My Request to Video a CA Parole Hearing Was Denied. What Are My rights?
I’m a TV news writer/producer seeking to cover with a small TV camera a parole hearing. I made a written…
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I’m a TV news writer/producer seeking to cover with a small TV camera a parole hearing. I made a written…
My local council member was involved in a recall against her for beating up her lover and campaign manager, both…
My employer—a Business Improvement District—had a regularly scheduled board meeting that per our contract with the City must be open…
I am working on a story about a man who was released from the local jail on probation and a…
I went to a city council meeting and a woman was being proposed for city office. I condemned her appointment,…
We were peacefully walking by a Scientology event which was held at a hotel in Florida. There were scores of…
I am an elected official in the town where I reside. Recently, at the beginning of a Council meeting, after…
What are the rights of a prison volunteer in California who wishes to write about his or her experience of…
I draw, from my imagination, pornographic scenes that I sometimes distribute to consenting adults. I have been convicted for possessing…
I was recently charged as a “disorderly person” after yelling out of my car window, “get off my lawn you…