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Ark. Supreme Court reverses lower court decision that state open meetings law was unconstitutional
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a lower court’s decision that the open meetings provisions of the state’s Freedom…
December 7, 2012
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N.D. law banning campaigning on Election Day ruled unconstitutional
A federal judge Wednesday banned the enforcement of a century-old statute that prevents North Dakota citizens from campaigning on Election…
November 1, 2012
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Anti-terrorism law infringes First Amendment rights, court finds
A federal judge in New York recently halted enforcement of a controversial section of an anti-terrorism bill that the court…
May 23, 2012
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Court strikes down explicit-materials laws
The U.S. Court of Appeals sitting in Portland, Oregon, (9th Cir.) struck down two laws Monday that would have prohibited…
September 23, 2010
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Supreme Court to decide animal-cruelty video case
The Supreme Court will decide next term whether the First Amendment applies to recordings and pictures that depict animal cruelty.…
June 24, 2009
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