Daily Mail added this to Top StoriesRacketeeringFed FAIL in their bid to stop the Mongols motorcycle club from using their infamous image of Genghis Khan as their logo partdailymail.co.uk - Associated Press A federal judge on Friday fined the Mongols motorcycle club $500,000 in a racketeering and conspiracy case but refused the latest effort in a …
SFChronicleadded this to Bay Area and California News Judge: AG Becerra’s office must turn over police misconduct recordssfchronicle.com - Gwendolyn Wu A San Francisco Superior Court judge handed a victory to First Amendment advocates Friday by issuing a tentative ruling that will require California …
Arizona Politics Arizona prison officials won't let inmates read book that critiques the criminal justice systemazcentral.com - Maria Polletta Arizona Corrections officials could soon face a First Amendment lawsuit if they refuse to overturn a ban on inmates' ability to read "Chokehold," a …
Conservative View Trump’s Favorite Meme Creator Explains His Faulty Twitter Suspensionnewsbusters.org - Alexander Hall The man who created some of most famous Trump memes is back on Twitter after a bogus suspension. The account that goes by @CarpeDonktum tweeted that …
Boing Boingadded this to All StoriesLawsuits Techdirt settles lawsuit with the "I invented email" guyboingboing.net - Rob Beschizza In 2017, an engineer and entrepreneur sued Techdirt for criticising his claim to have invented email. Though a district court soon dismissed the …
Fourth Amendment NPPA disputes SFPD chief’s defense of seizure of visual journalist’s propertynppa.org Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, sent a letter to the chief of the San Francisco police …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBill Of Rights Free Expression on College Campuses - Knight Foundationknightfoundation.org - Knight Foundation On May 13, 2019, Knight Foundation released the report, "Free Expression on College Campuses." See the press release here and a blog post highlighting …
Wetsuits Does the Wet Suit You: Say What?lagunabeachindy.com - Allison Jarrell Can’t we all get along? The words of that great American philosopher Rodney King echo the theme of our local political leaders with their recent …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoACLU ACLU challenges Arizona Corrections Dept. over restricted book | American Libraries Magazineamericanlibrariesmagazine.org The ACLU is accusing the Arizona Department of Corrections of violating the First Amendment rights of inmates in the state’s prisons. Chokehold: Policing …
The Epoch Timesadded this to The Epoch TimesPlay buttonUNC Chapel Hill Girl Who Stole Pro-Life Sign Is Surprised When Cop Tells Her She’s Being Arrestedtheepochtimes.com - Mimi Nguyen Ly A girl appeared to be sad and surprised when a policeman told her she would be arrested for larceny because she had stolen a sign from pro-life …
zhogfanadded this to POLTIC.WAR LEGAL RELIGNTexas Senate Texas Senate passes revived ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ bill as deadline loomsFOX Business - Katherine LamThe Texas Senate passed the revived “Save Chick-fil-A” bill Wednesday night, marking one step closer to passing the measure after its companion proposal was killed in the House last week. Senate Bill filed
The White House White House Blesses Online Radicalization, Extremism And Hatecrooksandliars.com - John Amato The Trump administration has declined to join New Zealand, France and the rest of the world in denouncing right-wing extremism and online racism. U.S. …
Trump Administration Trump asks for stories of 'political bias' in social media using a tool that looks really suspiciousdailykos.com - Mark Sumner It hurts Donald Trump’s feelings that his numbers on Twitter are a fraction of President Barack Obama’s. It hurts his feelings a lot. So much that …
AleteiaCatholicism Barron: It’s time for Catholics (and all religious people) to wake up to the danger of the California Confession billaleteia.org - Bishop Robert Barron SB 360, a piece of proposed legislation currently making its way through the California state senate, should alarm not only every Catholic in the …
USA TODAY MoneyOpinion PhRMA: Drug advertising rules would confuse patientsUSA TODAY - Stephen J. UblPharmaceutical ads mandate also would ignore First Amendment and give short shrift to FDA: Opposing view We agree patients should have more transparency about medicine costs. That is why our member companies
