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Constitutionally Protected Expressive Activity & the First Amendment:
“Who Ya Gonna Call?”
Robert C.…
Deputy Sheriff Phillip Campas was shot and killed during a barricade at a home near the intersection of 1st Street and Poplar Avenue in Wasco.
Deputies had initially responded to the home for reports of a shooting at about 1:00 pm. A…
Outline of Implementation of AB 1506 / The New Law Dealing with Fatal Shootings of Unarmed Civilians, By Mike Rains
About the author: Mike Rains is the principal founding member at Rains, Lucia, Stern, St. Phalle & Silver, PC ("RLS…
The “Weaponing” of Social Media by Law Enforcement: It is well established that a private citizen has a First Amendment right to videotape public officials, including, but not limited to, police officers while performing their duties in any…
Editorial by Robert Phillips, Deputy District Attorney (Retired)
Profanity and the First Amendment: Some of us were brought up in an atmosphere where the use of profanity was severely frowned upon, some believing that its use merely…
Profanity and the First Amendment:
RC Phillips (DDA, Ret.)
July, 2021
Some of us were brought up in an atmosphere where the use of profanity was severely frowned upon, some believing that its use merely reflects a lack of…