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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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