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Newspaper gets records detailing remote Idaho shootout

FAC September 6, 2010

Public records recently obtained by the Post Register detail a strange incident in which four Idaho State Police officers were left scrambling for safety when they were shot at by an unknown assailant at a remote mining claim. September 6, 2010 By The Associated Press IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — No one was hit by the gunfire and no arrests were made, but the Jan. 14, 2009, incident was shrouded in secrecy until the Idaho Falls

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Federal judge won’t dismiss KKK suit

FAC September 6, 2010

A federal judge in St. Louis has rejected a state request to dismiss the lawsuit filed by a Ku Klux Klan group. September 5, 2010 By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS —Frank Ancona, imperial wizard of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, is seeking to rent a pavilion at the Fort Davidson Historic Site in southeast Missouri. The group filed a lawsuit as it sought to use the site for an April

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Announcing FAC’s “Kiss” and “Kiss-Off” awards

Peter Scheer September 3, 2010

In keeping with the new normal of polarized politics, FAC has launched a new feature that views the world of First Amendment issues as consisting of good guys and bad guys. The good guys, on whom we bestow a “First Amendment Kiss,” are people and institutions who, by their acts, words, or example, strengthen free speech safeguards, public access to government information and decision-making, and the accountability of elected officials.  The bad guys, whom we

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Court revives Chicago’s disorderly conduct law

FAC September 3, 2010

Two peace activists have lost a court battle to declare that Chicago’s disorderly-conduct ordinance is unconstitutional. The Chicago Sun-Times September 3, 2010 By Frank Main Don Goldhamer and Robin Schirmer were arrested in 2006 at the Taste of Chicago after refusing a police order to move into a designated protest zone. They were opposing military recruitment — handing out leaflets and speaking to people near a recruiting booth — when they were arrested for disorderly

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California Assembly gets tough on taping during sessions

FAC September 3, 2010

Is it a matter of “decorum,” or does the California Assembly have other reasons for enforcing a rule that prohibits reporters from using cameras and microphones without permission from the Speaker’s office? Sept. 3, 2010 By Jim Sanders The Sacramento Bee The California Assembly has begun enforcing a dusty rule in which the media can watch lawmakers debate public policy on one condition: Turn off the video cameras and microphones. Sergeants-at-arms, in a broad push

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