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October 2010

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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Federal court rules Defense Department not have to release information about Afghanistan prisoners

donal brown October 26, 2010

The American Civil Liberties Union lost a bid to open records about the detention of hundreds imprisoned at the U.S. military’s Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. -db American Civil Liberties Union Press Release October 25, 2010 NEW YORK – The Defense Department can continue to withhold key information from the public about the hundreds of detainees imprisoned by the U.S. military at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, according to a federal court ruling today. The

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Fired Omaha police employee loses free speech case

donal brown October 26, 2010

A federal appeals court upheld a lower court decision ruling that an Omaha public safety auditor had not shown that she was speaking as a citizen when she criticized the police force. -db Omaha World-Herald October 21, 2010 By Bob Glissmann Tristan Bonn, who was fired four years ago from her job as the City of Omaha’s public safety auditor, has lost an appeal in which she alleged that the city unlawfully retaliated against her and

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Northern California newspaper sued for invading privacy of seven-year-old

donal brown October 26, 2010

A guardian of a seven-year-old boy severely beaten by a brother and sister close to his father filed a claim against the Redding Record Searchlight for publishing the boy’s name and causing him such distress that he is asking for a name change. -db Courthouse News Service October 26, 2010 By Tish Kraft REDDING, Calif. (CN) – Against the advice of its own attorney, the Redding Record Searchlight, a Scripps newspaper, published the name of

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Free speech: Federal judge dismisses as premature anti-gay marriage group’s challenge to New York election law

donal brown October 26, 2010

The National Organization for Marriage lost its first skirmish in challenging the constitutionality of a New York law to expedite their bid to run ads favoring gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino. NOM says the law potentially violates the group’s free speech rights by creating too many burdens to running the ads. -db On Top Magazine October 26, 2010 By On Top Magazine Staff The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) cannot run ads supporting New York GOP

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