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Ex-theater student urges federal appeals panel to revive suit
Christina Axson-Flynn claims University of Utah violated her Mormon beliefs by forcing her to read script containing profanity.
11.20.02
Journalists go through 'boot camp'
Green-tinged journalists fill plastic sickness bags on one amphibious training exercise with the Navy.
11.20.02
Student tossed off team for online remarks wins partial settlement
Former Pennsylvania high school student claimed his free-speech rights were violated after he posted message critical of teacher, was kicked off volleyball squad.
11.19.02
Keep detainee names secret, government urges panel
Meanwhile, ACLU, other groups criticize ruling upholding broad new government surveillance powers for tracking suspected spies, terrorists.
11.19.02
Attorney's free speech went too far, N.D. high court holds
State Supreme Court reprimands Jonathan Garaas for calling one of its rulings dishonest, branding another lawyer a liar.
11.19.02
Ten Commandments ordered out of Alabama judicial building
Attorney Stephen Melchior says state's chief justice will ask that monument be allowed to stay while federal judge's ruling is appealed.
11.19.02
Supreme Court to re-examine campaign-contribution limits
Justices agree to use North Carolina case to decide whether certain advocacy groups can give to candidates' campaigns.
11.18.02
Open-government advocates leery of homeland security bill
Senate to vote on amendment that would strip measure of language exempting advisory committees from public-disclosure rules.
11.18.02
Utah high court tosses criminal-libel law
Statute had been used to arrest, charge teen for making disparaging comments about school officials, classmates on his personal Web site.
11.18.02
Campaign-finance law won't get Wisconsin high court review
But opponents have challenge pending in federal court.
11.18.02
Pennsylvania Senate passes patriotism bill
Measure would require students in public, private schools to recite Pledge or sing national anthem daily.
11.17.02
Maine Democrats seek laws to restrict negative ads
Meanwhile in South Dakota, a Republican state senator is writing a bill that would limit broadcast ads to no more than 60 days before a primary or general election.
11.16.02
Florida city officials consider ban on 'fighting words'
People making such comments to the Jacksonville City Council could soon be tossed out of meetings by police.
11.16.02
Full appeals court won't hear Mormon church's appeal
Church plans to ask Supreme Court to overturn 10th Circuit panel's ruling protecting free speech on Main Street plaza.
11.15.02
Town officials relent, allow store owner to post 'Geno is God' sign
Connecticut Civil Liberties Union had threatened to sue East Hartford officials over order that Ken Bernacky remove sign.
11.15.02
Campaign-finance law's sponsors to expand challenge to FEC rules
Sen. John McCain criticizes agency's decision to exempt certain charitable, educational and religious organizations from restrictions on political advertising.
11.15.02
Journalist aims to inspire American Indians to pursue newsroom careers
Denny McAuliffe is force behind reznet, an online Indian newspaper at the University of Montana's journalism school in Missoula.
11.15.02
Jewish groups challenge Cincinnati's holiday rules for plaza
Ordinance bans anyone but the city from holding events or erecting displays at downtown's Fountain Square during the holiday season.
11.14.02
Supreme Court debates merits of Megan's laws
'What is irrational or unconstitutional about warning people about categories of people who may be dangerous?' Justice Antonin Scalia asks attorney for two sex offenders.
11.14.02
Government wants manuscript on Chinese nukes kept under wraps
Justice Department lawyer tells federal appeals panel that Danny Stillman's book contains classified data that shouldn't even be shared with his attorney.
11.14.02
Missouri high court upholds law against lewd solicitation
'Lewd solicitation' law led to conviction of 61-year-old man for making sexual comments to 13-year-old girl.
11.14.02
Supreme Court refuses to get involved in Mississippi campaign ads
Justices also turn away dispute over whether workers can be forced to pay for union organizing in other workplaces against their wishes.
11.13.02
Exhibit featuring photos of homeless draws complaints
Wilton, N.H., officials suggest removing pictures from Town Hall; artist who arranged show says she won't halt exhibit.
11.13.02
Lawyer: City to pay fired NYPD officer
Federal judge found earlier that Yvette Walton wouldn't have been fired if she hadn't criticized department following fatal shooting of Amadou Diallo.
11.13.02
High court to consider library Net filtering
Children's Internet Protection Act requires public libraries receiving federal technology funds to install filters on their computers or risk losing aid.
11.12.02
Gun-info privacy case to get Supreme Court hearing
At issue is scope of federal public information law allowing reporters, others to get unclassified government records that officials would not otherwise release.
11.12.02
Cornell must release biotech-research records
Though private universities are exempt from New York's FOI law, state college with which Cornell conducts research is not, court says.
11.12.02
FCC's 'video description' rules axed
Court says agency overstepped its authority in ordering TV networks to provide programming that included a narrator describing on-screen action.
11.12.02
West Virginia University adopts watered-down free-speech rules
But divided Board of Governors eliminates requirement that large groups gather in designated campus protest zones.
11.11.02
News outlets sue University of Minnesota
Process of appointing president violated state open-meetings law, lawsuit alleges.
