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College students trample free speech zones in celebrating death of Osama bin Laden

donal brown May 2, 2011

College students at Iowa State and Penn State fervently celebrated Osana bin Laden’s death on Sunday night, ignoring their school’s ban on spontaneous demonstrations. In each case, the police made no moves to halt the festivities. Writing for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Adam Kissel questions the constitutionality of the colleges’ free speech zones, “While it is good that Penn State and Iowa State did not employ their policies to shut down last

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Illinois federal judge rules for free speech in refusing to dismiss lawsuit against police officer

donal brown May 2, 2011

An Illinois woman claimed that a police officer made offensive statements to her and gave her two tickets in retaliation for her complaint that the officer failed to act on information she gave to him about her ex-husband who she said drove their child without a car seat and did not have a driver’s license or insurance. She sued the village and the officer on the grounds that her complaint to the police department was

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White House denies threats against San Francisco Chronicle

donal brown May 2, 2011

After the San Francisco Chronicle posted a video of a protest at a San Francisco fundraiser for President Barack Obama last week, the White House claimed that the Chronicle reporter violated the rules for pool reporters who are limited to print. The Chronicle reported that the White House ordered their reporter removed from the pool reporting team and threatened retaliation if the Chronicle reported the ban. The White House denied making any such threats. The

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Guantanamo documents: Lawyers told to avert their eyes

FAC April 28, 2011

When are documents so public that they can be read about in the world’s newspapers, seen on national television and found readily on the Internet considered so sensitive that the Justice Department forbids certain lawyers to see them? Answer: When lawyers for Guantanamo Bay prisoners want access to documents released by WikiLeaks that reveal the military’s assessments of cases against inmates. Are some of the prisoners terrorists and others hapless souls snared along with solid

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Federal judges seek to videotape some civil trials

FAC April 28, 2011

Federal judges in the Northern District of California have asked to join a pilot project that would allow video recordings of civil trials under certain circumstances. The project, approved in September by the U.S. Judicial Council, would permit cameras in the courtroom for later posting on the Internet if the judge and both sides of the case agree. Thirteen of the Northern District’s 18 judges said they would participate, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

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