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Foundation provides records of secret negotiations for telecom immunity in illegal government surveillance

donal brown November 12, 2009

Using the Freedom of Information Act, the Electronic Frontier Foundation obtained the records of secret negotiations between government agencies and Congress that provided immunity for telecoms cooperating with the government in warrantless surveillance of American citizens. -DB Electronic Frontier Foundation Press Release November 12, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO – Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) posted thousands of pages of records detailing behind-the-scenes negotiations between government agencies and Congress about providing immunity for telecoms involved in

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Federal appeals court keeps Chicago police disciplinary records under wrap

donal brown November 12, 2009

The public will not have access to disciplinary records relating to citizen complaints against police in Chicago as a federal appeals court ruled that since the records were never a part of a court proceeding, the public had no right to access them. The police misconduct case was settled out of court. A journalist and 28 alderman were seeking the records. -DB Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press November 10, 2009 By Kirk Davis

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Federal judge orders Prop. 8 backers to cough up campaign strategy documents without delay

donal brown October 26, 2009

Backers of proposition 8 were hoping to delay turning over campaign records while appealing  a court order to surrender the documents. But a district federal judge ordered them to relinquish the documents so that Prop. 8 opponents could examine them for anti gay bias. -DB San Francisco Chronicle October 26, 2009 Bob Egelko SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge said sponsors of California’s ban on same-sex marriage may not delay in handing over campaign strategy documents

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Glen Beck’s suit claiming unfair use of a trademarked name garners stiff response

donal brown October 1, 2009

Conservative commentator Glen Beck ferreted out the identity of an anonymous person behind a site that satirized Beck’s rhetorical style for the purpose of filing a suit against the man. The man, Isaac Eiland-Hall, claims that site poses no real threat to Beck’s livelihood but that Beck is filing the suit to shut down protected expression that accurately satirizes Beck’s rhetorical style. In an e-mail to FAC Director Peter Scheer posted at the end of this

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Provocative signs at Marine’s funeral ruled protected speech

donal brown September 27, 2009

A federal appeals court ruled that, though repugnant, signs such as “Thank God for dead soldiers” at a Marine’s funeral were constitutionally protected as speech intended to spark public debate. -DB The Baltimore Sun September 25, 2009 By Nicole Fuller A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a fundamentalist Kansas church’s protest outside the funeral of a Westminster Marine killed in Iraq is protected speech and did not violate the privacy of the service member’s

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