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Federal court rules transit district violated First Amendment in rejecting ad

donal brown August 15, 2011

A federal appeals court ruled that a Pennsylvania transit agency, the Allegheny County Port Authority, violated the free speech rights of a nonprofit group who had sought to run a bus ad to inform ex-cons of their voting rights. The agency rejected the ad on the grounds that it did not accept noncommercial ads, but in fact they had accepted ads from other nonprofit groups. A lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union said, “The

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Animal rights protest near pet store upheld

FAC March 4, 2011

Animal-rights advocates can protest near a pet store, despite a shopping mall’s rules that would have limited access, a state appeals court ruled. The Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles said the California constitution protects nondisruptive political activity at shopping centers. The Westside Pavilion mall in Los Angeles would have prevented Puppies Aren’t Products from protesting near the Barkworks Pup & Stuff store and would have banned protests entirely on busy shopping days,

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Wikileaks doc release expected Sunday 2PM PST; Two websites are already tracking global response

FAC November 27, 2010

Two websites-–OWNI.fr and Wlcentral — are already tracking global speculation and analysis about the Wikileaks release of 2.8 million classified documents expected to happen Sunday at 2PM PST. Hints of the release time came from Der Spiegal one of the newspapers along withThe New York Times, The Guardian (UK), Le Monde (France) and El País (Spain), that has early access to the about to be leaked documents. Der Spiegel  also leaked some details about the

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Mayor Defends Mosque near Ground Zero

FAC August 25, 2010

Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivered an impassioned speech on religious freedom at a Ramadan dinner at Gracie Mansion Tuesday night, declaring there’s “nowhere in the five boroughs of New York City that is off limits to any religion.” August 25, 2010 The Wall Street Journal By Michael Howard Saul Mr. Bloomberg, speaking at an annual Iftar dinner, said he understood the impulse to find an alternative location for the proposed mosque and Islamic cultural center near

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Stolen Valor Act Violates Free Speech, Court Says

FAC August 20, 2010

Non-defamatory lies are protected under the right to free speech, the 9th Circuit, overturning the conviction of a man who lied about having been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. The Courthouse News Service August 20, 2010 By Elizabeth Banicki (CN) -Xavier Alvarez was convicted of violating the Stolen Valor Act for telling fellow members of the Los Angeles-based Three Valley Water District Board of Directors that he had been in the Marines for 25

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