Free Speech on License Plates
The First Amendment protects free speech from most government limitations, including speech on personalized license plates. On Jan. 11, 2012, we filed a lawsuit to enforce this right in Georgia.
No Gun Charge Against Meet the Press Host
In a letter to NBC's lawyers, District of Columbia Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan announced that while the exhibition of an empty magazine capable of holding up to 30 rounds of ammunition by "Meet the Press" host David Gregory was illegal under the District's gun control laws, his office "has determined to exercise its prosecutorial discretion to decline to bring criminal charges against Mr. Gregory ... ."
Appeals Court Says Middle Finger to Cop is Not Disorderly Conduct
The federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York has reversed a trial court's dismissal of a lawsuit against a police officer who arrested a man for disorderly conduct after the man gave "the finger" to the officer.
D.C. Police Investigating "Meet the Press"
District of Columbia police have announced that they are investigating David Gregory's display of a 30-bullet gun magazine during an interview with National Rifle Association head Wayne LaPierre. The interview was on "Meet the Press," which is broadcast from NBC's Washington, D.C. studios.