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Recent news
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News stories recently posted throughout the First Amendment Center Online.
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Ariz. clean-elections panel backs state lawmaker's ouster
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Commission affirms judge's decision to remove Rep. Doug Quelland from office for violating campaign-finance rules.
11.21.09
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Army to limit news-media access at Palin book-signing
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Associated Press counsel calls proposed reporter pools, restrictions on interviews on North Carolina base 'unlawful and unacceptable.'
11.20.09
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FEC, Mich. law firm settle campaign-finance probe
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Geoffrey Fieger's firm agrees to pay $131,000 to resolve investigation into contributions to former Sen. John Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign.
11.20.09
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Utah man, 18, says drive-thru rap wasn't disorderly conduct
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Spenser Dauwalder's attorney says she believes 'the kids had a right to sing their order' at McDonald's; city attorney says case is about disturbing the peace.
11.20.09
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Feud not mentioned in Obama interview with Fox News
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Correspondent Major Garrett calls himself a 'conscientious objector' in his network's fight with the White House.
11.19.09
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'Can't buy me love' or any other Beatles song on 2 Web sites
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Federal judge says BlueBeat.com and Basebeat.com, which were selling songs for 25 cents apiece, should stay shut down indefinitely.
11.19.09
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Groups warn Conn. school district to end graduations at church
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ACLU, Americans United threaten to sue if officials don't change commencement location for two high schools, saying graduates, attendees are unconstitutionally being subjected to religious messages.
11.19.09
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File shows FBI kept tabs on Studs Terkel for decades
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Most documents reveal agency's efforts to determine if well-known liberal writer was a communist.
11.19.09
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2nd Circuit rains on new parades for NYC's Fifth Ave.
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Court upholds city's right to bar parades along popular route, saying the 'Fifth Avenue Rule' doesn't discriminate on content basis.
11.18.09
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N.J. girl sues after high school bars abortion protest
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Federal lawsuit claims administrators violated student's free-speech, religious-liberty rights when they said she couldn't participate in Pro Life Day of Silent Solidarity.
11.18.09
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Investigators raid NYC newspapers' circulation, delivery offices
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Raids were part of district attorney's corruption probe into powerful union that has long faced accusations of ties to organized crime.
11.18.09
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Student can pursue challenge of school’s gang-affiliation policy
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By David L. Hudson Jr. After rejecting a free-speech claim, federal judge finds New York school's policy too broad.
11.18.09
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Students say Tenn. county's schools promote religion
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ACLU lawsuit claims Cheatham County schools have shown pattern of endorsing Christianity.
11.17.09
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Wis. releases grenade video, settles lawsuit
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After guards were caught on tape tossing crowd-control device into prisoner's cell, officials had refused to give Associated Press a copy.
11.17.09
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Calif. court bars 2 paparazzi from coming near Nicole Richie
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Judge had said she was concerned about impeding photographers' First Amendment rights, but her concerns evaporated when both men agreed they could abide by restraining order.
11.17.09
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Google makes concessions on digital-book deal
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Proposed legal settlement, which still must be approved by federal judge, comes two months after Justice Department balked at Google's original agreement with authors, publishers.
11.17.09
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High court won't hear dispute over Redskins name
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Move ends latest round in 17-year legal battle between NFL franchise and group of American Indians who want team to change its name.
11.16.09
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Justices refuse to revive challenge over religious graduation speech
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Brittany McComb had sued Clark County, Nev., school officials after they turned off her microphone during 2006 commencement address.
11.16.09
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Supreme Court stays out of Miami book-banning dispute
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High court lets stand ruling by 11th Circuit, which found that school district wouldn't be infringing on free speech because book presents inaccurate view of life in Cuba.
11.16.09
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Gates blocks release of detainee-abuse photos
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Obama administration files brief with high court claiming Defense secretary has power to halt disclosure.
11.16.09
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Wis. justice's campaign ad was protected speech, panel says
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State Judicial Conduct Panel recommends that high court dismiss ethics charges against Michael Gableman, who was accused of falsely suggesting his opponent helped free convicted rapist.
11.15.09
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Ill. college student claims note was song lyrics — not threat
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Attorneys for man accused of plotting 'rampage' insist Olutosin Oduwole's writings were harmless lyrics, but prosecutors say such work can't be overlooked.
11.14.09
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W.Va. high court: Ex-chief justice's e-mails aren't public records
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Justices rule lower court judge erred in ordering release of five of 13 messages sought by AP because none of e-mails involved official business.
11.13.09
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CIA didn't violate Plame's speech rights, 2nd Circuit rules
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Majority finds agency made a good argument to keep information secret, saying court would not 'second-guess' decision to censor memoir.
11.13.09
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Feds seek to seize 4 mosques, skyscraper linked to Iran
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U.S. law enforcement authorities rarely seize houses of worship, a step fraught with questions about First Amendment's guarantee of religious freedom.
11.13.09
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Phoenix church can no longer offer meals to needy
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CrossRoads United Methodist loses challenge to city ordinance barring charity dining halls in residential neighborhoods.
11.13.09
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Group warns of threats to academic freedom, faculty speech
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By David L. Hudson Jr. Academics' organization launches awareness campaign, issues report about perils of Supreme Court decision in Garcetti.
11.12.09
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Ex-radical can't travel to Mass. for speech
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U.S. Parole Commission declines Raymond Levasseur's bid to leave Maine for Amherst campus talk.
11.12.09
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Conn. town balks at putting 'Muslim terrorists' on 9/11 memorial
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Victim's father insists that wording be included on plaque honoring his son, but Kent officials say it would be inappropriate to single out religious group in project on public property.
11.12.09
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Framed for child porn — by a PC virus
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AP investigation finds cases in which innocent people were branded as pedophiles after co-workers or family stumbled on child porn placed by a virus on a computer.
11.12.09
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