first amendment

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Loy, the legal director of the First Amendment Coalition, said the Brown Act could be amended to proactively require public agencies to ultimately disclose the details and amounts of settlements.

From Los Angeles Times

“They have a First Amendment right to have that club,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

When states tried in the 1970s and 1980s to penalize outlets that identified victims using names that had already appeared in court documents or police reports, the court said those punishments violated the First Amendment.

From Salon

Investigators would conduct interviews on campus, review reams of documents for compliance with various statutes and assess such complex matters as when hateful speech is protected by the First Amendment.

From Salon

Several early cases examined when national security interests were strong enough to overcome First Amendment freedoms in times of war.

From Salon