Wired Opinion January 12, 2011 By Erik Malinowski Wired writer Erik Malinowski commends the National Football Leagues new website on the link between football and concussions for including details of progress made in combating brain injuries, helpful links and media stories about the issue but says it falters in its goal to spread the message by not allowing its content on other sites. -db
Courthouse News Service January 13, 2011 By June Williams A Palm Springs man faces federal charges for a profanity-laden message left for Seattle Congressman Jim McDermott to protest McDermott’s opposition to ending tax cuts for the wealthy. The man threatened to kill McDermott and his family. -db
Courthousehouse News Service January 12, 2011 By Chie Akiba A California court will hear some spirited argument in the upcoming defamation trial of Courtney Love for an online message calling a fashion designer an “asswipe nasty lying hosebag thief.” Love’s attorneys will argue that the message was protected opinion and also true in its essence and therefore not libelous. -db
First Amendment Center’s David Hudson hopes that in deciding whether voting by elected officials is a form of free speech, the U.S. Supreme Court does not apply Garcetti v. Ceballos which severely limits employees’ free speech rights. -db First Amendment Center Jandudary 11, 2011 By David L. Hudson Jr. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide in Commission on Ethics of the State of Nevada v. Carrigan whether voting by elected officials is a form of
Courthouse News Service January 11, 2011 By Bridget Freeland The parents of a seventh grader sued two of their daughter’s classmates and their parents for defamation alleging that the parents allowed their children to hack into the girl’s Gmail, pose as the girl and post “vile, sexual and violent” comments including that the girl was pregnant by her brother. -db