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One judge’s brilliant (and hilarious) rejoinder to lawyers trying to cut off public access to court documents
August 25, 2015
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On Access: The First Amendment Crisis You Probably Haven’t Heard About
January 13, 2020
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NSA may have adhered to legal rules, but legal rules can’t keep up with changes in surveillance technology
November 25, 2013
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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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Ninth Circuit Refuses to Rehear Honking-As-Speech Case
[…] 2018, the federal lawsuit asserts a First Amendment right to freedom of expression through horn use. In February 2021, the district court ruled in favor of the government, finding Section 27001 is a permissible, content-neutral regulation. On appeal before a panel of the Ninth Circuit, Porter’s attorneys argued that the statute is a content-based […]May 23, 2023
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Newspaper finance crisis: Nonprofit model no panacea but may be part of the answer
[…] always be pressures on the newsroom. Warhaver says, "As a day to day matter, no one calls and says you can’t do this story or that story." Government may pose a bigger threat to the independence of nonprofit newspapers. Federal tax law bars nonprofits generally from endorsing political candidates. A Senate bill, introduced March […]June 3, 2009
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First Amendment Coalition and Knock LA motion to unseal search warrant
August 10, 2022
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Maybe summoning the press before Parliament isn’t such a bad idea
[…] country. Maybe we would all benefit from having our news media leaders join the public policy debate over bloated official secrecy and runaway surveillance, and denounce the government’s current campaign to literally lock up the news media’s most precious asset, its sources. Compared with the British approach, the U.S. alternative, I’m afraid, isn’t a […]December 18, 2013
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Lies, bigoted rants and snuff videos: Why defense of free speech often entails defense of seriously unsavory characters.
[…] speech having no social value can't be proscribed without also suppressing speech that does have social value. Even more than we dislike hate speech we fear a government that has the power to decide what speech will be heard and what speech will be silenced. Constitutional safeguards for speech that really matters--political speech, informed […]February 7, 2012
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Leading Constitutional Law Scholar Erwin Chemerinsky Joins FAC Board
[…] look forward to his leadership and vision, as well as his unparalleled knowledge, insight and acumen, as we tackle threats to free speech, a free press and government transparency." Chemerinsky joins a 23-member board composed of working and retired journalists, lawyers, publishers and community leaders. ABOUT FAC The First Amendment Coalition is a nonprofit […]May 7, 2020