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Citizens are guaranteed the right to make a petition against whatever they believe is unjust or things that should happen. In the article entitled, "Alaska teens petition for statewide climate change policy", it talks about how a group of teenagers fear the climate change is putting their state at risk as the ice caps are melting at a high rate. The petition is said to get the attention of the Department of Environmental Conservation's commissioner. They hope that they will pay more attention to the current situation with the climate and hope they will tighten laws. According to the teens, this is not the first time they have tried to pressure the government so that they can change their climate change policies. The government has up until September 29th, to respond to  the petition.
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Resource: ABC News
Date: September 12,2017 11:37 AM
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/alaska-teens-petition-statewide-climate-change-policy-49788192

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A group of Alaska teenagers has sent a petition to the state's environmental agency in hopes of tightening climate change policy.

The teens' petition calls for the state to reduce carbon emissions, monitor the greenhouse gasses it does emit and come up with a strategy for the future, Alaska's Energy Desk reported ( http://bit.ly/2wTjHSE ) Monday.

The group, named Alaska Youth for Environmental Action, hand-delivered the petition in August to the Department of Environmental Conservation's commissioner, Larry Hartig.

The petition follows a 2011 climate change lawsuit filed by a different group of Alaska teens, which made it all the way to the state Supreme Court before justices ruled that it was a matter for the executive or legislative branch.

Brad DeNoble, a lawyer from Eagle River who helped craft both the lawsuit and the current petition, said the state could be obligated to do more to address climate change under a common law with ancient roots that is called the public trust doctrine.

"Certain resources are essentially so important to society that they have to be protected," DeNoble said. "They're incapable of private ownership."

Seb Kurland, 17, is among the teens fighting for climate change policy. Kurland said she has noticed the landscape around her hometown of Juneau looks different than it did not that long ago - especially because the Mendenhall Glacier is shrinking.

"You know, one of the hard things especially about being a teenager with these concerns is that you don't feel like you can do anything about it," Kurland said. "Basically what we're saying with this petition is, 'Hey you're not doing that!' "

The state has until Sep. 29 to respond to the petition. Officials can reject it or call a public hearing.

Young people in other parts of the country have tried to pressure governments on their climate change policies as well. In Oregon, 21 young Americans filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration claiming their rights have been violated because the federal government has allowed greenhouse gas pollution to be pumped into the atmosphere for 50 years, despite knowing the risks.

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The first amendment protects everyone's right to freedom of assembly as long as it's peaceful. Voltaire summarized this amendment best when he stated, "I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it." In the article entitled, "Steve Bannon to speak at 'Free Speech Week' event at UC Berkeley", it discusses a peaceful event of certain conservative speakers to attend this event. However this event has gotten many threats to be shut down just because people disagree with their views. Anyone with knowledge of the bill of rights knows that it is every citizens right to peacefully assemble and is not against the law. People's first amendment right of freedom of assembly is being violated here because they are not be given the same opportunity to assemble. A famous speaker to attend the event is Steve Bannon, who thinks it's ironic how a "free speech event" is getting threatened and not allowing them to express their rights.
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Resource: BBC news
Date: September 12,2017 3:05PM
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-steve-bannon-free-speech-uc-berkeley-20170912-story.html

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Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is scheduled to come to UC Berkeley later this month as part of a four-day event organized by his former Breitbart employee and conservative firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos.

The event is titled "Berkeley Free Speech Week" and is set to begin Sept. 24, the latest in a series of planned speaking engagements by notable conservatives in the liberal enclave. Bannon "will deliver short remarks" on the final day of the event, according to a news release announcing the engagement.

Over the last year, some of these speaking commitments have been canceled or ended in violent clashes.

Bannon returned as the chairman of the far-right Breitbart website last month after serving as President Trump's chief strategist. When Trump's campaign was at it lowest point during the summer of 2016, Bannon was brought in to steer the ship, and his large influence on the president and his agenda was perhaps best reflected in a Time magazine cover from earlier this year with the headline "The Great Manipulator."

In an interview with CBS News over the weekend, the conservative ideologue made clear that he'd continue to support the president's agenda from the outside. These comments came a s media reports surfaced that Bannon was helping to organize primary challengers to incumbent Republicans running in the 2018 midterm elections.

