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First Amendment audits are a largely American social movement that usually involves photographing or filming from a public space. It is often categorized by its practitioners, known as auditors, as activism and citizen journalism that tests constitutional rights, in particular the right to photograph and video record in a public space (a right ...
Sep. 21—LOCKPORT — Daniel Warmus runs a YouTube page, "Erie County Auditor," that shows him going into government buildings with a camera and recording public areas. He calls himself a First ...
County of Santa Clara v. California First Amendment Coalition, 170 Cal. App. 4th 1301 (2009), was a case before the California Courts of Appeal dealing with the ability of a local California agency to limit the disclosure of, or require license agreements for, public records and data requested under the California Public Records Act (CPRA).
(The Supreme Court has a long-standing doctrine of not ruling on a statute's constitutionality if a case may be decided on statutory grounds.) [25] The Beck court's discussion of First Amendment issues was perfunctory, acknowledging that there might be grounds for a First Amendment challenge but refusing to discuss the issue further. This has ...
The 2024 Florida legislative session is over. Its effects are soon to come, especially as they relate to First Amendment issues. A number of bills were passed in the session that ended Friday.
FAC co-authored and sponsored Proposition 59 , the Sunshine Amendment to the California State Constitution, enacted by voters in 2004.FAC since then has enforced Prop. 59, suing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to force him to make public his and his staff's calendars of appointments, pressuring state agencies to be more transparent in their decision-making, and filing lawsuits to strengthen ...
A new law going into effect on Jan. 1 requires people to move back 25 feet if first responders, including law enforcement, verbally warn them to, while the responder is performing a legal duty.
Cases that consider the First Amendment implications of payments mandated by the state going to use in part for speech by third parties Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977) Communications Workers of America v. Beck (1978) Chicago Local Teachers Union v. Hudson (1986) Keller v. State Bar of California (1990) Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Ass'n ...