by Gennette Cordova

Attacks on our right to protest have escalated to new heights, as the justice system is being wielded in unparalleled ways in the war against free speech. On Monday, April 15, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in the case of Mckesson v. Doe, a lower court decision that gravely jeopardizes the right to protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Under this decision, “a protest organizer faces potentially ruinous financial consequences if a single attendee at a mass protest commits an illegal act.”