Yiannopoulos is also scheduled to speak at the event, and the release on his website said that "more than 20 additional speakers" will be announced. The 32-year-old appears to relish confrontations with people of different political views. A video posted Tuesday morning on YouTube teasing the speaking engagement was titled: "Bannon Infiltrates Berkeley"

"Uncle Steve was the force behind Trump's election victory and much of his initial policymaking," Yiannopoulos said in the release.

"Nothing could be better for the leftists who oppose Trump so vehemently than a lesson in the logic behind Trump's actions, direct from the architect of his policies."

Yiannopoulos, who resigned from Breitbart after video was released showing him making comments that were interpreted as being supportive of pedophilia, is arranging a number of speaking engagements that he calls his "Troll Academy tour."

Students at Cal State Fullerton have said they are finalizing a plan for Yiannopoulos to speak at their campus as well.

Campuses such as Berkeley have struggled to balance their desire to promote free speech on campus and securing such events. In February, the community descended into violence as protesters took to the street to stop a planned Yiannopoulos event on campus.

Local leaders have been voicing their opposition to the prospect of Yiannopoulos coming back, out of fear of more clashes.

Another former Breitbart writer, Ben Shapiro, who has openly opposed the president, is scheduled to speak Thursday. Over the weekend, Berkeley Provost Paul Alivisatos said the university was taking special precautions, including the use of a "closed perimeter" around the building and an "increased and highly visible police presence."

The city government has also taken steps to allow local police to use pepper spray as a crowd-control tactic, and the university is requiring campus groups sponsoring large events to cover basic costs and give notice weeks ahead.

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One right that comes out of the First Amendment is the right to freedom of religion. Citizens have the right to practice any religion they wish or teach any religion as well. Citizens also have the right to switch religions or beliefs is they also wish to. In the article entitled "Muslims demand anonymity as they sue California cafe",by Bob Unruh, published September 10,2017, a group a Muslim women have filed a lawsuit against a cafe for racial discrimination. The incident took place in Laguna Beach,CA, where according the restaurant the group of Muslim women exceeded the 45 minute policy of occupying a popular table in which they must share or give up their table to those waiting in line. However, according to the group of women, who are remaining anonymous, they were racially profiled and were forced to leave as soon as the police came. The women claim that their first amendment right of freedom of religion was violated in the events that unfolded.This document discusses the first amendment as it discusses the first amendment.
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Resource: WND Exclusive
Date: September 10,2017
http://www.wnd.com/2017/09/muslims-demand-anonymity-as-they-sue-california-cafe/

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Several Muslim women who insisted that their identities be concealed in a discrimination lawsuit against a California restaurant, claiming their safety was at risk, have gone on the record anyway by posting comments on social media and granting interviews to television stations.

The target of the suit, Urth Caffe of Laguna Beach, California, is now asking permission of the court to add the full names of the women to the lawsuit and to a counter-suit filed by the restaurant, according to a new filing.

WND reported the case arose after restaurant workers asked, in keeping with restaurant policy, a group of Muslim women to move or share their tables in a popular spot at the eatery on a busy night.

The women responded with a discrimination lawsuit against the restaurant, and the restaurant answered with a counter-suit against the women, charging they were engaging in Islamic "lawfare."

The women had been asked by restaurant workers to abide by a publicly promoted policy to give up or share popular patio tables after 45 minutes. But they refused and eventually left only after police were called.

The women later obtained a lawyer who claimed they were the subjects of religious discrimination and sued. The restaurant's responding complaint against them cites trespass.

Now the American Freedom Law Center, which is defending the Urth Caffe, is seeking to add the women's names to the official documents.
In "Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance," renowned activist Pamela Geller offers proven, practical guidance on how freedom lovers can stop jihadist initiatives in local communities.
"Based upon plaintiffs' own discovery responses, five of the plaintiffs, which include three of the four 'anonymous' plaintiffs claiming to fear for their safety, have publicly criticized defendants and accused them of bigotry and permitted their pictures to be taken by news outlets," the new court filing said.

"Indeed, while withheld from plaintiffs' discovery responses, Urth Caffe located an article from a heavily trafficked website that included Facebook quotes from the fourth 'anonymous' plaintiff," the filing explained.

The filing noted that Sara C. in the original complaint is Sara Chamma, Yumna H. is Yumna Hameed, Safa R. is Safa Rawag and Marwa R. is Marwa Raga.

"It is an odd, if not untenable position, to claim a fear of public exposure while exploiting public exposure to generate a social media firestorm by accusing defendants of being bigots and engaging in illegal discrimination," explained the filing, which was posted online.

