June 14, 2009
Can cities discriminate between political and commercial signs on public property?
Our city claims we can not put political signs in the public right of way unless we have a person…
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June 14, 2009
Can I publish the name of a minor involved in a crime?
We printed the name of a 17-year-old arrested for carjacking. Now the mother is complaining and said we should not…
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June 14, 2009
Can private shopping malls restrict my right to protest?
Our Peace Action group in Hawaii wants to demonstrate against military recruiters located in a private shopping mall. We’d like…
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June 14, 2009
Do ‘disturbing the peace’ laws trump the First Amendment?
Two of about a dozen protesters were arrested for 415 section 2, ‘disturbing the peace’, while peacefully protesting.The incident occurred…
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June 14, 2009
Government facilities available for public use
I have a city council member using city council chambers, on private time, to hold an event for her non-profit…
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June 14, 2009
Right to photograph in public/private forums
We have been told by a small-community postmaster, and a higher-up in a regional office, that we cannot photograph the…
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June 14, 2009
Anonymous Columnists
Does anything in the law compel a newspaper to divulge the identify of a columnist who prefers to remain anonymous?…
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June 14, 2009
Appellate Case Court Records
I made an FOIA request to the appellate court for list of cases (included those unpublished) filed for appeal relating…
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June 14, 2009
Can airing a copyrighted news clip for critiquing constitute “fair use”?
I am one of the producers of a Cable Access TV program and I want to know if we can…
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June 14, 2009
Changing search warrant policy
A criminal superior court has a new search warrant policy where the affiants or other law enforcement officer who is…