Civil Rights | Free Speech

2009-07-04: Headlines

Charleston Gazette: United States 2009-07-04

Adlai Stevenson "The United States is a land of free speech. Nowhere is speech freer -- not even here [in England], where we cultivate it in its most ...

 

The Detroit News: Nation's patriotic symbol pops up everywhere, on everything 2009-07-04

The law was eventually rejected by the Supreme Court for violating free speech. Clothiers using the flag today include thrifty Old Navy and upscale Ralph ...

 

OregonLive.com: To the end, friends say Bonnie Tinker pursued peace, equality 2009-07-04

Des Moines, the US Supreme Court upheld the right of students to wear black arm bands and make other free-speech displays in public schools.

 

guardian.co.uk: The Human Rights Act, 10 years on 2009-07-04

A new inquiry looks at what needs to be done in the public sector to ensure the creation of a wider culture of respect Free speech in action: the G20 ...

 

guardian.co.uk: 'The fundamental point is that human rights protect everyone' 2009-07-04

She had super-glued herself to some gates at the annual climate camp and would, I anticipated, be invoking her right to free speech as part of her defence.

 

OpEdNews: REPORTING FROM HONDURAS: No Press Freedom in Post-Coup Honduras 2009-07-04

While Villatoro was not a fan of deposed President Mel Zelaya, he believes in free speech and always guaranteed his employees that freedom.

 

Bradenton Herald: Celebrate freedom 2009-07-04

We know how to secure a more just and prosperous life for man on Earth: through free markets, free speech, free elections, and the exercise of free ...

 

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: Celebrate our independence 2009-07-04

Few nations – even democracies – offer their citizens the rein and avenues for free speech, specifically to criticize their own government.

 

New West: Anti-Tea Party Mob Storms Bozeman 2009-07-04

I think that our city commission is erring on the side of free speech and that allowing the tea partiers to party on Main could prove to be the lesser ...

 

Indianapolis Star: Prove you're a smart American 2009-07-04

C. The right to free speech. D. The right to pursue happiness. 3. The Declaration was first read in public on July 4 of what year? 4.

 

Empire Report: Thomas Jefferson's Fourth of July 2009-07-04

We are, in part, celebrating this day as a "signal" for other nations to declare, through reason and free speech, their right to self govern;

 

Indianapolis Star: Advocacy depends on free speech 2009-07-04

"Our rights to free speech help counterbalance the dollars from special interest groups." Many disagree with the environmental council, but the First ...

 

Mercury-Register: Off the Record: We can still celebrate freedom 2009-07-04

... and Roosevelt's 1942 Executive Order 9066, for example — being rescinded primarily due to resistance from "the people" through (free) speech and action.

 

Seattle Times: Guest columnists / The Democracy Papers Saving America's democracy ... 2009-07-04

But we should embrace policies that promote free speech and the widest possible dissemination of diverse viewpoints. These structural changes benef ...

 

Santa Monica Daily Press: Court ruling could impact promenade performers 2009-07-04

A balloon artist and Seattle Center regular, Mike Berger, filed a lawsuit challenging the regulations on the grounds that they violated free speech ...

 

Natural News.com: Amy Philo Interview Exposes Devastating Effects of Psychiatric ... 2009-07-04

Adams believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the ending of corporate control over medicines, genes and seeds.

 

San Mateo Daily Journal: Is Independence Day relevant for the modern kid? 2009-07-04

... are severely limited under federal jurisdiction; no ownership of property, a limited amount of privacy and limited free speech as far as in school.

 

Globe and Mail: The strike explainer 2009-07-04

Toronto Police Constable Wendy Drummond said police must balance the strict enforcement of the law with the rights of free speech and public safety ...

 

Waco Tribune Herald: Losing the press room 2009-07-04

WacoTrib.com provides this forum in the spirit of free speech and the free exchange of ideas. Neither WacoTrib.com nor our sponsors endorse or guarantee ...

 

In-Forum: This once was a free country 2009-07-04

Political correctness hadn't yet completely stifled free speech, and kids with hunting rifles in their cars at school parking lots or little girls ...

 

Huffington Post: Progressives Take Back the Flag 2009-07-03

To them, America stood for basic democratic values -- economic and social equality, mass participation in politics, free speech and civil libertie ...

 

Brattleboro Reformer: Letter Box 2009-07-03

In the Bush years our freedom of speech became subjected to free speech zones -- those of us who attempted to penetrate the media wall with our concerns ...

 

RantRave | Published Opinion.: Christian Free Speech ? Not in Dearborn! 2009-07-03

Free speech is alive and well in America, but not if you are a Christian in Dearborn , Michigan. Members of Arabic Christian Perspective, (ACP) had been ...

 

WSAZ-TV: Tea Parties Scheduled for Huntington and Kentucky Saturday 2009-07-03

(WSAZ) -- Some folks will celebrate their freedom on Independence Day by exercising their right to free speech. Saturday, Ritter Park in Huntington ...

