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Free speech: Federal appeals court orders further hearing for Michigan prison employee

donal brown May 15, 2012

The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit brought by a Michigan prison employee who was punished for complaining to lawmakers that prisoners were being coddled by allowing them rap contests. The employee’s suit claimed she was deprived her free speech rights, and the appeals court agreed and remanded the case to the district federal court saying the complaint raised “matters of pubic importance.” -db From the First Amendment Center, May 15, 2012,

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Federal judge bags Michigan law limiting funeral protests

donal brown September 12, 2011

A federal judge ruled that Michigan’s law limiting funeral protests was unconstitutional in prohibiting conduct that would “adversely affect” a funeral. The judge said the law violated the First Amendment and was unconstitutionally vague. The ACLU sued on behalf of an army veteran and his wife arrested for displaying signs and bumper stickers critical of then President George W. Bush while riding in a 2007 funeral procession of a friend killed in Iraq. -db From

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Opinion: Hateful speech of Michigan attorney general should be protected

donal brown October 26, 2010

A MediaShift writer argues that a Michigan official’s hate speech is protected by the First Amendment. The assistant attorney general posted harsh comments on the Internet about  a gay student-body president at the University of Michigan. -db MediaShift October 22, 2010 By Jonathan Peters For the last few months, Andrew Shirvell, an assistant attorney general of Michigan, has crusaded against the “radical homosexual agenda” of 21-year-old Chris Armstrong, the openly gay student-body president of the

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