Questions About Your Rights?

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Flex Your Rights in UK, Canada, Australia, and Commonwealth Nations

“I am from Canada. I was just wondering if your DVD’s contents and teachings for police encounters and rights relate to Canada’s laws as well.” – Yannik “My question is if you know of anything that you have used in your videos that would be helpful for somebody like me to be able to say […]

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What Are My Rights When Marijuana is Legal?

With the passage of the nation’s first marijuana legalization measures in Colorado and Washington, we’re getting a lot of inquiries about how these changes in marijuana policy might impact basic rights during police encounters. … Continued

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What are my rights at various “checkpoints”?

There are four general types of checkpoints you might encounter: DUI checkpoints, U.S. border checkpoints, drug checkpoints, and TSA checkpoints. In a legal sense, they are not all created equal. So depending on which one you encounter, you’ll want to be prepared to flex your rights appropriately. DUI Checkpoints Sobriety checkpoints – also known as DUI checkpoints […]

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Jury Duty: The Next Flex Thing

Contents: 1. What Judges Won’t Tell You 2. Movie Plot 3. Campaign Objectives 4. Budget, Plan & Timeline 5. Keep in the Loop & Donate Since 2002, Flex Your Rights’ films have taught you and yours how to “flex” your constitutional rights on the road, in your home, and on the streets. (33 million YouTube views later, I think we covered ‘em […]

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What Are My Rights in a College Dorm?

College students suffer from an unfortunate lack of privacy rights in many situations. Dorms are the property of the university, thus school officials and campus police tend to feel a sense of entitlement with regards to entering student housing. Nevertheless, knowing and asserting your rights can help protect you on campus just as it would anywhere else. … Continued

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Am I allowed to record police?

This article by Steve Silverman originally appeared April 5, 2012 in Reason.com. It’s been updated to include new information regarding recent rulings in favor of citizens’ right to record police. Last week the City of Boston agreed to pay Simon Glik $170,000 in damages and legal fees to settle a civil rights lawsuit stemming from his 2007 felony […]

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Flex Your Rights on “The Good Wife”

If you haven’t seen it yet, you must watch the season premiere of The Good Wife. The central plot line is based on the Breakfast in Collinsville viral video produced by our friend Terrance Huff. Like the real life incident, the show depicts an illegal search based on a bogus drug dog alert. (It also […]