_____ (2022-10-20). New Jersey Sues Oil Companies For Decades Of 'Public Deception' On Climate Change. popularresistance.org The state of New Jersey filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against five oil companies and the oil industry's most powerful lobbying group for covering up and misleading the public about climate change, the latest round of state and municipal-led climate litigation seeking accountability from the oil industry. | The lawsuit, filed in the New Jersey Superior Court, states that the companies knew about climate change for decades and actively sought to conceal that information from the public. Instead, they funded PR campaigns aimed at confusing and misleading the public. | The oil companies "concealed and misrepresented the…
Brian Hauss (2022-10-20). It's Time to Reaffirm Our First Amendment Right to Boycott. aclu.org From the Boston Tea Party to the Montgomery bus boycott to the boycott of apartheid South Africa, politically motivated consumer boycotts have long been part and parcel of American politics. But are they protected by the First Amendment? For 40 years, the answer has been an unequivocal "yes." But in a recent case from Arkansas, a federal court of appeals ruled otherwise. If the right to boycott is to be preserved, the Supreme Court must step in. | In NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co., the Supreme Court in 1982 unanimously upheld the First Amendment right of Black Mississippians to boycott local busin…
Dana Sanchez (2022-10-20). Jay-Z Sues Partner Bacardi Over D'Usse Accounting Books. moguldom.com Jay-Z has filed a lawsuit demanding financial transparency from his business partner, spirits maker Bacardi, over the cognac brand D'Usse that they share as / partners. The entertainment entrepreneur aka Shawn Carter wants to know how much money the cognac line has made, and his company, SC Liquor, wants access to all Bacardi's books and records …
Brett Wilkins (2022-10-20). Barrett Boots 'Nothingburger' Right-Wing Challenge to Biden Student Loan Cancellation. commondreams.org "Under any reading of precedent," said one legal reporter, "the Republican activists who brought this lawsuit have absolutely no right to challenge a single dollar of debt forgiveness."
Brett Wilkins (2022-10-20). ACLU Accuses DeSantis of 'Grotesque Abuse of Power' for Voter Arrests. commondreams.org Newly released body camera footage, says the rights group, "reveals the real, human impact of these anti-voter schemes and the confusion it has created."
CSIA Nitassinan (2022-10-20). PARIS: Indigenous Solidarity Urges Freedom for Leonard Peltier. indybay.org In Paris, today's Indigenous solidarity event focuses on freedom for imprisoned Leonard Peltier and honors Indigenous rights around the world.
Melissa Camacho-Cheung (2022-10-20). LA County's Failure to Invest in Alternatives to Incarceration Fuels Inhumane Jail Conditions. aclu.org 
Celia Banos calls her son, Jhean, a born musician. Ever since he was a little boy, Jhean loved music. He learned the guitar, and after high school, he played in a band called The Parallels. At the age of 21, Jhean had his first episode of schizophrenia. | Jhean is 28 now, and — like thousands of people with serious mental illness — he cycles in and out of the Los Angeles County jail system. This cycle repeats itself because the county does not fund robust mental health services and alternatives to incarceration. Jhean's family has tried to get him the help he needs, but they cannot find affordable,…