Civil Rights | Free Speech

2010-03-12: Headlines

Online Journal: Shading corruption for the appearance of truth 2010-03-12
... never lost his love for Mother Russia, his family roots in the KBG, or his father's costly penchant for defending free speech in a totalitarian country.
Registan.net: Kazakhstan's Libel Laws 2010-03-12
But the West has a tricky relationship to free speech. In the UK, for example, a bizarre and to American sensibilities oppressive set of libel laws allow ...
Boston Globe: Court case is a fight against suppression of viewpoint 2010-03-12
Driscoll, concerning the clash of state orthodoxies and free speech (“In appeal, lawyer asserts genocide teaching skewed: Says state pressured by Armeni ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer: The queer case of the cartoonist killer 2010-03-12
On one side are those who believe free speech is a fundamental human right. On the other are those who believe that such a right ends as soon as the speech ...
Twin Cities Planet: FREE SPEECH ZONE | Citizen Cope at Varsity Theater 2010-03-12
By Jordan Sandvig, Free Speech Zone In a pop music landscape filled with ego's the size of Kanye West's and costume changes the likes of Lady ...
Los Angeles Times: Brazil's president blasted for comments on Cuba's dissidents and their hunger ... 2010-03-12
"It's one thing to defend democracy, human rights, the right to free speech," said Amorim. "It's another thing to be supporting everything that is dissident ...
Los Angeles Times: Swedish artist has no regrets over prophet drawing, says Islam not off lim ... 2010-03-12
At least three Swedish newspapers reprinted Vilks' drawing Wednesday, citing its news value and the defense of free speech. Associated Press writers Louise ...
Daily Caller: Hail to the chief justice 2010-03-12
The McCain-Feingold Act was one of the worst infringements of free speech since the infamous Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. In very practical term ...
SouthCoastToday.com: LETTER: Something's rotten at the market 2010-03-12
There's a place for political free speech. But this isn't a matter of "free" speech. As a private enterprise, Shaw's and their management must OK all group ...
BusinessWeek: Moody's, S&P Are Job Creators Without a Stimulus: Ann Woolner 2010-03-12
Rating firms have for years claimed a First Amendment shield against such cases, saying that free-speech protections apply to their opinions.
KGMI: Children Turn To Inhaling To Het High 2010-03-12
The Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether constitutional free-speech rights protected anti-gay protests by members of a Kansas church.
UW Badger Herald: An open letter to the UW campus 2010-03-12
The Herald has always seen itself as a bastion of free speech, but we've also tried to serve as an extension of this community and the student body' ...
The Daily Princetonian: ODUS and USG jointly allocate funding 2010-03-12
Dunne said the Projects Board and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students were primarily interested in maintaining students' rights to free speech.
Westport Now: With Linxweiler Off P&Z Agenda, No Signs of Objection 2010-03-12
Moeller and others say it was a matter of free speech. Corwin made no mention tonight of his action on the signs. “He wasn't waving it,” Moeller said ...
Foreign Affairs: The Cartoons That Shook the World 2010-03-12
Seeing this, other voices championed free speech and evoked the threat of an Islamicized Europe. Klausen, a Danish political scientist at Brande ...
WISN Milwaukee: Silent Protest Commences On UWM's Campus 2010-03-12
"We're outside protesting the stripping of our rights to free speech on campus here," said UWM student Azad Safavi. Meanwhile, four students who ...
Wellesley Townsman: Battling bullying in Wellesley 2010-03-12
“Schools have limited jurisdiction for speech that occurs off campus,” Englander said “It's very complicated because there are free speech issues that come ...
The Colorado Statesman: Candidate search draws huge crowd 2010-03-12
... building by law enforcement officers — but it appeared that only one woman, who demanded to have her “free speech” rights respected, was asked to leave.
Rocky Mount Telegram: Muslim fashion conquers Europe 2010-03-12
Designer Melih Kesmen became fed up with the anti-Muslim stereotypes that sprang up over the protests as well as the rioters' attempts to stifle free speech ...
