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First Amendment rights: Woman getting boot from Facebook loses federal suit

donal brown November 8, 2010

A federal district judge ruled that a woman kicked off Facebook for friending strangers over cancer awareness had not suffered any loss of her First Amendment rights. -db ABAJournal November 4, 2010 By Debra Cassens Weiss A Maryland woman who got kicked off Facebook won’t be able to pursue her lawsuit under a ruling by a California federal judge. U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel ruled late last month, finding no First Amendment violation and no

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Memphis newspaper sues FBI for records on civil rights spy

donal brown November 8, 2010

The Memphis Commercial Appeal is suing the FBI for records about a photographer who was “advising the government of the plans and activities of civil rights leaders” in the 1960s. -db Courthouse News Service November 8, 2010 By Ryan Abbott WASHINGTON (CN) – The Memphis Commercial Appeal sued the FBI, saying the Bureau is unreasonably withholding information on the late Ernest Withers, a photographer who, unknown to the movement, was “advising the government of the

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Texas cheerleader refusing to cheer for attacker sues for free speech rights

donal brown November 8, 2010

An ex-Texas high school cheerleader is appealing a verdict by the federal appeals court that held that her school was within their rights to kick her off the cheerleading squad when she refused to cheer for a basketball player accused of raping her. -db San Francisco Chronicle Analysis November 5, 2010 By Bob Egelko If you’re a high school cheerleader, you cheer for the whole team. The stars and the scrubs. The nice guys and

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Presidential order seeks uniformity in handling unclassified information

donal brown November 8, 2010

President Barack Obama ordered government agencies to conduct more open and uniform practices in handling unclassified data subject to exemptions from full exclosure. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press November 5, 2010 By Stephen Miller President Barack Obama released an executive order Thursday calling for a more open and uniform approach to handling unclassified information that is subject to statutory exemptions from full disclosure. Critical of governmental agencies’ current “inefficient, confusing patchwork”

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Oregon: Man settles free speech suit after sheriff agrees to give employees civil rights training

donal brown November 4, 2010

An Oregon man settled a federal suit for $4000. against the Clackamas County  sheriff deputies who arrested him for flipping them off. -db The Oregonian November 2, 2010 By Steve Mayes A man who claimed deputies harassed him after he flipped them off has settled a federal lawsuit against Clackamas County. Robert J. Ekas received $4,000, including $600 for legal costs. Ekas, who lives near Happy Valley, sued the county last year, claiming that deputies

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