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FOIA: Sample Request Letter
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September 8, 2024
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Why FAC is Urging the Biden Administration to End Assange Prosecution
[…] publisher with violating the Espionage Act, the Trump Administration opened a door that no previous White House was willing to open. The law prohibits the disclosure of government secrets and to date has been used to prosecute people who leak such secrets to the press. But is vaguely worded enough to potentially allow for […]February 8, 2021
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US releases to FAC new legal memo on 2010 killing of Anwar al-Awlaki. Here’s our analysis.
[…] earlier opportunity to target Awlaki. The February 19 memo focuses on the key issues posed by the planned strike: Awlaki’s rights, as a citizen, and limitations on government power (if any) that derive from those rights. The July 10 memo covers that territory too, but is devoted mainly to an analysis of potential constraints […]August 15, 2014
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The Threat to Free Speech is Real. But It Isn’t Coming From Where You Might Think.
[…] a speech by the right-wing extremist Milo Yiannopolous. What the letter demands is a truly extreme remedy under First Amendment law -- the silencing of speech by government before that speech occurs. The letter was signed by highly educated academics at the pinnacles of their respective fields. If any group should have a […]February 13, 2017
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Supreme Court’s much-maligned First Amendment decision will, in fact, expand freedom of speech
[…] announced its decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, rewriting centuries of "common law" on libel and defamation, in order to boost constitutional protection for criticism of government policies and government officials. One of the most important free speech decisions in Supreme Court history, New York Times was heralded by constitutional lawyers and First […]April 5, 2010
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Real agenda cloaked in government buzzwords and bafflegab
[…] deserves better. It doesn’t take a Steinbeck to write clearly and concisely. Transparency is all the rage these days, but it’s little more than a buzzword when government cloaks itself in jargon and bafflegab. Dick Rogers, a veteran newspaperman, was most recently Metro Editor, then ombudsman at the San Francisco Chronicle. He has taught […]April 19, 2011
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ProPublica Staffers Win 2018 FAC Award for “Trump Town” Investigative Series
The First Amendment Coalition is proud to announce the recipient of its 2018 Free Speech & Open Government Award is the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica, selected for its extensive use of public records to increase transparency around political appointees at the highest levels of government. This year’s award goes to ProPublica staffers Derek Kravitz, Al […]November 28, 2018
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Pricing the Public Out of Public Records
[…] To locate and identify records related to a marijuana eradication program, Mendocino County staff estimated it would take 2,139 hours, costing $67,145. For records revealing details of government workers’ use of the disappearing messaging app Signal, it would take an estimated 534 hours, costing almost $16,900. And just to get the county working on […]May 11, 2023
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Now Hiring: FAC Senior Staff Attorney / Legal Director
[…] journalists and others, with a particular focus on those in traditionally underserved communities. FAC’s legal work is focused on enhancing public access to federal, state and local government records and proceedings and protecting the First Amendment rights of free speech and press. We carry this mission out through a range of litigation in state […]October 14, 2021
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New ruling in FAC case opens door to release of state bar records needed for affirmative action research
[…] academic research into the effects of affirmative action policies. The decision, in a lawsuit filed by UCLA Professor Richard Sander and the First Amendment Coalition, an open- government organization, establishes that administrative records of the State Bar, which is an arm of the Judiciary, do not get a free pass from all government-access requirements. […]June 10, 2011
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