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Supreme Court decision on Citizens United brings to forefront two views of First Amendment

donal brown February 3, 2010

The Supreme Court’s majority opinion written by Justice Kennedy and the dissent by Justice Stevens shows contrasting views of the First Amendment, one, that untrammeled free speech will eventually produce good results in a democracy, and, two, that free speech must sometimes be regulated to produce the free flow of ideas so essential to a flourishing democractic society. -db The New York Times Analysis February 1, 2010 By Stanley Fish Citizens United v. Federal Election

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Michael Jackson’s dermatologist fights anti-SLAPP to sustain defamation suit against plastic surgeon

donal brown February 3, 2010

Michael Jackson’s dermatologist is fighting an anti-SLAPP motion to keep his lawsuit going against a plastic surgeon he says defamed him for suggesting that he was instrumental in providing the medication that killed the singer. -db The Los Angeles Wave February 2, 2010 By Wire Services A dermatologist who alleges a plastic surgeon defamed him by publicly implying that he had a hand in the late Michael Jackson’s death is rebutting an attempt to have

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Recent ruling shows Hazelwood limiting teacher speech

donal brown February 2, 2010

A January 22 ruling in federal district court in New York shows that Hazelwood can limit teacher’s speech as well as student’s. The court ruled that a teacher could not wear a political campaign button. -db First Amendment Center Commentary January 30, 2010 By David L. Hudson Jr. When First Amendment advocates hear the name Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, they naturally think of student-press rights or, more accurately, a diminution of student-press rights. But

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Best-selling author wins libel case

donal brown February 2, 2010

A federal judge in Oklahoma dismissed libel claims against author John Grisham and other writers who wrote books about the wrongful convictions of two men in a 1982 rape and murder of a cocktail waitress. The judge said the books were protected speech. -db Courthouse News Service February 2, 2010 By Annie Youderian (CN) – Three public officials from Oklahoma lost their bid to revive a libel lawsuit against best-selling author John Grisham and other

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Some say ‘Citizens United’ opinion may lead to ban on judicial elections

donal brown February 2, 2010

With a flood of money expected in judicial elections after the Supreme Court decision unleashing corporate money in political campaigns, some reformers are suggesting that the public will react adversely to that trend and abolish judicial elections. -db The National Law Journal February 01, 2010 By Tony Mauro For years now, judicial reform groups have more or less resigned themselves to the reality that the public likes to elect its state judges and will fight

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