US judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit that used abortion clinic access law against protesters
Judge Katharine Hayden said the Justice Department had not shown a true threat and gave prosecutors 30 days to seek an amended complaint.
- On Friday, District Judge Katharine Hayden dismissed a Trump Justice Department lawsuit accusing pro-Palestinian demonstrators of violating the 1994 FACE Act during a New Jersey protest.
- The DOJ lawsuit stemmed from a November 2024 protest at Congregation Ohr Torah, where demonstrators opposed a real estate fair selling land in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza.
- Judge Hayden ruled the government's complaint failed to adequately plead violations, writing that a "threat of force" must be a "serious expression" of intent to commit violence.
- The Justice Department has 30 days to file an amended complaint, while defense lawyer Emma Vasta-Kuby said the DOJ cannot use this law to "intimidate and to silence people on Palestine."
- While the FACE Act was created in 1994 to protect reproductive health clinics, Harmeet Dhillon of the Civil Rights Division noted this case was the first time officials used the law for religious worship interference.
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The court rejected the FACE Act claim and found that the PSL New Jersey post on social media was protected speech, as “a call to assemble and engage in political advocacy in a public forum,” not a threat of violence.
Clinton Judge Tosses Trump DOJ Lawsuit Accusing Pro-Palestinian Mob of Targeting New Jersey Synagogue Under the FACE Act — Same Law Biden Used to Jail Pro-Life Grandmas * The Gateway Pundit * by Jim Hᴏft
A Clinton-appointed federal judge has thrown out the Trump Justice Department’s landmark lawsuit accusing pro-Palestinian demonstrators of violating the 1994 FACE Act during a violent protest outside a New Jersey synagogue, and she did it by lecturing the government about the First Amendment rights of the mob.
A United States judge dismissed an action filed by the Department of Justice against Palestinian organizations and demonstrators in New Jersey, for failure to prove a violation of the law "Free access to clinic entrances," allowing for an amendment of the case within 30 days.
US judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit that used abortion clinic access law against protesters
A US judge dismissed a lawsuit against pro-Palestinian organizations and protesters that President Donald Trump's administration brought last year under a law traditionally used against people blocking access to abortion clinics.
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