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Hawaii church holds service despite legal battle over land use
County has twice denied Hale O Kaula a special-use permit for property zoned for agriculture.
09.09.02
Reporters sneaking knives through airport security sparks ethics debate
Does exposing weaknesses aid terrorists or alert authorities to dangers?
09.08.02
Public barred from court at murder defendant's request
Newspaper criticizes Alabama judge's decision, saying there was no fair-trial issue involved 'that would justify riding roughshod over the public's right to open courts.'
09.07.02
Some question costs for copies of records
South Carolina law says governments should charge lowest possible fees, but some agencies asking bigger bucks.
09.07.02
City workers can't write letters to newspapers, call stations without OK
McMinnville, Tenn., administrator tells public employees they must get permission from him first.
09.07.02
S.D. high court: Boy illegally convicted for school comment
Overruling lower court, justices say student was within his First Amendment rights to privately tell teacher he wanted to kill classmate.
09.06.02
S.C. to drop lawsuit over rest-stop protests
State attorney general says suit against NAACP, white-pride group would cost the state money on litigation that no longer is necessary.
09.06.02
Survey finds Americans back government removal of online info
But Pew study says people less supportive of e-mail, Web monitoring for terrorist threats.
09.06.02
2 reporters threatened after writing about Mafia extortion of actor
Both journalists had reported on grand jury indictment involving filmmaker Julius Nasso, Steven Seagal's former business partner.
09.06.02
Moussaoui's diatribes will no longer be made public
Accused Sept. 11 conspirator has been using court as mouthpiece by filing motions filled with 'irrelevant, inflammatory and insulting' language, judge rules.
09.06.02
Tennessee high court declares child-care company's records public
Cherokee Children & Family Services Inc. is under federal investigation for its handling of public money.
09.06.02
News graphics
News graphics by 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Diane Tinsley.
09.05.02
State attorney general: Flagpole prayers protected by First Amendment
Bill Pryor says he sent memo to Alabama's school superintendents to avoid any confusion over rights of students to hold upcoming prayer meetings.
09.05.02
Montana principal wants Rolling Stone banned from school library
Woody Jundt says magazine shouldn't be allowed in high school library because it promotes violence, immoral sex and use of illegal drugs.
09.05.02
FEC fights questioning from GOP
Commission asks federal court to free it from having to answer questions in lawsuit challenging new campaign-finance law.
09.05.02
Bush administration again refuses to release energy records
Justice Department says requiring vice president's task force to turn over documents would interfere with executive branch's authority to give confidential advice to president.
09.05.02
Returning Virginia students greeted by 'In God We Trust'
New law requires posters of national motto to be prominently displayed in public schools.
09.05.02
Kentucky prison suspends satanic services by inmates
Spokeswoman says officials found information indicating services could be 'threat'; meanwhile, state officials drafting policy on religious worship.
09.04.02
California Legislature passes fax-ad bill
Measure would eliminate state law against sending unsolicited faxes to allow stronger federal law to take effect.
09.04.02
Federal agencies rewriting rules to boost religious charities
Critics say plan is attempt to funnel money to faith-based groups without congressional approval.
09.04.02
California student photographer arrested
Authorities say journalism student compromised undercover officer's safety by taking flash pictures as crowd gathered.
09.04.02
Diversity Diaries: Sharon Rosenhause
'The glass ceiling is still very real, and most of our newsrooms hardly reflect the communities we cover.'
09.04.02
Court lifts order barring news media from identifying alleged rape victims
The 'First Amendment is as strong as ever,' judge says in granting Las Vegas newspaper's request.
09.03.02
Arkansas governor allows access to funding applications
Announcement comes one day after state attorney general's office says documents must be made available for public review at state agency that created them.
09.03.02
Newspaper's reporting, police reaction after fire chief's suicide prompts First Amendment questions
An angry family, published excerpts from a suicide note, and a major conflict with law enforcement in Meriden, Conn.
09.03.02
Texas school board members charged with violating open-meetings act
Eighteen-month grand jury investigation leads to indictments against two current, one former board member.
09.03.02
Court invalidates 1943 Nebraska law used to invalidate petition signatures
Judge says people's right to express an unobstructed political opinion is at issue in case.
