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News stories recently posted throughout the First Amendment Center Online.
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Writers sue NYC over press-pass policy
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'Why does the police department get to determine who is a journalist?' asks attorney for three men.
11.14.08
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Legal grind ends for woman accused of dirty dance
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Rebecca Willis will receive $275,000 from North Carolina town that barred her from community hangout.
11.14.08
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High court to hear appeal over anti-Clinton movie
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Justices' decision to consider lower court ruling in case involving 'Hillary: The Movie' reverses their earlier rejection of case.
11.14.08
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Mormon aid for Calif. gay-marriage ban generates complaint
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Gay-rights activist accuses church of failing to report full value of work it did to support Proposition 8.
11.14.08
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GOP takes aim at federal campaign-finance laws
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Party sues FEC in bid to overturn soft-money ban and restrictions on ability of parties, candidates to work hand-in-hand on political campaigns.
11.14.08
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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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