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Court Rules LAPD Likely Violated Journalists’ Rights
September 11, 2025
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Court Rules Against Huntington Beach Censorship Scheme
[…] demurrer, which attempted to dismiss the case. "Freedom to read is essential to learning and growth," said David Loy, legal director at the First Amendment Coalition. "The government should not be deciding what library books youth can read." Plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, ACLU Foundation of Northern California, First […]September 9, 2025
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FAC Files Contempt Motion Against LAPD for Assaulting and Detaining More Journalists
August 14, 2025
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FAC Joins Groups Objecting to ICE Arrest and Detention of Journalist Mario Guevara
June 23, 2025
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L.A. Press Club, Media Outlets Sue Los Angeles County for Harm to Journalists
June 18, 2025
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Journalists Sue LAPD to Stop Attacks at Protests
June 16, 2025
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FAC Opposes Newspaper Ban in Fullerton Public Buildings
[…] Foundation points out, "Press freedom means little if people don’t have access to the journalism they want to read. News publishers have come to depend on their newspapers’ availability at government buildings to inform the public. Their readership will suffer if the ban is allowed to stand, and so will the public discourse in Fullerton."May 6, 2025
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FAC Urges L.A. City Council to Reject Ban on Certain Epithets at Council Meetings
[…] City Council urging it to reject a ban on using the "C-word" or "N-word" at city council meetings. FAC writes: "While public officials and private persons are free to express their disagreement with certain speech, the government may not silence speech simply because it finds the speech offensive, degrading, or upsetting to some or many."April 28, 2025
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FAC Defends Fresnoland Reporter Against Subpoena
[…] begin April 10, 2025. Representing Orihuela, FAC sent a letter to the city attorney’s office on April 7, 2025, explaining that California’s reporter shield law prohibits the government from compelling a reporter to testify about any information not contained in a published story. The letter also noted that a reporter’s testimony is not necessary […]April 15, 2025
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How do I know whether a city retaliated against me for criticizing it?
[…] 940 F.3d at 1054 (quoting City of Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451, 461 (1987)). In particular, as the Supreme Court has noted, "the First Amendment prohibits government officials from subjecting an individual to retaliatory actions, including criminal prosecutions, for speaking out." Hartman v. Moore, 547 U.S. 250, 256 (2006). As another court said, […]April 1, 2025