Case Files

The First Amendment Coalition today filed a “friend of court” brief in the United States Supreme Court, urging that court to review and reverse a decision by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals that punished a political candidate for speech that should have been protected under the First Amendment. The West Virginia court imposed the draconian punishment of a two-year suspension on Judge-Elect Stephen O. Callaghan, ruling that a campaign flyer issued by Callaghan,

FAC recently filed a “friend of court” brief in a California Court of Appeal case addressing an issue of critical importance to the public’s ability to obtain records under the California Public Records Act: should a CPRA requester be required to get a court order—an injunction—to prevent the government from destroying records? The clear answer is “no.”  If the CPRA stands for anything, it is the idea that the government has a duty, at an