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First Amendment Center

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Name: First Amendment Center

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Charles E Schumer

W.H. wants to resurrect reporter shield legislation

(CNN) - The White House asked Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., to reintroduce reporter shield legislation, White House officials told CNN on Wednesday. The push comes just a few days after word that the Justice Department seized phone records from the ... [Published CNN Political Ticker - May 15 2013]

Entities: National Security, Charles E Schumer, White House, Jay Carney

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Republican Governor Deals Blow to "Constitutionally Suspect" Tennessee "Ag Gag" Bill

Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has vetoed a controversial "ag gag" bill that would hamstring citizen investigations documenting patterns of abuse of animals and regulatory violations. These investigations have led in the past to regulatory ... [Published PR Watch - May 14 2013]

Entities: Bill Haslam, Carrie Underwood, Bob Cooper, First Amendment Center, Center for Media and Democracy

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Bob Woodward

Watergate Era: 'A' Peak in Journalism

GazetteXtra Forty years ago this week, The Washington Post â and its self-described âyoung and hard-digging reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernsteinâ â took home a Pulitzer Prize for public service for coverage of the Watergate scandal.Other winners ... [Published Gazette Extra! - May 13 2013]

Entities: P.E.A.K, Bob Woodward, Gene Policinski, The New York Times Company

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Animal cruelty laws stir free speech debate

A feverish debate in Tennessee over a law that would compel people with video of alleged animal cruelty to hand a copy over to police has set off a debate about wider First Amendment issues.Lawmakers in Tennessee have passed a Livestock Cruelty Protection ... [Published Philadelphia Daily News - May 12 2013]

Entities: Robert Cooper, First Amendment, Free Speech

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

‘Religious freedom’ bill would burden Maine

An unnecessary and rather alarming bill will be debated at the Maine Legislature this week. LD 1428, An Act to Protect Religious Freedom, would let a person — defined as “an individual, corporate body or religious organization” — claim that a law or regulation ... [Published Bangor Daily News - May 05 2013]

Entities: Religion, Encumbrance, David Burns, First Amendment Center

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

When students protest abortion, can schools draw the line?

Students with deep religious convictions are fast turning public schools into the newest battleground over abortion – much to the dismay of beleaguered school officials.The most recent controversy involves Annie Zinos, a sixth grade student in Minnesota, ... [Published Washington Post - May 01 2013]

Entities: Pro-Life, Abortion, First Amendment, protest, Religion

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

Tech advancements both good, bad encroachments on free speech

Logging in from multiple locations may be the cause.Inside the First AmendmentGene Policinski Two national tragedies separated by six years and a day – the April 15 bombing at the Boston Marathon and the April 16, 2007, mass shooting at Virginia Tech ... [Published TriCities.com - May 01 2013]

Entities: Free Speech, Reddit, Encroachment, Gene Policinski

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

How not to protect religious liberty

Here's a quick primer on a recent proposal by two North Carolina legislators to permit the state to designate a state religion:First, the North Carolina Speaker of the House effectively killed the proposal one day after it was filed, saying it "will not ... [Published Petersburg Progress-Index - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Religion, First Amendment, Gene Policinski, First Amendment Center, Supreme Court

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Six acclaimed journalists inducted into hall of fame

By all-inclusive, the new hall of fame will include all aspects of modern-day journalism, including not only newspapers, TV and radio, but electronic and public relations professionals throughout West, Middle and East Tennessee, Hood said. John Seigenthaler, ... [Published Tennessean - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: JOHN SEIGENTHALER, Dean Stone, William Bryant

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

MTSU selects former USA Today Editor Ken Paulson as Mass Communication dean

Paulson served as editor-in-chief of USA Today from 2004 to 2009. He was on the team of journalists who founded USA Today in 1982 before moving on to manage newsrooms in Westchester County, N.Y., Green Bay, Wis., Bridgewater, N.J. and at Florida Today ... [Published Tennessean - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: First Amendment, First Amendment Center, Public Broadcasting Service, Robert Sengstacke Abbott

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Cost of security at a Ku Klux Klan rally proves to be worthy expense

Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong, with the help of his staff and other law enforcement agencies, performed a masterful job drawing up a plan to make sure no trouble occurred during a March 30 Ku Klux Klan rally at the Shelby County Courthouse.The ... [Published Citizen Tribune - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Ku Klux Klan, Security, Memphis (Tennessee, United States), First Amendment Center, A C Wharton

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Trading spaces: communication and managerial studies departments find new homes

Senior news reporter insidevandy.com | 0 commentsPosted on April 21, 2013The Department of Communication Studies and the Managerial Studies Program offices will both be moving into new locations for Fall 2013.Newly renovated space at 1801 Edgehill Avenue ... [Published Vanderbilt Hustler - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Communication Studies, First Amendment Center

Quotes

Asked why the president wants to revive the bill now, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney simply said Obama "thinks it's an appropriate time to work with the Senate–in this case Sen. Schumer–to reintroduce this legislation."

W.H. wants to resurrect reporter shield legislation [Published CNN Political Ticker - May 15 2013]

"Do you want a discussion in which there's an open exchange of ideas, some of which you won't like," Policinski said. "Or do you want an underground discussion in which rumor and misstatements might run rampant, and no one might be held accountable."

Sherwood High School pulled controversial article from school newspaper [Published Oregonian - May 15 2013]

According to Potter, these two defeats close together constitute a "damning indictment" of these measures: "These bills can’t pass constitutional muster. They put animals, the environment, workers, and public safety at risk."

Republican Governor Deals Blow to "Constitutionally Suspect" Tennessee "Ag Gag" Bill [Published PR Watch - May 14 2013]

Class Motto - "Do something remarkable, be someone unique, and leave a mark."

Area graduation season begins [Published Storm Lake Pilot Tribune - May 11 2013]

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UT Awards Honorary Degree to First Amendment Ch... [Published The University of Tennessee, Knoxville - May 11 2013]
Watergage Era: ?A Peak? in Journalism [Published First Amendment Center - May 09 2013]
‘Religious freedom’ bill would burden Maine [Published Bangor Daily News - May 05 2013]
When students protest abortion, can schools dra... [Published Washington Post - May 01 2013]
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Policinski brings First Amendment expertise [Published Marion Chronicle Tribune - May 01 2013]
Gene Policinski: Is social media law enforcemen... [Published Tennessean - May 01 2013]
How not to protect religious liberty [Published Petersburg Progress-Index - Apr 30 2013]
PARIS TN: HALL — Television, newspapers are bot... [Published Paris Post-Intelligencer - Apr 29 2013]
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Cost of security at a Ku Klux Klan rally proves... [Published Citizen Tribune - Apr 23 2013]
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'Ag-gag' bills likely to backfire [Published Coshocton Tribune - Apr 19 2013]
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W.H. wants to resurrect reporter shield legisla... [Published CNN Political Ticker - May 15 2013] (CNN) - The White House asked Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., to reintroduce reporter shield legislation, White House officials told CNN on Wednesday. The push comes just a few days after word that the Justice Department seized phone records from the ...
OpenTheGovernment.orgs Sunshine Week Event on M... [Published Zunia.org RSS - Mar 04 2013] Sunshine Week 2013 will take place March 10th to 16th, throughout Washington, DC, and across the United States. On Friday, March 15th, OpenTheGovernment.org and the First Amendment Center will host a Sunshine Week celebration of National Freedom of Information ...
Interfaith Group To GOP Congressman: Stop Demon... [Published Think Progress - Feb 22 2013] Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) An interfaith group is speaking out against Rep. Louie Gohert’s (R-TX) claim on Thursday that Americans need the Second Amendment’s protection in order to shield the nation from Sharia Law. Speaking on a radio show called ...
Mosqueing the Public School: Muslim High School... [Published Atlas Shrugs - Jan 28 2013] Imposing Islam on the public square and in this case, the public school. This is an Islamic pattern to impose sharia, Islamic supremacism on the infidel.I write about it extensively in my book, Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the ...
Tuesday round-up [Published SCOTUSblog - Jan 15 2013] Yesterday’s coverage of the Court focused on this week’s oral arguments, Justice Thomas’s comments at yesterday’s oral argument, Justice Sotomayor’s memoir, and the Court’s denial of certiorari in two notable cases. Yesterday, the Court heard oral arguments ...