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Conservative UMass Student: First Amendment is Dying on Campuses

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 26, 2017 2 Comments

"anyone with a remotely controversial idea comes under attack"

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Howard Dean: “Hate Speech Is Not Protected By the First Amendment”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on April 22, 2017 31 Comments

"No, Gov. Dean, there is no 'hate speech' exception to the First Amendment."

Betsy DeVos: First Amendment Rights of College Students Under Attack

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 27, 2017 2 Comments

Defending free speech.

UNC Chapel Hill Marked First Amendment Day With Panel on Safe Spaces

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 01, 2016 0 Comments

Paging George Orwell...

Watch People Struggle to Name First Amendment Rights

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 03, 2015 34 Comments

Low information voters . . .

In Connecticut, no First Amendment protections for discussing the public record

Posted by Amy Miller on December 02, 2014 7 Comments

Hello, prior restraint. We meet again!

Secret probe of conservatives makes Wisconsin ground zero in First Amendment war

Posted by 0387erp on December 03, 2013 26 Comments

Targeting of conservatives in "John Doe" investigation.

Obama shoots the First Amendment, aims later

Posted by Joel Engel on September 15, 2012 35 Comments

The Chinese (allegedly) have a curse: May you live in interesting times. These are interesting times. It is hard to overstate the significance of what it means when the free exercise of our First Amendment rights while not breaking any laws leads to this: A...

What If Christine O’Donnell Were Right About The First Amendment?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2010 49 Comments

The mainstream media and blogosphere have erupted because in a radio debate Christine O’Donnell appeared to dispute whether “separation of church and state” was required by the First Amendment. (O’Donnell’s campaign walked back the position after the debate, saying O’Donnell merely meant that the words...

Obama Attempts to Rewrite The First Amendment

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 28, 2009 1 Comment

When we think of the First Amendment to the Constitution, we think of the freedoms of religion, speech and the press. Occasionally, someone will mention the right to peaceably assemble. But for most people, the discussion ends there. Can you name which right guaranteed by...

University of Miami Law Prof Wants ‘Redo’ of the First and Second Amendments

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 20, 2021 20 Comments

“Once a defense of the powerless, the First Amendment over the last hundred years has mainly become a weapon of the powerful”

UCLA Prof Doesn’t See the First or Second Amendments as Absolute

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 09, 2019 7 Comments

"calling not only for gun control but also 'qualifications' to freedom of speech"

First Bloggers Amendment

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2013 9 Comments

In light of “questions” by both Lindsay Graham (since clarified) and Dick Durbin as to whether bloggers are entitled to First Amendment protection, I thought these two videos might be worth watching. Floyd Abrams (btw, father of Dan Abrams, television legal commentator and proprietor of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZSxmyjKGEY

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