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The Rowan County KY Clerk has no “right” to refuse marriage licenses to gay couples

[…] Kim Davis, the Clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, who, on personal religious grounds, has refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, misconceives her job. As a government functionary, she is an agent of the Rowan County government, vested by law with certain responsibilities, including the stamping and issuance of pieces of paper that […]

September 3, 2015
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Temecula Residents Sue School Board and its President for First Amendment and Brown Act Violations

[…] meeting." "Californians have the right to attend public meetings concerning policies that impact their families, especially their child’s education," said Jonathan Markovitz, Free Expression and Access to Government staff attorney at the ACLU SoCal. "TVUSD Board President Komrosky has consistently violated that right by inappropriately expelling people from school board meetings." The lawsuit asks […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
December 22, 2023
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Sunshine Week: Transparency Critical During Public Health Emergency

A letter from Executive Director David Snyder Dear Friends of the First Amendment, During times of widespread uncertainty, the public needs a clear picture of what our government is doing. Indeed, transparency is much more important in such times, when the government takes on a far greater role in our day-to-day lives. As government […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 16, 2020
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Secret Docket Revealed: FAC Wins Cal Supreme Court Rulings Unsealing Clemency Files

[…] last year of former state Sen. Roderick Wright. Since the Wright records were made public early this year, Newsom has continued to insist that the file materials must remain sealed in their entirety, requiring FAC to continue filing motions to unseal. The recent six orders make clear that the Governor must comply with California […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 16, 2019
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SacBee calls for more transparency in compensation agreements with public employee unions

[…] compensation contracts between municipalities and public employee unions. The editorial cites an article by CFAC's executive director. Here's the SacBee editorial: ----- Editorial: Let public in on government labor deals Published 12:00 am PDT Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Peter Scheer, who heads the California First Amendment Coalition, has a novel idea: End the secrecy […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 2, 2009
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Rating the leading Presidential candidates on First Amendment issues. And the winner is . . .

[…] few weeks, it's worth considering how the leading contenders compare in their commitment to First Amendment rights. All political leaders are champions of free speech and open- government--in a vacuum. The real question is how they would balance those principles against competing interests in decisions involving issues of national security, economic policy and the […]

June 3, 2009
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Public Records Lawsuit Seeks Transparency at San José City Hall

[…] that Mayor Liccardo directed a constituent to contact him on a personal email account to skirt public records laws. "I’m going to delete this email from my government account," Liccardo wrote to the constituent, according to documents obtained and published by San José Spotlight. As San José Spotlight and FAC attorneys tell the court, […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
February 3, 2022
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Obama blasts Afghans for expelling reporter who refused to ID confidential sources. So why the continued pursuit, at home, of NYT reporter James Risen?

To its credit, the Obama administration was quick and forceful in its condemnation of the Afghan government’s expulsion of New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg, who had angered the Karzai government by reporting that high-level Afghan officials were considering bypassing electoral procedures to establish an interim government—in effect, to stage a coup. But the […]
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August 23, 2014
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No more slaps on the wrist: Public Spankings for violators of open-government laws

[…] spanking of children. While few legislators seem to want to follow the San Jose Democrat off this particular cliff, Lieber’s idea does suggest another possible connection between government and spanking. A source of great frustration to advocates of government openness and accountability is the absence of any meaningful enforcement of California’s open government laws. […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 2, 2009
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FAC Seeks to Unseal Gov. Brown’s Request to Pardon Embattled Former State Senator

[…] now pending before the court. Governor Brown asked the state Supreme Court in October to review whether Wright should be pardoned. Under the California Constitution, the governor must get a majority recommendation from the Supreme Court before being able to grant clemency to anyone "twice convicted of a felony," which applies to Wright. As […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 20, 2018