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Reporters barred from covering gay rights protest at White House

donal brown April 22, 2010

In a move contrary to the Obama administration’s open government initiative, police drove reporters away from the White House where they were trying to cover a protest over the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. -db Politico April 20, 2010 By Ben Smith Police chased reporters away from the White House and closed Lafayette Park today in response to a gay rights protest in which several service members in full uniform handcuffed themselves to the

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U.S. Supreme Court hearing two free speech cases as preludes to same-sex marriage case

donal brown April 20, 2010

Two cases currently before the Supreme Court will set the First Amendment ground rules for the debate on same-sex marriage. The case heard this week concerns a Christian legal group at a California law school who wants to bar gays from their membership, a prohibition that the school says violates their nondiscrimination policy. Plaintiffs in the other case from Washington State are challenging the open records law to prevent publication of the names of those

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Berkeley symposium on investigative reporting explores problems and promise

donal brown April 20, 2010

The 4th Annual Investigative Reporting Symposium at UC Berkeley hosted panels of journalists and media executives who discussed the perils of  investigative reporting, their struggles with financing  and new ways of collaborating with rivals in diverse types of media that  are already producing results. -db MediaShift April 17, 2010 By Chris O’Brien BERKELEY — I’m settling into a large auditorium at the University of California-Berkeley for the 4th Annual Reva and David Logan Investigative Reporting

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Supreme Court hears arguments in Christian group suit against state university law school

donal brown April 20, 2010

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case pitting a Christian Legal Society barring gay students against the law school that requires campus groups to admit all students regardless of status or beliefs. Much of the sessions dwelled on whether the university nondiscrimination policy applied evenly to all groups and was “viewpoint neutral.” -db The National Law Journal April 20, 2010 By Tony Mauro The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a

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Senate committee approves bill to speed freedom of information requests

donal brown April 19, 2010

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Faster Freedom of Information Act, a law that would establish a commission to study the problem of delays in FOIA requests and recommend changes to speed the process. -db CREW April 15, 2010 By Jeremy Miller Today the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Faster Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and John Cornyn (R-Tx), that would establish an advisory commission to examine

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