09.02.02
Clean Flicks store seeks approval for editing videos
Film directors including Robert Redford, Steven Spielberg, protest chain's practice of excising profanity, violence, sex from videos.
08.31.02
News media seeking cameras in Kansas murder trial
TV stations, newspaper ask judge to lift ban on video, still cameras, citing state appeals court ruling that grants electronic media same access as print journalists to criminal cases.
08.31.02
N.M. school board members found guilty of violating open-meetings law
Trial was first time state attorney general's office brought criminal charges against people accused of violating meetings statute.
08.30.02
Senators to give FBI records on contacts with news media
Freedom Forum's Paul McMasters fears investigation could go beyond leaks of classified information and uncover unrelated communications between lawmakers and journalists.
08.30.02
Florida's Gov. Bush OK's looser confidentiality to help find missing kids
Department of Children & Families to seek end to restrictions that forbid publicizing missing-child information.
08.30.02
Bloomberg news service apologizes, pays Singapore leaders for article
Financial news service had reported on appointment of Ho Ching — wife of country' deputy prime minister — as executive director of Temasek Holdings, Singapore government's domestic investment arm.
08.30.02
New 2002 'State of the First Amendment' survey suggests many Americans see freedoms as obstacles in war on terror
News release Almost half say First Amendment 'goes too far' in rights it guarantees in annual survey by First Amendment Center/American Journalism Review.
08.29.02
Idaho high court: Gambling initiative should go before voters
'This Court should not interfere with the initiative process ... just as it should not interfere with the legislative process,' justice writes.
08.29.02
Judge won't lift photo ban in van Dam murder trial
William Mudd refuses to overturn eviction of pool photographer, saying picture of victim's parents violated California court rule barring photos of trial spectators.
08.29.02
Las Vegas newspaper asks judge to lift gag order in rape case
Review-Journal attorney tells newspaper that gag order essentially serves as prior restraint, unfairly treats the press differently than the public.
08.29.02
ACLU sues Wisconsin town over political-sign restrictions
Pewaukee resident Walter Fiedorowicz wants to put a 'Let Us Vote' sign on his property.
08.29.02
D.C. drawn to politics even in art projects
One lawsuit accuses organizers of 100 donkeys, 100 elephants project of being too political, another claims they aren't letting artist be political enough.
08.29.02
San Francisco Chronicle p.m. edition to fold
Afternoon newspaper was launched to fill a void, but sells only 8,000 copies a day.
08.29.02
Groups seek exemption from campaign law's ad restrictions
Meanwhile, congressional GOP group's attorney tells FEC free-speech issues must be foremost in commissioners' minds as they write ad rules.
08.28.02
Diocese wants Kentucky newspaper held in contempt
Church seeks sanctions against The Courier-Journal for publishing parts of lawsuit that diocese is trying to keep sealed.
08.28.02
Utah high court overturns part of ballot-initiative law
Justices say statute gave rural residents a disproportionate voice in determining which measures go on ballot.
08.28.02
Bush administration: Pardons paperwork should remain private
White House says former President Clinton's documents should be withheld from public to protect president's right to receive confidential advice.
08.28.02
Mississippi asks high court to hear U.S. Chamber campaign-ads case
State argues that without some clarification by Supreme Court, other states' election-finance disclosure laws could be meaningless.
08.28.02
Palestinian group forbids photos of armed children
Palestinian Journalists Syndicate also calls on Palestinian factions and military wings to stop using children in their activities.
08.28.02
Ohio anti-terrorism law blocks access to security records
'This is yet another one of those examples of the danger in how far you overreact and what you have done to the principles of open government,' says press association director.
08.27.02
Federal appeals panel strikes courthouse ban on 'biker colors'
Judge had refused to grant preliminary injunction, but 9th Circuit says Nevada court's rules seem to be 'impermissibly motivated by a desire to suppress a particular point of view.'
08.27.02
State judge throws out arts agency's suit against Cincinnati boycotters
Court upholds arguments by Coalition for a Just Cincinnati that the First Amendment allows members to contact artists, urge them not to perform in city.
08.27.02
News media, civil libertarians cheer decision opening deportation hearings
'Democracies die behind closed doors,' 6th Circuit says in ruling that government can't hold secret proceedings for man with suspected terrorism ties.
