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Supreme Court decision on access to jury selection already derails one federal trial

donal brown January 25, 2010

One day after the Supreme court ruled that the public must be allowed into court during jury selection, a federal judge in Dallas declared a mistrial in a case because the jury was selected in a closed session. -DB Politico January 20, 2010 By Josh Gerstein The Supreme Court gets results. Just yesterday morning, the justices issued a 7-2 decision that I described as “an unflinching opinion” insisting that the public must be permitted to

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Government worker fired for expressing political views loses round in court

donal brown January 21, 2010

An analyst working for the Library of Congress lost a first round in court when the judge refused to issue an order restoring the man to his job. The judge said however that his case was well-founded and that he was likely to prevail. -DB Politico January 20, 2010 A Congressional Research Service analyst who was fired from his job after writing articles critical of the Obama Administration’s plans to continue with military trials for

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Secretary of State makes major address declaring internet freedom a basic human right

donal brown January 21, 2010

Hillary Clinton warned that a new information curtain is descending across the world, electronic barriers comprised of censorship and surveillance. -DB Wired Commentary January 21, 2010 By Nathan Hodge It was almost too easy. In a major speech today on net freedom, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reached back to Winston Churchill — and to Ronald Reagan — in arguing for a future in which access to networks and information is a basic human right.

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Arizona: Federal district judge rules out public financing in elections to achieve equitable spending

donal brown January 21, 2010

Political candidates in Arizona will no longer be able to count on a government subsidy if they fall behind in campaign donations. A federal judge ruled that the system violated the free speech rights of privately funded candidates. -DB First Amendment Center January 20, 2010 By Paul Davenport PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s system of providing extra campaign cash to publicly funded candidates who are outspent by privately funded opponents or targeted by independent groups was declared

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Supreme Court finds key part of campaign finance law unconstitutional

donal brown January 21, 2010

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the McCain-Feingold finance law violated the free speech rights of corporations to spend as much as they wished to back or oppose political candidates. -DB Courthouse News Service January 21, 2010 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court today killed a central part of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law and ruled that corporations may spend as much as they wish to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress.

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