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Supreme Court decision on Citizens United brings to forefront two views of First Amendment

donal brown February 3, 2010

The Supreme Court’s majority opinion written by Justice Kennedy and the dissent by Justice Stevens shows contrasting views of the First Amendment, one, that untrammeled free speech will eventually produce good results in a democracy, and, two, that free speech must sometimes be regulated to produce the free flow of ideas so essential to a flourishing democractic society. -db The New York Times Analysis February 1, 2010 By Stanley Fish Citizens United v. Federal Election

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Michael Jackson’s dermatologist fights anti-SLAPP to sustain defamation suit against plastic surgeon

donal brown February 3, 2010

Michael Jackson’s dermatologist is fighting an anti-SLAPP motion to keep his lawsuit going against a plastic surgeon he says defamed him for suggesting that he was instrumental in providing the medication that killed the singer. -db The Los Angeles Wave February 2, 2010 By Wire Services A dermatologist who alleges a plastic surgeon defamed him by publicly implying that he had a hand in the late Michael Jackson’s death is rebutting an attempt to have

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Crescent City: Town government bodies may be stretching open meeting laws

donal brown February 3, 2010

A reporter for the Daily Triplicate writes that while “two-by-two” meetings held by the City Council and Harbor Commission are legal since they do not constitute a quorum, the practice may not realize the greatest potential for open government. -db The Daily Triplicate Commentary February 01, 2010 By Kurt Madar Non-public events are being used by our public officials. Del Norte County is a patchwork of governing jurisdictions, and one of the the ways they

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Yuba City: Action by community college trustees provokes dispute over open meeting violation

donal brown February 3, 2010

Some contend that a pay raise for the Yuba Community College district chancellor was made without observing California’s Brown Act. Today’s special meeting to reconsider the raise should remedy the problem. -db Appeal-Democrat February 3, 2010 By Ryan McCarthy A special meeting today for trustees to consider rescinding the pay raise for Nicki Harrington, chancellor of the Yuba Community College District, is not spurred by Tuesday’s protest, the college district spokesman says. “There was a

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Recent ruling shows Hazelwood limiting teacher speech

donal brown February 2, 2010

A January 22 ruling in federal district court in New York shows that Hazelwood can limit teacher’s speech as well as student’s. The court ruled that a teacher could not wear a political campaign button. -db First Amendment Center Commentary January 30, 2010 By David L. Hudson Jr. When First Amendment advocates hear the name Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, they naturally think of student-press rights or, more accurately, a diminution of student-press rights. But

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