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Editorial: Religious freedoms, rights apply to women, too
February 11, 2012

Viewpoints: Catholic Church wants government to do the preaching
February 10, 2012

Sacramento sued for withholding emails about redistricting
February 08, 2012

City Beat: Group sues for emails related to Sacramento redistricting
February 07, 2012

McClatchy blogs
February 05, 2012

The Buzz: Demi Moore 9-1-1 call sparks move to block recordings
February 04, 2012

First Amendment Videos

Rally For Religious Gathering In Schools
January 30, 2012 | WNYW FOX 5 New York, NY

Albuquerque theatre owner in court for '08 Pornotopia film
January 25, 2012 | KOB Albuquerque, NM

Did you support the Google blackout this past week?
January 24, 2012 | Bucks Local News

Sacramento Connect

Court in First Amendment Case Overrules Prosecutorial Immunity
December 14, 2011
Eight years ago in Colorado, authorities showed up at the home of Tom Mink with a warrant to search for evidence of "criminal libel." Mr. Mink had developed a...

Robert Reich: The First Amendment Upside Down. Why We Must Occupy Democracy
November 23, 2011
Nov. 22, 2011 - You've been seeing this across the country … Americans assaulted, clubbed, dragged, pepper-sprayed … Why? For exercising their right to free...

Robert Reich | Occupiers Occupied: The Highjacking of the First Amendment
November 16, 2011
Nov. 15, 2011 - A funny thing happened to the First Amendment on its way to the public forum. According to the Supreme Court, money is now speech and...

Lawyers representing Occupy Sacramento sue City officials on First Amendment grounds
November 01, 2011
Three different law firms are banding together to bring a federal lawsuit against the City Manager and Parks Director of the City of Sacramento on behalf of the...

Supreme Court Ends Pro-Business Term With Important First Amendment Rulings
June 27, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. June 27, 2011 – The Supreme Court today ended a 2010 Term marked by big victories for big business with two important free speech decisions...

Government Domain Name Seizures Violate First Amendment
June 21, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO, June 21, 2011 - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged a federal court to return two domain names seized in the U.S. government's...

Other local news reports

Freedom of religion beliefs and actions
January 28, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
Because religious faith is, arguably, the quintessential example of our right to privacy, to say nothing of its prominent place in our First Amendment, throughout our history...

UC Davis experts on the Occupy movement
December 05, 2011 | UC Davis News
First Amendment ... Vikram Amar, constitutional law professor and associate dean of the UC Davis School of Law, is an expert on the First Amendment ... Alan Brownstein, constitutional law professor at the UC Davis School of Law, has expertise in issues of free speech and the First Amendment ...

UC Davis media sources for cases pending before the U. S. Supreme Court
November 09, 2011 | UC Davis News
Sunder's expertise traverses numerous legal fields, from intellectual property to human rights law and the First Amendment ... Carlton F.W. Larson, professor of law, can comment on United States v. Alvarez, a First Amendment ...

Occupy Fresno group says it's suing Fresno County
November 15, 2011 | FresnoBee.com: Local
Fresno County violated the First Amendment rights of Occupy Fresno protesters by arresting them and requiring permits to assemble at a downtown site, the group says in a federal...

From around the web

Charles Krauthammer: The Gospel according to Obama
February 10, 2012 | indystar.com
Accordingly, it would be a mockery of the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment if, for example, the Catholic Church were required by law to freely provide such'' health...

Church's' Gay is not okay' sign gets backlash in social media
February 10, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Ben Stone, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa, said the developments are'' exactly what makes the First Amendment a beautiful thing'': The...

Obama expected to announce change in birth control rule today
February 10, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Republicans vowed to reverse the president's policy, with House Speaker John Boehner accusing the administration of violating First Amendment rights and undermining some of the...

Religious Freedom Lawsuits Against Obama's s Abortion Drug And Contraception Mandate
February 09, 2012 | Wake up America
West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, who is facing re-election this year, labeled the policies'' un-American'' and a'' direct affront to the religious freedoms protected under the First Amendment ...

Super PAC- men: Obama's bundlers gone wild!
February 08, 2012 | michellemalkin.com
As Chief Justice John Roberts put it during oral arguments:'' We do not put our First Amendment rights in the hands of FEC bureaucrats. Until this week, the Obama...

Supreme Court was right to side with Mennonites
February 08, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
'' Who knew that simple declaration would violate the First Amendment ... The First Amendment ... In the steel wheels case, the Iowa Supreme Court said Mitchell County's ordinance violated the First Amendment ...

First Amendment on twitter

	EFF Legal Director Honored as First Amendment Champion http://t.co/7OrcFUyj Twitter: @skinspa
	EFF Legal Director Honored as First Amendment Champion http://t.co/idiSj8dj Twitter: @LeadEngagement
	EFF Legal Director Honored as First Amendment Champion http://t.co/YoMLDEX4 Twitter: @IncGrowthOnline
	EFF Legal Director Honored as First Amendment Champion http://t.co/4RlPCCcL Twitter: @igorGriffiths
	EFF Legal Director Honored as First Amendment Champion http://t.co/MDhFV6an Twitter: @digirapture
	@maddow Sorry - read the First Amendment. Freedom OF religion-not FROM religion. It's a war on the CONSTITUTION. Twitter: @flatwalk

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