Supreme Court Wrestles with Retaliation Claim of Arrested Councilwoman in First Amendment Case
In the realm of justice and constitutional rights, even small-town council members can find themselves caught in a web of controversy and retaliation. Such was the case for Sylvia Gonzalez, a Texas woman who faced arrest after criticising a senior official. Now, the Supreme Court is grappling with whether Gonzalez has grounds to pursue a retaliation claim in light of her encounter with law enforcement.
Gonzalez’s story began when she took office as a council member in Castle Hills, Texas at the age of 72. Running for election as an outspoken critic of the city manager, she wasted no time voicing her concerns about his actions and decisions. Little did she know that this expression of free speech would lead to her arrest.
Arrested under charges alleging that she inappropriately removed a government document—a citizen petition she had prepared—Gonzalez argued that it was an accidental mix-up among various papers. Although the charges were later dropped due to lack of evidence, Gonzalez found herself spending an unjust day behind bars and ultimately resigning from her position on City Council.
Fighting back against what she believed was retaliatory acti
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Supreme Court Wrestles with Retaliation Claim of Arrested Councilwoman in First Amendment Case
Russia to deliver last two squadrons of S-400 air defense missiles by 2026
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Russia to deliver last two squadrons of S-400 air defense missiles by 2026
CURRENT WARNING Several BEARS have been seen in these places! They want to declare EMERGENCY situations: be very careful HERE
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SLOVAKIA – After the weekend, bears are causing concern not only in Liptov, but currently also in other parts of Slovakia. Municipalities draw attention to the movement of these animals in Košice or Žilinski self-governing region.
One was caught by a camera trap in the early evening of Tuesday (March 19) near Dobra, which is located near Domaš. “The camera trap (captured) the bear on Dobra on the forest road towards Trepec near the Jewish cemetery. Be careful when walking through the woods,” writes on the Domaša City Dobrá social network.
“Yesterday in the early evening hours (March 19, editor’s note), a brown bear was spotted in the cadastre of our v
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Marta Pombo announces that she is embarrassed by two babies
A year and a half after Matilda’s birth and five months after celebrating their wedding, Marta Pombo y Luis Zamallo They are going to see how their family expands until it becomes large because the influencer is pregnant with two babies. This is what she herself has told through her social networks with a video in which, in addition to her reaction, you can see the joy of her husband, who is holding the couple’s first daughter in his arms. “The family is growing! This 2024 is going to be a very special year! LIVE LIFE!”María Pombo’s sister wrote on her Instagram account.
This is how Luis Zamalloa reacted when he found out that he was going to be a father again with Marta Pombo (Instagram Image: @mpombor)
The reactions have not been long in coming and one of the first has been that of Lucía, the influen
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Progressive criticizes Ministry of Defense for hiding secret budgets. Buy a rubber mattress – koi flag More expensive than online
“Kadklai” criticizes “Defense” for hiding secret budgets, revealing the purchase of a “rubber mattress” for 2,885 baht, even though it cost less than 1,500 baht online, while the purchase of a “flag koi fish” that measured the wind direction was almost 20,000 baht, but online the maximum amount was only 4,300 baht. Ask fearfully. People who have tax money know or have budget for HIV testing. This is unacceptable.
20 March 2024 – at 3.05pm at Parliament House during a meeting of the House of Representatives. The budget bill for fiscal year 2024, with a budget of 3.48 trillion baht, will be considered in the second session, sorted by section.
Considering Section 8, the Ministry of Defence, led by Mr Chayaphon Sathondee, MP from Bangkok, from the Progressive Party (KK), has discussed that it is another secret, secret, covert agency whose details are unclear. Many budgets are hidden in many secret documents. Claim security to hide the budget in documents so as not to allow the Commission (Committee) to investigate the stability and sustainability of the armed forces, which has separate procurement of equipment. which only had one line of documents and then it came to the balance sheet. Although at the subcommittee level documents were presented for the committee’s consideration, they were prohibited from being released outside the room and not brought back. backwards. So how can we test this effectively?
