Free speech rights, anti-bullying fight collide
Free Speech Monday, February 6th, 2012
The First Amendment guarantees that public school students have the right to free speech. It also gives them the right to practice their religion.
Critics fear Twitter’s new policy will hinder free speech
Free Speech Monday, January 30th, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO • Twitter has promoted itself as a beacon of free speech, and that image was burnished when revolutionaries used the social media service to organize protests during last year’s Arab Spring uprising.
Online piracy bill has free speech supporters up in arms
Free Speech Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Artists who use others’ work could be fined or have their websites shut down washington, dc. A bill being considered by a House of Representatives committee last month could divide the art world into two camps: those who want to protect their creations from being used online and those who like to use the work of others.
Two diverse cases in Sacramento hinge on free speech issues
Free Speech Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
Flamboyant as usual, Sacramento defense attorney Linda Parisi made her way up and down the courthouse elevator Friday between two cases that seemingly placed her on opposite sides of the First Amendment.
Headlight Flashing Faces Free Speech Test in Florida
Free Speech Friday, October 14th, 2011
By Douglas Kennedy | FoxNews.com Erich Campbell thought he was being helpful. The Florida Highway patrolman thought he was being obnoxious and disrespectful and gave him a $101 fine. “I couldn’t believe it,” said Campbell as he paced next to Veterans Highway in Tampa, Fla. “I was in complete disbelief.” Campbell’s crime? He flashed his [...]
Free speech: UCSB reimburses College Republicans
Free Speech Thursday, October 13th, 2011
By Bob Egelko, The San Francisco Chronicle Under pressure from a conservative free-speech group, University of California officials have reimbursed campus Republicans in Santa Barbara for hosting a speaker who claims Muslim extremists and left-wingers are infiltrating the classroom. The UC Santa Barbara student government balked at the Republican group’s request for $1,800 to pay [...]
Rather Than Protecting Free Speech, Media Protects Obama
Breaking News, Free Speech Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
By Meredith Jessup, The Blaze Why is Hank Williams Jr. being punished for having an opinion? As we’ve reported, Williams came under fire Monday after criticizing President Obama and House Speaker Boehner’s recent golf match. The two ideologically opposed politicians meeting on the golf course was a mistake, Williams noted. “That would be like Hitler [...]
Ground rules went too far, free speech expert says at Irvine 11 trial
Free Speech Thursday, September 15th, 2011
By Mona Shadia, Los Angeles Times A UC Irvine professor overstepped his boundaries when he told students that no disruptions were allowed during the Israeli ambassador’s visit on campus last year, according to testimony given Wednesday in the so-called Irvine 11 trial in Santa Ana. UC Irvine professor Rei Terada, an expert on the history [...]
Hanging of ‘Truck Nuts’ Grows into a Free Speech Debate
Constitution, Free Speech Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
‘Don’t touch my junk,’ is taking on new meaning.
Man’s divorce blog starts free speech dispute
Constitution, Free Speech Monday, August 1st, 2011
DOYLESTOWN, Pa., Aug. 1 (UPI) — A bitter, divorced Pennsylvania man’s blog has triggered a free-speech debate, officials say.