Salt Lake Tribune: Independent panel gets OK, cap on gifts fails 2010-03-12
"Contribution caps failed because of a concern about First Amendment free speech issues," Valentine said, noting that the recent US Supreme Court ruling ...
IPWatchdog.com: The Right of Publicity: A Doctrine Gone Wild? 2010-03-12
One defense that ETrade could raise would be parody since it is common practice – and a strongly protected free speech right – to make fun of people.
Sun Shopper: Congress School District sues to stop public records requests 2010-03-12
... negate the public records law, negate the First Amendment right to free speech and eliminate public participation for fear of being sued," Sitren said.
Undercurrent: Thank God for maimed soldiers 2010-03-12
Where should right of expression and free speech end? Many would argue the line should be drawn when undue harm or suffering is inflicted upon others.
Linex Legal: Swan Turton > Culture Media and Sport Committee Report on Press Standards 2010-03-12
... reputation of the UK in the eyes of Americans in particular as being a place where libel tourists could undermine the USA's commitment to free speech.
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Something WRONG with this picture 2010-03-12
No dissent or free speech allowed. 3. Jordan- Jews cannot own property or become citizens of this primarily “Palestinian” nation. 4.

2010-03-11: Headlines

KGMI: Economists Trim 2011 US Growth Forecast 2010-03-11
The Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether constitutional free-speech rights protected anti-gay protests by members of a Kansas church.
Online Journal: The F Word: Working families still squeezed 2010-03-11
The F Word is a regular commentary by Laura Flanders, the host of GRITtv which broadcasts weekdays on satellite TV (Dish Network Ch. 9415 Free Speech TV) ...
Contra Costa Times: District attorney Cooley disputes claims of bias 2010-03-11
"We will continue to exercise our free speech rights under the First Amendment as we deem necessary." In the internal message to his employees titled "View ...
Huffington Post: Three's a Crowd: Republicans, Democrats and the Catholic Church 2010-03-11
But if bishops and other religious leaders wish to exercise their right to free speech to push a specific political agenda, the Catholic Church should no ...
Twin Cities Planet: City of Lakes Community Land Trust's First Annual Fundraiser, Saturday Night ... 2010-03-11
MORE » The Free Speech Zone offers a space for contributions from readers, without editing by the TC Daily Planet. This is an open forum for articles th ...
New Albany Tribune: BAYLOR: Censor me this, Cappuccino 2010-03-11
... and so he censored the comment, and then, for good measure, he did just what his pen pal Kim Jong Il suggested he do: Shut down free speech.
Twin Cities Planet: Getting the Goods Workshop: Digging In With Twin Cities Indymedia, FOIA ... 2010-03-11
MORE » The Free Speech Zone offers a space for contributions from readers, without editing by the TC Daily Planet. This is an open forum for articles th ...
Telegraph.co.uk: UKIP MEP removed from European Parliament over Ashton insult 2010-03-11
Mr Buzek said he would always defend free speech, but not personal insults against guests to the European Parliament. Mr Farage said he would only apologise ...
Courthouse News Service: Senate Judiciary Debates Justices `Activism' 2010-03-11
The group said the decision by the Federal Election Commission violated its free-speech rights. In one of the most controversial decisions of its term ...
The Olympian: Justice Jim Johnson running for re-election 2010-03-11
North Shore United Church of Christ), free speech (Rickert v. State) and the right of initiative and referendum (Coppernoll et al. v. Reed)."
National Post: Levant says libel suit aims to 'chill' debate 2010-03-11
Free-speech blogger Ezra Levant has accused anti-hate activist Richard Warman of exploiting court processes to publicly "scandalize" him with "wholly ...
The Associated Press: Brazil leader rapped for stance on Cuba dissidents 2010-03-11
"It's one thing to defend democracy, human rights, the right to free speech," said Amorim. "It's another thing to be supporting everything that is dissident ...
MercoPress: Lula da Silva entangled in controversy over Cuban political prisoners 2010-03-11
”It's one thing to defend democracy, human rights, the right to free speech,“ said Amorim. ”It's another thing to be supporting everything that is dissident ...
