An anti-KKK law is being used to sue the Trump admin.
An anti-KKK law is being used to sue the Trump admin. Will it work?
Mahmoud Khalil is suing the Trump administration, alleging a "public-private conspiracy" to punish him for pro-Palestinian speech. The law he's using dates back to 1871 — it's called the Ku Klux Klan Act. It's the same statute civil rights attorney Randolph McLaughlin used in the 1980s when he become one of the first lawyers to successfully sue the Klan. McLaughlin walks us through how that Reconstruction-era law has been used against the KKK, Unite the Right, and maybe next against ICE.
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/04/nx-s1-5911819/an-anti-kkk-law-is-being-used-to-sue-the-trump-admin-will-it-work
Mahmoud Khalil files suit alleging a ‘public-private’ conspiracy to target Israel’s critics
- Mahmoud Khalil
At a news conference on Tuesday, Khalil described the purpose of the latest filing as “exposing the network of organizations, particular actors and institutions that work together to criminalize solidarity with Palestine and to make an example of those who refuse to stay silent.”
Read the full article at AP News.
https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/ccr-news/mahmoud-khalil-files-suit-alleging-public-private-conspiracy-target
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