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Judge rules no TV for transit police murder trial

donal brown December 3, 2009

To put the lid on excessive publicity, Los Angeles Judge Robert Perry ruled that there would be no TV for the trial of Johannes Mehserle for shooting an unarmed rider January 1 in Oakland, California. -DB San Francisco Chronicle November 3, 2009 By Demian Bulwa LOS ANGELES — Hours after being assigned to preside over the murder trial of former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle, a veteran Los Angeles County judge made his first big decision,

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EFF sues to force government to provide records of spying on social networks

donal brown December 2, 2009

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, working with the UC Berkeley law school, has filed suit against a number of federal agencies who have not responded to Freedom of Information Act requests for information about their surveillance of social networking sites. -DB Electronic Frontier Foundation Press Release December 1, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), working with the Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

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Fifth grader protected by First Amendment in refusing to recite Pledge of Allegiance

donal brown December 2, 2009

An Arkansas fifth grade student thought that the discrimination against gays showed that there was not “liberty and justice for all” so he refused to recite the pledge of allegiance to the flag and stuck to his position through pressure from a teacher and his peers. The school district said under a 1943 Supreme Court decision that the boy was within his rights to stay seated during the pledge. -DB First Amendment Center Opinion November 11,

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Expenditures of Congressional representatives go online

donal brown December 1, 2009

For the first time, the public will be able to examine online House of Representatives records to see what their Congress men and women have been spending with the potential of greatly increasing trust and accountability. -DB Sunlight Foundation Blog November 30, 2009 By John Wonderlich The U.S. House is expected today to release the quarterly Statement of Disbursements online for the first time. Sunlight has long called for electronic disclosure of the accounts of Members

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ACLU argues hiding torture photos weakens democracy

donal brown December 1, 2009

ACLU Blog Manager Suzanne Ito says that in keeping the torture photos secret, the Obama administration is setting a dangerous precedent by preventing public scrutiny of government misconduct and stifling ideas that could make government operations more just and effective. -DB American Civil Liberties Union Opinion December 1, 2009 By Suzanne Ito Yesterday, the Supreme Court sent back to an appeals court in New York our Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for the release

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