New York Times: Swedish Artist Says Sketch of Prophet Aimed to Mock All Religions 2010-03-11
The publication led to protests from Muslim countries, and briefly revived a heated debate about religious sensitivities and the limits of free speech.
Red Bluff Daily News: Paula Poundstone coming to Chico 2010-03-11
"The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community. Librarians have stood up to the Patriot Act, sat down with noisy ...
All About Jazz: Apple's Secret Plan to Control the Universe 2010-03-11
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a nonprofit organization that defends free speech, privacy, innovation and consumer rights. Senior staff attorney Fred ...
Techdirt: More Bloggers Suing For Gov't Press Passes 2010-03-11
I agree that perhaps these gov't organizations should have a clear process and clear standards for who gets let in, but I can't see how it's a free speech ...
Aiken Standard: TalkBack for March 11 2010-03-11
Everybody is entitled to free speech and you don't need to listen if you don't like what the message is. I think it is ridiculous that the left-leaning ...
CNET: Net oversight board to consider .xxx domains 2010-03-11
The proposal has been a hot button for years, uniting some conservatives and some free-speech advocates in opposition to it.
WDSU New Orleans: 'Jihad Jane' Indictment Shows Terror's Evolution 2010-03-11
At least three Swedish newspapers published the cartoon Wednesday, arguing that it had news value or was a free-speech symbol. The indictment charges th ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Jack Nordby: Beware idea of judicial retention vote 2010-03-11
That doesn't sound like free speech to me. Corporations aren't people and for one hundred years that was settled law until the Robert's activist court ...
Charleston: State Democrats move to punish voters - Daily Mail 2010-03-11
The First Amendment guarantees the right to free speech, but it does not provide a right to a publicly funded microphone. This is another expansion ...
Advance Titan: Vandals took freedom of speech too far 2010-03-11
As a student newspaper we are all about free speech and the First Amendment, but using that freedom as a mask to do something illegal to spread racist filth ...
3News: Bloggers jailed for satirical donkey video 2010-03-11
... volatile Caucasus region, is often criticised for its heavy-handed treatment of journalists and restrictive laws concerning free speech and the media.
Charleston Post Courier: Protesters coming here 2010-03-11
... the father $5 million but an appeals court overturned the verdict on the basis that the church and its members were exercising their right to free speech.
Arcata Eye: Panhandling ordinance OK'd – March 10, 2010 2010-03-11
Beggars will still be able to exercise free speech, just not within 20 feet of ATMS, store entrances and other locations. KLH | Eye The ordinance will ...
Montgomery Newspapers: Rep. Shapiro among legislators calling for Constitutional amendment to lim ... 2010-03-11
Federal Election Commission, which gives corporations the same right to free speech as individuals and effectively ends restrictions on corporate ...
2TheAdvocate: Wilfong faces ethics charges 2010-03-11
He said his client's free speech rights would be infringed upon if he were required to report. Louisiana Board of Ethics counsel Alesia Ardoin argued before ...
Leagle.com: Supreme Court to hear Snyder case 2010-03-11
The court agreed Monday to consider whether members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas are exercising legally protected free speech when they stage ...
Deseret News: Utah McDonald's drive-thru rapper claims free speech rights trampled 2010-03-11
AMERICAN FORK — An Alpine teen cited for disorderly conduct for rapping his order in a McDonald's drive-through is claiming his actions ...
NorthJersey.com: Kelly: An 'offer of mercy' for Rochelle Park woman, 84, charged in harassment 2010-03-11
... about sinkholes she felt were opening up, about elected officials she said were blocking her right of free speech when she showed up at meetings.
CBS 5: Letterman Extortion Suspect Pleads Guilty 2010-03-11
Halderman's lawyer, who had raised free-speech and other issues in his attempt to portray the producer's behavior as a business deal, said Halderm ...
Jacksonville Daily News: Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' online 2010-03-11
At least three Swedish newspapers published the Muhammad cartoon Wednesday, arguing that it had news value or was a free-speech symbol.
