School board's public-comment policy restricting "lengthy, personally directed, abusive, off-topic, antagonistic, obscene or irrelevant" remarks held to be unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.
Federal appeals court says Madison school board violated free speech rights
A federal appeals court has ruled the Madison Schools violated a grandfather‘s free speech rights during the d...
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Washington, D.C., may join New York in opening public access to formerly inaccessible police disciplinary files, following the murder of George Floyd.
Bill aims to expand authority of D.C. police oversight board, make officers‘ discipline records public
The bill is being proposed by the chairman of the D.C. Council.
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“Schools, workplaces, and the justice system would benefit from the healthy circumspection that the legal system is applying to claims of defamation by tweet.” @TheCrimeReport spotlights how schools and workplaces overpolice social media.
Does 'Overpolicing' Social Media Threaten Free Speech? | The Crime Report
The courts have made social media a “First Amendment-free zone” where people — particularly students — ...
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Does ‘Overpolicing’ Social Media Threaten Free Speech? via @thecrimereport
Does 'Overpolicing' Social Media Threaten Free Speech? | The Crime Report
The courts have made social media a “First Amendment-free zone” where people — particularly students — ...
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"If you are fired for violating a 'don't talk to the media' policy, you should be able to get your job back." Big implications from a federal court ruling in favor of a fired hospital whistleblower.
Federal Speech Rulings May Embolden Health Care Workers to Call Out Safety Issues
Policies mandating company approval before talking publicly about conditions in hospitals have been a source of confli...
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Does having a state constitutional guarantee of access to information lead to better outcomes in FOI litigation? The evidence is (surprisingly) murky. Read more, in the latest Journal of Civic Information: https://journals.flvc.org/civic/article/view/129179
"Here is what we know to a certainty after Wednesday: It’s OK to flip off your school on Snapchat. And here is what we do not know to a certainty: everything else."
My breakdown of the Mahanoy "cursing cheerleader" case for @Slate:
The Supreme Court’s Cheerleader Decision Has Something to Frustrate and Disappoint Everyone
Here is what we now know to a certainty: It’s OK to flip off your school on Snapchat. And here is what...
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Pima County's sheriff ran and won on a promise of transparency. Now, he won't honor requests for public records. And he won't explain why.
Pima County sheriff illegally withholding public records, experts say
Sheriff Chris Nanos is refusing to comment on experts' findings he repeatedly ignored Arizona law by refusing to r...
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Police bodycam programs were designed to promote transparency and build public trust. Yet footage often is costly, heavily edited and takes months to get. My story: @rcfp
Police bodycam footage often costly, heavily edited and hard to get
Created to build public trust, police programs a 'bait and switch', critics say
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If state universities get copies of athletes' NIL endorsement contracts, do those contracts become public records? Should they? @DanielLibit investigates:
‘Damn if I Know’: College Athlete Pay Rules Clouded by Disclosure Limits
Will the public soon be able to FOIA college athlete endorsement deals? That's just one of the many bedeviling q...
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