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Mar 07, 2009
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Cyberstalking (H 5748, S 566)

Under a bill proposed by the Attorney General, any person who posts on a website opinions or information – even factual data – could be potentially subject to criminal charges if the posting is designed to “harass” and could cause a person “substantial emotional distress.”
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Mar 07, 2009
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Right to Strike (H 5232, S 658)

The ACLU testified against a bill that would authorize the license suspension of teachers who engage in a strike, defined so broadly as to include a teacher’s “abstaining” even in part “from the full performance of his or her duties in his or her normal manner without permission.”
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Mar 07, 2009
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Mar 07, 2009
  • First Amendment

Cyberstalking (H 5748, S 566)

Under a bill proposed by the Attorney General, any person who posts on a website opinions or information – even factual data – could be potentially subject to criminal charges if the posting is designed to “harass” and could cause a person “substantial emotional distress.”
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Mar 07, 2009
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Mar 07, 2009
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Right to Strike (H 5232, S 658)

The ACLU testified against a bill that would authorize the license suspension of teachers who engage in a strike, defined so broadly as to include a teacher’s “abstaining” even in part “from the full performance of his or her duties in his or her normal manner without permission.”
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