A Mississippi administrator found himself canned for reading a book to second graders that referred to farting and described rear ends in various colors, shapes and sizes. (The New York Times, March 11, 2022, by Maria Cramer and Isabella Grullon Paz)
Prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against a woman who accused a nurse employed at a college with making misleading public statements against mask-wearing and vaccinations. (The Livingston Post, March 10, 2022, by Jon KIng)
The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found that Wood County Texas officials must defend themselves from charges they punished a police captain for exercising his free speech rights. In his personal capacity, the captain had signed an affidavit to support a change of venue for a trail of a former Wood County jail administrator. (When the Abuser Goes to Work, February 20, 2022, by pgbarnes)
The Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a women’s case against the Florida Department in Health who said she could not provide advice about diets and nutrition for payment without a state license. The women contended that the law violated her free speech rights. (WFSU, February 19, 2022, by The News Service of Florida)
A man who cursed a Woodmere, Ohio police officer won a round in an Ohio appeals court who ruled there were no fighting words in the man’s speech and that “crass speech” should not result in criminal conviction unless there is “permissible restriction on the nonspeech element of the conduct.” (The Speech Center, January 21, 2022, by David L. Hudson, Jr.)
A Williamsport attorney filed shut against the East Buffalo Township for enforcing a burn ordinance against him preventing him from burning a Trump banner that was a replica of a confederate battle flag. (Williamsport Sun-Gazette, January 9, 2022, by Matt Farrand of the Milton Standard-Journal)
The town of Ord, Nebraska agreed to pay $16, 000. to a man they tried to stop writing “burdensome” letters and e-mails to city officials. (Lincoln Journal Star, January 3, 2022, by Lori Pilger)