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No plan yet to improve public access to information in EPA libraries

donal brown November 11, 2010

The Environmental Protection Agency is still working on a strategic plan to inventory its information and make it easily accessible to the public. -db OMB Watch Analysis November 9, 2010 After more than three years of development, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has yet to complete a strategic plan for its library network or to inventory the network’s holdings, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The Bush administration controversially moved to close several

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Media law expert questions college ban on athletes’ tweets

donal brown November 11, 2010

Public and private universities are increasingly limiting players’ use of social media that one expert says constitutes in most cases illegal prior restraint and a violation of their free speech rights. -db Citizen Media Law Center Commentary November 9, 2010 By Eric P. Robinson An exercise we did Friday at University of Nevada, Reno’s High School Journalism Day raised an interesting legal question: can a public university restrict its students’ use of social networking sites such

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Opinion: Cheerleader withholding cheers not disruptive

donal brown November 11, 2010

First Amendment commentator David Hudson says that in the case of the Texas cheerleader kicked off the team for not cheering for her alleged sexual attacker, it is clear that she was not disruptive in not cheering nor was there any legitimate educational goal achieved by removing her from the squad. -db First Amendment Center Commentary November 11, 2010 By David L. Hudson Jr. Can a silent cheerleader disrupt school activities? Is there a legitimate

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Free speech: Federal appeals court rules finance law too onerous for small groups supporting ballot initiatives

donal brown November 11, 2010

A federal appeals court in Denver ruled that campaign finance reports were too burdensome for small groups raising small amounts of money to contest ballot measures. -db Tri-City Herald November 9, 2010 By P. Solomon Banda DENVER – A federal appellate court ruled Tuesday that requiring small groups who promote ballot initiatives to file campaign finance reports is so burdensome that it’s unconstitutional, dealing the latest blow to open-government advocates. A libertarian legal group, the

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Free speech: United States web site taken down for advocating violence

donal brown November 11, 2010

Google has removed a site, RevolutionMuslim.com, after British authorities complained that the site ran a post that included a list of British lawmakers who voted for the Iraq war and called for Muslims to “raise the knife of Jihad” against them -db The New York Times November 5, 2010 By Ravi Somaiya LONDON — A United States-based extremist Islamic Web site was taken down on Friday after the British authorities complained of a post praising

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