Tracking the modern progress of the First Amendment
Posted in Freedom of Religion on Mar 9th, 2008
An Army soldier who says his promotion was denied because he is atheist filed a new suit this week against several military leaders.
Spc. Jeremy Hall had attempted to hold a meeting with fellow soldiers last fall during which he planned to discuss atheism and other subjects. When his commanding officers told him he could not […]
Posted in Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press on Mar 3rd, 2008
Another update of a previous story: A federal judge ruled Friday that the leaked-documents website WikiLeaks would be allowed to re-open after initially being shut down for posting confidential bank documents.
The unusual case involved internal documents from the Cayman Islands branch of Swiss bank Julius Baer, purported to include highly damaging information regarding money laundering […]
Posted in Freedom of Speech on Feb 24th, 2008
A Massachusetts man accused of causing disturbances in a public library has decided to sue for $10 million after library workers filed a police complaint against him.
Ross Tobia, who says he suffers from epilepsy and bipolar disorder, was asked to leave the library after staffers determined him to be excessively loud, crude and disruptive. Tobia […]
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