Chicago Tribune: Enhancing democracy with a gag 2010-03-11
As soon as the court decision came down in January, ruling that the corporate spending ban violated free-speech rights, they demanded action to undo th ...
The American Culture: Libel Tourism's Threat to Free Speech 2010-03-11
Remember when the Left was all a twitter (and I don't mean they pontificated in 140 characters or less) about the “chill wind” descending on free speech ...
Pajamas Media: Beck, Krauthammer and the Geert Wilders perplex 2010-03-11
If you agree with Mirengoff – and I do -, it is important to support Wilders in his trial, if only as a supporter of fundamental free speech.
Salt Lake Tribune: Artist: No regrets over Muhammad drawing 2010-03-11
... from Muslim countries and briefly revived a heated debate in the West and the Muslim world about religious sensitivities and the limits of free speech.
Stoney Creek News: Veil finally lifted on IAW 2010-03-11
Free speech is a coveted right in our society. However, free speech can be used as a veil for discourse that teeters on the line of hate, and it seems many ...
Dallas Morning News: Texas education board rejects in-depth study of First Amendment 2010-03-11
Gun rights were given the same importance as free speech rights under the proposal. Curriculum standards adopted by the board will remain in place for ...
Louisville Courier-Journal: Panel would allow some billboards without permits 2010-03-11
“House Bill 536 would seem to be favoring one form of free speech over another,” he said. Transportation Cabinet spokesman Chuck Wolfe said cabinet ...
On Line opinion: White paper should tackle terrorist television 2010-03-11
... standard by which it assesses whether any TV station crosses the line between free speech and raising money or recruits for terrorist groups.
BusinessWeek: It's Time to Stand Up to the Supreme Court 2010-03-11
... In January the US Supreme Court ruled that laws limiting corporate political contributions were a violation of constitutional free speech principles.
MSN Malaysia News: Azerbaijan court rejects 'donkey video' bloggers' appeal 2010-03-11
... about media freedoms in Azerbaijan, an oil-rich mainly Muslim republic on the Caspian Sea that has repeatedly been accused of curbing free speech.
Myrtle Beach Sun News: Health care 'right' costs others 2010-03-11
If we apply ideas behind rights to health care to my rights to speech, , my free speech rights would require government-imposed obligations on others ...
LSU The Reveille: 'Two Kings' on independent ticket 2010-03-11
They announced their candidacy in Free Speech Plaza Tuesday under the slogan “Two Kings for LSU.” Wooldridge said the slogan came from the Tenacious D song ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram: The heavy weight of free speech 2010-03-11
It's also ironic that virulent opponents of homosexuality want to hide behind a Supreme Court precedent that extended free-speech protections to smutty ...

2010-03-10: Headlines

Consortium News: Hard Lessons of the My Lai Massacre 2010-03-10
... conscientious objectors to war and killing raise the decibel level of their warnings, they are shuffled off to obscure “free speech zones.
Contra Costa Times: District attorney disputes claims of bias 2010-03-10
"We will continue to exercise our free speech rights under the First Amendment as we deem necessary." In the internal message to his employees titled "View ...
Firedoglake: Late Night: Phelps and Free Speech 2010-03-10
At issue are rights of free speech versus the right of privacy. Richard Levy, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Kansas told the Topek ...
Straight Goods: Ontario condemns dissent at universities 2010-03-10
... one of the seminal thinkers of Western civilization, is perhaps best known for his fierce defence of free speech as one of the foundations of liberty.
MyNews4: US Supreme Court to consider issue with local ties 2010-03-10
Instead, they will consider the protesters' right to free speech. The American Civil Liberties Union says the First Amendment cannot be applied sporadically ...
Weekly Blitz: J Patrick Bedell, More Blowback? 2010-03-10
They wish to crush free speech, silence all who would disagree with them and control all information reaching the general public just like the world's other ...
Wired News: Veil Lifts on Apple's Secret Plan to Control Universe 2010-03-10
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a nonprofit organization that defends free speech, privacy, innovation and consumer rights. Senior staff attorney Fred ...
