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Effort to end anonymous holds on pending laws blocked in Senate

donal brown May 17, 2010

A Republican senator successfully ended efforts in the U.S. Senate to pass a law eliminating “secret holds” that allow Senators to anonymously block legislation or nominations. -db Secrecy News May 17th, 2010 By Steven Aftergood A long-term, bipartisan effort to eliminate the Senate custom of using “secret holds” to anonymously block pending legislation or nominations was scuttled just as it was on the verge of approval last Thursday after Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) attempted to

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Tracy, California: Journalists seek access to records in child murder case

donal brown May 17, 2010

The Associated Press, Stockton Record and the Bay Area News Group filed a motion to lift the gag order and unseal court records in the Sandra Cantu murder case. -db Tracy Press May 12, 2010 By TP staff Three news companies today filed a motion to lift the gag order and unseal court records in the Sandra Cantu murder case. The Associated Press, The Record in Stockton, and the Bay Area News Group filed a

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Anti-SLAPP challenge on Chevron pollution lawsuit only partially validated

donal brown May 17, 2010

A federal judge dismissed most of Chevron’s claim of malicious prosecution against an attorney representing Ecuadorians in an environmental pollution lawsuit, but found merit in Chevron’s position on one of the Ecudorians’ claims. -db Courthouse News Service May 17, 2010 SAN FRANCISO (CN) – A federal judge tossed the bulk of Chevron’s malicious prosecution claims against a Massachusetts attorney who represented Ecuadorians in an environmental pollution lawsuit. The only claim to survive accuses the lawyer

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Kagan stand on First Amendment in question

donal brown May 15, 2010

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan favors a strong examination of the government’s reasons for restricting free speech rather than placing all attention on the effect of the restriction. -db CNS News May 12, 2010 By Matt Cover (CNSNews.com) – Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan said the high court should be focused on ferreting out improper governmental motives when deciding First Amendment cases, arguing that the government’s reasons for restricting free speech were what mattered most and

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Newspapers appeal ban on four reporters covering Guantanamo military trials

donal brown May 15, 2010

Newspapers appealed the Pentagon order that banned four journalists from covering trials of suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay. The newspapers claimed that it was wrong to apply the sanction when contrary to Pentagon guidelines the journalists printed the name of a witness. The newspapers said the identity of the witness was made public years ago and his name put on the internet. -db Miami Herald May 13, 2010 By Frances Robles Arguing that a Pentagon

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