"Indeed ... only Urth Caffe employees have been the subject of direct criminal threats, which necessitated the filnig of a criminal report by Urth Caffe management with the FBI and local police and employing armed security to escort employees to their automobiles at night," said the legal filing in Superior Court in Orange County, California.

The "anonymous" women declined several times to provide their full names, the brief explains, but they or their legal representatives had failed to submit a motion to conceal that information.

The Urth Caffe explained that in California, "as in all states and in the federal courts, there is a First Amendment right held by the public to know who is suing whom and this means there is an obligation to sue in your own name and not hide behind a wall of anonymity."

"There are exceptions to this rule, but these exceptions require a clear showing of harm to the anonymous plaintiffs that outweighs the public's right to know.

"In this case, the plaintiffs not only refused to provide their names for the public record, but also refused to provide their names to the defendant Urth Caffe pursuant to a protective order that would have kept the names out of the public domain," the brief said.

Senior Counsel David Yerushalmi noted four of the seven plaintiffs claimed that their safety would be at risk by disclosing their names.

"However, they could point to no instance of a single threat to their safety nor could they point to a single instance where Muslims had sued for discrimination, and there are plenty of high-profile cases to choose from, where a single Muslim was put in harm's way as a result of the filing of a lawsuit for discrimination in his or her own name."

He said Urth Caffe "did not discriminate against the women who have filed this fraudulent lawsuit."

"The claim that these women were asked to leave the café because they were wearing hijabs is laughable given the number of hijab-wearing Urth Caffe customers. After nearly a year of discovery, the plaintiffs have not produced a shred of evidence of discrimination. Yet, the plaintiffs had no problem holding a press conference naming Urth Caffe and individual staff members and labelling them as bigots. "
In "Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance," renowned activist Pamela Geller provides proven, practical guidance on how freedom lovers can stop jihadist initiatives in local communities.
The OC Weekly noted the 45-minute policy is publicly posted by the restaurant.

The policy states: "During our busy rush times, if you have already been at a table for 45 minutes or longer, please share or give your table to someone who is waiting. If tables are available, you are certainly welcome to enjoy Urth for as long as you desire."

The restaurant called police and had them ask the women to leave when they refused to comply with a manager's request.

Commentator Daniel Greenfield at FrontPage Magazine jumped right to the point in a commentary headlined "Another Muslim 'minor inconvenience hate' hoax gets shot down."

"Actual minorities have hate crimes. Muslims mainly seem to have minor inconveniences. Like the Muslim passenger who was supposedly refused a can of diet coke by the flight attendant... only because she was Muslim. Or the Muslim who allegedly suffered a dirty look. Or were asked to leave a coffee shop after 45 minutes of hogging a table," he wrote.

"For some reason, this incredibly Islamophobic coffee shop let her and her friends order, sit and hang out for 45 minutes. And then only asked them to leave after 45 minutes. Which is the policy," said Greenfield. "I'm sure [then-president] Obama will be commenting on this before long. Because tragic minor inconveniences of hate like this cannot and must not be tolerated. Muslims should receive special exemption from all normal rules, whether while flying or at restaurants. The failure to respect Muslim Privilege is itself discriminatory."

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According to the first amendment, citizens are granted free speech or express any opinions they wish in a peaceful matter. They may also perform free speech without censorship or restraints. In the article entitled "UC Berkeley gears up for Ben Shapiro speech as test run ahead of Milo Yiannopoulos talk", published by Emily Deruy on  September 11, 2017 at 3:52 pm, talks about how a Conservative commentator risks the campus UC Berkeley of having another riot. Ben Shapiro is said to speck Thursday,September 14,2017 and has been threatened to be shut down by a group that calls themselves "Refuse Fascism". Ironically the speech is about how free speech and how people should not protest against one's beliefs as it's a constitutional right. Police are said to protect students rights at attending his speech without being stopped by protesters. This article describes the first amendment as it describes people violating people's first amendment right.
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Resource: The Mercury News
Date: September 11,2017 3:52pm
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/11/uc-berkeley-gears-up-for-ben-shapiro-speech-as-test-run-ahead-of-milo-yiannopoulos-talk/

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BERKELEY - This week marks the first big test for new UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ when it come to how her administration handles the thorny issue of free speech on campus.