Reuters: US weighing China Internet censorship case 2010-03-10
A US free speech group known as the First Amendment Coalition had been urging such a case for years before Google threatened to leave China in January due ...
Los Angeles Times: Chief justice unsettled by Obama's public criticism of Supreme Court 2010-03-10
Obama's speech in January came a week after the court ruled 5-4 that corporations had a free-speech right to spend unlimited sums to elect or defe ...
Jimma Times: In Ethiopia, "Destabilization is the only way to change" 2010-03-10
But according to human rights advocates, free speech campaigners and opposition politicians, beneath the surface is a regime that wields power with impunity ...
Television Week: Supreme Court Won't Hear Case About Ban Stemming From a '60 Minutes' Interview AP 2010-03-10
... Supreme Court declined to hear, David Paul Hammer, who is imprisoned in Terre Haute, Ind., argued that the policy violates his rights of free speech.
Asheville Citizen-Times: Don't treat corporations like the rest of us 2010-03-10
The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations should enjoy free speech because they are “persons.” Yet, unlike persons, they do not have finite life ...
MercatorNet: No choice in Chicago 2010-03-10
When Chicago passed the insidious 'bubble zone' ordinance, politicians not only denied citizens their free speech rights, they robbed women of their right ...
VA Watchdog dot Org: COMMENTARY: STOLEN VALOR IS OFFENSIVE, BUT IS IT A CRIME? 2010-03-10
While widely popular, these prosecutions raise constitutional questions of free speech. From judges to admirals to bank employees, citizens are facing ...
Estes Park Trail-Gazette: Eric Waples talks Supreme Court personalities 2010-03-10
Although there is a valid free speech issue involved, it is not decided on a good case. The court`s decision was more than 100 pages long and "not exciting" ...
SouthCoastToday.com: LETTER: Bill targeting swearing a foolish waste of time 2010-03-10
The officer lost the case in court when the judge ruled that swearing comes under free speech. Yes, I do think swearing in mixed company is not right.
Lew Rockwell: Read This Book! 2010-03-10
... it is not uncommon to find opponents of socialized medicine arguing for the Patriot Act, and supporters of gun control arguing for free speech.
APA: US eases Cuba, Iran, Sudan sanctions to allow Web services 2010-03-10
... to "ensure that individuals in these countries can exercise their universal right to free speech and information to the greatest extent possible.
Wisconsin State Journal: Judge throws out lawsuit from snubbed student group 2010-03-10
Adelman wrote that the loss of the funds interferes with CFACT's free speech rights, but said CFACT likely cannot prove that it was denied funding on ...
Australia-Israel Jewish Affairs Council: Austailisn / Israel & Jewish Affairs Councle 2010-03-10
... standard by which it assesses whether any TV station crosses the line between free speech and raising money or recruits for terrorist groups.
KEZI TV: Ben Bond Prepares for Trial 2010-03-10
... would be enough to constitute the obstruction of a government function and instead may become a matter of Bond exercising his right to free speech.
KTUL: Knocking Out School Violence On YouTube 2010-03-10
Attorney John Eagleton isn't sure if the bill would unduly intrude on free speech. Should posting a fight be considered freedom of speech?
Toronto Sun: The TTC — Open mouth, insert foot: Editorial 2010-03-10
Free speech is the right to state your views without being censored, or worse, by the state. It doesn't give anyone an inalienable right to serve on ...
Diamondback Online: Staff editorial: Adjunct abuse 2010-03-10
But administrators at Towson University took an unfortunate situation and made it worse, creating a double standard for how free speech is treated in ...
Lake County Record-Bee: Alternate Current: What can a lobbyist do for you? 2010-03-10
... rights of citizens according to the recent Supreme Court decision, including the right of free speech, it's fair to ask how will this affect the people?
Financial Times: Internet law 'threatens free speech' 2010-03-10
Plans to force internet providers to block sites carrying pirated music and films "threaten freedom of speech and the open ...
