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News stories recently posted throughout the First Amendment Center Online.
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Newspapers seek government records in anthrax inquiry
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'The public has a right to know why [Stephen Hatfill] was targeted,' says attorney for New York Times and Los Angeles Times.
11.13.08
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NYPD quietly drops policy on videotaping political activity
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NYCLU, which has challenge to police surveillance rules pending in federal court, says department changed regulation last year but group wasn't notified until last month.
11.13.08
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Mich. minister jailed for warning that judge faced God's wrath
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ACLU, which is handling Rev. Edward Pinkney's appeal, says case may be 'first time in modern history that a preacher has been imprisoned for predicting what God might do.'
11.13.08
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Jonesboro deposition remains sealed for now
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Judge rules videotape of Andrew Golden, one of two boys who killed five people at middle school in 1998, won't be released until after civil lawsuit.
11.12.08
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2 Calif. high school newspapers shuttered
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ACLU sues after Tomahawk is scrapped; students decry cancellation of Scots Express after one issue.
11.12.08
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Lawsuit revives controversy over nude musical revue
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Gay arts group claims Milwaukee ordinance is unconstitutional because it gives officials 'unbridled discretion' over permit process.
11.12.08
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High court won't hear challenge to sealed case
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Legal newspaper publisher — backed by press advocate, 29 media groups — had sought access to case involving woman who claimed employer fired her because she had abortion.
11.11.08
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Federal judge won't toss White House e-mail suit
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Court allows two watchdog groups to pursue their case as they press government to recover millions of possibly missing electronic messages.
11.11.08
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Judge OKs private meetings between Philly mayor, City Council
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Two newspapers had sued to open closed-door budget briefings, which their reporters had been barred from attending.
11.11.08
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Federal judge sides with 2 outspoken Detroit teachers
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Court orders Stephen Conn and Heather Miller restored to classrooms, calling them competent educators who were punished for exercising free speech.
11.10.08
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FBI kept file on journalist David Halberstam
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Graduate students obtain documents — which show agency monitored prize-winning author's reporting for more than 20 years — by filing FOIA request.
11.10.08
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Ohio agency director put on leave amid 'plumber' probe
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State inspector is investigating whether Helen Jones-Kelley improperly authorized search of Samuel 'Joe' Wurzelbacher's records.
11.10.08
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7th Circuit: Ill. not required to issue 'Choose Life' plates
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Three-judge panel reverses lower court ruling, says state officials are within their rights in keeping any viewpoint on abortion off state's tags.
11.10.08
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'Jena 6' proceedings should have been open
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Louisiana appeals court finds judge didn't have authority to close juvenile courtroom, but doesn't say if news media can have access to records in Mychal Bell case.
11.09.08
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