 

CounterPunch: Gob Smacked 2009-07-03

There have been no tough words from Obama or Clinton, about the shutting down of all opposition press, the curfew, the violent suppression of free speech.

 

BuzzFlash: WGWJP – What Gun Would Jesus Pack? 2009-07-03

Pagano, who appears to maintain that without the Second Amendment – the right to bear arms – there would be no First Amendment – the right to free speech ...

 

Metamorphosis: How next billion will shape net 2009-07-03

Moreover, many new internet users will have different cultural and societal views on hot-button issues such as online free speech, privacy, and copyright.

 

Pacific Free Press: Vancouver 2010: Ringing In Free-Speech 2009-07-03

“Canada, BC and Vancouver said in our bid documents that we would honour our constitutional commitment to free speech, but they forgot to mention this right ...

 

News Banner: Celebrating our freedom for the Fourth of July 2009-07-03

Those inalienable rights were expounded upon later and put into the Bill of Rights which gave all Americans the right to free speech, a free pre ...

 

Toute la Poésie: mrdoctor' Blog 2009-07-03

On the one hand, it likes to respond to this letter with hyperbolic and uncorroborated accusations and assaults on free speech. But on the other h ...

 

Officer.com: Phoenix PD Critics Call Police Raid 'Witch Hunt' 2009-07-03

Pataky said he considers the information on his Web site “free speech.” After reading the court records released Wednesday, he felt confident he would ...

 

Argus Press: Owosso library moves to regulate porn viewing 2009-07-03

“Once you start filtering, it leads into the free speech issue.” Loxen's story also brought the attention of local Internet filtering company Covenant Eyes.

 

Grand Junction Sentinel: Remember those who died fighting radical Islamists 2009-07-03

... a mullahcracy that thinks nothing of killing people steeped in peculiar Western values such as free speech, open elections and accountable government.

 

LocalNews8.com: Judge throws out political retaliation lawsuit 2009-07-03

... say they were demoted and their free speech rights were violated because they supported the Sevier County sheriff's opponent in a 2006 primary election.

 

Daily Monitor: Constitutional Court blows chance to expand free speech 2009-07-03

A month ago today, the Constitutional Court dismissed a petition seeking to abolish the law of criminal defamation/libel. The meaning of the unanimou ...

 

Weekly Alibi: Amendment One 2009-07-03

With the exception of perhaps one event, the WTO riots in Seattle a decade ago, the spectacle of violent free speech has nearly disappeared.

 

San Antonio Express: Stop China's blockers of online information 2009-07-03

... 22 international business organizations sent a letter to Prime Minister Wen Jiabao arguing that Green Dam threatened security, privacy and free speech.

 

Toute la Poésie: Buy Cialis Online 2009-07-03

On the one hand, it likes to respond to this letter with hyperbolic and uncorroborated accusations and assaults on free speech. But on the other h ...

 

Cnet Asia: Dear Prime MinisterÂ…Is Your E mail Working? 2009-07-03

And he is doing so in a climate wherein all the askers are protected by a little thing called the US Constitution, which guarantees the right to free speech ...

2009-07-03: Headlines

Daily Kos: "We are not disturbing the peace, we are disturbing the war." 2009-07-03

It seemed free speech had prevailed and the participants of the vigil breathed a sigh of relief. For several weeks the vigils went on without police ...

 

Daily Kos: Conflict of Interest, Our Congress and Senate Campaign Process 2009-07-03

The Supreme Court says this system doesn't create a conflict of interest, that it is free speech. What bullshit. If it was free speech, everyone would ...

 

Systems: Soldiers Say Goodbye to Iraqi Orphans With Party, Gifts 2009-07-03

"We have free speech. We can say whatever we want. We have political freedoms and can say our opinion. "Right now, we have stability and we have good ...

 

Scoop.co.nz (press release): Background Note: Belarus 2009-07-03

These new restrictions threaten to undermine the last outlets of free speech online in Belarus. However, the Belarusian authorities have publicly stated ...

 

Washington Post: McCain, Feingold Team Up Again 2009-07-03

... are part of a broader ideological battle over campaign finance laws, which are viewed by many conservatives as unconstitutional limits on free speech.

 

Barnstable Patriot: July 4 reminds us the newspaper industry is much more th ... 2009-07-03

... but as the prime guardians of free speech, sentinels of the “self-evident truths” and “unalienable rights,” the custodians of democracy and guarant ...

 

Los Angeles Times: myspace cyber-bulling conviction tentatively dismissed 2009-07-03

Although the anonymity available on the Internet creates opportunities for abuse, attempts to restrict cyber-bullying raise thorny issues about free speech.

 

Grand Junction Sentinel: Experts say Grand Junction Police walking fine line using public ... 2009-07-03

Coolidge said the pamphlet falls under free speech because it doesn't mention a specific ballot measure or ask residents to vote a certain way.