08.27.02
Give back religious group's hallucinogenic tea, judge says
Court finds Brazilian church members' rights under federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act were violated when U.S. Customs agents seized shipment.
08.27.02
News organizations oppose war-crimes tribunal subpoena
New York Times, AP, CNN, BBC support Washington Post's resistance to demand that reporter testify in Yugoslavia.
08.27.02
Lawsuit dismissed for drawing too much publicity
Michigan judge says plaintiff, her attorneys violated state law by staging protests, distributing leaflets and providing information to news media about defendant.
08.26.02
Federal judge blasts city officials' bid to block rap concert
Show goes on under deal reached after court says Atlantic City, N.J., officials wanted to cancel performance 'based on disliking the message.'
08.26.02
8 new journalists graduate from Diversity Institute
Speaking for inaugural class, Fellow Margaret Bailey thanks Freedom Forum 'for giving us a jump start on our careers as professional journalists' and revealing 'places where great stories are waiting to be told.'
08.26.02
'The Power of the Pen'
Graduation poem by 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Monica Bryant.
08.26.02
Florida school district can require uniforms
Federal judge dismisses challenge brought by more than 500 parents who contend that policy infringes on their rights, students' freedoms of expression and religion.
08.26.02
Natural Law Party challenges century-old Kansas ballot law
Party claims statute keeps its candidates off election ballots by limiting party names to two words, one of which must be 'Party.'
08.26.02
N.M. city's mayoral campaign-spending cap struck down
Federal judge says she was bound to follow earlier decision in case by 10th Circuit but believes Albuquerque's limits would survive constitutional challenge.
08.26.02
Minneapolis mob attacks reporters
Neighborhood erupts in violence against news media after stray police bullet wounds 11-year-old boy.
08.26.02
Wisconsin city sells park property with Ten Commandments monument
Meanwhile, Georgia town officials agree to remove religious codes from City Hall.
08.25.02
Adult store to fight though U.S. Supreme Court refuses case
South Carolina shop says it was there first before homes, church moved closer than zoning laws allow.
08.24.02
Swearing woman wins court decision over arrest
'Bad words are not against the law and to the contrary are expressly protected by the First Amendment,' says lawyer for plaintiff in western Pennsylvania.
08.24.02
NYCLU challenges ban on mailing of annoying or alarming materials
Group sues NYC on behalf of Manhattan man, saying police unjustly making arrests to enforce unconstitutional state law.
08.23.02
Kentucky Ten Commandments displays can remain, for now
Federal judge refuses to grant preliminary injunctions against postings in Mercer, Rowan counties, says he will rule later in Garrard County case.
08.23.02
Cable company: TV show can't air footage of women entering clinics
Public-access station officials tell anti-abortion activist that he won't be allowed to broadcast tapes unless women's faces are covered.
08.23.02
Online court records create dilemma for states
Recent report says states are struggling to balance privacy and public access on court Web sites.
08.23.02
Wiccan gets go-ahead to sue prison over religious symbol
Wisconsin inmate claims Corrections Department violated his First Amendment rights by disallowing pentagram necklace.
08.23.02
Postage stamps to honor female journalists
New stamps will feature Nellie Bly, Marguerite Higgins, Ethel L. Payne, Ida M. Tarbell.
08.23.02
Florida college takes bid to fire professor to court
University of South Florida asks state court to decide whether terminating Sami Al-Arian, who is accused of having terrorist ties, would violate his free-speech rights.
08.22.02
N.J. judge refuses to force reporter to turn over notes
Court finds information about Russian boy's death gathered by Star-Ledger journalist falls under state Shield Law.
08.22.02
Michigan reopens sex-offender list to public
Federal appeals court says registry can remain online while it considers case.
08.22.02
Open-government bill author calls GOP part of 'secrecy lobby'
California Republicans block measure to boost public access to records, meetings by amending state constitution.
08.22.02
California high court won't review gag orders
News organizations argue that neither supporting facts nor guidelines are being provided for muzzling participants in two murder trials.
08.22.02
Stories appearing in The Tennessean — inaugural class
Inaugural Diversity Institute Fellows' stories as published in the Nashville daily newspaper.
