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DMACC FREE SPEECH LAWSUIT: A student at Ankeny's campus of Des Moines Area Community College has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the school's policy on handing out flyers, saying location restrictions and a rule requiring a 10-day notice are unfairly impinging on his right to free speech.
desmoinesregister.com (1 month and 6 days ago)
11,000 settlement has ended the fight over a free speech zone ordinance that was enforced during the summer open house of the Brigham City temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Main Street Church, of Brigham City, by the American Civil Liberties Union, which claimed the city ordinance was “unconstitutional.”“We’re happy...
standard.net (3 months and 11 days ago)
For more than 200 years, U.S. citizens have been debating the First Amendment, which guarantees the right to free speech.
fdlreporter.com (1 month and 12 days ago)
WESTBORO BAPTIST LAWSUIT: The legal wrangling brings together to absolutists: Westboro church members, who strongly oppose homosexuality and believe any tolerance of the sexual preference is an affront to God, and the ACLU, which ardently defends free speech rights of citizens regardless of their message.
desmoinesregister.com (1 month and 4 days ago)

In a court room in Virginia, Facebook's lawyers are busy arguing that the social network's "Like" feature needs to be recognised with free-speech protection under the US Constitution. The Big Blue is hoping it can reverse a lower court ruling, which arose from a lawsuit which suggested a Facebook “Like” isn’t First Amendment speech. Bloomberg explains the background to that...
gizmodo.com (7 days ago)
Social networking site will weigh in Thursday at oral arguments in Hampton Sheriff's office lawsuitWhen a wrongful termination lawsuit involving six former employees of Hampton Sheriff B.J. Roberts goes before a federal appellate court on Thursday, those employees will have a prominent backer in their corner: Facebook.
dailypress.com (9 days ago)
Backers say he shouldn't be punished for online tirades. INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana man imprisoned for online rants against the judge who handled his divorce is at the center of a legal debate over whether his blog went beyond the limits of protected free speech.
southbendtribune.com (2 months and 24 days ago)
INDIANAPOLIS - An Indiana man imprisoned for online rants against the judge who handled his divorce is at the center of a legal debate over whether his blog went beyond the limits of protected free speech.
journalgazette.net (2 months and 24 days ago)
Join us at 1 p.m. ET for Politics blogger Kady O'Malley's weekly "people's caucus." Up today: Does this year's March for Life on Parliament Hill have a renewed political energy after the MP free speech debate? Plus: the long-awaited Senate expenses report comes out tomorrow.
cbc.ca (16 days ago)
INDIANAPOLIS - An Indiana man imprisoned for online rants against the judge who handled his divorce is at the center of a legal debate over whether his blog went beyond the limits of protected free speech.
heraldtimesonline.com (2 months and 24 days ago)
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