 

NewsOK.com: Short takes/Celeb birthdays: Friday, July 3, 2009 2009-07-03

The lawsuit states Hilton is seeking to protect his rights to free speech and claims Polo Molina attacked him because he made critical comments about ...

 

SouthCoastToday.com: OUR VIEW: On the Fourth, we celebrate! 2009-07-03

Whether our idea of righteous free speech is Rush Limbaugh or Rachel Maddow, it matters not. For all its faults, we've built a great country since 1776 ...

 

Sin Chew Jit Poh: PC makers voluntarily supply Web filter in China 2009-07-03

US trade officials and industry and free-speech groups have also appealed to Beijing to revoke its order, which requires suppliers to pre-install the Green ...

 

Lower Hudson Journal news: Why conservatives are gunning for Judge Sotomayor 2009-07-03

Clearly, his experiences affected his view of the matter and shaped his conclusion that the burning cross was not merely a free speech opti ...

 

Sierra Sun: Truckee police respond to school district recall dispute 2009-07-03

Where should lines of free speech be drawn? Visit www.sierrasun.com/answercenter to read Executive Editor Ryan Slabaugh's post, and weigh in on ...

 

New York Times: Independence, British-Style 2009-07-03

... including free speech, representative government, and respect for property, deserve global support because they are “not just American ideas.

 

Columbus Dispatch: Public Safety to revise rules on talking to media 2009-07-03

Patrol employees should have the same free-speech rights as the general public, Sigall said. The new policy generally restricts the release of informati ...

 

Softpedia: China Delays Order to Deploy Buggy Censorware Following strong ... 2009-07-03

The European Union also described the software as a clear attempt to limit free speech. The US Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and US Trade Representative ...

 

The Tennessean: Hamas, not Israel, is oppressing Palestinian rights 2009-07-03

In Israel, Jews and Arabs, Christians and Muslims have the right to vote, to worship as they please, to free speech. Why can't the Palestinians have these ...

 

Sun-Sentinel.com: Stephen L. Goldstein: Ban private campaign contributions 2009-07-03

I'm sick and tired of getting a mailbox full of costly candidate propaganda perpetrating deceptions in the name of free speech. I'm disgusted by phony TV ...

 

business new europe: New law to restrict online expression as Kazakhstan prepares ... 2009-07-03

... law on information and communications networks, according to Tamara Kaleyeva, president of Adil Soz, a local organisation set up to protect free speech.

 

Columbia Missourian: Columbia residents exercise First Amendment rights 2009-07-03

From his small apartment in Paquin Tower, Dudley exercises his First Amendment right to free speech, making his voice heard on the Internet on a daily ...

 

KXMD: Tea Party | KXNet.com North Dakota News 2009-07-03

With that independence come rights one of those rights is the Right to Free Speech. Tonight many people are expected to exercise this right on the State ...

 

The Courier News: Twitter, the modern soapbox, and free speech 2009-07-03

Not all our readers freely express themselves via letters to the editor. Some call our Speakout line. Others connect online, via social networking site ...

 

AZ Central.com: Confused US has lots to say about health care 2009-07-03

Free speech is dying. GLBT Community rights!!!!!!." And every few minutes, somebody named Brian Taylor, his Facebook photo a picture of a young boy ...

 

Globe and Mail: Right to strike, recycling and illegal dumping 2009-07-03

Toronto Police Constable Wendy Drummond said police must balance the strict enforcement of the law with the rights of free speech and public safety ...

 

Australasia: GetUp! and Fnuky team up on internet filter - Digital Media 2009-07-03

“Even if you put legitimate concerns about free speech side the experts agree that a secret blacklist of 1300 sites , out of literally billi ...

 

Ars Technica: "MySpace mom" Lori Drew's conviction thrown out 2009-07-02

The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed an amicus brief calling the case a threat to online free speech. And the conservative Heritage Foundation called ...

 

The Wenatchee World Online: Filtered Internet: Safe, appropriate 2009-07-02

The library embraces free speech and its print and digital collections reflect such principles. However, our community libraries are not Internet cafes.

 

NewsHour: Free Expression Rights for Unpopular Ideas 2009-07-02

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees our rights to free speech, and as the Supreme Court ruled in Tinker v.

 

San Antonio Current: Free Speech Coalition will take Parade Ordinance suit to 5th Circuit 2009-07-02

At an emotional meeting at the Esperanza last night, the San Antonio Free Speech Coalition and the International Women's Day March Planning Committee ...

 

Amherst Bulletin: Around Town: Select Board cannot handle 'heat' at Town Meeting 2009-07-02

The Fourth of July Parade this year will, for the first time, have political signs as part of a compromise that allows for more free speech.

 

WiredPRNews.com (press release): MySpace Determined Not Liable in Rape Case 2009-07-02

David Singer an attorney for MySpace is quoted in the report as stating of the issue of free speech online, “If you have Web sites that are constantly ...

 

Empire Report: You Gotta Wonder (or WTF?) 2009-07-02

If we don't take the vast sums of money out of the election equation – and please no crap about money equaling free speech – then nothing changes.