11.11.02
Supreme Court to examine Megan's Law
Weighing public right to know about convicted sex offenders' whereabouts against released offenders' right to due process.
11.11.02
Federal court may join scrutiny of Wisconsin campaign-finance law
Judge rejects state Elections Board argument that federal court shouldn't consider challenge to law because state high court is already reviewing it.
11.09.02
Film offers different twist on haunted house
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Annette Espinoza.
11.08.02
Louisiana dean named 2003 Freedom Forum Journalism Administrator of the Year
News release Jack Hamilton, head of LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication, wins award recognizing outstanding leadership in advancing journalism education.
11.08.02
Hands-on activities help youngsters learn about science
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Maria Bibbs.
11.08.02
Oral history project chronicles the role of churches in civil rights
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Denyse Clark.
11.08.02
Saturday series highlights Hindu tradition
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Chuanpis Santilukka.
11.08.02
Walkers rally for heart patient's second chance at life
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Romano Cedillos.
11.08.02
Families flock to Fall Festival
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Nancy DeVille.
11.08.02
Pow-wow attracts crowd, promotes culture
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Shawn White Wolf.
11.08.02
Editor: Colorado city drops effort to block newspaper story
Colorado Springs officials had filed lawsuit seeking to stop alternative weekly from publishing article based in part on detective's personnel file.
11.08.02
N.Y. county judge upholds reporter's rights under Shield Law
'The statute was clearly intended to protect the public's right to know,' says Onondaga County Judge Anthony Aloi.
11.08.02
Legal wrangling continues over Maryland escort service's 'black book'
Press had won access, but city of Frederick appealed to higher court to keep contents secret.
11.08.02
Florida protesters sue over arrests at Bush rally
Lawsuit accuses police of letting pro-Bush demonstrators stay but arresting those with signs supporting gay rights, calling for probe into 2000 presidential election.
11.07.02
Political parties enter new era in campaign funding
Partisan groups are forming to take in 'soft money' that national parties are barred from raising under new law.
11.07.02
Utah high court mulls atheist's prayer case
Tom Snyder asks justices to reinstate lawsuit over city council's rejection of prayer addressed to 'Our Mother, who art in heaven.'
11.07.02
Artist shares craft's joys with librarians
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Gwendolyn Young.
11.06.02
Hundreds participate in AIDS walk for 'the greatest purpose'
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Loresha Wilson.
11.06.02
Campaign-finance law takes effect
National political parties have until Jan. 1 to get rid of any soft money left in their accounts after election day; meanwhile, Colorado voters approve contribution limits.
11.06.02
Floridians back open meetings, public records
Amendment on ballot to curtail exemptions to sunshine laws passes easily.
11.06.02
Voter News Service scraps exit-poll plans
Some survey data offered, but news consortium said its computer system was not analyzing information properly.
11.06.02
Massachusetts voters advise axing Clean Elections law
Campaign-finance reform supporters cry foul, saying nonbinding ballot question's wording was skewed.
11.06.02
Government lawyers urge Supreme Court to keep traffic data secret
But attorney for family of woman killed in 1996 accident says it is 'completely unreasonable' for police reports, other information to be withheld.
11.05.02
Proposed law seeks to make environmental protesters pay
Environmental group charges Pennsylvania Senate is 'hijacking our fundamental rights to assemble and exercise freedom of speech.'
11.05.02
Virginia high court won't order new DNA test
Justices reject four newspapers' public-information argument for tests on samples from murderer executed 10 years ago.
11.05.02
Supreme Court to review telemarketing case
Illinois high court 'transformed the First Amendment into a license for unscrupulous fund-raisers to defraud the public,' state attorney general says in filing.
11.04.02
Montana federal judge backs beef-checkoff rules
Decision comes a week after federal judge in Michigan declares similar pork program 'unconstitutional and rotten.'
11.04.02
Malvo hearing closed to public, press
Federal magistrate says public interest in Washington-area sniper cases doesn't outweigh suspect's right to be shielded from scrutiny as a juvenile.
11.04.02
Missouri Supreme Court upholds contribution limits
Even if campaign donations are speech, unsigned opinion says, state constitution does not 'give an absolute right to communicate ideas at all times.'
11.04.02
Kuwait closes Al-Jazeera office
Bureau chief says Kuwaiti officials told him the station was 'not objective.'
11.04.02
S.C. GOP wants state probe of document-shredding charge
State worker declares Department of Juvenile Justice chief ordered records destroyed after Republicans requested copies under open-records law.
11.02.02
Wisconsin candidates differ on open records
Court decisions have weakened what once was one of nation's most open-government laws.
11.02.02
Massachusetts Turnpike firings ruled First Amendment violation
Acting Gov. Jane Swift removed two board members for voting to postpone a toll hike.
11.01.02
Arizona roadside protest ordered removed
State Court of Appeals rules landowner who adorned trailer with toilets and protest signs must take it away, at least for now.
11.01.02
Judge acquits Bush protester, scolds police
Pennsylvania man's disorderly conduct charge dismissed; police 'went a little too far,' judge says.
