The First Amendment still protects our right to peaceably assemble, petition for redress and protest. Those of us who are shocked and disappointed with recent government actions might consider what we will do to protect our nation's values for peacefulness, inclusion and equality.

Protests worked to win the Civil Rights Act, to stop a war in Vietnam and blocking the Keystone XL pipeline. Can we apply these proven tactics of non-violent protest to protect our neighbors of every religion and nationality? To protect economic gains in access to healthcare? To prevent any new wars? I, for one, am ready to stand up, or sit in, to call our nation to our highest values.

These interesting times may also present opportunities to examine whether our systems are rigged, and whether a consensus might arise for fundamental changes in our governance. Is it really fair that the one million people of Rhode Island have the same representation in the Senate as the 39 million of California? Or that the 672,000 people of Washington, DC, have none? Have two centuries of democracy shown us better ways to elect a government than the Electoral College? Does Citizens United help or hinder our democracy? I submit my proposal for a constitutional amendment to make our nation more modern and democratic.

On December 2, 2015, New York Times published, "Whistle-Blower Group Found Itself Target of Labor Complaint," by Matthew Goldstein and Ben Protess. The story breaks the news about the settlement that Lindsey Williams and Richard Renner reached with the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) about our 2012 termination after we starting organizing a staff union.

Lindsey and Richard issued a press release and a petition drive. Please sign the petition to join our call for an end to gag clauses at NWC.

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Tate & Renner is the law practice of Richard Renner. It was a private law office in Dover, Ohio (1995-2009), Silver Spring, Maryland (2012-2013, and 2023 to 2024) and now in Durham, North Carolina. Established in 1995 by Al Tate and Richard Renner, we advanced social justice through the practice of civil law. We handled employment matters, especially on behalf of whistleblowers. We also handled consumer, landlord-tenant, domestic violence, immigration and wage theft cases.

On this web page, you can see Richard's collection of his photography and his travels to Copenhagen, Denmark, and Föhr, Guatemala, Cuba, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

For more information about Richard Renner, visit his résumé. It has links to his cases, accomplishments, and affiliations. Under "Articles," (above, on this page) you can read advice that we give to our clients about taming stress, buying a used car, defending yourself from professional debt collectors, what to do if the boss questions you, and how to meet the 30-day deadline for environmental whistleblower complaints.

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House Party for Nida Allam's Campaign for Congress!



Follow this link to read Nida's platform which includes Medicare for All (the Bernie Sanders version), the Green New Deal, $19 minimum wage, cancelation of student loan debt, full funding of Section 8 housing, and a foreign policy centered on diplomacy, cooperation, and the protection of human rights, not on endless wars.

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Congratulations to Nolan
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Did you know unicycles can be used to protest nuclear weapons? Check out the Nuclear Free Committee's march in Takoma Park's Fourth of July Parade.



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Think Richard is done with the ratrace? Check out these photos from his trip to Copenhagen and Föhr.



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