Steven Avery

Federal Judge Grants Netflix Summary Judgment in ‘Making a Murderer’ Defamation Lawsuit

A federal judge granted Netflix summary judgment March 10 in a lawsuit brought by a retired Wisconsin police sergeant who claimed he was defamed in the streaming services’ award-winning true crime series “Making a Murderer.”

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Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit of Tallahassee Police Review Member Ousted for ‘Abolish Police’ Sticker

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit March 13 filed by a member of the Tallahassee Citizens Police Review Board, (CPRB), who was voted off the board for bringing a cup with an “abolish police” sticker to board meetings.

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Twitter Barred from Disclosing ‘National Security’ Information Requests, Ninth Circuit Says

The FBI restricted what Twitter could publish in its biannual “Transparency Report,” but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled March 6 in a 2-1 decision that it was not a violation of the company’s freedom of speech.

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Florida clergy and community leaders and others hold a “Stop The Black Attack” rally against ongoing state legislation in Tallahassee

An ‘Assault on the First Amendment’: Recent Legislation in DeSantis’ Florida

Two Florida bills filed by State Rep. Alex Andrade, a Gov. Ron DeSantis ally, on the same day in late February represent “a full-fledged assault on the First Amendment,” says Bobby Block, executive director of the First Amendment Foundation.

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From Amy Gajda’s ‘Seek and Hide’: The Enduring Battle to Keep Private Lives Private

An excerpt from Amy Gajda's 'Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy,' one of The New York Times' top 100 notable books of 2022.

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James Madison
[The] right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon, which has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right.”
-James Madison, Report on the Virginia Resolutions, 1800
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