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		<title>STOP SOPA (and PIPA)</title>
		<link>http://witnessla.com/freedom-of-information/2012/admin/stop-sopa-and-pipa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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While WitnessLA didn&#8217;t go dark on Wednesday for the SOPA blackout (too much jails stuff going
 on to even consider it), the  protest seems to be helping.  
If you&#8217;re unfamiliar with the fuss about SOPA&#8212;the Stop Online Piracy Act&#8212;and its little sister PIPA &#8230;. the Protect IP Act, let writer and NYU professor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court of Appeals Upholds School&#8217;s Actions Toward Student&#8217;s IM-ing Threats</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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In 2006, a Hannibal MO high school student, unhappy about being rejected by a girlfriend, sent an instant message to another friend about his desire to bring a gun to school and shoot several of his classmates.  His threats were specific and the IMing student, who is referred to as D.J.M. in all court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. Supreme Court, the Power of Money and other Must Reads</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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In next week&#8217;s issue of the New Yorker (April 11), the magazine&#8217;s legal writer, Jeffery Toobin, has a MUST READ story about SCOTUS&#8217; view of campaign reform.
It is an interesting and important read, but not exactly a cheery one:
Below I have posted a few salient clips   but the whole thing is worth your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sanctity of Facebook Posts: A Constitutional Fight Brewing? &#8230;. and More</title>
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		<comments>http://witnessla.com/free-speech/2011/admin/the-sanctity-of-facebook-posts-a-constitutional-fight-brewing-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American artists]]></category>
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SHOULD STATE BE ABLE TO DEMAND A JUROR&#8217;S FACEBOOK POSTS?  CALIFORNIA SUPREMES WANT THE QUESTION CAREFULLY CONSIDERED
This one&#8217;s a doozey and is shaping up to be a Constitutional battle.  On one side you have the right to privacy and freedom of expression, on the other hand you have the constitutional rights of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AND IN OTHER NEWS:  The Death Penality, Assange, and Fun Gun Gifts- UPDATED</title>
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		<comments>http://witnessla.com/free-speech/2011/admin/and-in-other-news-the-death-penality-assange-and-fun-gun-gifts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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TUESDAY ILLINOIS POISED TO ABOLISH STATE&#8217;S DEATH PENALTY
Go Illinois!  
Reuters has the story.  Here&#8217;s a clip:
Illinois was poised to become the first state since 2009 to abolish the death penalty after the state Senate approved the ban on Tuesday and sent it to Democratic Governor Pat Quinn for his signature.
The Senate vote came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airforce Blocks Access TO Press, Sheriff Blocks Access BY Press</title>
		<link>http://witnessla.com/freedom-of-information/2010/admin/airforce-blocks-access-to-press-sheriff-blocks-access-by-press/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Free Speech]]></category>
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In his column in Wednesday&#8217;s LA Times, Steve Lopez reports that the Los Angeles Sheriff&#8217;s department&#8212;presumably with the okay of Sheriff Lee Baca&#8212;has instructed its deputies not to talk to reporters from LA County&#8217;s main news outlet, namely the Los Angeles Times.
Or something like that. 

Here&#8217;s the relevant section on Lopez&#8217;s column:
The latest [LASD/Lee Baca] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WikiLeaks, Assange, Public Bloodlust &amp; a Few Sane Voices</title>
		<link>http://witnessla.com/freedom-of-information/2010/admin/wikileaks-assange-public-bloodlust-the-lynch-mob-moment/</link>
		<comments>http://witnessla.com/freedom-of-information/2010/admin/wikileaks-assange-public-bloodlust-the-lynch-mob-moment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Liberties]]></category>
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The hysterical reactions by seemingly sane people on the topic of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange  grow ever more deeply disheartening.

But there are, fortunately, a few people talking sense, among them Ron Paul and Tom Hayden, two men who would find themselves at opposite ends of many questions.  But on this crucial issue they [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>WikiLeaks: Why It&#8217;s Now About Free Speech &amp; Taking A Stand</title>
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		<comments>http://witnessla.com/free-speech/2010/admin/wikileaks-why-it-really-is-about-free-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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Forget what you think about Julian Assange. It doesn&#8217;t matter whether you like him or loath him.  Nor does it matter if you think Assange and company were wrong to have distributed the leaks, or alternately if you think he&#8217;s the champion of transparency and democracy&#8230;..
None of this is the point. Not anymore.
The issue [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Columbia University Finally Gets a Grip Re:  WikiLeaks</title>
		<link>http://witnessla.com/freedom-of-information/2010/admin/columbia-university-finally-gets-a-grip-re-wikileaks/</link>
		<comments>http://witnessla.com/freedom-of-information/2010/admin/columbia-university-finally-gets-a-grip-re-wikileaks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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A few days after administrators from Columbia University&#8217;s School of International and Public Affairs made idiots of themselves by telling students that tweeting, linking, posting or otherwise traceably conversing about WikiLeaks would harm their future career prospects, Columbia has suddenly come to its senses and realized that their earlier career advice made them look&#8230;.really, really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WikiLeaks Quote Contest, Lying Witnesses, and Strugging for Health Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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JAMES FALLOWS AT THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY HAS A CONTEST FOR THE BEST WIKILEAKS QUOTE
No, he&#8217;s not downplaying the seriousness of the leaks Fallows assures us, it&#8217;s merely that there are some damn good quotes hiding in that quarter of a million document flood.

INTERPOL HAS ISSUED AN ALERT FOR THE ARREST OF WIKILEAKS&#8217; FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE [...]]]></description>
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