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R.I. officials launch counterattack on watchdog group
Political appointees ask Ethics Commission to employ unused 1998 law to fine Operation Clean Government for what they call 'frivolous' personal attack.
07.03.02
Jury finds ex-Florida Senate president guilty of violating sunshine law
W.D. Childers faces up to 60 days in jail, $500 fine for discussing public business privately with other county commissioners.
07.03.02
Texas Tech ordered to reinstate student expelled for newspaper column
Sandeep Rao, who was punished for penning piece describing autopsy, had asked judge to grant temporary restraining order.
07.02.02
R.I. diocese must turn over evidence of alleged sex abuse
Superior Court judge says claim that such information is protected under 'clergy-penitent' privilege is wrong.
07.02.02
N.Y. judicial candidates can use 'law and order' label
State high court says Elizabeth Shanley didn't violate ethics rules by using phrase in campaign literature.
07.02.02
Kentucky journalists trying to avoid paying fine in newspaper name flap
Meanwhile, staffers' attorney files counterclaim, arguing that former water board chairman acquired name for sole purpose of harassing, intimidating them.
07.02.02
Child-protection hearings now open to public in Minnesota
State high court ruling takes effect today allowing public access to proceedings, case files in all state's 87 counties.
07.01.02
Legionnaire sues Kentucky town over handbill ban
ACLU is representing Leonard F. Jobe, who wants to promote bingo at American Legion hall by leaving fliers on parked cars.
07.01.02
California Senate OKs amendment to bolster access to records, meetings
Measure to add open-government protection to state constitution now heads to Assembly.
07.01.02
Appeals court hears case of student disciplined over Pledge of Allegiance
Alabama high school senior was spanked, reprimanded after he stood silently with his fist raised rather than recite oath.
07.01.02
Trust, support help ensure interns have a positive experience
'I mentor because a lot of people believed in me when I was going into a newsroom on my first internship,' says former Chips Quinn Scholar Manny Lopez.
07.01.02
Convicted child killer's husband sues to keep crime-scene video under wraps
Russell Yates argues releasing tape showing images of his dead children would violate his right to privacy.
06.30.02
Appeals court sides with Stamford in billboard dispute
Constitution does not give advertisers the right to erect giant billboards along interstate highway, federal court holds.
06.30.02
Mentors 'catch journalists before they fall'
Kristen Go, former Chips Quinn Scholar, writes: 'I, like many others, have thought of quitting journalism. What's made a difference is having someone to turn to.'
06.30.02
Nevada law punishing false complaints against cops voided
Federal judge finds statute unconstitutionally restricts freedom of speech.
06.29.02
Chips Quinn alumni give back to the program by mentoring new interns
Managing editor at Binghamton newspaper says having a mentor work with an intern 'was like having another editor added to our metro desk.'
06.29.02
Appeals court upholds Columbine's ban on religious tiles
10th Circuit overturns federal judge's ruling requiring high school to hang memorial tiles painted by families of two slain students.
06.28.02
University disciplinary records ruled private
6th Circuit panel blocks newspaper's bid to view documents, saying students' right to privacy outweighs public's right of access to information.
06.28.02
High court blocks open detention hearings for terrorism suspects
Justices grant Bush administration request for stay of federal judge's ruling that found it unconstitutional to impose blanket policy closing all such hearings.
06.28.02
Pledge of Allegiance ruling put on hold
Author of controversial opinion stays decision, preventing it from taking effect until 9th Circuit decides how to respond to calls for rehearing.
06.28.02
S.C. governor signs bill allowing student-led prayer
Under law, school boards will be able to adopt policies permitting student-led messages — including prayers — at school-sponsored events.
06.28.02
Supreme Court backs school vouchers
Justices rule 5-4 that Constitution allows public money to underwrite tuition at religious schools as long as parents have choice among sectarian, secular schools.
06.27.02
Pledge of Allegiance history
1892 wording: 'I pledge allegiance to my flag and to the Republic for which it stands: one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.'
06.27.02
High court nixes limits on judicial candidates' speech
Justices say Minnesota's rules, while well-intended, impose an unconstitutional gag order.
06.27.02
Federal appeals panel's Pledge decision draws fiery criticism
Many predict ruling that takes issue with phrase 'one nation under God' either will be reversed by full 9th Circuit or overturned by Supreme Court.
06.27.02
Campaign-finance law sponsors to challenge FEC rules
Strategy targeting regulators' plan to enforce soft-money ban comes as Republican Party seeks details on its rivals' fund raising, ads as part of its bid to overturn new law.
