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Laughable Online Censorship Attempt Won't Last a New York Minute

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, American Revolution, Jaynes v Virginia, Law, Bill of Rights, Newspapers, First Amendment, Sedition, Free Speech, Treason, Spam, Free Press, Scotus, Federalist Papers, Unconstitutional, Precedent, Virginia, Constitution, Anonymous, Publius, Online, Libel, Federal Court, Jaynes, Republicans, Censorship, New York Minute, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Republicans in the New York state government are attempting to pass a law that would ban anonymous comments online. Even if they actually passed the act, once it arrived in a federal court it would be tossed out in a "New York minute" (as they say).

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The "Individual Mandate" Is a Great Advance for Freedom

Jesse Larner | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Unconstitutional, Supreme Court, Liberty, Charles Krauthammer, Freedom, Ron Paul, Affordable Care Act, Individual Mandate, Single Payer Healthcare, Obama, Single Payer, Libertarian, Jeffrey Toobin, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jesse Larner

Libertarians are fond of saying, "Your right to swing your fist ends where my chin begins." The idea is that the only legitimate limits on freedom of ...

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Democrats Want Hardworking Americans to Pay for Everything! Now, the Internet?

The Relentless Conservative | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Unconstitutional, Doris Matsui, Frank, Gun Control, Obama, Immigration, Dodd, The Internet, Holder, Technology News
The Relentless Conservative

While the Internet may be important, there's no reason why the rest of us paying customers should pay more so that the unemployed and chronic poor get a free ride.

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Finally, A Win For Planned Parenthood

AP | CHARLES WILSON and DEANNA MARTIN | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Unconstitutional, Abortion, Aclu, Women, Women's Rights, Abortion Law, Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, Indiana, Politics News

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana is not allowed to cut off Planned Parenthood's public funding for general health services solely because the organization...

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Laura Gottesdiener

Supreme Court: California Prison System Inmates Suffer From Cruel And Unusual Punishment

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Gottesdiener | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Unconstitutional, Prison Reform, California Prison System, Eight Amendement, California Prison Reform, California Prisons, California Prisons Supreme Court, California Prisons Unconstitutional, California Inmates, Los Angeles News

A crumbling building called East Block, a section of California’s oldest jail, San Quentin State Prison, houses some of the state’s most dangerous...

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Elise Foley

Arizona Sets Stage For Another Legal Showdown Over Immigration

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Arizona Immigration Bill, Arizona Sen. Russell Pearce, Somos Republicans, SB 1611, University of Arizona, Illegal Immigration, Plyler v. Doe, Undocumented Immigration, Immigration, Arizona, Driving Rights, Undocumented Students, Lawsuit, Unconstitutional, Driver's Licenses, Russell Pearce, Anti-Immigration Bill, Sb 1070, Anti-Immigration, DREAM Act, Unauthorized Immigration, Arizona State Senate, Birthright Citizenship, Puente, Arizona Immigration Law, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The lawmaker behind Arizona's infamous bill cracking down on undocumented immigrants has introduced additional anti-immigrant legislatio...

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Why the Individual Mandate Is Doomed

Jeff Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Ben Nelson, Ilya Somin, Erwin Chemerinsky, Doj, Individual Mandate, Obama, Health Insurance, Norman Solomon, Unconstitutional, John Eastman, Rube Goldberg, Volokh Conspiracy, Adam Winkler, Obamacare, Lynn Woolsey, Slippery Slope, Joe Manchin, Health Care, Roger Vinson, Constitutional, Congress, Commerce Clause, Justice Department, Health Care Law, Mark Hall, Health Care Reform, Politico, United States v. Comstock, Jon Tester, Claire McCaskill, Manu Raju, Kenneth Cuccinelli, Politics News
Jeff Norman

A majority of American taxpayers will be required to buy health insurance or pay a penalty starting in 2014 if the new healthcare law isn't overturned or revised. I predict it will be.

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Obama Administration Should Answer the Broccoli Question About Health Insurance Mandate

Jeff Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unconstitutional, Broccoli, Dana Carvey, Slippery Slope, Individual Mandate, Obama, Andrew Koppelman, Health Care, Balkinization, Health Care Law, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Politics News
Jeff Norman

It's one thing for the federal government to believe it lacks authority to require us to buy broccoli, and another to assert that although it has such authority, it won't be exercised.

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Colorado Campaign Finance Law Ruled Unconstitutional By 10th Circuit Court Of Appeals

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unconstitutional, Amendment, Campaign Finance, Federal Appellate Court, First Amendment, U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, Parker City, U.S. Supreme Court, Denver News

DENVER — A federal appellate court ruled Tuesday that requiring small groups who promote ballot initiatives to file campaign finance reports is ...

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Cartoon: Targeting Illegals Illegally

Shan Wells | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unconstitutional, Jim Crow, Illegal Immigration, Arizona Immigration Bill, Gop, Racism, Arizona, Border Security, Arizona Immigration Law, Brian Bilbray, Racial Profiling, Sarah Palin Reaction, Denver News
Shan Wells

Arizona's GOP has made a huge mistake with their recent panicky blunder into immigration law. There are pressing problems with that state's border, but the new statute is a Jim Crow throwback.

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Los Angeles City College "Sexual Harassment" Policy Preliminarily Enjoined on First Amendment Grounds

Eugene Volokh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unconstitutional, Court Case, Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Sexual Harassment, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Eugene Volokh

The professor apparently called the student a "fascist bastard" in front of the class for having supported Prop. 8 and refused to let the student finish the presentation.

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Obama's Law Professor Says DOMA Unconstitutional

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unconstitutional, Marriage, Harvard University, Laurence Tribe, Equal Rights, Harvard Law School, Gay and Lesbian Rights, Department of Justice, Glad, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, Constitution, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Defense of Marriage Act, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

A campaign is underway to encourage the Department of Justice to refuse to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.

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Subcontracting the First Amendment

Leslie Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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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