Daniel Gutman

[Zach Wendling @ZachWendling2]

District Judge Susan Strong rejected all arguments from former State Sen. John Kuehn and the AG's Office on behalf of Secretary of State Bob Evnen today, refusing to extend circulator "fraud" or bad notarizations to all other signatures those people touched. (1/6) @NE_Examiner

[Nebraska Law @UNLCollegeofLaw]

Thanks to everyone who joined us to celebrate the early successes of the First Amendment Clinic's first cohort of students!

The clinic team is excited to continue working to defend and advance freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and petition. #NELaw

[Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press @rcfp]

Lost the battle, but won the war.

Shortly after the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that state agencies could charge exorbitant fees to review public records, a new law will sharply curb those fees for Nebraskans and media members. [@flatwaterfreep] https://t.co/kUuXbuZdco

[mattwynn @mattwynn]

Disclaimer: I'm no attorney.

But less than a week after our loss at Supreme Court, the leg CHANGED THE LAW to support our interpretation. They explicitly banned inflating costs by charging for a legal review.

That's a win for us. For all Nebraskans. And for the right to know.

[Nebraska Examiner | Bluesky: @nebraskaexaminer.com @NE_Examiner]

Judge: NRD board likely violated a member's First Amendment rights after it moved to withhold her travel reimbursements and per diem pay.

From @asanderford

https://t.co/jGch17VuLU

[Nebraska Law @UNLCollegeofLaw]

Our new First Amendment Clinic will support First Amendment rights by focusing on local & regional cases concerning freedoms of speech, the press, assembly & petition.

It is funded through a generous gift from the Stanton Foundation. #NELaw
https://t.co/TCpJYLAhoI

[Daniel Gutman @DanielGutman]

@DanParsonsShow @mattwynn @flatwaterfreep @UNLCollegeofLaw Thanks for having me on!

[Legal Aid of Nebraska @LegalAidNEB]

📢 Exciting news- tickets are now available for Legal Aid of Nebraska's 60th Anniversary Celebration! Join us at Founders One | Nine in Omaha on Oct. 6 at 5 PM. Together we will celebrate 60 years of making equal justice happen!🎉

🔗Tickets are available at the link in our bio🔗

[Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreep]

Please join us in congratulating the NE Dept of Environment & Energy, which, for trying to charge @flatwaterfreep $44,000 for public records, earned the Golden Padlock Award.
It’s #1 at keeping public information…away from the public.
Congrats NDEE!

https://t.co/Y7HDk7SuHA

[Daniel Gutman @DanielGutman]

And the winner is….

[Investigative Reporters & Editors @IRE_NICAR]

The Nebraska Department of Environment & Energy (@NebraskaDEE) was recognized with the 2023 Golden Padlock Award at #IRE23. The award honors the most secretive government agencies in the U.S.
https://t.co/CReE5PiqVc

[Daniel Medwed @danielmedwed]

Authority on wrongful convictions says U.S. judicial system is weighted against claims of innocence https://t.co/0dF7OpuFVV via @NE_Examiner

[Daniel Gutman @DanielGutman]

@danielmedwed @rjcoalition @SendEarnestHome Looking forward!

[Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreep]

We won.

We sued Nebraska over what we believe was an illegal charge for public documents -- $44,000 for a routine keyword search of emails.

Today, a judge agreed. "... under Respondents’ proffered interpretation, there would
be few limits on what may be included in the fee."

[Bill Kelly/Nebraska Public Media @BillKellyReport]

$44,000 for an #OpenRecords request. Kinda pricey or what #Nebraska state government should charge to rustle 'em up? It's up to a District Court Judge to decide if @NebraskaDEE side-stepped the law when responding to @flatwaterfreep. Today's Trial: https://t.co/2SeHcyXQWR

[Daniel Gutman @DanielGutman]

@anthony_schutz @ChrisDunkerLJS It’s just a matter of notice and service. A TRO converts to a PI when the opposing party has been served with the complaint and motion. I also think there’s appeal implications — a TRO is not immediately appealable but a PI is ??

[Adam Morfeld @Adam_Morfeld]

Couldn’t ask for a better team to fight for medical marijuana legalization! We won’t stop until the job is done.

[Daniel Gutman @DanielGutman]

@danielmedwed @SendEarnestHome It’s a story of innocence and legal impossibility. Earnest was convinced of being an accomplice to a death that a separate jury deemed justified under Nebraska law. It’s legally impossible.

[Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreep]

Big awards news: Our development consultant, Mr. @ShanePekny won a national award for being great. And he is great. @flatwaterfreep, his employer @vgagroup and Nebraska are so lucky to have him.
Congratulations, Shane!

[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

Earnest Jackson was wrongly convicted as an accomplice to a killing even though he had an alibi and wasn’t present at the crime scene. That killing was later deemed justified self-defense when co-defendants were tried. Earnest is still in prison 20+ years later. @SendEarnestHome

[Daniel Gutman @DanielGutman]

Earnest was sentenced to life w/o parole as a child for a legal impossibility — being an accomplice to a death that two juries deemed justified under Nebraska law. The victim’s family is calling for his release.

[Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreep]

Breaking from @flatwaterfreep: Loved ones of Larry Perry, the man Earnest Jackson is imprisoned for murdering in 1999, say Jackson didn't do it. They're asking the Nebraska Board of Pardons, including Gov. Ricketts, to release Jackson at Monday's hearing.
https://t.co/cVaEhqutDs