First Amendment

Victoria Advocate editor on FOIFT and the public’s right to know

2014-03-04T17:43:20-06:00

By Chris Cobler Editor The Victoria Advocate Originally published March 3, 2014 The Calhoun County Republican Club invited me to speak Monday about an organization near and dear to my heart, the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. Many thanks to them for being such a welcoming and engaged audience. Here is a copy of my prepared remarks: I am honored to speak on behalf of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. It is a nonprofit organization that helps news organizations and the public across the state make sure the public's business is done in public. I'd like to start [...]

Victoria Advocate editor on FOIFT and the public’s right to know2014-03-04T17:43:20-06:00

Complaint filed over judge’s order to remove Internet video

2014-01-30T16:48:15-06:00

By Daniel Borunda El Paso Times Originally published Jan. 30, 2014 A Dallas-area lawyer has a filed a complaint against a federal judge in El Paso who ordered that a video be taken off the Internet in connection with the death of a man in Central Texas. Ty Clevenger, a civil case lawyer, accuses U.S. District Judge Frank Montalvo of misconduct for issuing an order with information from only one side and without a hearing or an opportunity to respond, according to the complaint filed Tuesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Montalvo, who has presided over [...]

Complaint filed over judge’s order to remove Internet video2014-01-30T16:48:15-06:00

Are anonymous bloggers protected by First Amendment?

2013-11-11T17:21:25-06:00

By Jordan Smith The Austin Chronicle Originally published Nov. 7, 2013 Who is the anonymous blogger known as the "Trooper?" More importantly, does anyone – including Bob Brockman – have a right to know? Those are among the questions now before the Texas Supreme Court after oral arguments this morning in a case where Brockman and the company he heads, Reynolds & Reynolds, seeks to compel Google to divulge the identity of Trooper, who Brockman argues has been defaming him and his company for years. To hear lawyers for the blogger tell it, Brockman's demand to have Google spill the details [...]

Are anonymous bloggers protected by First Amendment?2013-11-11T17:21:25-06:00

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