2576 ABA Journal First Amendment articles.
The federal clerk’s office for the Southern District of Florida did not post key documents to its Web site in a case involving Miami attorney Louis Robles.
First Amendment advocates…
May 30, 2007 2:05 PM CDT
On this day in 1973, charges against Daniel Ellsberg in the Pentagon Papers case were dismissed, due to government misconduct. (The administration of President Richard M. Nixon was implicated in…
May 11, 2007 11:00 AM CDT
A federal appeals court has rebuffed a Las Vegas lawyer who said he should not have to pay Social Security taxes because of his Mormon religion.
Jonathan Hansen told the…
May 8, 2007 3:03 PM CDT
To Anthony Ciolli, not censoring the AutoAdmit Web site he worked on was a First Amendment issue, even though he reportedly admitted that sexist, racist and just plain rude comments…
May 4, 2007 12:19 AM CDT
A former environmental rights radical is awaiting trial in San Diego for explaining in a speech how to make an incendiary device.
Rod Coronado maintains he had a First Amendment…
May 3, 2007 1:15 PM CDT
D.C. Circuit ruling turns on an ethics committee confidentiality rule; congressman could be out more than $500,000.
May 2, 2007 1:35 PM CDT
A Woodburn, Ind., high school teacher who advised a student newspaper that ran a column advocating tolerance for gays will get to keep her job.
The teacher, Amy Sorrell, will…
Apr 27, 2007 6:57 PM CDT
The assignment: “Write whatever comes to your mind. Do not judge or censor what you are writing.” The result: An ‘A’ student is arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
His…
Apr 27, 2007 5:26 PM CDT
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is challenging Las Vegas’ latest ordinances barring panhandling and solicitation at a pedestrian mall, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
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The California Supreme Court ruled (PDF) today that a defendant’s right to free speech would not be infringed by a narrowly tailored injunction barring her from repeating statements…
Apr 26, 2007 7:37 PM CDT
In oral arguments yesterday, Solicitor General Paul D. Clement ran into trouble as he argued against an exception to a ban on some issue ads by unions and businesses in…
Apr 26, 2007 1:47 PM CDT
Several justices showed little enthusiasm today for a federal law that restricts TV ads by unions and businesses in the weeks before an election, SCOTUSblog reports.
The appeal…
Apr 25, 2007 7:52 PM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court today hears a challenge to a federal law that restricts TV ads by unions and businesses in the weeks before an election.
The Justice Department has two weeks to decide whether to appeal or change its handling of an espionage case after a judge’s refusal to bar references to classified information.
Prosecutors…
Apr 20, 2007 3:55 PM CDT
A federal judge in Chicago has sided with a suburban school that banned anti-gay T-shirts.
A student wanted to wear a shirt that read “Be Happy, Not Gay” as part…
Apr 18, 2007 3:47 PM CDT
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