Mark McLaughlinadded this to Uncommon Sense.Hate Crimes I Testified Before Congress About Hate Crimes and the Alt-Right. Here's What Happened.reason.com - Robby Soave On Wednesday, I testified at a Congressional hearing on the purported rise of hate crimes and white nationalism in recent years. I was formally …
Librarianship Calling All Readers: Celebrate and Support the Freedom to Read Foundation! - ALSC Blogala.org - ALSC Intellectual Freedom committee Hey, ALSC members! This post is for both the ALA Annual-going and the wish-they-were-going. First, the going: I know that there will be a lot …
Fox Newsadded this to U.S.Missoula, MT Man to stay jailed over talk about avenging mosque attacksFox News - Associated PressMISSOULA, Mont. – A federal judge has ruled a New York man will remain in custody in Montana pending his June 24 trial over charges that he lied to authorities about discussions he had about joining the
South Florida Are anonymous online comments shielded by First Amendment? Lawyer takes on fight against Florida Barsun-sentinel.com - By Rafael Olmeda The dispute between Broward Clerk of Courts Brenda Forman and lawyer Bill Gelin is exploding into a First Amendment battle over what lawyers can say …
MediaPostadded this to Social Media MarketingFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBill Of Rights Russian 'News' Agency Battles Facebook Over Account Removalsmediapost.com - Wendy Davis Last year, Facebook responded to Russian interference in U.S. elections by removing dozens of accounts that the company believed were controlled by …
Conservative View Abortion Lobby Killing Free Speech, Too | The Streamstream.org - Michael Brown There was a time when there were real liberals on the Left. That is, people who believed in liberty. Their disagreements with conservatives were …
EsquireThe White House Bucking the 'Christchurch Call' Is Not About the First Amendment for This White HouseEsquire - By Charles P. PierceThe administration has kept at bay another threat to our national sovereignty. American Nazis, they've got your back against the globalist menace. From the Washington Post: The “Christchurch Call," unveiled
The Guardianadded this to US NewsThe White House The Trump administration made a web survey. We have questionsGuardian US - Julia Carrie Wong in San FranciscoThe Trump administration launched a web survey on Wednesday soliciting examples of alleged “tech bias” on social media. “SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS should advance FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Yet too many Americans
Common Sense Commentary: ‘Common sense,’ ‘rational’ doesn’t justify destroying the Second Amendmentdelawarestatenews.net - Craig Horleman The Delaware State News reported on May 10 “Three controversial gun bills will not be released from committee, meaning they are essentially …
Axiosadded this to PoliticsChristchurch U.S. will not sign Christchurch call against online extremism, citing free speech concernsAxios - Orion Rummler The U.S. will not sign onto the "Christchurch call to action" against online extremism expected to be released Wednesday, citing concerns that the …
Andres Nunezadded this to Save The UnionNazism The U.S. Is Right to Reject the Christchurch PactNational Review - Charles C. W. Cooke The United States on Wednesday broke with 18 governments and top American tech firms by declining to endorse a New Zealand-led response to the …
KKC Brownadded this to Good And Evil In The Name Of ReligionPlay buttonConservative View BUSTED: This Pro-Choice Supporter Took A Pro-Life Sign And Then The Police Got Involvedtownhall.com - Matt Vespa We all know the Left is unhinged. When it comes to abortion, it’s jacked up to steroid levels. It’s only going to be exacerbated with the recent …
Play buttonOpinion Why the Trump administration had to reject the Christchurch Callwashingtonexaminer.com - Tom Rogan I note this in light of the Christchurch Call by the governments of France and New Zealand in Paris on Wednesday. Designed to build an international …
Rap-Upadded this to Rap-UpTomi Lahren Joyner Lucas Rejects Tomi Lahren's Request for Meetingrap-up.com The rapper says he won’t meet with the conservative commentator after his controversial video for “Devil’s Work,” in which he pleads with God to …
The Washington PostThe White House White House declines to back Christchurch call to stamp out online extremism amid free speech concernsThe Washington Post - Tony Romm, Drew HarwellThe United States broke with 18 governments and five top American tech firms Wednesday by declining to endorse a New Zealand-led effort to curb extremism online, a response to the live-streamed shootings
