Search

Categories

Total Results

No Record Found

View All Results
DONATE

donal brown

Federal appeals court rules New Mexico can’t make nonprofits register as political committees

donal brown July 1, 2010

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the right of nonprofits to avoid revealing the origins of funds for mailers critical of state legislators. The court said the nonprofits were protected by the First Amendment. -db The New Mexico Independent June 30, 2010 By Trip Jennings A federal appeals court ruled today that the state can’t require two nonprofits to register as “political committees,” upholding the ruling of a federal judge last year, according

Read More »

Supreme Court rejects First Amendment argument in upholding ‘soft money’ ban

donal brown July 1, 2010

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ban on the use of “soft money” in elections. The Republican National Committee had argued that the ban violated First Amendment rights. -db Jurist June 29, 2010 By Hillary Stemple [JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday summarily affirmed [order list, PDF] a lower court’s ruling [JURIST report] in Republican National Committee v. Federal Elections Commission [materials], upholding a ban on the use of

Read More »

Google looks for way to satisfy government and keep its service going in China

donal brown June 29, 2010

After the Chinese government objected to Google’s rerouting users to an uncensored site in Hong Kong, the company struggles to come up with another strategy to continue service in China. -db The Wall Street Journal June 29, 2010 By Amir Efrati and Andrew Batson Google Inc. said it would change how Internet users in China access its search service after the Chinese government objected to its recent strategy of redirecting Chinese users to an uncensored site

Read More »

Government agency using subpoenas to obtain whistle blowers’ e-mails with reporters

donal brown June 29, 2010

The Security and Exchange Commission has subpoenaed documents from two whistle blowers including e-mails with reporters, a move that circumvents their usual policy of not subpoenaing reporters directly. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press June 28, 2010 By Ellen Biltz At least one government agency is using subpoenas to target e-mail between journalists and potential sources by going after the source. Two self-proclaimed fraud convicts recently turned over thousands of documents rather

Read More »

Stockton: Grand Jury finds three college board trustees in violation of California’s open meetings law

donal brown June 29, 2010

The County Grand Jury has recommended that three members of the San Joaquin Delta College Board of Trustees be censured for violating the Brown Act,the state’s open meetings law. -db The Record June 29, 2010 By Jennifer Torres STOCKTON — Three members of the San Joaquin Delta College Board of Trustees should be censured for violating the state’s open-meetings law, the county grand jury recommended in a report released Monday. The trustees — identified in

Read More »