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By David L. Hudson Jr.
First Amendment Center research attorney
The First Amendment prohibits government from abridging "the right of the people peaceably to assemble." FULL STORY>



Trial to proceed over activists' exclusion from press conference
9th Circuit panel finds that although Forest Service can control who speaks at its news conferences, who can attend is a different matter. 05.09.08
 
Tenn. woman gets go-ahead to sue boss over firing
By David L. Hudson Jr. 6th Circuit panel finds merit in Karen Cameron's intimate-association claim that she was fired for marrying political foe. 05.08.08


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