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A federal appeals court recently upheld the constitutionality of a controversial law that criminalizes lying about the receipt of military honors, just weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court will consider a case that struck down the statute.
A federal judge in Maryland has ruled that the First Amendment protects an online speaker - who made derogatory comments about a religious leader through Twitter - from being prosecuted under the federal anti-stalking law.
Four Texas cities that filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the state's open meetings law infringes on their right to free speech must withdraw as plaintiffs because government agencies cannot have their First Amendment rights violated, the state attorney general argued yesterday, according to the Associated Press.
Public officials throughout the state of Texas filed a lawsuit Monday to overturn the state's open meetings law, claiming the provision that bars officials from meeting in secret violates their right to free speech.
The Texas Municipal League, the lobbying arm of the state's cities, has endorsed a proposal to remove jail time from the list of punishments that can follow violations of Texas' Open Meetings Act, the Waco Tribunereported.
Yet another Texas municipality has signed onto a lawsuit that challenges the state’s Open Meetings Act and seeks to do away with criminal sanctions for elected officials who conduct public business behind closed doors.
The city of Rockport voted Nov. 3 to join at least a dozen other cities, including Pflugerville and Alpine, in the suit expected to be filed before the first of the year.
