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News stories recently posted throughout the First Amendment Center Online.
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Wis. newspaper files open-records lawsuit against governor
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The Capital Times alleges that Jim Doyle's office took too long to comply with request for information about finalists for judicial openings.
08.04.09
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5th Circuit: City violated Santeria priest's religious rights
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Euless, Texas, officials had claimed that sacrifices performed by Jose Merced jeopardized public health and violated its slaughterhouse and animal-cruelty ordinances.
08.03.09
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Wis. man convicted in prayer-death case
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Jury finds Dale Neumann guilty of reckless homicide — same charge his wife was convicted on earlier — in daughter's 2008 death from undiagnosed diabetes.
08.03.09
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Fla. judge lifts gag order in middle school sexual-assault case
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Emmett Battles had ordered story removed from Web site after prosecutors and defense attorneys argued that details shouldn't have been in court file and shouldn't be public.
08.03.09
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CIA leak judge says reporters need limited shield law
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Reggie Walton, who also presided over Toni Locy leak case, tells American Bar Association panel that courts shouldn't be able to 'just willy nilly extract information from reporters.'
08.03.09
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Federal judge halts release of Wash. referendum signatures
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Gay-rights supporters had planned to publish online the names of everyone who signed petitions seeking to force public vote on new domestic-partnership law.
08.02.09
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Ala. alcohol board bans wine with nude label
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Board attorney says stylized, art-nouveau rendition of naked female with flying bicycle violates state rules against displaying 'person posed in an immoral or sensuous manner.'
08.01.09
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La. attorneys ask judge to halt limits on lawyer ads
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New rules, scheduled to take effect on Oct. 1, include restrictions on use of mottos, celebrity endorsements, re-enactments and client testimonials.
07.31.09
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2 charged in slaying of Calif. editor plead not guilty
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Meanwhile, judge orders release of hundreds of pages of previously sealed grand jury testimony and lifts gag order.
07.31.09
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Full 10th Circuit won't rehear Okla. Ten Commandments ruling
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Dissenting judges said June panel decision 'misconstrues — and in so doing multiplies the errors inherent in — the Supreme Court’s already-questionable "tests."'
07.31.09
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Senate panel OKs expanded whistleblower protections
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White House calls vote by Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 'a bipartisan breakthrough for whistleblower rights.'
07.30.09
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Full 5th Circuit to review ruling in Texas open-meetings case
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Several attorneys general had asked court to reconsider panel's decision, saying it could cripple similar laws in their states.
07.30.09
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IRS halts inquiry into Minn. church
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Pastor, who was under investigation for preaching politics from pulpit, says he's disappointed because he'd rather fight it out in court.
07.30.09
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