Defending Rights & Dissent

Defending Rights & Dissent strengthens our participatory democracy by protecting the right to political expression.  

Our Vision and Values

We work to make the promise of the Bill of Rights a reality for everyone in the US.

Freedom to dissent is essential to a functioning democracy, and every person under U.S. jurisdiction or control is entitled to Bill of Rights protections. At all times and especially when federal, state, or local governments propose or enact laws or policies that threaten or deny those rights, the people organize, exercising those same rights in the service of protecting them. Most people understand that the country cannot be made safer by sacrificing some rights for all or part of its population. When the people know and exercise their rights, the liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights hold firm and remain self-sustaining.