free speech rights

Occupy Austin fights back

KEYE - CBS 42  Mon, 02/06/2012 - 8:14pm

Occupy Austin members are fighting back after they say their eviction from City Hall was chaotic and suppressed their free speech rights.

Police arrested eight people Friday night. Those arrests include Debbie Russell, with the ACLU and a woman the occupy movement described as 58-years-old and disabled.

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High Court Weighs Upending Campaign-Money Rules

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Wed, 09/09/2009 - 4:00am

Supreme Court justices returned from their summer recess early to hear arguments Wednesday in a case involving an anti-Hillary Clinton movie.

At issue is a century of campaign finance laws and whether free speech rights extend to corporations and unions.

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State defends strip club fee

KVUE - Austin  Tue, 12/18/2007 - 5:20pm

State officials say the state’s new $5 surcharge for strip club visitors will not violate the clubs’ First Amendment free speech rights.



 

State defends $5-per-customer strip club fee

KVUE - Austin  Tue, 12/18/2007 - 5:20pm

Owners of nude entertainment clubs went to court Tuesday in Austin to challenge an upcoming $5 strip club fee as an unfair tax and a violation of free speech rights.