first amendment

I don't understand this. Isn't it an infringement of her 1st Amendment rights if she is no longer allowed to lie on TV? Is there no freedom of speech anymore?

Apparently the Supreme Court is considering an appeal by former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell who was convicted for corruption. If he wins his appeal, it could mean that essentially bribery of public officials would be protected by the constitution. There’s No Such Thing as a Free Rolex...

Full story here: http://heraldbulletin.com/breakingnews/x1293919477/Custody-ruling-raises-legal-concerns It's hard to believe that this man's custody was cut from 50/50 to every other weekend plus four hours a week solely because he isn't a Christian. However, Judge Pancol mentioned Scarberry's...

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/27/odonnell-threatened-to-sue-radio-station/#more-131216

http://www.slate.com/id/2270167/

I didn't see this one coming: http://www.ocregister.com/news/corbett-218530-attorneys-fees.html Over in this thread: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142474 we discussed the situation. A brief recap. James Corbett, a long time and respected teacher in...

Does the government have the right to forbid meaningless gibberish? From Here. Supposedly, the school feels justified on the grounds that certain students were deliberately disrupting school with the nonsense syllable, 'Meep,' from the Muppets. I don't have a problem with banning disruptive...

A lawsuit, brought by a high school student against his former AP European History teacher is going to be allowed to go forward. The student is alleging that the teacher made anti-Christian statements and thus violated the First Amendment. Some of the statements: “When you put on your Jesus...

Do you believe that huge media corporations' only responsibility should be to make money for their shareholders? Here in America, The First Amendment gives the press special freedom not bestowed on other industries. Why? The Founders wanted a free press because they understood that a free...

Apparently saying "Good Job, Columbine shooters" is a jailable offense in the United States, now. Particularly disturbing: Speech is not disorderly unless it's encouraging a clear and immediate danger. And exactly what would be "unlawful" about using a computer communications system...

Part 1: Background (Standing) In this post, I mentioned that the Supreme Court’s ruling on global warming could have implications for an upcoming civil rights case. I wrote: The pending case of concern is Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation. This case was argued before the Supreme Court...

Here is an opinion piece that appeared in the Kansas City Star on Saturday. Click Here Call me crazy, but hasn't the US Supreme Court consistently upheld "Freedom from religion"? I plan to send a response to the KC Star citing Abington Township School District v. Schempp, Lemon v. Kurtzman...

I recently filed a complaint with five school districts in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. They had planned to hold assemblies for a presentation by the Power Team, a group of Christian ministers who are also bodybuilders who perform feats of strength. Their primary mission (as stated on their...

What a bunch of @#$%ing idiots. Not specifically related to CTs, but you just KNOW these morons are twoofers. I just pray they don't take the script to its conclusion.

Read the opinion here. Myers, a man in Virginia acting without a lawyer, sued on behalf of himself and his kids to challenge a Virginia statute that required public school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Myers was not an atheist, but an Anabaptist Mennonite, and his faith...

From the Star Tribune and AP: This opinion is not yet posted at the Supreme Court's official web site.

Incredibly, some congressmen have drafted some legistation that defines words that are, in and of themselves, indecent, regardless of context. The same group wants to empower the FCC to increase the fines to be levied against regulated media that air these bad words. Here's a Salt Lake Tribune...