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Starr joins challenge to S.C. tattoo ban
Former special prosecutor appeals tattoo artist's case to Supreme Court.
07.29.02
Officials blast N.Y. judge for demanding undercover officers' names
After hearing arguments from both sides, acting trial judge rules that using names would neither jeopardize officers’ lives nor the future of drug case.
07.28.02
Band can keep rockin' with 'Barbie Girl'
Federal appeals court refuses to reinstate lawsuit over song; one judge advises parties to 'chill.'
07.27.02
List of Columbine records released
But documents aren't necessarily open to public.
07.27.02
Louisiana abstinence money blocked from religious groups
Federal judge rules governor's program to discourage teen sex was used to advance religion.
07.27.02
3 Dems make promises, stomp for votes
Article by 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Shawna S. Kelsch.
07.27.02
Library to impose photo fee
Article by 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Kevin Jones.
07.27.02
NABJ forum connects community, candidates
Article by 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Margaret Bailey.
07.27.02
Metro resolves to retain yuppies
Article by 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Monica Bryant.
07.27.02
RTA approves rail-design costs
Article by 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow My-Ly Nguyen.
07.27.02
Green Hills group seeks to change signs of time
Article by 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Roxye Arellano.
07.27.02
Vanderbilt University, Freedom Forum announce 'John Seigenthaler Center'
News release Building housing Freedom Forum's First Amendment Center, Diversity Institute to be named after acclaimed newspaper editor and First Amendment advocate on his 75th birthday.
07.26.02
Kentucky appeals judge seals records in church sex-abuse case
Ruling pre-empts decision by lower court judge who had indicated she would unseal files.
07.26.02
Judge refuses to lift interview ban in Yosemite murder trial
News media had argued that order barring reporters from interviewing attorneys, witnesses in hallways and entrance of courthouse violated press freedoms.
07.26.02
Cross on federal land must be taken down
Federal judge says Christian symbol in Mojave National Preserve conveys message of endorsement of religion.
07.26.02
Computer scientist, ACLU challenge digital-copyright law
Federal lawsuit argues programmers, researchers should have free-speech protections to explore weaknesses in programs and share their research with others.
07.26.02
Hockey player loses fight with comic book
Appeals court says former NHL brawler Tony Twist's rights were not violated by use of his name for a character in 'Spawn.'
07.26.02
Former school board candidate sues Missouri newspaper over cartoon
Henry Lane accuses Columbia Daily Tribune of defaming him by presenting him as 'a sadomasochistic transvestite who engages in deviant sexual activity.'
07.25.02
Federal appeals court to weigh in on college press freedom
News media advocates fear 7th Circuit could allow college officials same power over campus press that principals have over high school publications.
07.25.02
Generic ads get under skin of alligator company
Louisiana processor claims his product is superior, he shouldn’t have to pay for industry-wide marketing.
07.25.02
N.J. police reject request for 911 tapes in Jayson Williams case
Acting records custodian says recordings of call made after shooting at ex-NBA star's home are part of ongoing criminal investigation and therefore aren't open to public.
07.25.02
Utah high court orders sheriff's office to release disciplinary records
Deputy who was fired for alleged improper use of his weapon, making sexual innuendoes sued for access to files on employees who had been accused of similar offenses.
07.25.02
City can't allow Commandments monument yet bar other religious displays
Ogden, Utah, mayor says he may appeal 10th Circuit ruling in case brought by group seeking to place its principles on city property.
07.25.02
Court blocks system used to place candidates on primary ballot
Federal judge says Connecticut law requiring challengers to party nominees to get support from at least 15% of their district delegates is likely unconstitutional.
07.24.02
N.J. high court explains ruling upholding ban on media contact with jurors
Majority says prosecutors might get unfair advantage in rabbi's retrial if they hear news reports of what jurors in original trial thought of their case.
07.24.02
Musician Steve Earle drums up controversy
Critics say song 'John Walker's Blues' glorifies Lindh, but singer-songwriter says 'I don't condone what he did.'
07.24.02
Mascot opponents awarded damages in suit against Illinois college
Federal judge had previously ruled University of Illinois violated First Amendment by barring campus critics from contacting athletic recruits about Chief Illiniwek controversy.
