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First Amendment Rights

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Appeals Court Judges Grill Arpaio's Lawyer on Alleged First Amendment Violations

    Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio​An 11-member panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had some tough questions today for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's lawyer about why "America's Toughest Sheriff" should be exempt from a lawsuit claiming he violated an Arizona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Occupy SF Prepares for Police Raid Tonight

    Kate CongerIs San Francisco next?​Update (5:45 p.m.): Department of Health officials led reporters through the encampment this evening as they inspected the area for violations. SF Weekly's Lauren Smiley says that Barbara Garcia, the director of the city's Health  Department, claims the toile ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Jewish Students Sue UC Berkeley for Allowing "Violent Anti-Semitic Attacks"

    Apartheid Week on the UC Berkeley Campus, 2009​Two Jewish UC Berkeley students are suing the school, claiming that the UC Berkeley administration failed to halt "violent anti-Semitic attacks and a hostile environment" created by two pro-Palestinian groups on campus. Plaintiff Jessica Felber, who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Supreme Court Shoots Down State Ban on Violent Videogames

    Keep shooting, kids​Kids can continue to legally play ultraviolent videogames after the Supreme Court ruled this morning that California cannot restrict kids from buying or renting the shooting games.  The court voted 7-2 that such a ban, which was spearheaded by Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Franci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Circumcision Ban Challenged: Religious Leaders File Lawsuit Today

    Taylor FriedmanNo, this isn't a bris ceremony ​Update 1:25 p.m.: Jewish and Muslim plaintiffs file lawsuit challenging San Francisco's circumcision ban. Read more after the jump.We knew this was coming -- it was just a matter of time. The Jewish community has united with other religious groups to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Where are Wikileaks' Media Friends?

    ​Where are the First Amendment's establishment warriors as government-spooked businesses try to shut down Wikileaks? Hackers with computers, not hacks with press passes, have been the first line of resistance. More to come.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    San Francisco Circumcision Ban Unconstitutional, Professor Says

    Perform a brit milah, go to jail? ​San Francisco can have its proposed circumcision ban, or it can have the First Amendment. But it can't have both. That's the opinion of Peter Keane, dean emeritus at Golden Gate University School of Law and a constitutional law professor. The potential ballot mea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Do You Have First Amendment Rights in San Francisco Parks or Not?

    Now valid in National Parks! Right?​Jurisdictional lines are funny things. Here in San Francisco you can hoist your banners and beat your drum to express the message of your choosing per your First Amendment Rights -- until you tread onto Ocean Beach, the Presidio, or other federal land. The Natio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    School That Deemed American Flag Clothing 'Incendiary' on Shaky Legal Ground

    Higher-ups at Live Oak High School may be caught with their pants down, legally​Administrators at Morgan Hill's Live Oak High School who opted to send home students bedecked in American flag regalia on Cinco de Mayo likely ran afoul of the law, one of the nation's foremost constitutional scholars ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Roto-Nerds of the World Rejoice as Fantasy Football Site Spikes NFL in Court

    Can you imagine paying licensing fees to use Alex Smith's stats?Aficionados of Pleistocene-era sports video games may remember how "Player No. 16" on the nameless San Francisco team with crimson uniforms was really good -- but the lack of licensing fees forbade any notion of the terms "Joe Montana," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2008

    The Price of Free Speech Rises

    Can you imagine paying licensing fees to use Alex Smith's stats?Aficionados of Pleistocene-era sports video games may remember how "Player No. 16" on the nameless San Francisco team with crimson uniforms was really good -- but the lack of licensing fees forbade any notion of the terms "Joe Montana," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    Exotic Erotic Ball Couches Tits as Freedom: Get Real! ... about Freedom (not Tits; fake Tits are fine)

    Can you imagine paying licensing fees to use Alex Smith's stats?Aficionados of Pleistocene-era sports video games may remember how "Player No. 16" on the nameless San Francisco team with crimson uniforms was really good -- but the lack of licensing fees forbade any notion of the terms "Joe Montana," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2007

    Fun with Trial Transcripts

    Can you imagine paying licensing fees to use Alex Smith's stats?Aficionados of Pleistocene-era sports video games may remember how "Player No. 16" on the nameless San Francisco team with crimson uniforms was really good -- but the lack of licensing fees forbade any notion of the terms "Joe Montana," ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2004

    Of Asterisks and Small Pols

    When the city government tries to play satire police with the press, everyone with a sense of humor -- and a belief in the Constitution -- should be concerned

  • News

    February 18, 2004

    Profiles in Gumption

    Thanks to SFMOMA, Mattel wasn't able to squash a Utah artist who puts Barbie dolls in blenders

  • News

    July 2, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of July 2, 2003

  • News

    April 25, 2001

    Cats and Dogs

    A video project with canine penetration and feline skinning brings on self-censorship at the S.F. Art Institute

  • News

    December 6, 2000

    Patent Fight Pending

    When a company sues a notorious critic for infringement, is it just business or intimidation?

  • News

    June 30, 1999

    SF Weekly Wins Newsrack Injunction

    When a company sues a notorious critic for infringement, is it just business or intimidation?

  • News

    June 16, 1999

    Make Art, Not War

    Attorney helps artists fight restrictions on street sales

  • Calendar

    June 4, 1997

    The Grid

    Attorney helps artists fight restrictions on street sales

  • News

    March 15, 1995

    Cyperpornocopia

    Milpitas residents Carleen and Robert Thomas found a lucrative way to sell the hardest of hardcorepornography to smut fans all over the country: by computer bulletin board. Then their little Silicon Valley startup attracted the interest of a U.S. Postal S

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