Tracking the modern progress of the First Amendment
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 9th, 2008
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 […]
Posted in Freedom of Speech on Mar 3rd, 2008
In a rather odd case that has snaked its way through the courts for more than two years, the Virginia Supreme Court upheld charges against a man charged with violating a Virginia state law against sending unsolicited commercial “spam” emails.
The statute prescribes felony charges for anyone who:
“Uses a computer or computer network with the […]
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
WikiLeaks, a website devoted to publishing leaked government and corporate documents, is challenging a U.S. District Court decision upholding the right of site’s hosting company to shut the site down.
The site recently released paperwork allegedly implicating the Cayman Islands branch of a Swiss bank, Julius Baer Bank and Trust, in a conspiracy to conceal […]
Posted in Freedom of Speech on Feb 9th, 2008
Anyone who has spent time on an Internet message board has met one: That irritating guy who spouts defamatory nonsense on every subject from partisan politics to racist propaganda—a “troll,” as he is commonly known—is a staple of online discourse.
He may be obnoxious, but now his right to play virtual tough-guy is legally protected. A […]
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