07.24.02
Virginia judge threatens jail for reporter who refuses to name source
Magistrate Judge Pamela Sargeant says Bristol Herald Courier's Chris Dumond is relying on 'a First Amendment right (she) does not believe exists.'
07.24.02
Minnesota abortion foe must shutter Web sites
Federal judge issues temporary restraining order requested by several large corporations seeking to protect their trademarks.
07.24.02
NYC: Sept. 11 records shouldn't be released
Responding to New York Times lawsuit, city cites victims' privacy, prosecution of Zacarias Moussaoui as reasons to keep some info secret.
07.23.02
Gordon takes trip to honor actress with Nashville film award
Article by 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow My-Ly Nguyen.
07.23.02
Former editor: Media share blame for negative sports images
Article by 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Kevin Jones.
07.23.02
FAC conference inspires dialogue, improves coverage
Article by 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Shawna S. Kelsch.
07.23.02
Denver mayor won't allow destruction of secret police files
Wellington Webb disregards one panel recommendation but agrees that individuals, organizations should be allowed to see records.
07.23.02
Judge muzzles police, attorneys in NBA star's case
Philadelphia judge issues gag order without request from either side, saying he doesn't want his decision-making influenced by news coverage of Allen Iverson's assault case.
07.23.02
Rights program a matter of 'FAC'
Article by 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Monica Bryant.
07.23.02
Buchanan hopes to soar into 'flight' with new book
Article by 2002 Diversity Institute Fellow Alonzo Weston.
07.23.02
Connecticut can't charge newspaper $20 million for database
State Supreme Court rejects public safety officials' bid to charge $25 for every file, ruling doing so would undercut spirit of FOI law.
07.23.02
Freshmen sue university over required reading of Islamic book
Students contend University of North Carolina is infringing on their religious freedom by assigning Approaching the Qur'n: The Early Revelations.
07.23.02
Freedom Forum names 3 Journalism Teachers of the Year
News release Professors from Florida, Nebraska, Georgia win awards for outstanding teaching.
07.23.02
Diversity Diaries: Malaika David
'Even after all the advice and training I received from the Freedom Forum on minorities in the newsroom, I came to my internship prepared to exclude myself.'
07.23.02
Lawmakers push anti-spam bills
But many direct marketers say they have a First Amendment right to make e-mail pitches.
07.22.02
Feingold: Clinton, others trying to find ways around soft-money ban
'It was a troubling display for a party that claims to be for trying to clean up the system,' campaign-finance law author says of Senate Democrats' closed-door meeting.
07.22.02
Federal appeals court backs use of AA confessions to convict man
Lower court judge had concluded that conversations were form of confidential religious communication.
07.22.02
Court TV loses bid to televise Skakel sentencing
Connecticut judge cites state guideline that such hearings can only be broadcast if trial was previously televised.
07.22.02
Court dismisses ex-felons' voting-rights suit
Federal judge rules Florida law banning ex-felons from voting for life doesn't violate First Amendment.
07.21.02
Student accused of practicing witchcraft loses lawsuit
Federal judge rejects Oklahoma teen's claims that school officials suspended her because of her interest in Wicca.
07.20.02
Muslims protest jail's refusal to let woman wear head covering
About 50 people demonstrate at Cleveland's Justice Center after officials disallow Aisha Samad's hijab for court appearance.
07.20.02
Federal judge throws out challenge to Florida's 'Choose Life' plates
Court says abortion-rights groups lack sufficient evidence to back claims that fee-distribution process violates church-state separation, free speech.
07.19.02
Ruling: State wrong to bar aid for religion major
9th Circuit panel votes 2-1 that Washington state didn't have 'a compelling reason to withhold scholarship funds' from student.
07.19.02
Abortion foe sued in cybersquatting dispute
News, food companies accuse Minnesota man of violating trademarks by using domain names similar to theirs to redirect people to anti-abortion Web sites.
07.19.02
News media can cover some hearings in teen's murder trial
North Carolina judge presiding over case of slain 8-year-old allows public into detention hearing, says Aug. 28 proceeding also will be open.
