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New Jersey transit worker gets job back after fired for buring pages of Quran at ground zero protest

donal brown April 25, 2011

A veteran New Jersey transit employee was reinstated in his job after he was fired for burning pages of the Quran while off duty in a protest over the Islamic community center near ground zero in New York City. Under the settlement, the man also got $25,000 for pain and suffering, back pay and legal fees. A Muslim advocate group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said the man should not have been fired for exercising

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Pennsylvania: Federal appeals court rules man removed from meeting not deprived of free speech rights

donal brown April 25, 2011

A federal appeals court ruled that authorities acted lawfully when they ejected an activist from a County Council meeting. The appeals court upheld a lower court decision that the man was removed to restore order, not to silence him. The majority opinion said, “…we cannot find evidence in the record to support a reasonable inference that … [the mayor ejected the activist] from the March 20 council meeting because of animus toward him or his

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Michigan: Quran-burning pastor may sue for right to protest at Dearborn mosque

donal brown April 23, 2011

The Florida pastor who burned a Quran bringing on violent protests by Muslims in Afghanistan was briefly held by police and prohibited from holding a rally at a Dearborn mosque. Pastor Terry Jones says he plans to return next week to protest at City Hall on First Amendment grounds and  may file a lawsuit. The Dearborn mayor said that the right to free speech could not jeopardize public safety. -db From the Detroit Free Press,

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California court orders retraction of libelous statement

donal brown April 21, 2011

A Pasadena man who had made defamatory statements about the architectural firm hired to work on the renovation of his historic home was entitled to his opinions about the firm but had to correct false factual statements made to a historic restoration group and others. Writing for the court, Justice Steven  C. Suzukawa said the man could be required to set the record straight but not to provide a mea culpa. -db From the Metropolitan

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President considers new disclosure guidelines for contractor political contributions

donal brown April 21, 2011

The Obama administration has written a draft of a new executive order requiring government contractors to list their political contributions when bidding on a federal contract. The order is designed to shed light on contributions that could influence the award of the contract. In Federal Computer Week,  Matthew Weigelt quotes an administration official about the intent of the order, “The president is committed to bringing more accountability and transparency to a federal contracting system that

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