Posts Tagged ‘Speech’

Supreme Court to rule on free speech in case of soldier’s funeral
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Attorney: Hoefer’s Right To Free Speech Was ‘Trashed’
When Middletown school board president Will Geiger refused to let Fran Hoefer speak at the March 4 school board meeting, he violated the spirit of Open Meetings Law, according to the state’s expert on the subject. At a press conference today, Civil Rights lawyer Michael Sussman drove home that point even further. He claims the Middletown board and its superintendent (former Oswego superintendent …

Reed Smith Partner Wins in Free Speech Fight With Ex-Client
Thanks to Kenneth Goldman, California lawyers have a better understanding of their free speech rights, but it might not sit well with clients. A state appellate court ruled Wednesday the Reed Smith partner committed no ethical violations when he spoke out against a Beverly Hills construction project he had previously helped a client set in motion.

Stuart Whatley: The Fat Line Between Free Speech and Defamation
When the religious response to ridicule moves from condemning a rhetorical tactic to condemning the very act of criticism itself, fair discourse is halted before it can even begin.

‘Zombies’ have free speech rights too, US court rules
They’re said to utter little more than an occasional groan, but zombies — the blood-drenched monsters of Hollywood “B” movies — still have a right to free speech, a US court ruled this week.

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Kind of an update on the school vaccine update, not really though, simply because if I discuss that issue I am likely to be arrested.

The city of Denver has been very secretive about its plans for dealing with protesters during the DNC. First, no one could find out where the “Free Speech Zone” was going in, then the parade route lottery was kept under wraps, and so on. Finally journalists got wind of a secret detention center with a high capacity for holding people. The race was on, as a blogger pinpointed the location and the local CBS affiliate managed to get inside and film. I spoke to several protest organizers at a press conference at the secret detention center location during a small, but relatively well attended press conference. We talked about the detention center, but also about their frustrations with the current electoral system and what they hoped to achieve in their protests at the DNC. Thanks to Erin Rosa of the coloradoindependent.com for putting me on this story. Please see her excellent and detailed story, including a history of the building, and more detail on potential problems and conditions.