RI ACLU, Cote, Expand Cote Free Speech Suit to City
![[CREDIT: City of Warwick] A Warwick Officer escorts Rob Cote from Council Chambers July 17, 2023. Councilwoman Donna Travis ordered him removed for persisting in speaking about a property dispute detailed in a Providence Journal article involving Travis.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Warwick-City-Council-ACLU-Cote-Free-Speech-1-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — The ACLU of Rhode Island and frequent city critic Rob Cote have expanded the Cote free speech suit protesting Cote’s ouster from a July 17 2023 City […]
First Amendment
![[CREDIT: RICLU] A recent report by the ACLU of RI outlines public speaking rules of RI communities governing bodies, including the Warwick City Council and Warwick School Committee. A rule barring personal attacks or salacious comments, unwritten for the Council and written for the Committee, is being chllenged in a lawsuit against the Council.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RIACLU-RI-Public-Speech-Report-300x225.jpg)
Galligan: School Committee Reviews Public Speaker Rules
WARWICK, RI — Warwick School Committee Chairman Shaun Galligan says the board is re-examining its public speaker rules after an American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island report noted its […]
Council Takes Undisclosed Vote on Cote Free Speech Suit
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council began its full meeting Wednesday with an immediate vote to enter executive session to discuss Rob Cote’s free speech suit against the body, […]
![[CREDIT: Image Capture Oct. 2016 (C) Google] RI Superior Court at 255 Benefit St., Providence.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Superior-Court-140x140.png)
ACLU Defends TurtleBoySports Against Superior Court Gag Order
PROVIDENCE — The ACLU of RI is defending a Massachusetts website publisher facing censorship via Superior Court order to remove posts about a Hopkinton, RI resident and business woman’s YouTube […]
First Amendment, First Defense, First Casualty
Three days after America elected a new president in Donald J. Trump, notorious for insulting the service of war hero Sen. John McCain and threatening the First Amendment rights provided […]
Teachers, Students Insist Protesters Unfairly Punished; Nadeau Seeks Suspensions
WARWICK, R.I. — Teachers and students at Tuesday’s School Committee meeting insisted three-hour detention for the 100 student walkout protesters Dec. 21 demonstrating against special education practices was punishment for the protest, not the truancy, while Vice Chairman Eugene Nadeau called for suspending the demonstrators.
ACLU: Unfairly Punishing Class-Cutting Protesters A First Amendment Violation
WARWICK, R.I. — The ACLU of RI has stated the alleged unfair punishment of 100 students who cut their final class Dec. 21 to protest Warwick Public Schools’ Special Education practices would be a First Amendment violation, and called for disclosure of Warwick Public Schools discipline practices.
Warwick Veterans Split on Whether to Worry About Trump’s Offensive Speech
Three days after voters elected Donald Trump, notorious for insulting the service of war hero Sen. John McCain and threatening to weaken the First Amendment of the Constitution, Warwick veterans were split on whether to worry about the president-elect’s indifference to the ideals they served to protect.
