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Tenn. police mulling plans to enforce anti-gang law

FAC September 8, 2010

Nashville police are trying to protect a relatively new law that allows them to ban gang members from certain areas. September 8, 2010 By The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. —In response to growing concerns that gangs were disrupting the safety and quality of life of Tennessee’s citizens, the state enacted a nuisance law in 2009 that would allow police to file civil suits against gang members. Those suits would ban known gang members from hanging

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Group pinpoints lapses in Obama open government practices

donal brown September 7, 2010

OpenTheGovernment.org says the Obama administration has made some progress in its quest towards becoming the most open government in history but is tarnishing that effort by spending billions on creating and securing classified material. -db NextGov September 9, 2010 By Aliya Sternstein An annual report card on secrecy in the federal government indicates the Obama administration has taken promising steps toward becoming the most open White House ever, while still criticizing the new president for

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Tulare County Supervisors seek legal expenses in open government suit

donal brown September 7, 2010

After a superior court judge ruled that open meeting activist and newspaper interests overreached in suing the Tulare County Board of Supervisors, the supervisors stuck back with a countersuit seeking court costs. The supervisors had been conducting taxpayer financed lunch meetings without public participation. -db The Porterville Reporter September 7, 2010 By Jenna Chandler The Tulare County Board of Supervisors wants to recoup $32,270 it says was “wasted” fighting a petition alleging its members violated

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Law scholars suggest new rules for corporate spending on politics

donal brown September 7, 2010

In a paper in the upcoming edition of the Harvard Law Review, two law school scholars suggest that the freedom granted by the recent Supreme Court decision should carry with it new responsibilities to align their spending on political campaigns with the interests of their stockholders. -db Social Science Research Network September 1, 2010 By Lucian A. Bebchuk and Robert J. Jackson Jr. Abstract: As long as corporations have the freedom to engage in political

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London newspaper hacks private voice mails of royalty and other famous people

donal brown September 7, 2010

Recent lawsuits have revealed that one of Rupert Murdoch’s London newspapers routinely hacked into the private voice mails of members of the royal family and other notable public figures to satisfy the public’s insatiable appetite for gossip. -db The New York Times Magazine September 5, 2010 By Don Van Nattat Jr., Jo Becker, and Graham Bowley IN NOVEMBER 2005, three senior aides to Britain’s royal family noticed odd things happening on their mobile phones. Messages

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