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Is Heckling a Felony? 'Irvine 11' Students to Find Out

Hecklers take note. A group of University of California students will learn next week whether they've been charged with criminal offenses for repeatedly interrupting a speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren last year. A grand jury convened by Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas reportedly has been weighing...

Opinion: Should We Ban 'Violent' Speech?

In the wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords last weekend, some legislators are considering new bans on speech that supposedly uses violent metaphors or imagery. "The rhetoric is just ramped up so negatively, so high, that we have got to shut this down," is how Rep. Robert Brady, D-Pa., put it, though there's no...

Facebook Chief Zuckerberg Starts China Visit

BEIJING (Dec. 20) -- Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg started a visit to China on Monday with a tour of the offices of the country's top search engine, while his own social networking site remained blocked on the mainland. Photos of Zuckerberg's visit to Baidu Inc. were quickly posted online. "Obviously I'm...

Keith Olbermann's Replacement Better Not Have Donated to Anyone, Ever

(Nov. 5) -- Like a bad segment on MSNBC's "Countdown," the Keith Olbermann suspension episode (which may rapidly transition into the Keith Olbermann firing episode) just keeps on getting more outlandish. Late this afternoon, the unapologetically left- (sorry, "forward") leaning cable news show host was unceremoniously...

'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Is Back On, Indefinitely: Initial Reactions

(Nov. 1) -- The day before the critical midterm elections, the Obama administration has won its federal case to extend the freeze on the overturning of "don't ask, don't tell," which was ruled unconstitutional by another federal judge less than a month ago. What does it all mean? Under the previous ruling, the...

Background on freedom of speech

Freedom of speech is the political right to communicate one's opinions and ideas via speech. The term freedom of expression is sometimes used synonymously, but includes any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used.

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