 

Gadling: Dim Sum Dialogues: HKSAR Establishment Day 2009-07-02

I quickly learned that the laid back barbecues have been overlooked for good old fashioned demonstrations of free speech. For those out there that might ...

2009-07-02: Headlines

Scoop.co.nz (press release): Background Note: Lesotho 2009-07-02

The government also passed legislation that curtailed free speech, free press, and rights of assembly. In March 2003, MDC leaders Morgan Tsvangirai ...

 

Fort Worth Star Telegram: Campbell: Detractors to Obama's high-court nominee pollute honest ... 2009-07-02

Okwedy then sued Molinari, claiming violations of the First Amendment's free exercise, free speech and establishment clauses.

 

Babble Australia: Obama Skirts Free Speech Issue Over Kids Pics 2009-07-02

There's nothing that gets me more riled than someone constricting the freedoms of the press. Except maybe the president of the United States trying ...

 

MU The Parthenon: College announces essay contest 2009-07-02

The essay topic deals with free speech and asks whether a university should be allowed to restrict what free speech is for its faculty members.

 

Daily Kos: Dear Mr. President: And Where Shall We Sweep the HOMICIDES? (2nd ... 2009-07-02

... as if they'd agreed to a 'free' speech zone of sorts, as if waterboarding were the one torture space they could tramp around in, by decree of some very ...

 

All Cars Electric: Tesla Files For Dismissal of Eberhard Lawsuit 2009-07-02

... the extraordinary (and hypocritical) step of seeking an injunction that would prevent Musk from exercising his free speech rights in public or private.

 

Colorado Daily: Churchill, CU have last go-around 2009-07-02

CU launched an investigation into whether Churchill had overstepped the bounds of free speech by a public employee with his essay, in which he compared some ...

 

XBIZ Newswire: Ukraine Outlaws Pornography, but 'Medicinal' Use Is OK 2009-07-02

Free-speech proponents and human-right activists are protesting the law calling it controversial since nowhere in the draft is pornography clearly defined.

 

Catholic Online: Catholic Church Stands Strong: Victory for Religious Freedom ... 2009-07-02

... violated the Establishment Clause, the Free Exercise Clause and the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

 

Queen City News: No July 4th fireworks on state, federal lands 2009-07-02

... for Montana politicians and stated that Montanans in Action would be consulting with an attorney to “defend our constitutional rights to free speech”.

 

Tonawanda News: SOUND OFF: Published July 2 2009-07-02

Someone voices their negative opinion about Obama, and all of a sudden, there's no tolerance for free speech suddenly. President Obama is not interested ...

 

World Magazine: Accessories by force 2009-07-02

... elimination of conscience, because it establishes abortion as a fundamental right, like free speech, and puts abortion under anti-discrimination law.

 

Bradenton Herald: Go & Do: July 2 2009-07-02

All poets, musicians, stand-up comedians, ranters, ravers, authors, and readers are welcome to this “free speech” event. Information: 750-9141.

 

Washington Times: Voight rebuts 'hate speech' tag 2009-07-02

Free speech got a loud boost from Hollywood on Wednesday. Jon Voight has responded to accusations ...

 

Business Report: Internet spat reveals limits to Beijing's power 2009-07-02

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology rejected claims that the filter plan threatened free speech, violated international trade rules or w ...

 

Chestnut Hill Local: Tenant hunt should have public component 2009-07-02

The rumor mill syllogism that week ran something like this: The Chestnut Hill Community Association hates free speech so they're trying to fire the ed ...

 

KPHO Phoenix: Police Raid Homes Of Department Critics 2009-07-02

Pataky said he considers the information on his Web site “free speech.” After reading the court records released Wednesday, he felt confident he would ...

 

NJ.com: Blogger again held without bail - The Star-Ledger 2009-07-02

Turner has long been accused of being anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic and anti-government and often pushes the bounds of free speech.

 

Examiner.com: Tactics in cybersecurity: Russia & US - don't forget the Council ... 2009-07-02

Without a doubt, any treaty discussions and even law enforcement cooperative actions must overcome all the obstacles in very key areas: free speech ...

 

Moultrie Observer: A thorn in his side 2009-07-02

... and the most basic principles of our criminal code; they have attacked one of the most fundamental of all freedoms, the right of free speech!

 

Scoop.co.nz (press release): Fiji's regime urged to lift PER restrictions 2009-07-02

... of fear and restrictions smothering free speech, open debate and honest criticism on the issues involved in creating the conditions for a better Fiji.

 

Daily Kos: Claire McCaskill hearing shows reverse mortgages out of control 2009-07-02

That is just like our Constitution; for instance, the First Amendment will have no meaning whatsoever if the government does not seek to uphold Free Speech.

 

WGRZ-TV: Wilson Hazing Trial Ends, Judge Reserves On Verdict 2009-07-02

Virginia, the Supreme Court interpreted the guarantees of free speech and freedom of the press found in the First Amendment of the Untied State ...

