Cleveland curfew law ruled unconstitutional
CLEVELAND — An Ohio appeals court decision has opened the door for Occupy Cleveland protesters — or anyone else — to stage late-night demonstrations in the city’s Public Square. The ruling from the 8th...
View ArticleOccupy protester with subpoenaed tweets pleads guilty
NEW YORK — An Occupy Wall Street protester whose tweets were subpoenaed pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct yesterday in a case that became a clash over social-media privacy. Malcolm Harris, a writer...
View ArticleFederal judge upholds Ohio’s new exotic-animal law
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge upheld Ohio’s new restrictions on exotic animals yesterday after several owners had sued the state over the law, which was enacted after a man released dozens of his...
View ArticleCalif. high court upholds supermarket labor picketing
LOS ANGELES — Union members can picket privately owned walkways in front of stores, but other protesters, handbill distributors and petition-signature collectors may not, the California Supreme Court...
View Article1st Circuit again backs Mass. abortion-clinic buffer zones
BOSTON — A federal appeals court has again affirmed the constitutionality of a 2007 Massachusetts law that bars protests in 35-foot “buffer zones” around abortion clinic entrances, exits and driveways....
View Article7th Circuit upholds Wis. restrictions on public unions
MADISON, Wis. — A federal appeals court today upheld Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s contentious law stripping most public workers of nearly all of their collective bargaining rights in a decision hailed...
View ArticleFederal judge limits New Orleans’ Super Bowl ‘clean zone’
NEW ORLEANS — The city of New Orleans must scale back its plans for a “clean zone” where the use of banners, signs and flags would be restricted during Super Bowl week, a federal judge said yesterday....
View ArticleFlorida bill to limit funeral protests moves ahead
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Legislation that would expand a ban on protesting, picketing and other disturbances at all funerals, memorial services and burials in Florida, rather than just those involving...
View ArticleJudge sides with arrested Supreme Court protester
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ruled in favor of a protester arrested two years ago while demonstrating on the plaza of the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell’s ruling on Tuesday...
View ArticleBan on “gruesome images” threatens free speech
For those of us who worry about the vitality of free speech in the “land of the free,” the news this week isn’t good. On June 10, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a Colorado appeals court...
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