Norins featured on Fox 5 Atlanta
Abstract
Clinical Assistant Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins was featured on Fox 5 Atlanta regarding a lawsuit the clinic filed against a county commissioner who blocked a constituent's access to his interactive Facebook page that he used to communicate with the public about his official activities after she criticized his response to constituent concerns. The Dec. 31, 2020 article titled "Politician broke promise to unblock critics from Facebook, costing taxpayers at least $160,000" and related Dec. 29, 2020 news broadcast were reported by Randy Travis. The $160,000 figure referred to fees that the county paid to private counsel to defend the lawsuit before it settled on terms that protect the First Amendment rights of the clinic's client and other Facebook users. Norins told Fox 5, "This is an issue that shouldn't be about fees. It's about the principle of the public having access to their public officials."
Repository Citation
Communications and Public Relations, Office of, "Norins featured on Fox 5 Atlanta" (2021). Faculty Highlights. 2424.
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/faculty_highlights/2424