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    Can a journalist “plead the fifth” to avoid having to name a confidential source? A federal judge say yes.

    […] to testify about his source. U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland, declining to enforce the subpoena, ruled in November that Ashenfelter could not be compelled to reveal his government sources because doing so would subject him to a risk of criminal prosecution. The fifth amendment defense is not a substitute for a strong federal shield […]

    December 16, 2013

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    Camera-shy, yes. But the Supreme Court also shares the raw data of its most important deliberations.

    The Supreme Court is the branch of government that works hardest to be seen least. By banishing cameras from their courtroom, eschewing probing press interviews, and generally keeping a low  profile (except in their published opinions), the justices strive to preserve the fiction that they take their cues  directly from the text of the […]

    April 25, 2013

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    Bert Robinson, veteran reporter, editor and open government advocate joins FAC Board

    […] FAC Board Member James Chadwick said in nominating Robinson to the board. "More importantly for FAC, I've not met anyone in the industry more committed to open government and the protection of first amendment rights than Bert." As a reporter for the Mercury News Robinson wrote a series of articles detailing little-known closed sessions […]

    January 5, 2013

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    Be part of the FAC for All campaign

    […] pandemic. Journalists under attack. A nationwide cry for social justice and police accountability. This past year’s extraordinary events highlighted like never before the importance of FAC’s work combatting government secrecy and standing up for free speech, a free press and the public’s right to know. With your support, FAC has mobilized to protect these rights — […]

    August 24, 2021

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    Amici Briefs Digest, March 2, 2017

    […] free-speech and media organizations in an amicus brief to the California Supreme Court, arguing that the press and public are entitled to emails or texts relating to government business that are sent by government officials on their personal email accounts or phones. The California Court of Appeal held that such communications are not subject […]

    March 3, 2017

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    After near-death in Supreme Court, will public employee unions change their ways?

    […] as though there had never been an appeal to the Supreme Court). The issue before the Supreme Court was whether the compulsory funding mechanism common to all government unions--those representing teachers, police, firefighters, prosecutors, and more, both at the state and local levels---was unconstitutional. How so? Because, claimed the teachers, requiring workers to pay […]

    March 30, 2016

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    A 1st Amendment Kiss** to the LA Times for coverage of LA schools that empowers parents to hold bureaucrats and politicians accountable

    […] but a First Amendment Kiss is FAC's honorific for those who, by their acts, words, or example, strengthen the claim for freedom of speech, for transparency in government, and for political accountability. Our First Amendment Kiss-Off is reserved for those persons and institutions who, whether out of distrust of citizens or undue deference to […]

    August 27, 2010

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    CPRA First Amendment

    The CPRA and court records

    I have a question regarding the Public Records Act, and how it applies to the courts.I am hoping to get a copy of a certain CA Supreme Court oral argument tape, but am not sure whether this would be exempt from PRA requests.

    June 14, 2009

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    Response times to CPRA requests

    […] these various circs, when is the 10th day? Also, I am requesting all procedures implementing Civil Code Section 56.20(a). Does that mean that these "records" are or must be available for inspection during the time that the office is open for public business, notwithstanding the 10 days compliance under the PRA since these are […]

    June 14, 2009