The Malaysian Insider: Book ban decision No. 2 — Shanmuga K. (loyarburok.com) 2010-03-10
In any event, it will be interesting to see how the appellate courts deal with this issue of free speech. LoyarBurok Editorial Note: The writer is one ...
myCentralJersy.com: Edison may restore longer public comment periods at council meetings 2010-03-10
They want to abuse the power of free speech and attack people." Both Tomaro and Mascola noted that since the election in November, when a new mayor ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Court will weigh anti-gay protests at soldier funerals 2010-03-10
The Supreme Court will review a ruling that free speech protects a pastor who turned private funerals into a public protest.
WGAL Lancaster: Slain Soldier's Father Takes Case To Supreme Court 2010-03-10
A York County father's free speech fight is going to the nation's highest court. When Al Snyder found out Monday that the US Supreme Court was going to hear ...
KOMU-TV: Supreme Court Examines Free Speech 2010-03-10
WASHINGTON - This week, the Supreme Court decided to hear a case that could set a new precedent for freedom of speech and privacy laws.

2010-03-09: Headlines

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: APOC to corporations: Get our advice before running campaign ads 2010-03-09
Hill says corporations exercising their new political free speech rights granted by a January US Supreme Court decision should seek an advisory opinion ...
Huffington Post: What Would Diane Do? 2010-03-09
... critic (since the death of Arthur Schlesinger Jr. in 2007) of political correctness, multiculturalism, and campus intolerance for free speech.
Huffington Post: Who Are We? Individuals, Citizens, Journalists or All Three? 2010-03-09
Are we mere individuals, exercising our right to free speech? Or serving in a larger reserve corps of citizen journalists, doing the menial chore ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: The Pokazukha Liberalization 2010-03-09
... of social discontent," with hopes that "allowing a degree of free speech and creating the appearance of responsive government will keep voters happy.
Fog City Journal: Records Sought in FBI Surveillance of Northern California Mosques 2010-03-09
... such spying and surveillance programs, including those that target children and have a potential chilling effect on free speech and religious practices.
Online Journal: The F Word: Challenging 'High Road' Contracting 2010-03-09
The F Word is a regular commentary by Laura Flanders, the host of GRITtv which broadcasts weekdays on satellite TV (Dish Network Ch. 9415 Free Speech TV) ...
Lez Get Real: Meg Whitman's Insidious Spending Inspires Tool for True Democracy 2010-03-09
“We hope the WikiMeg space will serve as a digital laboratory for free speech. It's based on the idea that by harnessing the collective brainpower ...
Telegraph.co.uk: Anti-Israeli student 'activists' don't take risks – they just give smug ... 2010-03-09
Meanwhile the 11 are coasting through life without learning about free speech or brave civil disobedience. Perhaps the the friendly reporters over ...
PR-USA.net: President of Pitzer College Discusses Her Latest Book on Mark Twain 2010-03-09
We advocate for no side, represent no particular ideology and stand solidly in support of free speech, civility and a belief that knowledge is a pricele ...
San Francisco Bay View: Last rites for the USA 2010-03-09
... stating that even limiting these contributions in the first place put restrictions on a corporation's First Amendment rights to free speech.
EuropeNews: International Not-All-Women's Day 2010-03-09
Political freedom (the right to vote, to run for office and to free speech), economic freedom (access to education and paid work), and sexual freedom ...
American Chronicle: MOGGA SPELLS IT OUT TO AID ; Impartial is still the buzz word on everyone's lips 2010-03-09
Free speech? Jimmy Findlay, Lennoxtown, said: "Lafferty must be distraught. Another Oscar ceremony in Hollywood and no award for his acting performances.
USA Today: Column: Stolen valor is offensive, but is it a crime? 2010-03-09
While widely popular, these prosecutions raise constitutional questions of free speech. From judges to admirals to bank employees, citizens are facing ...
Los Angeles Times: Supreme Court to hear case on protests 2010-03-09
Reporting from Washington - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide the outer limits of free-speech protection for protests and to rule ...
Los Angeles Times: Supreme Court to rule on free speech in case of soldier's funeral 2010-03-09
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide on the outer limits of free-speech protection for public protests and to rule on whether a dead soldier's family ...
