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Sci-Tech Today
December 21, 2017
The lawsuit, filed in May 2016 by attorneys with the Oakland-based First Amendment Project and the UC Berkeley Environmental Law Clinic alleged that, despite repeated requests Moskowitz had made under California's Public Records Act, Smith's department had improperly refused to release recordsÃÂ ...
Record Bee
December 20, 2017
The lawsuit, filed in May 2016 by attorneys with the Oakland-based First Amendment Project and the UC Berkeley Environmental Law Clinic alleged that, despite repeated requests Moskowitz had made under California's Public Records Act, Smith's department had improperly refused to release recordsÃÂ ...
O'Dwyer's PR News
December 14, 2017
The Sacramento Superior Court in March ordered the CDPH to release the draft documents to Dr. Joel Moskowitz, the plaintiff in a law suit filed under the California Public Records Act by the Environmental Law Clinic at UC Berkeley Law and the First Amendment Project. To comply with the court order,ÃÂ ...
WUFT
October 11, 2017
... WUFT News published interviews with Spencer about his views and with Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida, about why Spencer has a right to speak on campus. Diane McFarlin, dean of the College of Journalism and Communications at UFÃÂ ...
WUFT
October 10, 2017
... with Spencer about his views. Today, WUFT's Elayza Gonzalez spoke with Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida. Calvert discussed why Spencer has a right to speak on campus and the importance of allowing such a discussion to take place.
San Bernardino County Sun
September 25, 2017
Norman F. Feldheym Central Library in downtown San Bernardino is celebrating Banned Books Week with a First Amendment Film Festival today through Thursday. National Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read and highlights the value of free and open access to information, according to aÃÂ ...
Columbia Journalism Review
July 14, 2017
DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN A BLESSING, albeit a mixed one, to some First Amendment and media law organizations. Since the election, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has received more than $3 million in support, including $1 million from Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos.
Student Press Law Center
July 2, 2017
asked Clay Calvert, director of the Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida. Calvert, who finds the survey results to be “very disturbing and sad,” believes that public and private universities are supposed to foster marketplaces of ideas. Instead of dismissing speakers with unpopularÃÂ ...
Chico Enterprise-Record
December 31, 1999
The lawsuit, filed in May 2016 by attorneys with the Oakland-based First Amendment Project and the UC Berkeley Environmental Law Clinic alleged that, despite repeated requests Moskowitz had made under California's Public Records Act, Smith's department had improperly refused to release recordsÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
September 1, 2017
... complicates an otherwise straightforward case, said Professor Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at UFÃÂ ...
WCJB
August 31, 2017
... University of Florida should he show up here," said Clay Calvert, a UF professor and Marion B. Brechner's First Amendment Project Director.
Tampabay.com (blog)
August 25, 2017
... the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate-level courses on communications and mediaÃÂ ...
Siskiyou Daily News
August 18, 2017
The nine named defendants – represented by First Amendment Project Senior Counsel James Wheaton – filed a motion to strike Roseburg'sÃÂ ...
Columbia Journalism Review
July 14, 2017
DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN A BLESSING, albeit a mixed one, to some First Amendment and media law organizations. Since the election, theÃÂ ...
Student Press Law Center
July 2, 2017
asked Clay Calvert, director of the Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida. Calvert, who finds the survey results to beÃÂ ...
University of Florida
June 16, 2017
As director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida, I study just this kind of question. Here's how the caseÃÂ ...
CBS Miami
June 11, 2017
As director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida, I study just this kind of question. Here's how the caseÃÂ ...
cleveland.com
May 19, 2017
"With all of the assaults we face on access to open records, we need the new First Amendment project at Case," Quinn said. "That lawyers asÃÂ ...
Outside Magazine
May 16, 2017
The First Amendment Project's Wheaton says this is an example of a lawsuit called a SLAPP suit, meaning a “strategic lawsuit against publicÃÂ ...
ATTN
March 15, 2017
The problem with the implication here is that the First Amendment isn't selectively applied - and the artist's music video qualifies as freedom of speech, according to Clay Calvert, the director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the ...
Honolulu Civil Beat
March 15, 2017
It affected the speech rights of corporations and unions in funding political ads shortly before elections. Committee Democrats no doubt will grill Gorsuch about Citizens United.
University of Florida
March 13, 2017
It affected the speech rights of corporations and unions in funding political ads shortly before elections. Committee Democrats no doubt will grill Gorsuch about Citizens United.
Digital Journal
March 9, 2017
The Environmental Law Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley Law School and the First Amendment Project represented Dr.
Daily Californian
March 6, 2017
According to professor James Wheaton, founder of the First Amendment Project and visiting instructor at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, the ruling is a " 'huge victory' for California" because it will release more information into the ...
WUFT
March 2, 2017
Clay Calvert, a UF professor and director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, said the bill raises huge First Amendment concerns that need to be addressed.
Daily Californian
February 8, 2017
According to James Wheaton, founder of the First Amendment Project, public universities are able to cancel the appearance of a speaker only if the reason for the cancellation is unrelated to the content of the event, such as concerns about public safety.
