Misconstruing free speech, revisited – Andrew Shirvell
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...
Category: Free speech
Employers and electioneering
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 ...
Misconstruing free speech, revisited
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...
Protesting in a Courthouse
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...
Misconstruing free speech
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...
Rebranding prayer
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...
But it says "Congress shall make no law…"
The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States states plainly: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting ...
Libricide and Free Speech
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...
"That’s obscene, and I’m offended!"
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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