06.26.02
SPJ offers diverse-sourcing resource for reporters
Online database helps journalists find minority voices as news sources on a wide range of story topics.
06.26.02
Federal judge amends decision on Michigan sex-offender list
New order allows state officials to register, track convicted offenders as long as they don't make the information public.
06.26.02
Federal appeals panel revives Suzuki's suit against Consumer Reports
Judges rule 2-1 that jury should decide whether magazine's publisher rigged testing of Samurai before labeling vehicle 'not acceptable.'
06.26.02
ACLU backs abortion protester cited for graphic poster
Group files brief with 6th Circuit, saying lower court decision dismissing Ohio preacher's lawsuit 'allows the censorship of the mob enforced at the hands of the police.'
06.25.02
News organizations sue for access to Minnesota Twins documents
Lawsuit seeks confidential records relating to Major League Baseball's efforts to eliminate team.
06.25.02
FBI monitoring library records in terror probe
Library officials say government investigators are visiting branches nationwide and checking reading records of people they suspect of having ties to terrorists.
06.25.02
State high court upholds ban on campaign contributions from casinos
Split decision overturns lower court ruling that Louisiana law violates companies' free-speech rights.
06.24.02
Another Tennessee county ordered to remove commandments display
Judge says it was difficult 'to reach any conclusion other than that the sole purpose of erecting the challenged display was for the advancement of a religious purpose.'
06.24.02
Justice Department asks high court to keep immigration hearings closed
Government seeks intervention from justices after failing to persuade federal appeals court to stay judge's ruling.
06.24.02
Supreme Court justice: Judges, reporters share same goals
Stephen Breyer tells gathering of U.S., international judges and journalists that they are like siblings who fight but still need each other.
06.24.02
Beef Board can't force producers to fund generic ads
Federal judge orders halt to collections for checkoff program, which requires ranchers to pay a $1 per-head fee on cattle sold in the U.S. for beef promotion, research.
06.24.02
Florida student sues after being left out of yearbook
Teen's photo wasn't taken after she opted not to comply with administrators' demand that she wear 'scoop neck drape' as did other girls.
06.23.02
Seattle man tones down Web site rather than risk more jail time
Paul Trummel, 68, who has already spent 111 days in jail over dispute, says he will continue to fight for his First Amendment rights in court.
06.22.02
Alaska governor vetoes issue-ads bill
Measure would have created loophole for groups to influence elections without following campaign-finance laws, says Gov. Tony Knowles.
06.22.02
Anti-censorship advocate locks horns with anti-pornography filterers
Meet Bennett Haselton, Internet activist: founder of Peacefire, hero to Web-savvy kids, villain to filtering proponents.
06.22.02
Press advocates applaud high court ruling in student-privacy case
Reporters Committee says journalists' newsgathering ability would have been limited if Supreme Court had allowed university to be sued for divulging student information.
06.21.02
Area 51 workers, newspaper seek release of data about secret air base
Plaintiffs’ lawyers argue before federal appeals panel that government is abusing secrecy powers to prevent disclosure of embarrassing information.
06.21.02
Supreme Court rules against claim of government stonewalling
Justices hold that widow failed to prove her access to the courts was denied when officials withheld information about her husband, a Guatemalan leftist rebel.
06.21.02
Government to appeal ruling on library Net filtering to high court
Bush administration wants justices to revive Children's Internet Protection Act, which lower court struck down last month.
06.21.02
Photographer's shots of nude teens ruled not pornographic
Federal appeals court quotes D.H. Lawrence in finding that pictures of girls did not represent any 'insult ... to sex, [or] to the human spirit.'
06.21.02
FEC OKs narrow test for soft-money ban
Critics say rule opens major loophole, but commissioner says he proposed such a strict litmus test to protect free-speech rights.
06.20.02
Media board considers firing campus newspaper editor over parody issue
Critics contend that under Fitz Vo's leadership, California Aggie's annual spoof went too far.
06.20.02
Judge: Kentucky newspaper can use its name
Meanwhile, journalists await ruling on contempt charges for continuing to publish under the banner 'Mountain Citizen' despite earlier order.
06.20.02
Reporter doesn't have to reveal sources, Minnesota appeals court rules
Former football coach wanted court to force journalist to name sources for article about school district's decision not to retain him.