 

Daily Kos: On Money, Power, and Representative Democracy 2009-07-02

Individual citizens are entitled to the right of free speech. The prevailing opinion of the American judiciary is that money, particularly donations ...

 

Examiner.com: 4th of July Houston TEA party an exercise in free speech 2009-07-02

The discussion about free speech that we are going to engage in today is especially fitting as we approach Saturday's commemeration of the signing of ...

 

Womblog: RED ALERT: The Total Takeover Of America Enters Its Final Phase 2009-07-02

We are about to sound the death knell for the United States if every one of the following attacks on our liberty, free speech, sovereignty, and right to ...

 

NewsWest9.com: Censorship Debate in Andrews Over Chamber of Commerce 4th of July ... 2009-07-02

Pryor thinks Independence Day should celebrate freedom including the right to free speech. "It seems kind of odd that on the fourth of July they're wanting ...

 

WTVW: WSAA Protest Song 2009-07-02

“I was a little upset because I thought, 'what happened to free speech in Advertising,' he said. It's sung by Rich Torkington, he's from Arizona but h ...

 

UGO: Who We're Watching 2009-07-01

(TVbytheNumbers) Will there be a new Alien Nation? (Variety) I watched this HBO documentary on free speech the other day, and it was pretty compelling.

 

KOCO: Okla. Lawmaker: Gays Caused Recession 2009-07-01

The American Civil Liberties Union said it considers Kern's comments to be hate speech, but it stands by her free speech rights as long as she didn't use ...

 

Atlantic Online: Child Porn, Animal Cruelty Porn, and the Right to Imagine 2009-07-01

Last year Justice Kennedy joined the majority in a 7 - 2 decision that effectively overruled the defense of free speech he had offered a mere four year ...

 

Daily Kos: first draft 2009-07-01

... an American flag and one of us conservatives, or a yo-yo artist wants to attack the sensibilities of the Catholic Church, free speech is all the rage.

 

Hartford Courant: Ethics office closes probe of Catholic rally 2009-07-01

... laws to the church would likely have been ruled unconstitutional by the courts and would potentially have had a chilling effect on free speech rights.

 

Times Online: Big changes to expenses clean-up bill as Government suffers defeat 2009-07-01

If parliament is a place for free speech then so should the rest of the country be. Politicians have a special skill in making everything they touch more ...

 

NewsMax.com: ABC Pulls John Stossel's Canadian Healthcare Piece 2009-07-01

“Free speech means rude obscenity and hate speech. I treasure free speech too.” The dreaded theme of Stossel's special seems to be: Take a good hard look ...

 

Blabbermouth.net: JUDAS PRIEST's HALFORD: 'The Longer I Live, The More I Want ... 2009-07-01

Although I've always been a proponent of free speech, First Amendment rights, I love America, I've spent most of my life in the States, I understood ...

 

Lebanon: Elmaleh's case echoes our liberal limits - Daily Star 2009-07-01

That this is a free-speech concern is undeniable; however we should not underestimate the political messages also being sent. Al-Manar accused Elmaleh ...

 

Awdalnews Networks: US Congressman Lashes Out at Democratic Republic of Somaliland 2009-07-01

Somaliland boasts free speech and private newspapers. Its population voluntarily disarmed, reconciled and transitioned into an elected, civilian government.

 

MLive.com: TEA party to go as planned in Shiawassee County 2009-07-01

After hearing from Gould, the ACLU sent a letter to McAvoy saying that, while they didn't necessarily back his cause, they backed his rights to free speech ...

 

Examiner.com: GOP picks on freshman representative rather than take on player ... 2009-07-01

Here is the ad the GOP is running: I do not have a problem with the GOP exercising their free speech rights and running ads against climate change.

 

San Francisco Chronicle: MySpace not liable for girls' rapes, court says 2009-07-01

David Singer, a lawyer for MySpace, said the court recognized that the federal law protects free speech online while leaving victims free to sue actual ...

 

Post Chronicle: Tell Me Again What Country Are We In? 2009-07-01

We have rights that are clearly written in the bill of rights that are being blatantly ignored, our right to free speech covers the use of bumper sticker ...

 

New York Times: The Fight Over 'Free' 2009-07-01

... would be an incoherent mess, totally out of step with the pace of the Information Age and utterly inimical to the principles of free speech and debate.

 

Tampabay.com: A dangerous campaign loophole, or healthy free speech? 2009-07-01

"Did you know Sen. John Smith is an enemy of puppies and apple pie? Sen. Smith has voted 26 times against pro-puppy ...

 

Washington Post: Latest Palin Controvery Just a Subset of War Over Direction of GOP 2009-07-01

Sorry but I'd rather have a pastor exorcise his first amendment rights of free speech (even though the uneducated masses like yourself won't understand h ...