IT PRO: US allows software exports to spur free speech 2010-03-09
The US is allowing tech firms to export web software to Iran, Sudan and Cuba despite economic sanctions. By John Poirier, Reuters, 9 Mar 2010 at 08:29 U ...
Washington Post: Bankruptcy law doesn't restrict free speech, Supreme Court says 2010-03-09
... bankruptcy to take on more debt is not an unconstitutional restriction on the free-speech rights of lawyers, the Supreme Court decided Monday.
UW Badger Herald: Arrests at UWM lead to litigation after protest 2010-03-09
In a March 5 statement from UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Carlos Santiago, he said the students at the rally crossed the line from free speech and peaceful ...
UW Badger Herald: Peaceful protest necessary, effective form of dialogue 2010-03-09
The right to protest and the right to free speech are freedoms students across the country are proud to have. When a person or organization abuses those ...
Systems: Do You Know Who Your Friends Are? 2010-03-09
"If you are a soldier, you do have rights to free speech," said Boone. "But use common sense when giving your opinions. Because you are a soldier ...
Gulf Daily News: Why we must protect free speech for all 2010-03-09
"Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting ...
GoErie.com: Judge overturns verdict in Erie County free speech case 2010-03-09
... who claimed County Councilman Fiore Leone violated Galena's right to free speech by ejecting him from a council meeting on March 20, 2007.
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier: LETTER: Republicans suddenly become conservative 2010-03-09
It was maverick Republican McCain and Liberal Democrat Feingold who co-authored the campaign finance bill that served to limit our free speech.
Florida Times-Union: Georgia fights release of hiker crime scene photos 2010-03-09
And free-speech advocates say there's a danger of closing off access to government. House Speaker David Ralston told reporters Monday the writer ...
Lebanon Daily News: Heidelberg residents aim to reel in big changes 2010-03-09
Residents, members of CAST included, contended that the supervisors are, "limiting free speech." "We should all have the right to make public comments," ...
Baraboo News Republic: Let's vote to change county politics 2010-03-09
Our inalienable rights are constantly under attack, such as the right to free speech, health care that "we" want — not ObamaCare, right to bear arm ...
KSTP.com: Bias incidents roil University of California 2010-03-09
"They see it as free speech." Free speech is a buzzword on college campuses, which tend to be regarded as "marketplaces of ideas" where students ...
Earthtimes: Hoax on Singapore leader Lee Kuan Yew stirs netizen protests - Feature 2010-03-09
Nair's "abuse of free speech" provided the government "with the best excuse to regulate the internet to prevent such misinformation from spreading," he ...
The Associated Press: Israeli ambassador offers to return to UC Irvine 2010-03-09
The diplomat said he understood the emotional nature of Middle East politics, but said it was also important to observe the decorum of free speech and hear ...
KGBT-TV: Harlingen business quotes Hitler on sign 2010-03-09
And while Hunter strongly believes in free speech, he did not mean to cross the line with veterans. "I'm sorry if I offended any veteran.
CU Columbia Spectator: Bollinger talks global centers, M'ville 2010-03-09
In the course of the evening, the free speech scholar hit on his perennial favorites: globalization and Columbia's place in it, and Manhattanville and ...
RIA Novosti: US Treasury allows export of Internet tools to Iran, Cuba 2010-03-09
... to "ensure that individuals in these countries can exercise their universal right to free speech and information to the greatest extent possible.
TheNewsTribune.com: Council might ban rudeness 2010-03-09
Some citizens have contacted City Hall with concerns, saying it would put unconstitutional limits on free speech. “It is likely to be perceived ...
KOMO News: Ad featuring George W. Bush draws ire, threats 2010-03-09
Still, the businessman called the police, pulled the trucks from the road and is sticking up for what he believes is his right to free speech.
TheNewsTribune.com: Bellingham forum address free speech in public schools 2010-03-09
BELLINGHAM - A public forum on "Free Speech in Public Schools" will be at 7 pm Tuesday, March 16, in Bellingham City Council chambers, 210 Lottie St. Guest ...
