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Opinion: First Amendment protects public’s right to record events in public spaces

donal brown May 14, 2012

Even though a compelling argument can be made for the First Amendment right of journalists, activists and just plain regular citizens to make records of breaking news in public venues, the police have made numerous arrests in these incidents lowering the U.S. rank for freedom of the press.  -db From a commentary for MediaShift, May 14, 2012, by Josh Stearns. Full story    

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Vladimir Putin: Russian president sworn in while police attack protesters

donal brown May 8, 2012

Vladimir Putin assumed the presidency once again promising to expand civil rights and freedoms and extend participation in government. But the inaugural was punctuated with police sweeps, hundred of detentions and attacks on citizens wearing white ribbons showing opposition to Putin.-db From The New York Times, May 7, 2012, by Ellen Barry and Sophia Kishkovsky with reporting contributed by Michael Schwirtz and Andrew Kramer. Full story  

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Marine likely to fail in appealing discharge for criticizing Obama

donal brown May 8, 2012

A U.S. Marine who was given an other-than-honorable discharge recently for criticizing President Barack Obama has little legal recourse in his appeal, writes Arthur Bright for the Citizen Media Law Project. The problem is that the Marine wrote in an Armed Forces Tea Party blog, “Screw Obama and I will not follow all orders from him.” -db From a commentary for the Citizen Media Law Project,  May 7, 2012 by Arthur Bright. Full story  

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Opinion: Zero tolerance policies target school children’s innocent expressive conduct

donal brown May 8, 2012

School children across the country are being punished for innocent acts, speech and expressive conduct, that should not be criminalized, writes David L. Hudson Jr. for the First Amendment Center. A 14-year-old in Florida was suspended from school for hugging a female friend and a 9-year-old from North Carolina was suspended for sexual harassment for calling a teacher “cute.” -db From a commentary for the First Amendment Center, May 7, 2012, by David L. Hudson

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