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Public TV station turns over material from unaired show

Posted on July 05, 2010
UNC-TV decides not to fight subpoena from state lawmakers because it is public agency and may not fall under North Carolina's reporter shield law.

Wis. high court deadlocks on justice's ethics case

Posted on July 04, 2010
Issuing unprecedented dueling opinions, justices split 3-3 on whether colleague violated judicial code of conduct when he ran potentially misleading and race-baiting campaign ad in 2008.

Nev. high court: Governor's gun-permit records should be released

Posted on July 03, 2010
Justices say lower court judge erred when she refused to release documents concerning improper handling of Jim Gibbons' permit.

Pa. blasphemy law ruled unconstitutional

Posted on July 02, 2010
Federal judge says law requires state employees to use their own religious beliefs to decide whether applications for company names are irreligious.

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5th Circuit won't let Texas principals off hook in candy-cane case

Posted on July 01, 2010
Administrators claimed courts hadn't extended free-speech protection to 'distribution of non-curricular materials' in elementary schools; 'They are wrong,' panel says.

N.C. lawmakers subpoena footage from public TV station

Posted on July 01, 2010
State senator says demand for material from not-yet-aired documentary is comparable to records request, but media-law attorney says move could set worrisome precedent.

Press group wants Fed's bank aid disclosed faster

Posted on July 01, 2010
Congress' financial-regulation overhaul would let Federal Reserve keep some transactions secret for up to two years.

Kagan and the First Amendment: excerpts from hearings

Posted on June 30, 2010
Free-speech issues were discussed several times during nominee's portion of confirmation hearings.

N.M. can't regulate activist groups, 10th Circuit says

Posted on June 30, 2010
Three-judge panel upholds lower court ruling that state's threat to prosecute two nonprofits for not registering as political committees was unconstitutional.

N.C. judge: Blog editor must turn over names of commenters

Posted on June 30, 2010
Former county commissioner Tommy Hester wants to know who wrote allegedly defamatory comments regarding boarding house on property he owns.

Campaign launches with 'extraordinary support'

Posted on June 30, 2010
By Eugenia Harris Hundreds of newspapers, Web sites, including USA Today and Google, feature ads, news stories, op-eds, blog posts.

FCC rejects air time for extremist Senate hopeful

Posted on June 29, 2010
Agency finds Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. isn't 'bona fide' candidate entitled to mandatory access to Missouri's broadcast airwaves.

Justices let Vatican sex-abuse lawsuit move forward

Posted on June 28, 2010
Holy See had asked high court to dismiss case, which claims Vatican bears legal responsibility for molester priests.

7th Circuit: White supremacist can be charged for Web post

Posted on June 28, 2010
Court says whether or not First Amendment protects William White depends upon whether he intended for one of his readers to harm juror.

Republicans challenge Kagan on military at Harvard

Posted on June 28, 2010
Democrats also ask Supreme Court nominee about her article saying hearings should pursue 'substantive inquiry' of potential justices.

High court reaffirms 'soft money' ban

Posted on June 28, 2010
Three justices - Kennedy, Scalia and Thomas - said they would have heard Republican Party's appeal.

High court turns away both sides in tobacco fight

Posted on June 27, 2010
Action prevents Obama administration from seeking industry money to fund national campaign to curb smoking.

Court won't hear appeal of newsletter prosecution

Posted on June 27, 2010
Investment-research publication reported a statement, later denied, about a stock; news organizations say prosecution violates First Amendment.

La. governor vetoes bill to open oil-spill records

Posted on June 27, 2010
In veto letter, Bobby Jindal says legislation would have hurt state's position in future litigation against BP.

N.M. appeals court rules against state GOP in records dispute

Posted on June 27, 2010
Judges find state properly redacted drivers' names, addresses from documents provided in response to records request about illegal immigrants who received driver's licenses.

Christian group can't bar gays and get funding

Posted on June 27, 2010
Court splits 5-4; majority found student legal society's First Amendment rights weren't violated by California college's decision.

Calif. students sue over U.S. flag-clothing flap

Posted on June 26, 2010
Lawsuit claims Morgan Hill school officials violated teens' rights when they were told to remove American flag-themed clothes on Cinco De Mayo.

Ill. police revoke 1st Muslim chaplain's post

Posted on June 25, 2010
State agency cites info revealed during background check as reason for move, but national Muslim advocacy group blames Islamophobia.

House votes for campaign-finance disclosure bill

Posted on June 24, 2010
Republicans blast exemptions that benefit NRA, unions, among others, saying measure would limit free speech of some groups but not others.

Tenn. congressional hopeful denounces proposed mosque

Posted on June 24, 2010
Republican Lou Ann Zelenik says plans to build Islamic worship, community center in Murfreesboro are 'designed to fracture the moral and political foundation of Middle Tennessee.'

Ore. sheriff must release concealed-handgun permits

Posted on June 24, 2010
In case involving newspaper request, state court of appeals upholds ruling that such licenses are public records.

High court rejects ex-Enron CEO's jury-bias claims

Posted on June 23, 2010
Justices rebuff Jeffrey Skilling's argument that he didn't get fair trial in Houston because of harsh publicity, but Court rules prosecutors erred in using honest-services fraud law to convict him.

Federal jury: Philadelphia can't evict Scouts for no-gays rule

Posted on June 23, 2010
Judge says city's anti-discrimination policy is 'principled' and he hopes the two 'honorable institutions' can work something out.

Federal judge sides with YouTube in copyright case

Posted on June 23, 2010
Ruling represents victory for Google, others who feared decision in favor of Viacom would undercut digital copyright law and make it more difficult for people to use Internet to express themselves.

Petition-signers don't have right to keep names secret

Posted on June 23, 2010
High court rules against group that pushed for recall of Washington state gay-rights law.

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