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro is slated to speak Thursday at 7 p.m. to a sold-out crowd at Zellerbach Hall. At least one group, Refuse Fascism, is planning to protest his appearance, calling for a rally in Lower Sproul Plaza beginning at 6 p.m.

The tension is a marked difference from when Shapiro spoke on campus previously, in April 2016. At the time, the Daily Wire, the conservative site he runs, wrote, "The audience at Berkeley was civil and polite, perhaps more so than any other university Shapiro has visited in the last few weeks. This is likely due to the fact that Berkeley hosts speakers on a regular basis; the politically-conscious campus is likely used to politically charged speech."

But times have changed.

"I am expecting a riot," Bradley Devlin, secretary of the Berkeley College Republicans, who invited Shapiro, said during a YouTube livestream in late August. "I am expecting violence."

In recent months, the campus has become a flashpoint for conservative and right-wing activists who have accused the school of failing to uphold the free speech legacy for which it is so renowned. And as protests surrounding a planned appearance by the conservative agitator Milo Yiannopoulos turned violent and ultimately forced a cancellation, the school found itself faced with demands from students and faculty fearing for their safety to keep such speakers off campus.

"The more I think about it, the more I realize how complex of an issue it is," Christ told a room packed to the brim with students and faculty for a forum on free speech last week.

And, school officials acknowledge, regardless of how the Shapiro event plays out, any unrest is likely to be just a fraction of the friction the campus will see later in the month when Yiannopoulos returns for what the conservative student group hosting him, Berkeley Patriot, is billing as a "free speech" week.

A number of students have called on the school to prevent speakers like Shapiro and Yiannopoulos from speaking on campus, and criticized the university for contributing funding.

"This is not about free speech. This is about a coordinated attempt to preserve power," said Adam Jadhay, a Ph.D. student studying geography.

But, warned Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of Berkeley's law school, at the free speech forum, if the school prevents people from speaking, "you're going to make martyrs of those individuals you're silencing."

Devlin seemed to acknowledge and appreciate that possibility. "Ben on a large pedestal for the conservative movement is nothing but a good thing," he said.

The Shapiro talk is expected to draw some 1,000 students. The hall itself holds closer to 2,000, but school officials said the balcony area needs to be closed for security reasons. As a result, the student group, backed by the conservative Young America's Foundation, will pay around $9,000 in security fees, down from the original estimate of around $15,000.

The school, in an unprecedented move that has ruffled the feathers of other student groups on campus, has agreed to pick up staffing and event fees. All told, the school will spend at least six figures to bring Shapiro to campus, UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof said.

To prepare, school officials are increasing police presence and closing off a perimeter around Zellerbach. The school will offer counseling to students who feel threatened or harassed. That has sparked ridicule from Shapiro himself.

"This Shabbat I told my 3-year-old she couldn't have more candy. She immediately registered for counseling at Berkeley," he tweeted.

But Mogulof insisted the counseling is there for conservative students, too. "We care for all of our students," he said.

Anne Price, an 18-year-old freshman, left last week's free speech forum, a polite, civil exchange between faculty with differing viewpoints on the topic, feeling reassured. "Everyone cares so much," she said.

That's exactly the message the campus wants to project, but it's not one that everyone is buying. One first-year law student who did not want to give her name thinks the administration is looking to "pacify" students. "I don't think our interests are the priority," she said. "It's very upsetting."

And the fervor has drawn criticism from President Donald Trump's son, Donald Jr.

"He's going there to give a speech and they treat it like an incoming meteor. Sad that we have to 'brace' for words these days," he tweeted.

Arlie Hochschild, professor emerita of sociology at Cal and a student leader during the Free Speech Movement of the 1960s, hopes the school can reclaim its free speech legacy.

"I think we have a lot of work to do on campus," she said at the free speech forum, noting that she wants to see a campus culture that fosters the exchange of various viewpoints and respects differences of opinion.

Hochschild, at least, thinks that's possible, if challenging.

"Berkeley," she said, "could be the leader in affirming free speech."

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BERKELEY - This week marks the first big test for new UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ when it come to how her administration handles the thorny issue of free speech on campus. Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro is slated to speak Thursday at 7 p.m. to a sold-out crowd at Zellerbach Hall.

