…Shall Make No Law…

A Connecticut high school junior is suing her school after administrators disciplined her for using “vulgar speech” on a personal blog.
The student, who was upset about the cancellation of a music festival, called the administration “douchebags” and implored other students contact the school superintendent and “piss him off.”
The school subsequently banned the girl from […]

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After releasing more than 4,000 pages relating to presidential pardons issued in the final days of Bill Clinton’s presidency (documents obtained this week through a FOIA request entered in 2006…!), Clinton’s legal counsel announced it would withhold an additional 1,500 pages relating to the pardons.
Clinton’s camp claims the exclusions are permitted by the FOIA’s exemption […]

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Learn to become a master of FOIA-Filing in 4 Easy Steps!

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Update on a previous report: The president of Montclair State University in New Jersey announced Thursday that the school’s student-run newspaper—which had been temporarily locked down by the student government in charge of funding it—will be fully funded throughout the rest of the academic year.
President Susan A. Cole also said the Montclarion would be fully […]

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The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday that it would not grant members of the Westboro Baptist Church financial relief while they appeal a lower court decision in a case involving the disruption of a military funeral.
The notorious religious sect, led by pastor Fred Phelps, has garnered national attention for its practice of picketing the funerals […]

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President Bush proclaimed this Wednesday, January 16, 2008, as Religious Freedom Day, calling on the need to “recognize the importance of religious freedom and the vital role it plays in spreading liberty and ensuring human dignity.”
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison may have benefited from such an outlook this week, as a U.S. District Court […]

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