Category Archives: Jennifer Liebman: Author

Wardrobe Malfunction Back in Court: An Update

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

While the display of Janet Jackson’s naked breast and nipple during a 2005 CBS broadcast of the Superbowl may have been fleeting, the legal ramifications stemming from the incident are anything but. Last time we covered this case (here and … Continue reading →

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School’s Punishment Runs Afoul of First Amendment Freedoms Online: J.C. v. Beverly Hills Unified School District

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

Schools that dish out draconian punishments to students who are mean to each other online (aka cyberbullying) risk running afoul of the First Amendment. Beverly Vista School, a K-8 school in the Beverly Hills Unified School District, learned this lesson … Continue reading →

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Niche-Niche: Wikipedia refuses to remove content contrary to German lawyer’s cease and desist letters

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

The First Amendment provides American-based websites with the freedom to report on newsworthy events, including those that happen in other countries to citizens of other countries. Yet, the global nature of the Internet opens it up to legal challenges from … Continue reading →

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Forget staging “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

This week, in a decision that is likely to limit what theaters decide to produce, Colorado’s Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on theatrical smoking. The 2006 Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act prohibits smoking inside public buildings. This is something … Continue reading →

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Against Gov. Deval Patrick and the Massachusetts State Senate’s wishes, UMass allows Levasseur to speak

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

The attempted cancellation of Ray Luc Levasseur’s talk at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, under pressure from Governor Patrick’s office, raises serious concerns not only about the state of academic freedom at the University but also about the Governor’s … Continue reading →

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The FCC Favors Net Neutrality

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

On Monday, FCC Chair Julius Genachowski announced the commission’s support of net neutrality, a principle which holds that Internet Service Providers (e.g. Comcast, Verizon, Time-Warner, AT&T) should not be permitted to discriminate against specific online content or applications and privilege other content … Continue reading →

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Fairness, not free-speech, at stake in Citizens United vs. FEC case?

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

On Wednesday, September 9th , the Supreme Court reheard arguments in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission (see our coverage of this case here and here).  The issues addressed in the rehearing were much broader than the … Continue reading →

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Update on Citizens United v. FEC: Campaign Finance Reform and Free Speech

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

Earlier this year, we covered Citizens United v. FEC, a Supreme Court case on the constitutionality of federal election laws.  As we explained in April, “the Court, among other things, needs to determine whether Hillary: The Movie, a 90 minute … Continue reading →

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Report Card: HEALTH

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

GRADE:  B – The push to teach abstinence-only education landed Health Education (primarily sexual education) in an abysmal place. As we have explained on the NCAC website, government funding-based mandates to provide a narrow and limited curriculum on a topic, … Continue reading →

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The Tweet Heard Around the World: Thwarting Censorship in Iran, One Proxy-Server at a Time

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

The Iranian government, never a proponent of free expression, has ramped up its practice of filtering its citizens’ access to social networking websites following Friday’s election and the ensuing protests.  For instance, the Iranian government has blocked access to Twitter … Continue reading →

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