06.20.02
Ohio judge gets go-ahead to rehang commandments poster
Meanwhile, ministers urge county school board to appeal order to remove stone tablets from public schools.
06.20.02
Florida college, students settle free-speech suit
Agreement allows any person to distribute literature anywhere on Miami-Dade Community College's campus without school's permission.
06.19.02
Official concedes state abstinence program may have funded religion
But coordinator of Louisiana program says groups that promote religion no longer receive state funds, so there is no need for court order barring such spending.
06.19.02
Arizona court rejects biggest source for public campaign funds
Appeals panel finds surcharge on traffic tickets, criminal fines 'imposes an unconstitutional restraint on the exercise of free speech.'
06.19.02
Texas newspaper decries university regents' closed-door meeting
Wichita Falls' Times Record News sues; editor calls Midwestern State officials' four-hour session flagrant violation of open-meetings law.
06.19.02
2 California newspapers challenge gag order on Earth First! jurors
San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland Tribune ask judge to vacate order, arguing it violates jurors' First Amendment rights.
06.19.02
Journalists found in contempt for interviewing juror in murder case
New Jersey judge also cites Philadelphia Inquirer reporters for publishing another juror's name despite order not to contact or identify jury members in rabbi's trial.
06.18.02
Judge frees man jailed for Web postings
But Washington man could return to jail this week if he doesn't delete addresses, phone numbers from his Web site, court says.
06.18.02
Federal court rejects Lindh defense's constitutional claims
Judge refuses to dismiss indictment, saying: 'The First Amendment guarantee of freedom of association is not a pass to provide terrorists with resources and services.'
06.18.02
High court won't hear challenge to 'must-carry' rules for satellite TV
Justices also refuse to consider Detroit's appeal of lower court ruling that city acted improperly when it preferentially granted casino licenses.
06.18.02
Immigration hearings must be public, rules federal appeals court
Since Sept. 11 attacks, Justice Department has sought to bar public, journalists from proceedings, arguing that disclosure compromises national security.
06.18.02
Columnist encourages Native American students to tell their stories
George Benge says more Indians needed in newsrooms because of cultural understanding they can bring to stories.
06.18.02
High court throws out law barring door-to-door solicitation
Justices vote 8 to 1 in Ohio case brought by Jehovah's Witnesses that First Amendment includes right to take messages directly to someone's door.
06.17.02
State grants can be used at religious schools
Washington high court rules state constitution's ban on using public money for religious schooling doesn't apply to program that helps needy students attend private colleges.
06.17.02
Depositions in clergy sex-abuse case won't be made public
Ruling turns matter over to judge assigned to oversee all such civil lawsuits in the Boston archdiocese.
06.17.02
White House OKs release of more Reagan papers
Bush administration agrees to make public 23,653 pages of former president's records, plus 844 pages from his vice president, George Bush.
06.17.02
Opponents decry proposed media limits at Massachusetts prisons
Rules would eliminate access to segregated inmates, deny confidential interviews at all correctional facilities and ban cameras, tape recorders at some prisons.
06.17.02
Oregon appeals court strikes law governing political party names
Freedom Socialist Party may run candidates under its name despite resemblance to Socialist Party.
06.16.02
State agency must turn over records, N.Y. high court rules
Suing under FOI law, Newsday wins right to see copies of subpoenas issued to economic development agency officials by Manhattan district attorney.
06.15.02
S.D. high court: Teen's obscene gestures weren't protected speech
But two justices dissent, saying boy shouldn't have been convicted of disorderly conduct for flipping up middle finger, mouthing f-word at school principal.
06.15.02
NYC blocked in bid to keep homeless off church steps
Federal appeals court upholds temporary ruling allowing Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church to let homeless sleep on its property.
06.14.02
Flag-burning charge dropped after man pleads guilty to misdemeanor
Virginia ACLU executive director says organization was prepared to intervene on Oleg Asserin's behalf if felony charge hadn’t been shelved.
06.14.02
Federal appeals court: R.I. court's practice on records unconstitutional
Ruling finds U.S. District Court’s blanket ban on making legal memos public should be reviewed, modified to make fullest disclosure possible.
06.14.02
Louisville's nude-dancing standards rejected
Federal judge bars Kentucky city from enforcing most of its adult-entertainment laws.
06.14.02
Vermont high court hears governor's appeal on press access
Three newspapers want to see Gov. Howard Dean's daily schedule.
06.14.02
Zimbabwe tries American journalist
U.S. citizen Andrew Meldrum, correspondent for British newspaper The Guardian, faces two years in prison if found guilty.
