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California Supreme Court to hear First Amendment case on threats to witnesses

donal brown April 1, 2010

The California Supreme Court agreed to hear a First Amendment challenge to a law making it a crime to threaten retaliation against a witness. -db Metropolitan News-Enterprise March 31, 2010 By Kenneth Ofgang The California Supreme Court unanimously agreed yesterday to hear a First Amendment overbreadth challenge to a statute making it a crime to threaten retaliation against a witness. The justices, at their weekly conference in San Francisco, granted review in People v. Lowery

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Yahoo News adds heft to online news operation

donal brown April 1, 2010

Yahoo has opened a bureau in Washington, D.C. and expanded their news staff to increase its original content and, it hopes, its viewers. -db The New York Times March 30, 2010 By Miguel Helft SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo has recruited nearly a dozen journalists from traditional and online media outlets and opened a bureau in Washington to push into original content and increase the popularity of its online news site. The journalists joining Yahoo News,

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Employee free speech: Policeman sues over right to talk with media

donal brown April 1, 2010

A policeman is suing in federal court claiming he was disciplined and forced into early retirement for taking with the media about questionable policies and procedures . -db Courthouse News Service April 1, 2010 By Adam Klasfeld WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (CN) – A police lieutenant claims Suffolk County forced him to retire early after 27 years on the force because he told Newsday about a racist policy in which unlicensed drivers were arrested, rather than

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Father of Marine ordered to pay legal fees of church congregation picketing son’s funeral

donal brown April 1, 2010

After losing a First Amendment case to the Westboro Baptist Church in federal court, the father of a Marine must pay $16,000 in legal fees to the church. -db Courthouse News Service March 30, 2010 (CN) – The father of a Marine whose funeral was picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church must pay the protesters $16,000 in legal fees after the family sued in 2006 for invasion of privacy, the 4th Circuit ruled. Lance Cpl.

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Central Valley: Violations of open meeting law prompt successful recall petition drive

donal brown April 1, 2010

Citizens for Better City Government have collected over 1,000 signatures in the first step to recall three Hughson City Council members. The Civil Grand Jury had found the three in violation of the Brown Act, California’s open meetings law. -db The Turlock Journal March 30, 2010 By Maegan Martens Three months after the Civil Grand Jury found three Hughson City Council members in violation of the Brown Act, the Fair Political Practices Commission Code and

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