free speech /tags/free-speech free speech en-US Copyright Fri, 06 Sep 2024 13:41:06 GMT California lawmakers want to ban anti-union meetings at work, but will Newsom go along? /labor-employment/2024-09-06/california-lawmakers-want-to-ban-anti-union-meetings-at-work-but-will-newsom-go-along A bill passed by the Legislature on its last day is a top priority for California labor unions, who say “captive audience” sessions intimidate workers. Business groups say the bill violates employers’ free speech rights. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 13:41:06 GMT /labor-employment/2024-09-06/california-lawmakers-want-to-ban-anti-union-meetings-at-work-but-will-newsom-go-along Jeanne Kuang Federal judge: Oregon Senate panel violated Boquist’s free speech rights /law-and-justice/2023-07-19/federal-judge-oregon-senate-panel-violated-boquists-free-speech-rights Sen. Brian Boquist, the maverick Oregon lawmaker who said state police should “send bachelors and come heavily armed” if they wanted to drag him back to the Capitol in a 2019 Republican-led Senate walkout, has prevailed in a First Amendment federal lawsuit tied to that statement and others. Wed, 19 Jul 2023 12:51:57 GMT /law-and-justice/2023-07-19/federal-judge-oregon-senate-panel-violated-boquists-free-speech-rights Ben Botkin Court strikes down Oregon law which restricted secret recordings /media-society/2023-07-11/court-strikes-down-oregon-law-which-restricted-secret-recordings A federal court has struck down an Oregon law which made most secret recordings illegal. Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:45:51 GMT /media-society/2023-07-11/court-strikes-down-oregon-law-which-restricted-secret-recordings Nathan Wilk First Amendment advocates respond to a new Arizona law limiting recording of police /law-and-justice/2022-07-10/first-amendment-advocates-respond-to-a-new-arizona-law-limiting-recording-of-police Recently signed legislation in Arizona would bar people from recording video of police officers within 8 feet after being told not to. Sun, 10 Jul 2022 13:17:52 GMT /law-and-justice/2022-07-10/first-amendment-advocates-respond-to-a-new-arizona-law-limiting-recording-of-police Austin Cope Former JPR reporter to stand trial in Medford in a case raising press freedom concerns /media-society/2022-05-13/former-jpr-reporter-to-stand-trial-in-medford-in-a-case-raising-press-freedom-concerns In September, OPB reporter April Ehrlich faces trial for charges tied to her coverage of Medford police breaking up a homeless encampment in 2020. Sat, 14 May 2022 00:42:40 GMT /media-society/2022-05-13/former-jpr-reporter-to-stand-trial-in-medford-in-a-case-raising-press-freedom-concerns Brian Bull Judge ends Oregon ban on real estate ‘love letters’ /law-and-justice/2022-05-13/judge-ends-oregon-ban-on-real-estate-love-letters A federal judge concluded that Oregon’s law banning real estate “love letters” is unconstitutional. Fri, 13 May 2022 12:54:31 GMT /law-and-justice/2022-05-13/judge-ends-oregon-ban-on-real-estate-love-letters April Ehrlich U.S. journalist is freed from Myanmar prison with ex-diplomat Richardson's help /international-affairs/2021-11-15/u-s-journalist-is-freed-from-myanmar-prison-with-ex-diplomat-richardsons-help Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson said in a statement that Danny Fenster had been handed over to him in Myanmar and would return to the U.S. via Qatar over the next day and a half. Mon, 15 Nov 2021 17:31:55 GMT /international-affairs/2021-11-15/u-s-journalist-is-freed-from-myanmar-prison-with-ex-diplomat-richardsons-help The Associated Press Calmness On Campus (Or Not): "The Tyranny Of Virtue" /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-10-04/calmness-on-campus-or-not-the-tyranny-of-virtue You can champion the cause of tolerance and acceptance, but can you go overboard? Can you so insist on the exercise of some people's rights that you… Fri, 04 Oct 2019 16:51:02 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-10-04/calmness-on-campus-or-not-the-tyranny-of-virtue The ϷӴý Exchange Team Words As Weapons: "The Case Against Free Speech" /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-09-18/words-as-weapons-the-case-against-free-speech "I can say what I want, it's a free country." Easy to say, not so easy to justify; no rights are absolute in the United States (or anywhere else). Free… Wed, 18 Sep 2019 17:01:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-09-18/words-as-weapons-the-case-against-free-speech The ϷӴý Exchange Team VENTSday: The Limits Of Protest (If Any) /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-12-06/ventsday-the-limits-of-protest-if-any Anti-Trump protests on the streets. Anti-pipeline protests on the edge of the reservation. Just two examples of people taking their disagreements and… Tue, 06 Dec 2016 19:20:53 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-12-06/ventsday-the-limits-of-protest-if-any Geoffrey Riley