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Threatened Occupy LA counters mayor, buys gas masks

'Para Todos Todo, Para Nosotros Nada: For Everyone, Everything, For Us, Nothing' Occupy Los Angeles human rights defenders say to city...
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Arkansas Town Wants To Ban Free Speech And Freedom Of Assembly

A small Arkansas town of 850 is attempting to ban groups from meeting to talk about the city without first getting permission from the city itself...
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Arkansas town seeks to ban free speech for residents

  • Gould City Council
  • July 17, 2011
Gould, Arkansas, is a small town of about 850 people. If the city council has its way, those 850 people will be barred from gathering together to...
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More on the First Amendment

By Robin Scott, Attorney at LawThe First Amendment is one of the most powerful sections of the United States Constitution and is contained within...
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Front group effort to exercise right to freedom of assembly to squash freedom of the press fails

Recent attempts to disrupt town hall meetings to allow citizens to dialog about the need to provide health care for uninsured Americans were a huge...
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D.C. City Council member urges law creating "hotspot zones" overriding freedom of assembly

A bill criminalizing gatherings of more than two people in D.C. is drawing outrage and opposition from community and labor activists, as well as...
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