08.21.02
Navy religious-discrimination lawsuits given class-action status
Suits claim military branch favors chaplains who are Catholic or from mainline Protestant denominations over evangelicals.
08.21.02
Confederate flag supporters picket S.C. utility
Report that company bans Rebel flag on its property also spurs threat from lawmaker to draft bill denying state contracts to businesses that 'trample on free speech.'
08.21.02
School sends 2nd-grader home for sporting blue Mohawk
Parents of 7-year-old Nebraska student ask ACLU to investigate incident.
08.21.02
USA TODAY seeks cockpit recordings in Moussaoui case
Federal judge says newspaper's request is premature because she hasn't decided whether to allow the government to use the tapes.
08.21.02
Shock jocks pulled off air as FCC considers sanctions against station
Opie and Anthony draw ire after radio show broadcasts alleged sexual encounter inside New York cathedral.
08.21.02
CNN, CBS paid for al-Qaida video
Cable News Network, which first said it hadn't paid, now says it shelled out $30,000; CBS won't say how much it paid.
08.21.02
'Today's Front Pages' display opens on Pennsylvania Avenue
News release Popular Newseum exhibit also available online; visitors can compare news in newspapers from each of the 50 states, some international papers.
08.20.02
N.H. high court orders group to open legal records
New Hampshire-Vermont Solid Waste Project says it won't appeal ruling.
08.20.02
California judge refuses to unseal van Dam hearing transcripts
William Mudd also bristles at editorial decrying his decision to expel journalist from court: 'I had no idea that in this community, I was the Saddam Hussein of the First Amendment.'
08.20.02
Lawsuit challenges Texas town's refusal to allow prayer service
Plaintiffs argue that if city 'permits its facilities to be used for a wide variety of purposes, it cannot legally reject a request to permit religious meetings.'
08.20.02
Free-speech cases await Supreme Court after summer break
Justices already have agreed to hear several First Amendment-related appeals, but more are in the wings.
08.20.02
Wisconsin high court won't close arguments in caucus appeals
Justices also refuse to seal briefs filed in cases resulting from secret investigation into allegations of illegal campaigning by state lawmakers and their staffs.
08.20.02
Court won't halt student discussions of book about Quran
Federal appeals panel rejects arguments brought by Family Policy Network and three unidentified University of North Carolina freshmen.
08.19.02
Oklahoma students start school year with moment of silence
New law requires public schools to set aside 60 seconds for silent reflection each day.
08.19.02
California Assembly committee passes new 'Son of Sam' bill
Measure is attempt to circumvent state high court ruling striking down previous law on free-speech grounds.
08.19.02
Convicted child pornographer loses bid for new trial
Judge rejects arguments that David Cobb's pictures were artistic images protected by First Amendment.
08.19.02
Muslim inmates claim they were forced to eat forbidden food
California county prisoners say jail's policies prevented them from practicing their faith.
08.19.02
Minnesota high court reinstates lawsuit against former minister
Legal scholar says justices' ruling in marriage-counseling suit puts clergy at risk for being sued for performing their normal duties.
08.18.02
Massachusetts high court: Priest can't sue church for slander
Unanimous ruling cites First Amendment in finding that courts cannot interfere with church's discipline of clergymen.
08.17.02
Bad-mouthing, even lies, legally protected in some situations
Judge in Minnesota says people can report just about anything to state regulatory boards without fear of legal reprisal.
08.17.02
Judge refuses to sequester jury in California murder trial
Court rejects defense's argument that jurors need to be shielded from intense media coverage, but judge says he will crack down on press.
08.16.02
NYC parks' fee system struck down
Federal judge rules city's policy of charging thousands of dollars for certain groups to stage events in public parks violates the First Amendment.
08.16.02
Federal judge stays order, says detainees' names can be withheld
Government can keep secret the identities until Bush administration's appeal is settled.
08.16.02
University can go ahead with discussion of book about Quran
Federal judge refuses to grant temporary restraining order to halt reading assignment.
08.16.02
Religious school can use tax-exempt bonds
Federal appeals judges overturn lower court ruling, saying issuing bonds to Nashville, Tenn., college didn't violate First Amendment.
08.16.02
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