First Amendment
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Education
Taxpayers to subsidize ‘Ministry of Truthiness’: Will track ‘misleading ideas’, ‘hate speech’
The Washington Free Beacon reported yesterday that: The federal government is spending nearly $1 million to create an online database…
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Religion
HS school student suspended for saying ‘Bless you’ to a student who sneezed
OK, we get it. The rules at Dyer County (Tenn.) High School prohibit talking in class. Apparently, the rules do not…
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Law and Government
Cop says because Obama doesn’t follow Constitution, he doesn’t have to either (Video)
A video posted Monday depicting a confrontation between an animal rights activist and a New Jersey police officer has gone…
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Law and Government
Z Street: The case that could blow the lid off the IRS scandal
In August of 2010, almost three years before Lois Lerner announced at a law conference that the IRS had indeed…
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Law and Government
Justice Department erodes free speech by investigating anti-Obama parade float
As noted earlier, the Justice Department reacted to an anti-Obama float in a Nebraska parade by treating it as a…
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Economy
CBO issues wake up call: It’s still the economy, stupid’
Over the last few months our attention has been diverted from the economy. Not that there haven’t been other important things…
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Education
Christian university expels student for marrying same-sex partner
We have all been to college; we all know the drill. You play by the rules, or you pack your…
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Economy
Puerto Rico, facing default, wastes time on unconstitutional workplace bullying bill
Puerto Rico’s economy has been in recession for years, and its public utilities are on the verge of defaulting on…
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Law and Government
The ‘separation of church and state’ and ‘religious persecution’
The founding fathers believed in religious freedom, not religious suppression and persecution. The Library of Congress confirms that “the great…
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Law and Government
Developing in Murrieta: Americans arrested to make way for illegal immigrants *Update*
David Wohl, a legal analyst for Fox News tweeted “#FourthofJuly and #Murrieta cops arrest American citizens while clearing the way for…
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Economy
Court strikes down cyberbullying law; N.Y. workplace bullying bill also has constitutional flaws
A law firm notes that “since 2003, twenty-one states have introduced legislation to combat private workplace bullying but none have been…
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Religion
How Hobby Lobby protects liberals from the ‘religious right’
If I see one more social media placard with a message saying bosses should stay out of the bedroom, I…
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Law and Government
Tweet of the Day: Feminist’s obscene reaction to Hobby Lobby decision
WARNING: Strong language alert If the Supreme Court Hobby Lobby ruling today demonstrates anything, it is that the United States…
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Email Featured
BREAKING: Hobby Lobby wins, Obama and Obamacare lose; UPDATE: Dems vow to fight back
The U.S. Supreme Court has handed the Obama administration, and to a lesser extent his signature legislation coup (aka Obamacare), another stunning defeat.…
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Email Featured
Eric Holder’s ‘terrorism committee’ has identified the enemy, and it is us
Think the National Security Agency is doing enough snooping in “The Homeland?” A federal spying coalition aims to drill deeper…
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Law and Government
Judge rules against administration’s motion to quash IRS scandal lawsuit
Along with Tea Party groups, the scandal surrounding the IRS revealed the targeting of faith-based groups. One such group, Z…
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Foreign Affairs
European ‘right to be forgotten’ devours free speech, harms Google and its users
In America, you can’t invoke a “right to be forgotten” to suppress other people’s speech on newsworthy (or even not-so-newsworthy) topics,…
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Foreign Affairs
Speech suppression? Newspaper stalks ‘far right’ commenters
With their cameras rolling, journalists from a Swedish Newspaper used data gathered from “Researchgruppen, an organisation with links to the…
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Law and Government
Nevada ranch standoff becomes showdown over states’ rights *UPDATE*
The developing situation in Nevada is still an ongoing matter between ranch owner Cliven Bundy and the Bureau of Land…
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Education
Overly broad NJ anti-bullying law challenged as 1st Amendment violation; 4th-grader sues
New Jersey’s anti-bullying law for schools and colleges is so overly broad that a fourth-grader was punished just for noting,…
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Law and Government
Five more web entities okcupid and advocates of same-sex unions should boycott
By now, you’re probably aware that Brendan Eich, the CEO (now former CEO) of Mozilla, makers of the popular Firefox…
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Education
After-school program tells student he is not allowed to read Bible, threatens confiscation
If schools and school-related groups are going to enforce the so-called “establishment” clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution,…
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Law and Government
TX town to force Muslims to serve pork?
(Note: You must read to the end of this story for an important update.) In what civil rights activists are…
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Law and Government
Love is patient, love is kind…unless you disagree with this nun
There have been many very thoughtful pieces written on the issue of whether those with religious convictions that lead them…
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Unyielding
Bill de Blasio’s boycott of St. Patrick’s Day Parade in solidarity with gays wins him no friends
Even in a liberal bastion like New York City, which after was liberal enough to vote a socialist into office…
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Law and Government
FCCgate: The content of news and the character (or lack thereof) of Democrats
Even Clinton consigliere Lanny Davis is outraged that the Federal Communications Commission would even entertain the idea of placing government…
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Unyielding
U. of Alabama censors pro-life display but not full frontal nudity
The First Amendment extends to all Americans the right to free speech. At the University of Alabama, however, some speech…
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Law and Government
19 Senators file amicus brief against the First Amendment in Hobby Lobby case
Today 19 Democratic senators are siding with the Obama administration against Hobby Lobby, which is arguing that paying for their…
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Unyielding
Illinois mom who is sick son’s caretaker fights state law mandating unionization
Thanks to a cushy deal, the union siphons off a portion of the son's disability check as "dues."
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Quick Takes
The new First Amendment
The old First Amendment “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;…
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Law and Government
TX man arrested for warning drivers of speed trap has day in court
The “crime,” if it can be called that, is nothing new. But the punishment is. The question now is whether it…
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Education
CA teacher confiscates candy canes, tells student ‘Jesus not allowed in school’
If you substitute poor Rudolph for “Jesus” and any reindeer games for “school,” the admonition of a first-grade teacher to one of her 6-year-old…
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Politics
It’s just a piece of paper, Little Sisters of the Poor. Why not sign it? Here’s why.
I’m not fond of Nazi analogies. They’re usually hyperbolic, and many are too fast and loose with connections to the rise…
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