Douglas Lee columns

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Denial of law license creates First Amendment martyr
By Douglas Lee By pausing to judge Matthew Hale's white-supremacist beliefs, character committee dignified them as worthy of judging.  03.05.99

Have today's students surrendered their rights at schoolhouse gates?
By Douglas Lee Moot Court competitors will examine whether 30-year-old Tinker standard still applies as they debate a thoroughly modern question.  02.25.99

Why we should resist efforts to rein in wild, wild Web
By Douglas Lee As someone who was too young to "experience" the 1960s, I've always been a little jealous of the baby boomers. For a long time, I thought I'd never feel the excitement of social anarchy, political revolution and free love.  02.02.99

True 'trial of the century' should be open to the public
By Douglas Lee It is almost unfathomable to think that critical constitutional issues in the impeachment trial might be played out behind closed doors.  01.21.99

1998 chips away at freedom of the press
By Douglas Lee Media law didn't change, but judges' application of it restricted newsgathering and closed courtrooms.  01.04.99

Crèches and Santa on the courthouse lawn
By Douglas Lee A Nativity scene that includes Santa and Frosty is still an insult to the First Amendment — and to Christianity too.  12.24.98

Future shock: A worst-case courtroom scenario
By Douglas Lee Before we blister our hands high-fiving over the Wisconsin Supreme Court's recent rejection of a rule that would have provided for anonymous juries in all cases, we should remember the proposed rule was so sweeping that it would have denied juror information even to the lawyers trying the case.  12.02.98

It's quick, it's easy, it's a subpoena
By Douglas Lee Today's judges less likely to discourage lawyers who want journalists to disclose their confidential sources.  11.18.98

Criminalizing hate shackles everyone's rights
By Douglas Lee Expanding the reach of hate-crime statutes undoubtedly would outlaw more speech and narrow First Amendment protections even further.  10.30.98

Illinois city officials cast vote for tyranny when crews seize yards signs
By Douglas Lee Every political placard represents not only an expression of support for a candidate but also a reaffirmation of the democratic process.  10.21.98

Digging in the dirt for FOI gold
By Douglas Lee Are there First Amendment victories hidden in the Clinton/Lewinsky mess?  09.28.98

Appeals court sides with secrecy at First Amendment's expense
By Douglas Lee Justices used procedural mechanisms to deny media and public access to Bill Gates' deposition, a result not likely achieved if the issue had been settled on its merits.  09.01.98

FDA's ounce of prevention costs a pound of free speech
By Douglas Lee Agency should change its approach to claims made about food and drugs by encouraging more speech, not less.  08.14.98

Protecting lies ensures that the truth may be told
By Douglas Lee Washington state Supreme Court protects speech and opinions by striking down law barring false political statements.  07.24.98

Sculpting a warped view of the First Amendment
By Douglas Lee Judge's decision to keep art work depicting a fellow judge out of a federal building illustrates a strange, but not uncommon, rationale for limiting rights.  07.02.98

How to SLAPP back
By Douglas Lee Make anti-SLAPP laws strong enough and bullies won't be tempted to quash free speech.  06.19.98

Religious endorsement posing as free speech fools no one
By Douglas Lee When it comes to graduation prayers, courts are asking the kids to decide what's right.  06.02.98

By joining forces with outsiders, media win access to campus crime records
By Douglas Lee A student who commits a violent crime on campus surely waives whatever privacy rights the Buckley Amendment intended to bestow.  05.19.98

Let's hope U.S. v. Cleveland decision was an aberration
By Douglas Lee ... And that Supreme Court's decision not to review lower-court ban on post-trial juror interviews won't encourage further press restrictions.  04.22.98

Information flow dammed at the source
By Douglas Lee Government officials may not trust reporters, but they must trust the public's ability to discern the truth.  04.10.98

Issue of privacy vs. legitimate public interest raises unanswered constitutional questions
By Douglas Lee Moot court competitors take on  03.19.98

Campaign reform must not occur at the First Amendment's expense
By Douglas Lee Campaign reform must not occur at the First Amendment's expense  03.04.98

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