Mr Chayaphon also said that the purchase of various military equipment The address is in a secret document which they claim cannot be published. Due to the safety requirement he would like to give an example regarding the purchase of a rubber mattress. The army bought it at the price of 2,885 baht a piece, buying 277 pieces for a total of 1,246,500 million baht, but if you open the online site you will see that the price is less than 1,500 baht. I don’t know where the army bought it. or buying a cone to show the direction of the wind The navy bought them for 18,000 baht a piece. If you do a search online, you will find that the most expensive model costs 4,300 baht. The navy bought them 25 times more expensive. Why do we buy so many cones? It is a koi fish shaped flag that is only used to see the wind direction and does not have any technology. which was hidden in a secret document with many details but was withheld Don’t let us control it.
Mr. Chayaphon also said there is also the issue of secret government funds that are believed to be prohibited from disclosure by security laws. But there is no law that prohibits disclosure. Member of Parliament because we already have a duty to look at the budget. Secret budget that is requested every year, repeated requests, always the same amount. If it’s a secret budget like this
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Ebrard predicts tense relations between Mexico and the US due to Trump
The possible return of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States will involve some turbulence with Mexico; However, our country has already experienced it in the past and managed to finalize the Treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC), said Marcelo Ebrard, former Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
When participating in the 2024 summit of the Mexican Private Capital Association, the current coordinator of links with civil organizations and Mexicans abroad of Morena’s candidate for the Presidency, Claudia Sheinbaum, said that Mexico also managed to negotiate aspects of immigration policy.
“It would be a change of tone, we already experienced it a few years ago and we were successful, Mexico achieved a treaty, it was renewed, they did not apply tariffs and We do not accept the safe third country that was seen as inevitable, which
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Ebrard predicts tense relations between Mexico and the US due to Trump
High rate of growth of the monetary supply in Morocco
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The Bank of Morocco reported that the monetary supply (M3) rose by an annual rate of 5.2 percent during the fourth quarter of 2023, compared to 7.1 percent in the previous quarter.
The Bank of Morocco explained in its report on monetary policy that this development reflects a slowdown in the pace of growth in demand deposits from 8.3 percent to 7.7 percent, linked in particular to a slowdown in the pace of increase in household deposits from
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Decaro, Piantedosi appoints commission for Bari, act of war – Italy-World
(ANSA) – BARI, MARCH 19 – “Today an act of war was signed against the city of Bari. Minister Piantedosi informed me by telephone that the access commission aimed at verifying a hypothesis of dissolution of the Municipality has been appointed” of Bari. The mayor of Bari, Antonio Decaro, announced it on Facebook. The ministerial commission was appointed to ascertain the alleged mafia infiltration in the Bari municipal council and in other municipal companies after the arrest of 130 p
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Carlos Lúquez presents his latest book about the philosopher Rafael Carrillo
In the main square we met Carlos Elías Lúquez Carrillo who had arrived from Bogotá, where he resides, to spend the days of Holy Week with his family. With enthusiasm he gave us the good news of his third, and last, book on the philosopher Rafael Carrillo. We took advantage of the opportunity and invited him to the offices of EL PILÓN to have a short conversation about the matter and interview the author of this work.
Redaction: Carlos, the first thing I should ask you is when is your book in bookstores in the country.
Carlos Lúquez: I think the book should come out at the end of this month of March or at the beginning of April. I have already done the necessary revision and corrections, so all that remains is for the Ibáñez publishing house to print and distribute it.
You have insisted on making known the work of Maestro Carrillo, what does he bring us in this new publication.
That’s right, with the doubt that I had had that all of his written work was not in his book “Philosophical Writings” and with information that I obtained in 2021 about a letter sent by the philosopher to his brother Antonio Francisco in July 1933 with which I attached the literary supplement of the newspaper “El País” of Bogotá that was circulating at that time, and where I told you that it was the first thing I had written that year, I took on the task of searching for other writings, whether about the one he announced to his brother, he had written at that time.
And what was that search l
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Carlos Lúquez presents his latest book about the philosopher Rafael Carrillo
Hezbollah’s Dangerous Infrastructure: Special IDF Raid in Lebanon Exposed
2024-03-20 10:16:37
Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee wrote today, Wednesday, in a post on his account on the “X” platform: “Special documentation of the raid deep in Lebanon that targeted a Hezbollah production facility: In the heart of a civilian neighborhood, Hezbollah intends to store dangerous materials and weapons.”
He added, “Since the beginning of the fighting, the IDF has been working against Hezbollah’s military expansion, striking its capabilities to transport weapons and attacking the infrastructure for producing weapons.”
Adraee continued, “Hezbollah is placing its production infrastructure in
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