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First Amendment Rights

The Court's Cross to Bear

Jay Wexler | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: First Amendment, Salazar v. Buono, Seperation of Church and State, First Amendment Rights, Separation of Church and State, Church and State, Politics News
Jay Wexler

The government should surely honor our fallen war heroes, but erecting a massive, stand-alone symbol of Christian faith is not the way to do it.

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Why The Harvard Law Review Comment Defending Campus Speech Codes Matters

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 09.20.2009 | Media

Read More: First Amendment Rights, Harvard Law Review, Harvard University, Greg Lukianoff, Fire, Media News
Greg Lukianoff

After 20 years of universities trying to dupe the public into believing that speech codes are okay by re-characterizing them as harassment policy codes, people of influence are starting to believe them.

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Murder Threats and the First Amendment

Martin Garbus | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Right-Wing Bloggers, Hal Turner, Right Wing Radio, First Amendment Rights, First Amendment, Shouting Fire, Politics News
Martin Garbus

The increasing number of threats that emanate from right-wing media present important First Amendment issues anew. Whichever case goes to the Supreme Court will undoubtedly create new law.

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The Campus Culture Wars in Two Videos

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedom of Speech, University-of-Delaware, Campus Liberty, First Amendment, First Amendment Rights, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Valdosta State University, Fire, Greg Lukianoff, Politics News
Greg Lukianoff

In fighting free speech battles on campus, I have been caught up on the front lines of our country's bizarre and cantankerous culture wars.

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Wrong Lesson from McCain's "Town Hall"

Coleen Rowley | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Town Hall, First Amendment Rights, Mc-Palin Rally, John McCain, Straight Talk Express, Politics News
Coleen Rowley

The McCain campaign event, mishandled from start to finish, also furnished the worst lesson imaginable for those Lakeville high school students on how our country's constitutional democracy is supposed to function.

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Supreme Court To Decide How Much and How Often Government Can Violate Your Civil Rights

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, 2008 DNC Convention, Bullet, First Amendment, Qualified Immunity, Protest, RNC Convention, Convention, Police Brutality, First Amendment Rights, Shopping Mall, Civil Rights, Republicans, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics News
Cristóbal Joshua Alex

The Supreme Court next week will hear a case that may allows police officers to do essentially anything unless courts have expressly told them that they couldn't.

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Baton-Bashed In Denver! Is This Really What Democracy Looks Like?!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Civil Liberties, Democratic National Convention, Incarceration, Citizsen Journalist, First Amendment Rights, Internal Affairs Division, Protest, Free Speech, Denver Sheriff's Department, Codepink, Dnc, Denver, Arrest, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

IS THIS WHAT DEMOCRACY REALLY LOOKS LIKE?! There are characteristics essential to being a member of the peace and social justice organization, ...

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Subcontracting the First Amendment

Leslie Harris | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Spectrum, Unconstitutional, First Amendment Rights, First Amendment, Broadband, Fcc, Broadcast Indecency, National Broadband, Internet Censorship, Censorship, Politics News
Leslie Harris

The First Amendment doesn't allow the FCC to function as an Internet board of review. The real question is why would such a proposal even be put out for comment.

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