If published, the opinion could be relied upon as precedent when similar anti-harassment law cases come before the court.
In a bipartisan vote, a committee of the California Legislature voted down AB 817, keeping in place important public-meeting protections.
Public Justice and the ACLU of Northern California are representing FAC and others in a motion to unseal court records in a high-profile court case.
Texas citizen muckraking journalist Priscilla Villarreal is suing the Laredo police for denying her First Amendment rights. The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled against her, and now Villarreal is hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the case. (Columbia Journalism Review, June 3, 2024, by Cameron Joseph) Villarreal was arrested for asking a routine question of police that they claimed violated a 1973 law intended to stem political corruption making it a
Alarms are sounding over the alliances of U.S. online news sites with Russia and Iran. Before he joined the online Grayzone, an editor received thousands of dollars from Iran. Grayzon’s founder appears on Russian television and accepted a free trip to Moscow to celebrate RT. (The Washington Post, June 2, 2024, by Joseph Menn) Russia is also funding U.S. websites that purport to cover local news – the D.C. Weekly, the New York News Daily