AltWeeklies Wire
Fighting for Your Right to Trademark Dirty Wordsnew
When Cybernet tried to trademark "fuckingmachines" (as in fuckingmachines.com), its request was denied because the patent office believes the word "fuck" is "scandalous" -- now the company is fighting the ruling in court, saying it is unconstitutional.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
06-07-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Redefining Terrornew
Federal judge rules environmental "monkeywrenchers" can be sentenced as "terrorists."
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
06-01-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Enemy of the State, That's Me!new
Republicans, terrorism, and how I joined Jay-Z and Alicia Keys as threats to national security.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ted Rall |
05-24-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Fascist Friesnew
Take a picture of the french fries on the Bridgeport ferry, and you might as well just admit that you're a charter member of Al Qaeda.
Fairfield County Weekly |
Tom Gogola |
05-23-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Maine Inmate Sues Prison Officials in Federal Courtnew
The case could be important in preserving the media's access to prisons and inmates.
Portland Phoenix |
Lance Tapley |
05-18-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Cop Wins $3 Million in Wiretap Casenew
A Pasadena police officer was awarded a $3 million judgment against the city of and its police department for violations of privacy stemming from the use of wiretaps against her.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andre Coleman |
05-14-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Sleepwalking into a Surveillance Statenew
Government and corporate threats to online privacy are the topics of a major Montreal conference.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
04-26-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Texas is Amassing an Unprecedented Amount of Citizen Informationnew
Piece by piece, Gov. Rick Perry's homeland security office is gathering massive amounts of information about Texas residents and merging it to create the most exhaustive centralized database in state history, with no real oversight.
The Texas Observer |
Jake Bernstein |
04-24-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Free Speech Cut Downnew
A full report on the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression's 2007 Muzzle Awards.
C-Ville Weekly |
Will Goldsmith |
04-11-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Lt. Cmdr. John Sharpe's Words May Be Offensivenew
But should they be grounds for dismissal from the Navy?
Port Folio Weekly |
Jennifer C. O'Donnell |
04-04-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
A First Amendment Case Left in Limbonew
As a result of a clerical error, criminal trespassing charges against anti-war activist Tom Palumbo were dismissed in Virginia Beach General District Court on March 26 when no one showed up to prosecute the case.
Port Folio Weekly |
D.D. Delaney |
04-04-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Jim Torgeson Fights for the Right to Twirl Signsnew
Unfortunately for Torgeson, holding a sign on a street corner in Scottsdale is a crime. So the small-business owner has taken his cause to the Arizona Legislature and is prepared take it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Phoenix New Times |
Megan Irwin |
04-02-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Whose E-mail Is It, Anyway?new
Recent cases -- William Beebe, Dena Bowers and now the firing of U.S. attorneys -- highlight the troubling, often murky issues around e-mail and privacy.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
03-29-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Go to Prison, Lose Your Rightsnew
Prison Legal News has filed a federal lawsuit in Dallas County challenging the county jail's year-old ban on publication subscriptions for inmates, saying it violates inmates' First Amendment rights.
Dallas Observer |
Patrick Williams |
03-26-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Tapped Outnew
Pasadena police deny wrongdoing in using wiretaps against controversial officer.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andre Coleman and Joe Piasecki |
03-19-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