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The first amendment guarantees freedom of the press in which the media is allowed to post anything as long as it's not a lie or ruins someones reputation. This has been an ongoing debate as some are wondering if "fake news" should be considered freedom of the press. In the article "Hurricane Irma: Not everybody falls for fake news", it shows how a fake facebook live video showed fake footage of Hurricane Irma and fooled a lot of people up to news sources. This came in a debate as people wondered if this is even considered real news or freedom of the press. People are even posting fake photos from other storms claiming it's the after math of Hurricane Irma. This even fooled the director of social for trump who later deleted the tweet of a fake photo of hurricane Irma.
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Resource: BBC News
Date: September 11,2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41224792

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Fake news has come hand-in-hand with Hurricane Irma - yesterday even the White House fell for it.

Incorrect scientific information, fake Facebook lives, and old footage claiming to show Hurricane Irma has circulating online for almost two weeks.

Some were clearly a hoax, while others appear to be based on genuine misunderstandings. The Federal Emergency Management Agency even created and tweeted their own 'rumour control' list to help people verify information.

But not everyone has been duped.

Hurricane Irma: No such thing as category six storm

Live updates: Hurricane Irma

White House rumours

On Sunday Mr Scavino - US President Donald Trump's director of social media at the White House - tweeted videos and pictures showing the impact of Irma on Florida.

He said he was showing them to President Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence, including a striking image claiming to show Miami International Airport underwater.

Within minutes of posting, the airport corrected Mr Scavino, tweeting "this video is not from Miami International Airport."

Mr Scavino later deleted his tweet, thanking the airport for the correction.

Dishwasher valuables

People have been sharing tips on coping with hurricane flooding, including advising people to store their valuables in their dishwashers in the belief such machines would be waterproof. Some residents directly affected by Irma shared the advice, but some social media users doubted its wisdom.

Fox Sports reporter Kristen Hewitt suggested dishwashers are a "great waterproof safe in case of emergency" for important documents, in a blog post and Facebook live video on 5 September.

The same advice was also circulated in a top tips list on Twitter on 5 and 6 September.

The advice was posted in Facebook groups set up by those affected by the hurricane, including in the British Virgin Islands where Irma caused widespread devastation.

Some residents appeared to take the advice. "A fabulous idea, thanks so much," one person replied, while another commented "good idea".

A Facebook post sharing pictures of document folders and wedding photos stacked inside dishwasher trays was shared more than 1.2m times, but many users were sceptical.

"Keep reading that this is a bad idea," commented Facebook user Jennifer Johnson Roach, and others shared an article by fact-checking website Snopes which advised against the practice.

Richard Branson assaulted by looters?

On Monday morning, fake reports circulated of British billionaire Sir Richard Branson having been assaulted following a robbery by looters at his home on the British Virgin Islands.

The report was published on a website with URL houstonchronicle-tv.com, appearing to pose as regional US newspaper the Houston Chronicle (but when users click on the article the site is called Houston News). The story uses photographs of Sir Richard from a bike crash in August 2016.

"Very disturbing news, we wish him speedy recovery," one Facebook user wrote.

But another replied "more fake news," and a third person posted a link to the 2016 news story.

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Fake videos

Social media users have also been quick to debunk videos around the hurricane.

When the river surged in downtown Miami, which many videos caught and correctly described, several posts wrongly claimed the footage showed flooded roads in the city.

"That is not the road! That is the bay! It is the water! I grew up there," replied @MagnoliaEmporia to one such post.

The same footage was shared more than 2,500 times but was debunked within an hour on Sunday when shared by @ FreeMindcouk. Many of the comments pointed out it was misleading.

A Facebook Live video shared and watched over 500,00 times on Saturday from Facebook page The Best American Offers claimed to show a double tornado approaching Florida. "Hurricane Irma approaches!" it warned.

However the video dates from at least 2007. and claims to be of a storm near the Isle of Elba, in the Mediterranean Sea, in 2006.

"This is a fake news page," one user warned, but others said the video made them fear the arrival of the hurricane in Florida.

What you can do to check fake news

So whether you read, repeat or repost news, here are things to ask yourself:

Have I heard of the publisher before?

Is this the source I think it is, or does it sound a bit like them?

Can I point to where this happened on a map?

Has this been reported anywhere else?

Is there more than one piece of evidence for this claim?

Could this be something else?

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Fake news has come hand-in-hand with Hurricane Irma - yesterday even the White House fell for it. Incorrect scientific information, fake Facebook lives, and old footage claiming to show Hurricane Irma has circulating online for almost two weeks. Some were clearly a hoax, while others appear to be based on genuine misunderstandings.