 

guardian.co.uk: Judge refuses to toss lawsuit against Nevada gov. 2009-07-01

Kossack filed a revised complaint Tuesday, narrowing the case to allege Mazzeo's free speech and equal protection rights were violated.

 

Edmunds.com/Inside Line: Tesla Files for Eberhard Lawsuit Dismissal 2009-07-01

He also takes the extraordinary (and hypocritical) step of seeking an injunction that would prevent [Tesla CEO Elon] Musk from exercising his free speech ...

 

Richmond Times Dispatch: From driving to voting, many new laws in effect today 2009-07-01

After the General Assembly approved the new legislation, three free-speech organizations dropped a lawsuit against the elections board.

 

Gainesville Sun: Several local 'tea parties' planned for Friday, Saturday 2009-07-01

For many others, it's a chance to exercise their right to free speech. Tea Party protests, during which people gather to object to government tax policie ...

 

CircleID: Green Dam is Breached… Now What? 2009-07-01

... as it stands global political trends are not on the side of free speech protections… whatever the trend-line might look like in China on any given day.

2009-07-01: Headlines

WilliametteLive.com: Kiosk fans want to see a downtown resurrection 2009-07-01

They would serve the purposes of economic improvement, free speech and cultural promotion, said organizers. Kiosks that once occupied downtown street ...

 

Sudan Tribune: Ethiopian terrorism law would curb free speech: rights watchdog 2009-07-01

As drafted, this law could encourage serious abuses against political protesters and provide legal cover for repression of free speech and due-proce ...

 

Vancouver Courier: Abortion clinic 'bubble zone' terminates free speech 2009-07-01

As lunchtime pedestrian traffic bustles outside the SkyTrain station at the northeast corner of Commercial Drive and Broadway, a handful of pro-life ...

 

Gather.com: Why Barack Obama is a Bad President 2009-07-01

The only difference is that Abdullah, Chavez, and the Castros have already exerted an iron centralized fist over the economy, news, free speech ...

 

Boston Globe: China delays rule on mandatory Internet-censoring software 2009-07-01

American and European governments and businesses have almost unanimously protested the order, saying it would curb free speech and compromise the security ...

 

Sydney Morning Herald: Fiji to get new constitution 'by 2013' 2009-07-01

... Fiji's future since Bainimarama's regime tore up the country's constitution in April and installed a new order with heavy sanctions on free speech.

 

State Bill Colorado: A License To Conceal? Colorado DMV Takes Squishy Stance On Vulgarities 2009-07-01

The question of free speech on vanity plates has arisen from time to time nationally, typically in a trial court or an appellate court that hears case ...

 

Dark Reading: 'Net Parrot Effect 2009-07-01

I didn't see a single suggestion that would actually help free speech advocates. If I wore a tinfoil hat, then I could even go as far as to say that th ...

 

Examiner.com: UC Santa Barbara professor not disciplined—anti-Israel free speech ... 2009-07-01

As has been noted, one of the values of free speech is that it makes it easier to “spot the idiots.” Third, some friends of Israel should rethink their ...

 

San Antonio Current: Streets paved with gold 2009-07-01

In San Antonio, the Free Speech Coalition and Women's Day marchers complained that the SAPD had been given too much leeway to determine how much to charge ...

 

AINA: Victory for Free Speech 2009-06-30

Frontpage Interview's guest today is Joe Kaufman, the Chairman of Americans Against Hate and the founder of CAIR Watch. The Texas Court of Appeals has just ...

 

United Press International (subscription): Fiji rulers extend free-speech ban 2009-06-30

WELLLINGTON, New Zealand, June 30 (UPI) -- Fiji's military rulers have gone one step further than banning speakers at a UNESCO youth conference.

 

North County Times: ESCONDIDO: ACLU weighs in on council's dispute over mayor' ... 2009-06-30

"Individuals do not surrender their free speech rights when they become elected officials," the letter states, citing legal precedents on the issue.

 

Denver Post: Carroll: Free speech vs. popular opinion 2009-06-30

If you really want to trample on free speech in America, you must start by enlisting the right sort of people — academic ...

 

Jakarta Globe: Press Council: Libel Case Ruling a Win for Free Speech 2009-06-30

Media experts on Tuesday welcomed the Jakarta High Court's decision to overturn a guilty verdict imposed on a kiosk owner who had been convicted of libel ...

 

Green Party Watch: Cynthia McKinney Reportedly Taken Captive By Israeli NavyJune 30, 2009 2009-06-30

A pdf of a flyer for the AFP-TBR 2006 Free Speech conference is available on the American Free Press website here. The “Nordwave” website has a descripti ...

 

Monadnock Ledger Transcript: ACLU backs rally in dispute 2009-06-30

On Thursday, Keshen said of the site plan review prerequisite, "It chilled their rights to free speech under the First Amendment.

 

WDEL 1150AM: Senate ok's bill regulating abortiion protests 2009-06-30

State senator Bob Venables voted against the measure, saying it restricts the free speech of anti-abortion protestors. Senator Ennis says anti-aborti ...

