Arizona Law Limits Free Speech by Allowing Police to Verbally Create a No Recording Perimeter by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) signed House Bill 2319 into law on July 13, 2002, making it a misdemeanor offense to record police within eight feet of where law enforcement …

Friendly Reminder: Yes, You Can Say (and Even Yell) ‘Fuck You’ to the Police by Richard Resch by Richard Resch Periodically, it seems the public (and especially those cops with an authoritarian bent) need a friendly reminder of this. The Eighth Circuit recently obliged. The U.S. Court of Appeals for …

Fourth Circuit Reverses ‘Abusive Language’ Conviction Where Government Failed to Offer Evidence That Racial Slur Tended to Cause Immediate Acts of Violence by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Jules A. Bartow’s conviction for using “abusive …

Using Location Surveillance to Fight COVID-19 May Chill Free Speech and Association by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As governments act to contain COVID-19, tracing persons who have come in contact with infected persons is at the forefront of the move to contain the disease’s spread. Tracing people via …