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Prosecutions Under 1960s Civil Disorder Law Shows Broad Reach of Federal Jurisdiction

Amid the rash of racial injustice protests nationwide in 2020, a federal statute enacted in response to the civil unrest of the late 1960s has come into play again. The Civil Disobedience Act of 1968 has been invoked by federal prosecutors in cases across the country. In Philadelphia, a federal grand jury recently indicted four… Read More »