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News stories recently posted throughout the First Amendment Center Online.
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Tenn. police mulling plans to enforce anti-gang law
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Statute allows authorities to ban gang members from certain areas, but defense attorney says police must narrowly tailor each case to protect free assembly, other rights.
09.07.10
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Federal judge won't dismiss KKK suit
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Klan group sued after Missouri officials denied permit for gathering at historic site.
09.05.10
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9/11 groups oppose mosque rallies planned for anniversary
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Coalition sends letters to supporters, opponents of proposed Islamic center near ground zero, saying protests on Sept. 11 would be 'disrespectful.'
09.03.10
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Federal court overturns Neb. law on flag desecration
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Judge sides with Megan Phelps-Roper, clearing way for Westboro Baptist members to continue to trample U.S. flag during protests at soldiers' funerals.
09.03.10
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Obama protester arrested at Alaska State Fair
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Officials say Sidney Hill, who carried sign calling for president's impeachment, drew complaints that he was disrupting fair entertainment.
08.30.10
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Neb. prosecutors, funeral protester reach deal
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Authorities agree to dismiss child-abuse, disturbing-the-peace charges in exchange for Shirley Phelps-Roper's pledge to drop federal lawsuit accusing them of malicious prosecution.
08.24.10
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Federal court strikes down Mo. funeral-protest laws
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Judge says he's sympathetic to argument that people attending memorial services deserve some protection, but he notes 8th Circuit has already rejected that argument.
08.17.10
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National parks can't require permits for 'expressive activities'
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D.C. Circuit sides with man who was told he needed permit to distribute religious materials at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
08.09.10
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Neb. town settles lawsuit brought by Westboro churchwoman
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Bellevue pays $17,000 to Shirley Phelps-Roper, the Kansas woman arrested during 2007 protest, accused of desecrating U.S. flag.
07.28.10
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Calif. judges toss law allowing labor picketing on private property
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Appeals court agrees with grocery store that statute is invalid because it singles out union speech for special protection.
07.20.10
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Federal judge: Kan. woman can protest with flag outside GI's funeral
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But Nebraska attorney general says he'll have Megan Phelps-Roper arrested if she violates law barring picketing within 300 feet.
07.16.10
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ACLU: Univ. of Wash. police spied on activists
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school's Student Worker Coalition was infiltrated, according to documents produced through public-records requests.
07.09.10
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9th Circuit OKs ban on panhandling at LAX
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Ruling in Hare Krishna lawsuit, three-judge panel cites California high court decision that soliciting money at airport isn't protected speech under state constitution.
07.08.10
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Federal jury: Philadelphia can't evict Scouts for no-gays rule
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Judge says city's anti-discrimination policy is 'principled' and he hopes the two 'honorable institutions' can work something out.
06.24.10
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3rd Circuit: Protester had right to demonstrate near Liberty Bell
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Court dismisses charges against evangelist, anti-abortion activist Michael Marcavage on free-speech and procedural grounds.
06.17.10
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NYPD can keep 'field reports' on protest groups secret
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2nd Circuit says information in undisclosed documents 'reinforces the city's assertions that the public faced a substantial threat of disruption and violence' during 2004 GOP convention.
06.10.10
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9th Circuit OKs Calif. city's day-laborer crackdown
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Redondo Beach ordinance allows for arrest of people who approach cars to solicit work.
06.10.10
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Man can't leaflet on sidewalks at Arab festival, federal court rules
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Judge says ban doesn't violate First Amendment, notes event organizers are offering George Saieg free booth to distribute info on Christianity.
06.09.10
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Police use of injunctions to curb gang activity raises concern
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Authorities say move helps reduce crime, but civil libertarians say sweeping court orders snag innocent people and violate free association, other constitutional rights.
06.03.10
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Attorneys: First Amendment doesn't fully protect funeral protesters
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In high court filing, lawyers say members of Kansas church aren't protected because they infringed on Albert Snyder's rights to peacefully assemble with family, friends for his Marine son's funeral.
05.26.10
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Federal court won't hear challenge to Neb. flag-desecration law
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But judge lets claims against funeral-protest law proceed, says Shirley Phelps-Roper can raise questions about flag statute's constitutionality during her criminal case in state court.
04.22.10
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Mo. officials, Klan to square off in court over denied permit
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Federal judge issues emergency restraining order, schedules hearing over preliminary injunction in case of KKK group barred from gathering at historic site.
04.21.10
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Idaho Supreme Court upholds town's curfew
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High court overturns lower court, which found rules violated kids' free speech by blocking proteced activities.
03.30.10
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Philadelphia officials announce crackdown on 'flash mobs'
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Police are monitoring social-networking sites for early warning of potential disturbances; mayor says if 'stupidity' continues, he'll permanently tighten city's curfew for minors.
03.25.10
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Supreme Court stays out of Mass. abortion-clinic case
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Justices refuse to hear appeal from anti-abortion activists who say law creating 35-foot buffer zone around clinic entrances, driveways violates free speech.
03.22.10
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Justices agree to hear funeral-protest case
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Court to consider whether church has right to picket military funerals.
Milavetz ruling
03.08.10
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N.Y. lawyer tossed from mall over anti-war T-shirt loses appeal
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State appeals court says Stephen Downs' rights weren't violated because private property owner ordered him thrown out, not the government.
02.22.10
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Federal judge overturns Rainbow Family convictions
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Court says magistrate's makeshift courtroom in Monongahela National Forest inadvertently denied defendants the ability to effectively appeal their illegal assembly convictions.
02.20.10
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Federal judge: NYC can require permit for mass bike rides
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Cyclists had challenged rules requiring groups of 50 or more to get parade permits, saying mandate violates bikers' rights to travel, expressive association and free speech.
02.17.10
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Nashville sit-ins made history and headlines, panelists say
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Marking 50th anniversary of sit-in movement, participants in First Amendment Center, NAACP program discuss how news media covered lunch-counter protests.
02.15.10
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