 

Appscout: Facebook: Free Speech Is Really Hard 2009-06-30

"Free speech is really hard," Zuckerberg said at the Personal Democracy Forum in Manhattan. "It's something that we believe in very passionately as ...

 

Reclaim the Media: Is broadband a civil right? 2009-06-30

The issues around Universal Access emerged as the most powerful metaphor for freedom, democracy, and free speech. So the conversation came to a head as PdF ...

 

Examiner.com: Disciplined, emotionally controlled Dem: 'My free speech? Good ... 2009-06-30

I guess it's about free speech, but it's extremely unfair. It is problematic that any American politician would even think such things, let alone utter ...

2009-06-30: Headlines

USA Today: High court will rehear 'Hillary' documentary case 2009-06-30

Citizens United said the ban infringed on free speech. Monday, the group's president David Bossie said he was "optimistic" about a second chance before ...

 

North County Times: ESCONDIDO: ACLU weighs in on council's dispute over mayor' ... 2009-06-30

"Individuals do not surrender their free speech rights when they become elected officials," the letter states, citing legal precedents on the issue.

 

AINA: Victory for Free Speech 2009-06-30

Frontpage Interview's guest today is Joe Kaufman, the Chairman of Americans Against Hate and the founder of CAIR Watch. The Texas Court of Appeals has just ...

 

Grand Forks Herald: 'Packer' adviser sent packing 2009-06-30

This time he talked about how free speech should be available even to high school students. He received a C while the school spirit crusaders received As. I ...

 

Huffington Post: Is Broadband a Civil Right? 2009-06-30

The issues around Universal Access emerged as the most powerful metaphor for freedom, democracy, and free speech. So the conversation came to a head as PdF ...

 

Pocono Record: Senate should oppose 'hate crimes' bill 2009-06-30

Our senators will soon have the opportunity to express their support or disdain for the free speech guarantees of the Constitution with their vote on S909 ...

 

89.3 KPCC: Violence in Iraq, Violence Next Door 2009-06-30

As for the HBO documentary ''Shouting Fire,'' about the limits of free speech in the US, it was nifty to have both the director and one of her subjects: Liz ...

 

SouthCoastToday.com: 'Fire' argues protecting speech a full-time job 2009-06-29

People who believe that the country needs to censor "dangerous" speech don't seem to realize that allowing and protecting free speech ...

 

Philadelphia Inquirer: AP: Judge hits Pa. ethics panel's secrecy rule 2009-06-29

The Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission's gag rule on people who file complaints appear to violate the constitutional right to free speech, a federal judge ...

 

The BLT: Blog of Legal Times: Shouting Fire: First Amendment Documentary Airs Tonight 2009-06-29

It's called Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech, and is directed and produced by his daughter Liz Garbus. It's a dynamic look at the history ...

 

Christian Science Monitor: Supreme Court rules protests at troops' funerals can continue 2009-06-29

The high court won't intervene in free-speech case involving a church's antigay demonstrations. By Warren Richey | Staff writer of The Christian Science ...

 

Huffington Post: Obama Falsely Shouts Fire 2009-06-29

It is more than coincidence that an HBO film on free speech, Shouting Fire, dealing with the Bush attempt to stop free speech is on tonight.

 

BBC News: Obscene stories or free speech? 2009-06-29

... but does he have the right to use them? Free speech is a tenet of British democracy and is enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

 

AfterEllen.com: Fun debates or comment wars? 2009-06-29

Yet, you have the really random ones when someone says something “interesting”, people dissent and their defense is FREE SPEECH!!!111!

 

Prison Planet.com: RED ALERT: The Total Takeover Of America Enters Its Final Phase 2009-06-29

We are about to sound the death knell for the United States if every one of the following attacks on our liberty, free speech, sovereignty, and right to ...

 

BurlingtonFreePress.com: Free speech faces new challenges from technology 2009-06-29

Crump will examine how technology impacts free speech and privacy today at a forum on "Thought and Expression in a Changing World" sponsored by the ACLU ...

 

Christian Science Monitor: Was Wikipedia correct to censor news of David Rohde's capture? 2009-06-29

Hell, I thought when I joined the military the idea was that safety did NOT trump our ideals of free speech, or other freedoms.

 

Bay Area Indymedia: Media Alliance Protests Hate Speech, Sponsors Film Screening 2009-06-29

"Broadcasters say they have the right to exercise Free Speech, but Broadcast Blues director Sue Wilson challenges that assertion. 'There is free speech ...

 

Philadelphia Inquirer: Newtown Square mom may take case to Supreme Court 2009-06-29

She is considering whether to continue with a case that tackles issues of free speech and separation of church and state. If she goes forward, Busch say ...

 

Connecticut Law Tribune: Student's Vulgar Word Continues To Echo 2009-06-29

“The rights of students to free speech generates a lot of buzz,” said Doninger's lawyer, Jon Schoenhorn. “The Internet is today's soapbox only it's bigger ...