11.01.02
L.A. city council restricts roaming airport solicitors
Hare Krishnas, other funds-seekers will have to remain behind booths or in other defined zones.
10.31.02
65-foot First Amendment plaque to adorn new Newseum in D.C.
Plans for $400 million structure presented at news conference.
10.31.02
N.M. priest endorses pro-life candidate from pulpit
Politicians 'are walking into my area; I'm not walking into theirs,' says Rev. Terry Brennan.
10.31.02
Judge orders release of Columbine gunmen's juvenile records
Youths who killed 13 spent nearly a year in a 'diversion program' aimed at keeping youthful offenders out of jail.
10.31.02
Racist lawyer seeks to reinstate case
Denied an Illinois law license because of his white supremacist beliefs, Matt Hale says his claim has never been heard.
10.31.02
Newseum design unveiled
News release 'Dramatically new and different' interactive museum of news in D.C. will have three times the exhibit space of the original in Arlington.
10.31.02
Virginia official urges appeals court to revive Net restrictions
State law would allow prosecution of Web-site operators who knowingly allow minors access to sexually explicit material.
10.30.02
Doctors can dispense advice on marijuana, 9th Circuit says
Federal appeals panel finds that physicians have First Amendment right to speak candidly with patients about marijuana without fear of government sanctions.
10.30.02
1-man picket line shouldn't need permit, ACLU says
Police told solo picketer at Louisiana Kmart that he needed parade permit.
10.30.02
Administration's review of Cheney papers a slow go
At issue is release of documents about energy plan drafted by vice president's task force.
10.30.02
Area colleges experience enrollment boomlet
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Maria Bibbs.
10.29.02
Local anchor shares faith, challenges students
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Nancy DeVille.
10.29.02
Fisk diversity plan targets Hispanics
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Denyse Clark.
10.29.02
Professor: Media exaggerate violence
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Loresha Wilson.
10.29.02
Alabama Democrat invokes memory of RFK
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Chuanpis Santilukka.
10.29.02
Candidate challenges Democrats to reclaim RFK legacy
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Shawn White Wolf.
10.29.02
Christians urged to 'think' about death-penalty stance
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Romano Cedillos.
10.29.02
TSU tops scholarship goal
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Gwendolyn Young.
10.29.02
Domestic violence film not big draw
Article by fall 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Annette Espinoza.
10.29.02
School officials can't charge newspaper thousands for records
Judge says New Jersey school district can ask administrative fee for access, but not $6,000 to $8,000.
10.29.02
Gov. Gray Davis letters ordered released
Federal judge unseals documents from fraud and racketeering case in which California governor was implicated.
10.29.02
Pork-checkoff program ruled 'unconstitutional, rotten'
Federal judge orders collections of mandatory fees for ads and promotion stopped.
10.29.02
Idaho high court reverses cop-cusser's conviction
Justices find statement Patrick Sheldon Suiter made in frustration wasn't likely to provoke violence, therefore was protected speech.
10.29.02
Hawaii church gets OK to pursue First Amendment claim
However, federal judge says Hale O Kaula’s zoning challenge won’t be decided based on the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
10.28.02
Demonstrators sue city officials after protest
Anti-Bush protesters in Portland, Ore., condemn use of pepper spray, rubber bullets; in Eugene, police reach out to anti-war groups.
10.28.02
Kentucky college creates board to oversee TV station content
Murray State University administrators set new guidelines for campus cable station after it airs programs that school official calls racist.
10.28.02
Liquor clubs try to topple billboard ad ban
Utah Licensed Beverage Association lawyer says state rules that allow newspaper advertising prevent same ad from going up on billboard.
10.28.02
Oregon high court upholds jobless benefits for fired minister
State justices unanimously reject religious-freedom challenges to unemployment system.
10.27.02
Students told to remove Confederate clothing
Principal in Alabama says purpose was to prevent racial tension; parents angry.
10.26.02
Church, town force shop owner to ditch 'Geno is God' sign
University of Connecticut fan complies with East Hartford order, saying he can't afford $25-per-day fine.
10.26.02
ACLU, other groups seek information about government surveillance
Lawsuit claims Justice Department has provided no data on parts of Patriot Act that have 'obvious and serious implications for individual privacy and the freedom of speech.'
10.25.02
Conservationists sue for records used in new forest regulations
Wildlife group claims Bush administration's draft rules mirror recommendations made by American Forest and Paper Association, other industry groups.
10.25.02
Iraq expels some foreign journalists
CNN coverage of protest angers Baghdad government; AP worries that Pentagon won't allow press with troops.
10.25.02
N.J. town wrong to disallow Jewish ritual enclosure, federal appeals panel finds
Judges reject borough's argument that allowing unobtrusive plastic strips on utility poles constitutes improper government endorsement of religion.
10.25.02
Trial over Alabama Ten Commandments monument ends
Federal judge expects to rule by Nov. 18, believes main issue is 'if government can acknowledge God.'
10.24.02
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