2024/04/17

       Pro-Palestinian activists set up an encampment on the campus of Columbia University, in New York City, to protest the University’s investments in Israel.

       NOTE: Over the course of the next two weeks the protests spread across the nation to over 30 univeristy and college campuses.

       [added 5/2/2026]

       While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” the ninth circuit court of appeals hands down United states v. Payne: Being physically coerced into unlocking one’s cell phone with a finger print does not constitute “bearing witness against oneself,” as prohibited by Article V of Amendment.

       [added 5/2/2026] Thanks to John Whitehead for this entry.

Subsequent Events:

4/24/2024                  9/29/2024                   11/20/2024                   12/11/2024                  3/8/2025

8/26/2025

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References:

22-50262 – USA v. Jeremy Payne – Document in Context –
www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-ca9-22-50262/context

April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States – Wikipedia
gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Columbia_University_pro-Palestinian_campus_occupation

Fifth Amendment Does Not Protect Against Biometric Phone Unlock, Says 9th Circuit Appeals Court
findbiometrics.com/fifth-amendment-does-not-protect-against-biometric-phone-unlock-says-9th-circuit-appeals-court/

Current U.s. National Debt:

$39,232,150,577,283

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