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Supreme Court denies student right to wear Confederate flag T-shirt

donal brown October 13, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case of a Kentucky high school student  prevented from wearing a Confederate flag T-shirt to school. A lower court had ruled that the school was justified in the interests of school safety in banning the T-shirt. The student claimed the flag was a part of his southern heritage and the ban violated his free speech rights. -db From the Knoxville News Sentinel, October 12, 2011, by Jamie

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First Amendment: The Gap gears up defense in Kardashian look-alike suit

donal brown October 11, 2011

The Gap is counting on the First Amendment to defend itself against a suit by Kim Kardashian that Old Navy ran an ad that showed an actress resembling Kardashian singing about how much she loved her bargain jeans. Kardashian wants millions for the affront while The Gap which owns Old Navy denies that they misappropriated her image. -db From The Hollywood Reporter, October 10, 2011, by Eriq Gardner. Full story

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Oregon Twitter defamation case may be difficult to prove

donal brown October 11, 2011

In an unprecedented case in Oregon, a doctor is suing a blogger for stating incorrectly on Twitter that the doctor lost his medical license and his right to practice. In fact, the doctor was reprimanded for allegedly touching a female patient inappropriately and required to have a chaperone present when treating female patients. -db From a commentary in the Seattle Weekly, October 11, 2011, by Curtis Cartier. Full story

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Man challenges constitutionality of federal cyberstalking law

donal brown October 11, 2011

A man indicted for threats on Facebook is challenging the federal cyberstalking law on the grounds that the law makes free speech a crime and is vague and overbroad. The Pennsylvania man is charged with making a series of threats on Facebook after he was fired from his job at a theme park. The man made threatened an unidentified kindergarten class, his ex-wife and various local, state and federal law officers. From The Legal Intelligencer,

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Federal government protects whistleblowers

donal brown October 11, 2011

The Office of Special Counsel stepped up to protect two whistleblowers employed by the federal government in a move unprecedented in the previous administration. The two cases concerned health and safety issues, one on providing mine resistant vehicles for the Marines and the other the approval of medical devices. -db From Project on Government Oversight (POGO), October 10 2011, by Nick Schwellenbach. Full story

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