07.19.02
Pledge plaintiff asks court to reinstate suit over inauguration prayers
Case against president is one of three First Amendment-related lawsuits Michael Newdow has in courts.
07.18.02
Former secretary of state criticizes secrecy surrounding detainees
'We must be very careful in this country of not holding people without revealing their names. It leads to the "disappeared,"' says Warren Christopher.
07.18.02
Kansas newspaper, staffers convicted of criminal libel
First Amendment proponents decry verdict; 'We typically associate criminal defamation with authoritarian governments,' says Reporters Committee chief.
07.18.02
Judges surprised by furor over Pledge decision
Two 9th Circuit judges say politics, public fears have intensified controversy beyond their expectations.
07.18.02
Watch what you say in Wisconsin
Two residents who were given disorderly conduct citations didn't know state law bars public swearing or using profane language on the telephone.
07.18.02
Newspaper to get 2nd chance before Idaho Supreme Court
Justices agree to reconsider ruling that denied The Idaho Statesman constitutional protection for publishing 40-year-old court file.
07.17.02
Rumsfeld urges crackdown on leaks to press
Defense secretary writes memo a week after The New York Times reports on classified document outlining aspects of 'concept' for U.S. war against Iraq.
07.17.02
Failed petitioners ask Utah high court for help
Organizers of drive to raise taxes on radioactive waste say rules governing ballot initiatives hurt their cause.
07.17.02
Lake officials deny minister permit to perform baptisms
But park manager says officials won't stop William Stein from baptizing individuals who come to him and request the service.
07.17.02
N.J. governor did 'about-face' on open government, activists charge
One day after new public-records law went into effect, James McGreevey announced executive order exempting more than 400 categories of records.
07.16.02
Reporter: State Department demanded source of classified leak
National Review's Joel Mowbray says officials detained him briefly, wanted to know how he obtained secret papers on U.S. visa program in Saudi Arabia.
07.16.02
Chiropractor sues state over toll numbers for public records
Michigan officials say same information is available on the Internet and by mail for free.
07.16.02
Jury decides West Virginia student can form anarchy club
Katie Sierra says she'll go back to Sissonville High and start her club in the fall.
07.16.02
U.S. reporter, Palestinian photojournalist die
Robert Friedman felled by illness contracted while reporting in India seven years ago; photographer Imad Abu Zahra dies of wound from West Bank gunfire.
07.16.02
Federal appeals panel won't allow ex-cadet's religious-bias suit
Jehovah's Witness quit Washington State Patrol academy, saying he believes he would have to take oath of allegiance and salute flag.
07.15.02
Judge considering energy-records lawsuits raps White House
Opinion: Administration has disturbingly broad legal view of confidential advice to the president that would keep too much government information secret.
07.15.02
Minnesota high court: Internet critic can't be sued in Alabama
Unanimous decision overturns rulings in two lower courts that had upheld $25,000 judgment for Alabama scholar.
07.15.02
U.S. journalist acquitted of publishing falsehoods in Zimbabwe
But Andrew Meldrum of Britain's Guardian is ordered to leave the country.
07.15.02
School district can't charge Christian club to use campus facilities
Federal judge issues preliminary ruling against Los Angeles district, saying it appears such fees discriminate against religious groups, violate the First Amendment.
07.14.02
Kentucky judge refuses to seal church sex-abuse lawsuits
'This result is the right result for the right reasons, ' says attorney for nearly all of the 154 plaintiffs suing the Archdiocese of Louisville.
07.13.02
Idaho prosecutor says charges likely to be dropped in flag-burning case
State ACLU chief says even the government's act of citing teens could be viewed as an attempt to chill their free-speech rights.
07.13.02
Kansas must make more parolee records available
Unanimous state supreme court ruling on open access is victory for Wichita Eagle.
07.12.02
News media fight subpoena of Lindh interviewer
Groups contend that idea of CNN free-lancer acting as U.S. agent 'threatens to endanger the physical safety of American war correspondents throughout the world.'
07.12.02
Justice Department seeks to restrict records in Sept. 11 wrongful-death suits
Agency asks judge to let it decide what information can be released by airlines and what to withhold as 'security(-)sensitive information.'
