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Trump says Twitter violated his First Amendment rights. Is that even possible?
President Trump’s fight for his Twitter account is back in the news after he filed a motion for a preliminary injunction arguing that blocking him from the social-media platform violated the First Amendment. Is it even possible for Twitter to violate the First Amendment when it’s not a government agency? Generally speaking, the answer is […]
Whistleblower teachers beat libel case based on reports of child abuse at school
The director of a school for autistic children has dropped her lawsuit against former employees who reported her for injuring a student in her care. According to official records, the case began when an administrator at Insightful Minds Community of Learning banished a student to a seclusion room to correct his behavior. While in the […]
Secret leaks to the media are protected under the First Amendment
Government employees who secretly leak information to the press are protected by the First Amendment, according to a new decision from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. In DeCrane v. Eckart, Cleveland firefighter Sean DeCrane was pushed out of his job and subjected to other retaliation after his boss misidentified him as the source for […]
Public-records request for three years of e-mails to one account is overbroad, Eighth District rules
A new decision from the Eighth District Court of Appeals denied a reporter’s request for an order to produce three years of e-mails, finding it was too broad to be enforced. In State ex rel. Dissell v. City of Cleveland, decided last week, reporter Rachel Dissell requested access to every e-mail sent to the “Mayor’s […]
Sixth Circuit rejects First Amendment challenge to mask mandates
Your right to religious liberty does not permit you to dodge government regulations requiring the use of masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Sixth Circuit held yesterday that even if Catholics truly believe that wearing masks is a sin, the government may nonetheless compel them to do so. The decision in Resurrection […]
Cuyahoga housing agency must pay for refusing to produce killer cop’s personnel file
If you get a public-records request, you can’t just pretend it never happened. That means the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority could be paying thousands of dollars in fines and costs for ignoring a pair of requests from Ideastream. After CMHA officer James Griffiths shot and killed a black teenager near the King–Kennedy High Rise, reporter […]