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Free speech/Politics/Rights

Misconstruing free speech, revisited – Andrew Shirvell

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Andrew Shirvell was an assistant attorney general in the state of Michigan. He helped the execution of a campaign against an openly-gay student at the Universit...

Free speech

Employers and electioneering

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I came across a Huffington Post/YouGov poll today that asked a simple question: “Should it be legal or illegal for companies to ask employees to vote for ...

Feminism/Free speech/Rights

Misconstruing free speech, revisited

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Back at the end of December ahead of the Christmas holiday, the country was polarized around the suspension of Phil Robertson from Duck Dynasty. I don’t c...

Free speech

Protesting in a Courthouse

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Hands up if you believe you have your free speech rights in a Courthouse. Those of you who rose your hands, you’re not correct. Courthouses have routinely...

Free speech/Rights

Misconstruing free speech

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Ah, another article about the recent “Duck Dynasty” fallout. How nice, right? Oh and it’s by an atheist, so this is gonna be good, too. Let me...

Free speech/Religion

Rebranding prayer

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I am a huge advocate of free speech. However I also hold the belief, like many others, that free speech does not mean you have an unrestricted license to say wh...

Free speech/Religion/Supreme Court

But it says "Congress shall make no law…"

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States states plainly: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting ...

Free speech/Politics/Religion

Libricide and Free Speech

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 1 Comment

Ah the old art of burning books — the topic of movies and books, and the subject on more than one occasion of news articles that have caught public attent...

Censorship/Free speech/Nudity/Religion/Sex/Supreme Court

"That’s obscene, and I’m offended!"

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

What do John Stagliano, Lizzy Borden, and Rob Zicari have in common? All three were prosecuted under Federal obscenity laws. Lizzy Borden and Rob Zicari were se...

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