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    FAC Partners with MuckRock to Expand Reach of Open Records, Meetings Database

    […] in full on FAC’s website, is a compendium of questions submitted over FAC’s free Legal Hotline, followed by answers provided by FAC's attorneys, all first amendment and government access specialists at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP, a global law firm. "FAC’s Asked and Answered database has helped thousands of people with their First Amendment […]

    May 29, 2018

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    FAC Names Suzanne Ito as Communications Director

    […] As the Strategic Communications Director at the ACLU of the District of Columbia, Ito worked closely with attorneys and policy staff on several First Amendment and open- government issues, including opposing harmful amendments to D.C.’s Freedom of Information Act before the D.C. Council and lawsuits over police treatment of protesters and a government agency’s […]

    December 9, 2022

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    FAC Forces Disclosure of More Documents From CA Supreme Court ‘Secret Docket’

    Even more secret records related to former California Gov. Jerry Brown’s request to pardon former state Sen. Rod Wright became public yesterday—the result of an ongoing effort by the First Amendment Coalition (FAC) to shine light on the decades-old California Supreme Court practice of automatically sealing documents related to executive clemency. The once-sealedrecordsreleased yesterday […]

    March 21, 2019

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    CFAC files suit in affirmative action case to defend researcher’s academic freedom and oppose State Bar’s claim that it is above the law of access

    […] implications for higher education. To complete the research, which has been the subject of many scholarly articles and intense academic interest, he needs access to a California government database. So why has the State Bar, which controls the database, denied Sander and his research team access to the records? Because Sander’s subject is affirmative […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Celebrate Sunshine Week in California–Hold Public Officials Accountable for Access to Information

    […] mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.'' And as the framers of Proposition 59 said two centuries later, ``A government that can hide what it does will never be accountable to the public it is supposed to serve.'' Those remain words to live by. Karl Olson, […]

    June 2, 2009

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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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    The Legal Hotline gives users quick, free access to FAC’s lawyers for questions about access to public records and your right to attend government meetings in California; access to court documents and proceedings in California and federal courts; and First Amendment protections for freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

    June 12, 2024

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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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    Are journalists who use leaked records engaging in the “fencing” of stolen property?

    Some government officials have been pushing the theory that journalists who write stories based on leaked classified documents---think Glenn Greenwald, for example---are engaging in the "fencing" of stolen property. Mike Rogers, the Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee, made this point yesterday when questioning FBI Director James Comey at a congressional hearing. Rogers […]

    February 4, 2014