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Water district, in settlement with FAC, agrees to disclose water usage by corporations

[…] of utility customers of local agencies . . ." FAC, in its lawsuit, argued that this exemption is limited to residential customers, while information about corporate customers must be made public. "We’re very pleased that the Desert Water Agency, reversing course, has agreed to disclose information that is so obviously a matter of public […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
October 30, 2014
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Victory for Transparency: CA Supreme Court Rejects Police Union Effort to Gut Landmark Police Transparency Law

In a significant victory for government transparency and accountability, the California Supreme Court today denied a police union’s last-minute effort to undermine the effectiveness of a new, landmark police transparency law, rejecting the union’s effort to make the law (SB 1421) apply only to records created after January 1, 2019. The First Amendment Coalition […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
January 2, 2019
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US media shouldn’t rush to hang Murdoch’s News Corp for the sins of its London tabloids. Let’s wait to see the evidence.

[…] into public demands for a legislative response targeting American media companies. But, while checkbook journalism is deplorable, and though some of its American practitioners might even welcome government intervention to curb it, any legislative solution would be fraught with risks to free speech. The list of News Corp staffers who have resigned, including Les […]
- Press Freedom
July 18, 2011
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To take the sleaze out of judicial elections, ethics rules should bar lawyers who contribute money to judges from practicing before those judges

[…] a necessary byproduct of an elected judiciary. Most probably would prefer to replace elective judgeships with appointed judgeships, as in the federal system. Many judges would support government financing of judicial elections as a way to avoid conflicts-of-interest. Those reforms, although desirable, are not in the cards in most states. Nonetheless, many state supreme […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 3, 2009
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The Tyranny of the Minority: A Post-Charlottesville Theory of the First Amendment

[…] the minority," in which a (vanishingly small) minority viewpoint has not only the protections of the First Amendment behind it, but the full force of the American government at its service So when free-speech advocates such as myself opine that white supremacist Richard Spencer and his supporters are entitled to First Amendment protection against […]
- Free Expression
February 6, 2018
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The Powerful anti-SOPA protests show why corporations, too, need First Amendment rights

[…] be a Ron Paul supporter to appreciate that, for corporations (like Google, Twitter, Facebook and Microsoft), there is nothing more intimidating than being in the cross-hairs of government law enforcement agencies, egged on by pissed-off members of Congress with power over the agencies' budget appropriations. Corporations, no less than individuals, need First Amendment protection […]
- Free Expression
January 20, 2012
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Thanks to AG’s threats to indict press in leak cases, reporters need not rely on 1st Amendment to protect sources. They can take the Fifth.

[…] one is implicitly admitting guilt. In fact, the Fifth amendment does not so much imply guilt as it does a refusal to be of assistance to the government in meeting its burden of proving guilt. Why offer to help a prosecutor who wants to put you in jail? But even if the implication of […]
- Press Freedom
June 2, 2009
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Supreme Court to hold oral argument in FAC case this Wednesday at Boalt Hall. Be there!

[…] Bar is subject to a legal right of public access to its records. The Bar, as a judicial branch entity, is exempt from the California Public Records Act. That much is undisputed. This case addresses whether records of the Bar are nonetheless "public records" under alternative legal theories. One theory is a "common law" […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
October 7, 2013
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San Francisco City Attorney Releases Reams of Records in Response to FAC CPRA Request

In response to multiple California Public Records Act requests from the First Amendment Coalition, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera produced hundreds of pages of emails between Herrera campaign supporters and Herrera's staff or Herrera himself. The City Attorney initially asserted that the records were not subject to disclosure under the CPRA. FAC respectfully […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 8, 2017
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Revisiting Citizens United decision: Not as harmful as feared, and actually provides a 1st Amendment rationale for curbing super PACs

[…] purchase of TV and radio ads or otherwise) by combining one's contribution with those of others is outside the zone of First Amendment protection and subject to government limits. Gorge Soros, on his own, is therefore free to spend millions to benefit President Barak Obama. So is Warren Buffett. However, Soros and Buffett may […]

June 1, 2012