Digital Journal
December 27, 2016
Supporters included Cato Institute, ACLU of San Diego, Electronic Frontier Foundation, First Amendment Coalition, and Brechner First Amendment Project at University of Florida. ? After spending months in jail, Mr. Chaker imprisonment was found unjust.
WYFF Greenville
December 20, 2016
... AT THE CONCERNED VETERANS FOR AMERICA DEFEND THE FIRST AMENDMENT PROJECT 300 PEOPLE WERE URGED TO SPEAK OUT ON VETERANS ISSUES AND THEN LISTENED TO SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESSMAN TREY GOWDY >> IÃÂ ...
Christian Science Monitor
December 15, 2016
... much say in the personal lives of its citizens. The legal question comes down to this, says Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida: "Is the counseling itself speech protected by the ...
ACLU of Northern California (blog)
December 5, 2016
At a time when the internment of Japanese-American citizens has been cited as precedent for creating a Muslim-American registry, flag burning is mentioned casually as something that might strip Americans of citizenship, and the Constitution feels underÃÂ ...
Mission Local
November 28, 2016
James Wheaton, founder of the First Amendment Project, which provides free and low-cost legal services on public interest free speech and free press matters, said he expects the Trump administration will favor restrictive policies on open records under ...
Berkeley Daily Planet
November 4, 2016
This change in Public Comment procedure evolved in response to a lawsuit threatened by The First Amendment Project (FAP) representing SuperBOLD.
Santa Barbara Edhat
November 2, 2016
"Today's decision sends a strong message that public agencies cannot hide behind private parties to shield what would otherwise be considered a public document," said Cherokee Melton, attorney for the First Amendment Project, which represents both ELFÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
November 2, 2016
"Peter Thiel created a dangerous playbook for other wealthy individuals to follow who seek revenge" against the media, said Clay Calvert, director of the University of Florida's Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project. "He has the money and theÃÂ ...
VICE
October 26, 2016
Chang has not been charged with a crime, but can you get in real trouble for saying that you'd like to Kennedy your least favorite candidate?
Greensboro News & Record
October 19, 2016
When the First Amendment Project asked her to create a project related to free speech in the San Francisco Bay area, she embarked on "I Wish to Say.
Chief Marketer
October 18, 2016
The College is also home to departments of Advertising, Journalism, Public Relations, and Telecommunication; the Innovation News Center; The Agency; The Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, The Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, andÃÂ ...
Appalachian State University
September 28, 2016
The ongoing project began in 2004 with a commission from The First Amendment Project in Oakland, California. Since that time, Oring has presented "I Wish to Say" in over 60 venues nationwide and mailed more than 2,200 postcards to President Bush,ÃÂ ...
WUFT
September 20, 2016
Though public libraries are government entities funded by taxpayers, libraries aren't obligated to buy a book in all forms, said Clay Calvert, the director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida. (In this ...
Financial Express Bangladesh
August 10, 2016
The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Wednesday gave the clearance to the construction works from the 4th to 12th floor including other necessary works under Pani Bhavan Construction (First phase) (First amendment) project.
Marketplace.org
August 2, 2016
Clay Calvert, director of the First Amendment Project at the University of Florida, said tech companies are walking a fine line between "social responsibility and promotion of free speech.
The Register-Guard
June 28, 2016
But this exception is essentially an illustration of how far the law goes, said Clay Calvert, the director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida. "You have to actually show that it requires you to do something ...
Chicago Tribune
June 28, 2016
But this exception is essentially an illustration of how far the law goes, said Clay Calvert, the director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida. "You have to actually show that it requires you to do something ...
University of Florida
June 1, 2016
Most importantly, should third-party-funded litigation against news organizations be banned by lawmakers? This is the kind of issue I explore at the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida, which I've directed for the ...
EconoTimes
May 29, 2016
As director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, Calvert has filed, as counsel of record, multiple friend-of-the-court briefs with the United States Supreme Court in cases such as Elonis v. United States and Brown v. Entertainment ...
Fortune
May 24, 2016
... different and diverse sources as possible to learn what's going on in the world and to find out what truly matters to us, not to a news curator or an algorithm.
The Independent Florida Alligator
May 21, 2016
Clay Calvert, the director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, said the universities signing onto the brief means they have an interest in the outcome.
Opposing Views
May 14, 2016
University of Florida First Amendment Project director Clay Calvert agreed the arrest was constitutional. "While the First Amendment generally protects yelling epithets like 'pigs' at police officers, especially at public demonstrations against alleged ...
TheBlaze.com
April 27, 2016
A group of typists set up shop in New York City's Bryant Park Wednesday and volunteered their services to any passersby who had something they wanted to tell any (or all) of the presidential candidates.
Tampabay.com
March 23, 2016
"Libel law is largely a combination of judge-made common law and legislative-made statutory law," said Calvert, who also directs the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at UF. "It definitely is not executive branch-made law. The president has noÃÂ ...
