has virtually stopped prosecuting under the FACE Act's original provisions protecting reproductive healthcare access and has pardoned nearly two dozen anti-abortion activists convicted under those provisions. Legal experts call the application to journalists "unprecedented" and "a really dramatic overcharge."
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Week 65 – 2026-04-11–2026-04-17
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