Search

Categories

Total Results

No Record Found

View All Results
DONATE

donal brown

Mississippi school stressed over idea of gays at prom

donal brown March 15, 2010

A Mississippi high school could not legally ban a gay couple from the prom so it just cancelled the event altogether. With the help of the ACLU, the student who wanted to invite a girlfriend to the prom is suing the school for violating her First Amendment rights to freedom of expression. -db ACLU Opinion March 11, 2010 By Sam Ritchie In the era of Will & Grace, Portia & Ellen andNeil & John, it’s

Read More »

First Amendment: Federal court allows Nevada to ban brothel ads

donal brown March 15, 2010

A federal appeals court ruled that the state of Nevada could regulate brothel ads under the First Amendment owing to the unique social and legal characteristics of prostitution. -db Courthouse News Service March 10, 2010 By Elizabeth Banicki (CN) – Legal brothels in Nevada cannot publicly advertise under the protection of the First Amendment because prostitution is a “vice” with unique social and legal characteristics that must be regulated by the state, the 9th Circuit

Read More »

Federal court rules against fire chief in First Amendment case

donal brown March 15, 2010

A Massachusetts fire chief found that his comments about the budget and inadequate staffing was, according to a federal court, not protected speech under the First Amendment. The court ruled that he was speaking in his official capacity and not as a private citizen. -db Courthouse News Service March 15, 2010 By Tim Hull (CN) – A Massachusetts fire chief’s comments about staffing and budget issues during a press conference in the wake of a

Read More »

Tulare County: Supervisors challenged in court test on open government compliance

donal brown March 15, 2010

An open government advocate is suing the Tulare County Board of Supervisors to prevent them from holding luncheons with a voting majority present. -db Visalia Times-Delta March 12, 2010 By Valerie Gibbons An open-meeting watchdog has filed a lawsuit against the Tulare County Board of Supervisors in an effort to end supervisors’ practice of sharing meals when a voting majority is present. Richard McKee, from the Southern California city of La Verne, is asking a

Read More »

China set to continue censorship if Google abandons country

donal brown March 15, 2010

With a Google shutdown imminent in China, the government is warning Google’s partners that they must comply with censorship laws as the price of doing business in the country. -db The New York Times March 14, 2010 By Sharon LaFraniere BEIJING — The Chinese authorities have warned major partners of Google’s China-based search engine that they must comply with censorship laws even if Google does not, an industry expert with knowledge of the notice said

Read More »