06.13.02
Open-government advocate sues CIA for budget figures
Steven Aftergood says disclosing how much money government spends on intelligence operations cannot damage national security.
06.13.02
Ohio judge told to remove Ten Commandments poster
Federal court rules James DeWeese's courtroom display is unconstitutional 'because the debate he seeks to foster is inherently religious in character.'
06.13.02
Journalists, newspaper owner face contempt charges in name dispute
Attorney for Mountain Citizen personnel says jail time possible; hearing set for June 19.
06.13.02
Iowa high court: Editors can't be forced to reveal sources
Ruling stems from dispute between Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier over school officials' closed meetings.
06.13.02
Prisons monitor religious groups in effort to stamp out terrorism
As law enforcement officials begin to keep track of dissidents, issue becomes which religious practices cross into criminal activity.
06.13.02
Newspaper editors join to battle threats to FOI
ASNE, APME meet to consider ways to deal with increasing tendency of governments to withhold information and to make previously available records secret.
06.12.02
N.J. appeals court: Detainee names can be kept secret
Three-judge panel rules that INS chief has broad powers to prevent information release.
06.12.02
Radical environmentalists win suit against FBI, police
California jury finds officials violated couple's free-speech rights by portraying them as chief suspects in the bombing of their car, casting a cloud over whatever they had to say.
06.12.02
Sikh charges NYPD with bias over beard, turban
'I was fired because I refused to give up my right as an American to practice my religion,' says former officer.
06.12.02
High court turns away challenge to Vermont mercury-labeling law
Electrical manufacturers had argued that 1998 statute violated its member companies' First Amendment rights by compelling speech.
06.12.02
Reporters warned not to talk to potential jurors in murder trial
Georgia judge threatens to jail any journalist who violates rule; also asks news media not to identify jurors until after trial.
06.11.02
Media outlets move to block court from sealing plutonium records
Energy Department has asked federal judge to seal documents in Gov. Jim Hodges' lawsuit to prevent government from shipping plutonium to South Carolina.
06.11.02
Prosecutors contest move to close terror hearing
Suspect's lawyers want secret proceeding for Zacarias Moussaoui's motion to represent himself against charges of conspiring with Sept. 11 attackers.
06.11.02
Courts can review government's decision to classify information
Federal judge rejects argument that court lacks authority to review Bush administration's decision to censor book about China's nuclear weapons program.
06.11.02
Indiana high school withholds diploma after student's surprise speech
Class salutatorian gives approved speech, then presents 13 teachers with unauthorized awards, including 'Trapped in the '80s,' 'Sesame Street Critic.'
06.11.02
U.N. war-crimes panel wants U.S. journalist's testimony
Tribunal rejects Washington Post's argument that retired reporter Jonathan Randal should not be forced to testify about interview with suspected war criminal.
06.11.02
High court won't hear credit agency's free-speech case
Trans Union LLC had appealed case involving how credit-reporting firms can use information; O'Connor, Kennedy oppose denial of certiorari.
06.10.02
Villagers praise contested peddling-permit law
Residents of other small towns watch with interest to see how Jehovah's Witnesses' challenge to Stratton, Ohio, ordinance fares in U.S. Supreme Court.
06.10.02
Juvenile court judge tells Utah newspaper not to publish story
Editor says story was no longer being pursued, but not because of judge's directive; Standard-Examiner attorney calls order unconstitutional prior restraint.
06.10.02
Newspaper: FBI worked covertly to harass university's students, faculty
San Francisco Chronicle reporter's FOI lawsuit forces agency to release more than 200,000 pages of confidential records covering 1940s to 1970s.
06.10.02
Brazilian police say missing journalist probably killed
Tim Lopes, 50, disappeared in Rio slum; suspect says drug traffickers tortured, executed him.
06.10.02
1801 Jefferson letter supporting religious freedom discovered
Thank-you note to Delaware Baptist supporters 'is a timely reminder that religious liberty is our nation's "first liberty," ' says First Amendment scholar Charles Haynes.
06.10.02
Susan Sarandon is 2002 Freedom in Film Award winner
News release Honored by First Amendment Center, Nashville Independent Film Festival for her commitment to free expression.
06.10.02
Pro-anarchy teen changes mind about dropping lawsuit against school board
Katie Sierra seeks dismissal of suit over suspension for trying to start anarch club, then changes her mind.
06.09.02
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