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Federal appeals court orders Obama to release names of those seeking presidential pardons

donal brown November 1, 2010

A federal court of appeals ruled that President Barack Obama could not withhold on privacy grounds the names of those seeking clemency. -db Wired October 29, 2010 By David Kravets Ruling in a privacy flap, a federal appeals court says the Obama administration must divulge the names of convicts seeking pardons or commutations of sentences. The Obama administration urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to rule otherwise. The government

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U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge of campaign finance disclosure rules

donal brown November 1, 2010

A day before the elections, the Supreme Court opted not to hear a challenge to a lower court ruling that upheld disclosure requirements for money SpeechNow.org raised and spent. -db Courthouse News Service November 01, 2010 (CN) – The Supreme Court on Monday refused to weigh in on federal campaign finance disclosure rules the day before midterm elections. The high court rejected the appeal of SpeechNow.org, which challenged a D.C. Circuit ruling upholding disclosure requirements

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Federal court bars enforcement of Massachusetts law prohibiting distribution of sexual material to minors

donal brown November 1, 2010

A federal district court has blocked the enforcement of a Massachusetts obscenity law that makes it a crime to disseminate electronic material harmful to minors. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press October 28, 2010 By Rosemary Lane A federal district court in Massachusetts Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction preventing the enforcement of a Massachusetts statute that criminalizes the dissemination of electronic material that is “harmful to minors.” The plaintiffs, including booksellers, publishers,

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U.S. Supreme Court considers free speech limits on marketing violent video games to minors

donal brown November 1, 2010

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge Nov. 2 to a California law that limits sales of violent video games to children in a controversial First Amendment case.  In taking the case, the Court is indicating it may consider new limits to free speech as it applies to children and violence. -db Wall Street Journal November 1, 2010 By Jess Bravin ROCKVILLE, Md.—Videogame designers at ZeniMax Media Inc.’s Bethesda Softworks destroyed a virtual U.S.

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Southern California: Chino school board strives to get in sync with open meeting requirements

donal brown November 1, 2010

The Chino Valley Unified School Board is meeting this week to remedy alleged violations of California’s Brown Act, according to one open government advocate, failing to place on agendas anticipated lawsuits discussed in closed sessions. -db San Jose Mercury News November 1, 2010 By Neil Nisperos CHINO – The Chino Valley Unified School District this week is expected to address an apparent Brown Act violation. Richard McKee, the vice president for Open Government Compliance, said

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