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Rush Limbaugh’s rant has been met with hypocrisy on all sides

Peter Scheer March 8, 2012

BY PETER SCHEER—Nothing brings out the hypocrisy of America’s political class like the high-profile blunder of one of its celebrity members. Consider, for example, Rush Limbaugh’s recent Tourette’s episode, in which he defamed a law school student and woman’s activist as a “slut” and “prostitute” because she favors contraceptive coverage in health insurance plans. Democrats in Congress, attacking the conservative talk show host, claim to be outraged, shocked and offended. But, like Claude Rains in

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FAC sues Sacramento Council for emails discussing controversial voting map

Peter Scheer February 8, 2012

The First Amendment Coalition and a Sacramento community group have filed suit against the Sacramento City Council for access to Council emails and other records concerning a  controversial redistricting plan for Council districts that was adopted last summer. The suit, filed Friday by FAC and Eye on Sacramento, a local nonprofit, grows out of the Council’s refusal to disclose certain records requested by the organizations under the California Public Records Act. The withheld records include

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FAC sues Sacramento City Council for emails on redistricting plan

Peter Scheer February 7, 2012

The First Amendment Coalition and a Sacramento community group have filed suit against the Sacramento City Council for access to Council emails and other records concerning a  controversial redistricting plan for Council districts that was adopted last summer. The suit, filed Friday by FAC and Eye on Sacramento, a local nonprofit, grows out of the Council’s refusal to disclose certain records requested by the organizations under the California Public Records Act. The withheld records include

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FAC files amicus brief in US Supreme Court “false speech” case

Peter Scheer February 7, 2012

The First Amendment Coalition has filed an amicus brief in a US Supreme Court case, United States v. Alvarez,  that will test the limits of free speech protection for false speech.  FAC’s brief was written by lawyers Gary Bostwick, Jean-Paul Jassy and Kevin Vick of  LA law firm Bostwick & Jassy, LLP. The Alvarez case concerns a local politician in Southern California who was prosecuted under an obscure federal law, the Stolen Valor Act, which makes

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Lies, bigoted rants and snuff videos: Why defense of free speech often entails defense of seriously unsavory characters.

Peter Scheer February 6, 2012

BY PETER SCHEER—Why is it that the First Amendment Coalition, like other organizations that defend freedom of speech, is so often aligned in support of seriously unsavory characters? Just last week FAC filed an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court in support of a local politician and serial liar (no redundancy intended) who claimed to have served in the Marines (a lie) and to have been awarded the nation’s highest military honor for heroism

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