According to the Society of Professional Journalists, Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill, may propose an amendment to S. 448, which is also known as the federal shield bill, or journalist shield law, in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Feinstein’s amendment would limit the type of journalist protected by the bill to a salaried [...]
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Stop Sens. Feinstein and Durbin from putting journalists at risk
Posted in First Amendment, Transparency on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BREAKING NEWS: The Beau Biden interview
Posted in Carl Danberg, Civil Rights, First Amendment, Inmate Abuse, Prisons, Rogue Force on October 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In an interview with the Caesar Rodney Institute Friday, Attorney General Beau Biden took issue with the claims that recent motions by his deputies to silence a well-respected Dover lawyer and vocal critic of the Department of Correction were designed to harass anyone. Earlier today CRI revealed how Biden’s Office balked, the second time in as [...]
AG’s Office calls off its second attempt to curb Free Speech
Posted in Carl Danberg, Civil Rights, Department of Correction, First Amendment, Inmate Abuse, Prisons, Rogue Force on October 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Attorney General Beau Biden and his staff refused to comment about the decision. By Lee Williams (Editor’s note: this story can also be viewed in the Special Reports section.) DOVER –Attorney General Beau Biden’s Office balked, the second time in as many weeks, in its latest attempt to restrict the First Amendment rights of a [...]
BREAKING NEWS: First Amendment on trial Friday in Dover. You’re invited.
Posted in Civil Rights, Department of Correction, First Amendment, Government Spending, Open Government, Prisons, Rogue Force on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Attorney General Beau Biden’s office is going to court to silence one of Delaware’s most-vocal and most-respected prison critics at 10 a.m. Friday in Kent County Superior Court in Dover, in front of the Honorable President Judge James T. Vaughn Jr. Biden’s office does not want the public viewing video evidence of inmate abuse by [...]
