Read more free speech stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/970/free-speech.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:46:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74347/time-to-crack-down-on-jihad-20.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKhalid Sheikh Mohammed has knocked Nidal Hasan out of the headlines but the Fort Hood suspect is the kind of threat America needs to focus on, warns Daniel Henninger. Home-grown terrorists, indoctrinated over the Internet, are now more of a danger than "old-school" jihadis abroad, and the ideology that radicalizes...http://www.newser.com/story/74347/time-to-crack-down-on-jihad-20.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 8:46:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73653/beck-loses-fight-against-satire-site.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGlenn Beck came out on the losing end today in his attempt to shut down a satirical website the Fox News host alleged was defamatory and infringed on his trademark. And though an arbitrator ruled that “even a ‘moron in a hurry’ would not likely conclude that Complainant sponsored, endorsed,...http://www.newser.com/story/73653/beck-loses-fight-against-satire-site.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 18:20:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71085/justices-cite-free-speech-in-animal-abuse-videos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Supreme Court seems likely to back an appellate court ruling that said depictions of animal cruelty are protected as free speech by the First Amendment. In arguments today, the justices considered the case of a man convicted of selling dogfighting videos under a 1999 law that equates videos of...http://www.newser.com/story/71085/justices-cite-free-speech-in-animal-abuse-videos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 16:00:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70972/animal-cruelty-case-hits-supreme-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnimal cruelty takes the floor of the Supreme Court tomorrow, as the justices consider whether to overturn an appeals court judgment that allows the depiction of animal cruelty under the auspices of the First Amendment. The lower court wasn’t keen on animal cruelty, but found that our furry friends—unlike...http://www.newser.com/story/70972/animal-cruelty-case-hits-supreme-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 13:14:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70684/garrido-cops-trampling-dugards-civil-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPhillip Garrido says the woman he’s accused of abducting as a child and holding captive for 18 years is being denied civil rights as part of the ongoing investigation, he writes in a letter to Sacramento’s KRCA-TV. Jaycee Dugard’s “free speach [sic] rights are being violated,” Garrido says in urging...http://www.newser.com/story/70684/garrido-cops-trampling-dugards-civil-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 21:33:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68855/cuban-activists-rally-around-drunken-youtube-ranter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCuban activists have found an unlikely cause celebré in the case of Juan Carlos González Marcos, who was sent to prison last month for drunkenly interrupting a shoot for a video about reggaeton with a rant about hunger. González was drinking, as he often did, at his neighborhood park in...http://www.newser.com/story/68855/cuban-activists-rally-around-drunken-youtube-ranter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 9:45:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68829/sotomayors-first-case-could-transform-us-politics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere aren't any easy cases at the Supreme Court level but the one newbie Sonia Sotomayor and her eight colleagues will tackle tomorrow is as momentous—and as tricky—as they come, McClatchy reports. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission will require the court to decide whether the long-standing ban...http://www.newser.com/story/68829/sotomayors-first-case-could-transform-us-politics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 7:09:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67766/comics-mother-in-law-sues-over-jokes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe situation faced by comedian Sunda Croonquist sounds like it’s from one of her routines: mother-in-law sues comedian after being the butt of one too many jokes. But Croonquist’s mother-in-law is serious—she says her daughter-in-law makes her sound like a racist. She’s seeking unspecified damages and demands that the...http://www.newser.com/story/67766/comics-mother-in-law-sues-over-jokes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 16:44:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67529/high-court-may-lift-restrictions-on-corporate-cash-in-politics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSeptember 9 could mark a watershed in campaign finance, as the Supreme Court hears a special argument for overturning long-standing rules that restrict corporations from buying political advertisements, the Los Angeles Times reports. The court has used the case of Hillary: The Movie , a documentary that a lower courts decided...http://www.newser.com/story/67529/high-court-may-lift-restrictions-on-corporate-cash-in-politics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 14:25:50 CDT