2009-06-29: Headlines

Bay Area Indymedia: Media Alliance Protests Hate Speech, Sponsors Film Screening 2009-06-29

"Broadcasters say they have the right to exercise Free Speech, but Broadcast Blues director Sue Wilson challenges that assertion. 'There is free speech ...

 

New York Times: Some Speech Is More Free Than Others 2009-06-29

The film, by Liz Garbus, is subtitled “Stories From the Edge of Free Speech,” perhaps because the main characters in the cases she studies exercised their ...

 

Sun-Sentinel.com: Hate not free speech 2009-06-28

We lost over 4000 young men and have over 30000 wounded soldiers for a senseless war in Iraq. They weren't responsible for the 9-11 attacks.

 

Mansfield News Journal: Guest column: Civil dissent is losing value in US 2009-06-28

People no longer understand what free speech is -- a necessary freedom with great responsibility. We may disagree with the content of what fools say ...

 

Democratic Underground: The consequences of President Obama's refusal to hold torturer ... 2009-06-28

... and our Congress by sanctimoniously pointing to the free speech provisions in the First Amendment to our Constitution and claiming that money is speech.

 

Journal: THOMAS MITCHELL: The legal, social minefield of free speech rights - Las Vegas Review 2009-06-28

There is a serious tension between free speech and the ability of government agencies to maintain discipline and good working conditions.

 

MiamiHerald.com: A look ahead at the week in TV and movies 2009-06-28

Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech (9 pm Monday, HBO) -- This documentary on the erosion of US free speech covers everything from ...

 

Times Online: This ipsy-dipsy quango won't save democracy 2009-06-28

My concern is only with the constitutional implications for parliamentary privilege (including the right of free speech) and the extent to which the court ...

 

American Chronicle: Dissidents, Hate Speech, Free Speech and Propaganda 2009-06-27

These people who want to subvert the right to free speech by outlawing hate speech have missed the point on why the right to free speech needs to be honored ...

 

National Post: Robert Fulford: Lies the President told us 2009-06-27

Lie One “The Iranian people have a universal right to assembly and free speech.” No, they don't. There's no such universal right and no one who could ...

 

Richmond Times Dispatch: Gun-rights advocates say Coliseum staff challenged free-speech rights 2009-06-27

... and attack the First," President Philip Van Cleave said, referring to the US Constitution's guarantees of the right to bear arms and to free speech.

2009-06-28: Headlines

MiamiHerald.com: A look ahead at the week in TV and movies 2009-06-28

Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech (9 pm Monday, HBO) -- This documentary on the erosion of US free speech covers everything from ...

 

Mansfield News Journal: Guest column: Civil dissent is losing value in US 2009-06-28

People no longer understand what free speech is -- a necessary freedom with great responsibility. We may disagree with the content of what fools say ...

 

Times Online: This ipsy-dipsy quango won't save democracy 2009-06-28

My concern is only with the constitutional implications for parliamentary privilege (including the right of free speech) and the extent to which the court ...

 

Democratic Underground: The consequences of President Obama's refusal to hold torturer ... 2009-06-28

... and our Congress by sanctimoniously pointing to the free speech provisions in the First Amendment to our Constitution and claiming that money is speech.

 

Journal: THOMAS MITCHELL: The legal, social minefield of free speech rights - Las Vegas Review 2009-06-28

There is a serious tension between free speech and the ability of government agencies to maintain discipline and good working conditions.

 

Muncie Star Press: Inside the First Amendment: Pundits should be judged in court ... 2009-06-28

That's the way free speech -- and even cable TV -- works. They get to talk. You and I get to pick and choose -- whether to watch or listen, and certainly ...

 

Sun-Sentinel.com: Hate not free speech 2009-06-28

We lost over 4000 young men and have over 30000 wounded soldiers for a senseless war in Iraq. They weren't responsible for the 9-11 attacks.

 

Jamaica Gleaner: Obama is right on Iran 2009-06-28

He asserted the Iranian people's right to free assembly and free speech. You can do all of that without saying anything about the legitimacy of an election.

 

American Chronicle: Dissidents, Hate Speech, Free Speech and Propaganda 2009-06-27

These people who want to subvert the right to free speech by outlawing hate speech have missed the point on why the right to free speech needs to be honored ...

 

Tips-Q GLBT News: Liars or Idiots? 2009-06-27

They both claim that Judge Sotomayor joined in a ruling adverse to free speech and the First Amendment. As usual, they have most of the indisputable fact ...

 

Richmond Times Dispatch: Gun-rights advocates say Coliseum staff challenged free-speech rights 2009-06-27

... and attack the First," President Philip Van Cleave said, referring to the US Constitution's guarantees of the right to bear arms and to free speech.

 

Times Online: MPs revolt over conduct code 2009-06-27

Free speech does not include a free ride. These MPs should get over themselves. This simply demonstrates that getting caught with both hands in the till h ...