Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities | Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities. Thurgood Marshall Award Established by the ABA and IRR in 1992, the Thurgood Marshall Award recognizes long-term contributions by members of the legal profession to the advancement of civil rights, civil liberties, and human rights in the United States. This year's award will be presented to the Honorable Margaret H. Marshall at a dinner on Saturday, Aug. 9, during the 2014 ABA Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. Robert F. The Robert F.
Committee Excellence Award Each year, the Section recognizes one of its Committees for contributing to the ABA’s policies, and furthering the Section’s mission of providing leadership to the legal profession in protecting and advancing human rights, civil liberties, and social justice. Freedom of Expression. F-ck the Draft This is not a type-o, nor is it something which the author of this chapter has somehow managed to slip slyly past the editors. While I hope that this does not offend, I would not be surprised if some readers were indeed shocked and perhaps even offended. The editors, of course, could have chosen to leave it out, this being a private forum. It is important, however, to note that in 1971 the Supreme Court held that a state could not convict an individual for “offensive conduct” based solely on the content of his speech; the First Amendment protected Paul Robert Cohen’s right to wear a jacket to court on which the words “F-ck the Draft” were written.
Does Cohen stand for the proposition that we can freely express ourselves in any way we like at any time? EXAMPLE (1) Jane is standing on a street corner with a suitcase in her hand. EXAMPLE (3) Sean Silver likes to paint himself up in metallic paint and work as a mime on a local street corner.
Resources. Intellectual Freedom & Property. Privacy Rights. Digizen - Home. Electronic Frontier Foundation | Defending Freedom in the Digital World. Center for Democracy & Technology | Keeping the Internet Open, Innovative and Free. Open Government. Earlier this month, agencies released their Open Government Plans – roadmaps for creating agencies that are responsive and engaging to the public, as well as transparent with their work and their information.
As part of a broad coalition of open government advocates, convened by OpenTheGovernment.org, CDT has been working to independently evaluate the Open Government Plans against the Open Government Directive. While openness advocates we hope to see a number of gains that are not addressed in the Directive, we decided it would be best to measure government plans according to the letter of the directive that described the plans. We did award bonus points for those agencies that chose to reach beyond merely meeting the letter of the directive – such as creating multiple points of engagement for ongoing projects, or actively facilitating and moderating discussion around their plan.