07.12.02
Reporting on religion poses challenges to journalists
Panel discusses difficulties of mixing journalistic skepticism with religious faith.
07.12.02
Civic leaders object to topless car wash
Moscow, Idaho, City Council hastily trying to enact law to forbid car washes by bare-to-the-waist women.
07.11.02
Tennessee high court: BellSouth must allow competitor logos on directories
Lower court had found that regulatory agency order regarding white-page phone books was compelled speech.
07.11.02
U.S. cartoonists fell short in exposing Nazism, Holocaust
Panelists say most political cartoonists, rather than depicting horrors of Holocaust during World War II, played on American patriotism.
07.11.02
Photo coverage of inaugural Diversity Institute class
Photo coverage of inaugural Diversity Institute training sessions by Shiloh Crawford III, one of the institute Fellows.
07.11.02
ACLU fights Pennsylvania police on profanity arrests
Group files two lawsuits accusing Pittsburgh-area officers of violating people's free-speech rights by arresting them for swearing.
07.10.02
N.J. governor cites terror threat to keep own records secret
Gov. James McGreevey signs executive order exempting from state's new open-records law any material whose release would increase risk of potential acts of terror.
07.10.02
Federal appeals panel gives writer go-ahead to publish info
6th Circuit judges overturn order barring free-lance journalist from using names, other information he obtained from Ohio state agency for story on labor dispute.
07.10.02
2 Russian journalists killed in recent months
Colleagues link the murders of Natalia Kryl, Sergei Kalinovsky to their investigative reporting.
07.10.02
N.J. high court won't hear appeal on releasing detainees' names
ACLU says it may ask U.S. Supreme Court to consider forcing government officials to identify those held in jail as part of terrorism investigation.
07.10.02
Arkansas prison told to give inmate kosher food
8th Circuit says state officials should continue to provide kosher meals, food stipend for Kelvin Ray Love until permanent solution can be worked out.
07.09.02
Judge strikes down N.Y. village's sign ordinance
Federal court rules town's law violates First Amendment by making content-based distinctions about which signs require permits.
07.09.02
Indian, 2 Colombians slain because they were journalists
Their names will be added to Freedom Forum's Journalists Memorial.
07.09.02
Attorney: Convicted child pornographer's photos were protected speech
Lawyer argues David Cobb should have new trial in light of Supreme Court's recent decision overturning ban on virtual child porn.
07.09.02
USDA seeks stay on beef-checkoff injunction
Meanwhile, in Wyoming, beef council hopes state law will allow it to keep collecting fees for generic ads.
07.09.02
Newspaper seeks 911 tapes in ex-NBA star's manslaughter case
The Courier-News cites New Jersey's new public-records law in seeking recordings of call made after limousine driver was shot to death at Jayson Williams' home.
07.09.02
Lawsuit accuses California school district of teaching Islam
Families claim seventh-graders were required to participate in simulation exercises, including wearing traditional Muslim clothing and memorizing Islamic prayers.
07.08.02
Rapper claims judge wrongly considered lyrics in trial
Patrick Houston is asking 6th Circuit to grant new trial on federal weapons charges, claiming judge allowed images of guns, gangsters in his music to be used unfairly.
07.08.02
Judge: Indiana's no-call list doesn't violate free speech
The 'First Amendment does not stand as an impediment to private decisions to give audience to certain types of speech while avoiding others,' state court says.
07.08.02
Panel: People listed in 'spy files' should be allowed to review reports
But recommendation that Denver police records on 3,277 individuals, 208 groups should be destroyed after 60 days draws fire from ACLU.
07.06.02
ACLU to appeal ruling allowing commandments on court seal
Georgia group's legal director says federal judge's decision 'is out of step' with other rulings involving the religious codes.
07.05.02
Wisconsin high court boosts public access to certain records
Rulings in two cases could help clarify state's records law, which was opened to new interpretations in wake of several state court decisions.
07.04.02
Telemarketers scramble to comply with states' no-call lists
Texas, Colorado laws go into effect this week despite claims such measures violate free speech.
07.03.02
Governor signs bill revamping Pennsylvania's open-records law
State's 44-year-old public-records act had been considered one of the weakest in the country.
07.03.02
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