LSU The Reveille: Hudson, Borel strive to put students' needs first 2010-03-09
SG presidential candidate J Hudson, center, and VP candidate Dani Borel, right, hand out fliers Monday in Free Speech Alley.
KGMI: Police: Runaway Toyota Prius Reached 90 mph 2010-03-09
The Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether constitutional free-speech rights protected anti-gay protests by members of a Kansas church.
NewsOK.com: A Sterling example of leadership at the OPEA 2010-03-09
Those who have e-mailed and called, Beutler said, are simply exercising their free speech rights. Do those rights also extend to using state computer ...
Tips-Q GLBT News: Phelps protests due high court ruling 2010-03-09
It's easy to defend most free speech against government restriction. It's difficult to defend the appalling signs and sidewalk ravings of Fred Phelps' flock ...
Edmond Sun: Candidate gives faith-based group cold shoulder 2010-03-09
Fifth District candidate James Lankford, R-Edmond, said as a lawyer, Calvey understands that all Americans have the right to free speech and the right ...
Ghana News: Ghana is Going Downhill Under NDC - NPP-USA 2010-03-09
When the Kufuor administration quickly eliminated the Criminal Libel law to pave the way for unfettered free speech, it was the same NDC functionaries th ...
The Dartmouth: In the Lion's Den 2010-03-09
I am not saying that people ought to be limited in their use of free speech by others, but I do think they should restrain their own speech according ...
Annuit Coeptis: An Open Letter from the Israeli Ambassador to UC-Irvine Students 2010-03-09
... return to your campus and meet with those individuals whose views may not agree with mine as long as we respect the decorum of dialogue and free speech.
The Herald-Mail: Library, union officials at odds on bill 2010-03-09
... discretionary revenue to hire one of the most expensive firms in Annapolis to deny librarians the basic right to association and free speech,” Del.
Danbury News Times: Henry Rollins ready to rant in Tarrytown 2010-03-09
... a January performance in Dublin, Rollins joked about everything from Sri Lankan death metal to Vietnamese anti-Americanism to the abuse of free speech.
Augusta Chronicle: 'Hustler' wants crime scene photos of slain hiker 2010-03-09
Free-speech advocates say there's a danger of closing off access to government, and Hustler is considering a legal fight. House Speaker David Ralston told ...
AFP: Anti-gay protestors under Supreme Court scrutiny 2010-03-09
But the award was overturned on appeal, where a court ruled that Westburo protestors were simply exercising their First Amendment right to free speech.
Galveston County: Council to discuss campaign finance donations - Daily News 2010-03-09
“It's limiting free speech.” Phalen's measure would require League City to post campaign finance reports for candidates on its Web site 24 hours after ...
Modern Ghana: Ghana is Going Downhill Under NDC 2010-03-09
When the Kufuor administration quickly eliminated the Criminal Libel law to pave the way for unfettered free speech, it was the same NDC functionaries th ...
Australian Edition: Why The SEC Sued Me – And Why You Should Care - Daily Reckoning 2010-03-09
... against the whistleblowers shown in this story - defamation, investigation, invasion of privacy and so forth - then we surrender public free speech.
Moultrie Observer: 'Subversive' issue 2010-03-09
Authorities in South Carolina have found a new source of income, in another chilling example of how free speech and dissent is being criminalized in Americ ...
The Associated Press: Producer admits to attempted Letterman shakedown 2010-03-09
Halderman's lawyer, who had raised free-speech and other issues in his attempt to portray the producer's behavior as a business deal, said Halderm ...
Times Herald-Record: Sussman, school board members say free speech infringed 2010-03-09
Sussman said there is “a profound lack of accountability” for those officials' denying Hoefer his First Amendment right to free speech.
Daily Cardinal: Allow faculty freedom to speak out 2010-03-09
In a narrow 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court decided that Americans do not have free speech rights to speak out publicly in their official capacity against ...
The Moderate Voice: Supreme Court Takes Up Funeral Protest Case 2010-03-09
Free speech is free speech, even when we find the view totally disgusting. For the most part I come very close to the Black absolutist viewpoint on ...