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FAC Litigation Report: update on select current cases

FAC January 17, 2017

FAC has been hard at work in state and federal court, fighting to keep government transparent and our elected leaders accountable.  Here are brief summaries of some recent developments in select FAC cases: Drone Memo Case: FAC in the Ninth Circuit  FAC lawyers were in court again last month in a lawsuit that helped bring once-secret U.S. Department of Justice memos to public light.  The memos, analyzing the legality of killing U.S. citizens with weaponized

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Peter Scheer honored with Cal Press Foundation Award

FAC November 29, 2016

The California Press Foundation honored FAC’s outgoing executive director Peter Scheer of the First Amendment Coalition with its Jack Bates Award on Dec. 1, 2016, at the 139th Annual Cal Press Winter Meeting at the Marines’ Memorial Club and Hotel in San Francisco. Scheer has been the executive director of the First Amendment Coalition since 2004. Before joining FAC, Scheer was editor and publisher of The Recorder, a daily legal newspaper in San Francisco; publisher of

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Journalists Thomas Peele & Caroline Titus named 2016 FAC Award Winners

FAC November 28, 2016

First Amendment Coalition is proud to announce the recipients of the organization’s 2016 Free Speech & Open Government Award. Out of more than two dozen nominees, two contestants will be honored, one representing a mainstream news organization, and the other representing small-scale community journalism. What they share is their diligence in pursuit of access to public records in order to report stories that advance government transparency and  “the people’s right to know.” The winners are journalists Thomas

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David Snyder, Journalist and First Amendment Lawyer, Named to Head FAC

Peter Scheer November 18, 2016

David Snyder, a lawyer and journalist who has worked at the highest levels of both professions, has been selected as the new Executive Director of the First Amendment Coalition. He takes over leadership of the free speech and open-government organization on January 1. Snyder is an attorney in the San Francisco office of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, a global law firm. His practice includes litigation and counseling in the areas of First Amendment rights

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Can the First Amendment Survive President Trump?

Peter Scheer November 18, 2016

BY PETER SCHEER—Freedom of speech is as fragile as it is precious. President-elect Donald Trump likes to talk about a future in which America will be great “again.” Freedom of speech—in particular, the right to criticize government without having to whisper and look over one’s shoulder—is why, frankly, America is great now. Freedom of speech derives from a mere handful of words inscribed on aged parchment  (“Congress shall make no law . . .”) whose

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