Alberto Gonzales, who for months has been the focus of inquiries into the alleged politically-motivated firing of U.S. Attorneys, stepped down this week from his post as the nation's top law enforcement official.
What edits on Wikipedia have been made by the CIA, McDonalds , FOX News , and the Vatican ? A new online tool called WikiScanner reveals answers to such questions. As the Web encyclopedia that anyone can edit, Wikipedia encourages participants to adopt online user names, but it also lets contributors be recognized by their computers' numeric Internet addresses. Often [...]
Timothy Hill, the press secretary of first district Congressman David Davis and brother of Tennessee Representative Matthew Hill, is facing criticism. Just days ago, he admitted to using a congressional office computer to edit the Wikipedia sites of both his boss and brother, both republicans, removing what he called inaccurate and unflattering information. The Tennessee Democratic Party is now [...]
NCAC is concerned that in its efforts to curb child pornography, the government is pursuing a course that will apply overly broad restrictions to speech and images that are not obscene or pornographic, potentially criminalizing legitimate, constitutionally-protected forms of art and speech.
"We can have security and our civil liberties." - Rep. John Tierney (D-MA) Since it was first disclosed to the public in late 2005, the National Security Agency's program of warrantless surveillance has been the focus of calls for investigation by members of both political parties. Concern over this program - and over the lack of oversight by Congress and [...]
In early August, Blogging for Michigan (a citizen-owned and operated site devoted to Michigan politics) was blocked from State Senate computers by Mike Bishop, the State Senate Majority Leader. The incident recalls last summer's internet censorship struggles in Kentucky, over which a lawsuit is currently pending in U.S. District Court. In this case, rapid response on widely-read blogs helped to [...]
On June 4th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in a 2-1 decision in Fox Television Stations v. FCC that the Federal Communications Commission’s rule banning “fleeting expletives” was “arbitrary and capricious” in violation of the federal Administrative Procedure Act.
“Where the First Amendment is implicated, the tie goes to the speaker, not the censor.” So says Chief Justice John Roberts, in his decision in Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, which considered whether federal restrictions on “electioneering communication” immediately prior to an election violate the First Amendment.
The theater class from Connecticut's Wilton High School, whose principal barred them from performing a series of dramatic readings about the war in Iraq, have been vindicated.
A flourishing “marketplace of ideas” is one of the great goals of the First Amendment. It is jeopardized today by an environment of government secrecy that denies the public and even lawmakers access to information necessary to make sound decisions.
On July 10, Dr. Richard Carmona disclosed that the administration interfered with his work and muzzled him on numerous issues throughout his four-year tenure as Surgeon General.
Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting (MOFTB) Commissioner Katherine Oliver today announced the release of a newly drafted permit rule proposal, which is available online and published in the City Record.