Tag: First Amendment
Combating BDS Act supporters need a refresher on the First Amendment
Combating BDS Act supporters need a refresher on the First Amendment
By Kate Ruane and Abdullah Hasan
This week, amid a partial government shutdown, senators tried...
Americans are why the Judiciary has allowed the Constitution to dangle...
Americans are why the Judiciary has allowed the Constitution to dangle by a thread
By Quinton Bradley Smith
These days, you can’t get into a conversation...
Are school Christmas carols, plays, and nativities constitutional?
Are school Christmas carols, plays, and nativities constitutional?
What are my constitutional rights in school with respect to Christmas? It might surprise some to learn...
No, the president can’t legally gag White House staffers
No, the president can't legally gag White House staffers
By Esha Bhandari
It's no surprise that the Trump administration would like to find a way to stop...
Judge Karlin Myers tries to gag press in Davenport case
"Judge Karlin Myers tries to gag the press in Davenport case." Could there be a more sensational title for an article? Sadly, it is...
Because the First Amendment, that’s why
According to a Tweet by Arik Hesseldahl, the reader-supported online publication Mother Jones "won what may be the most important media law court case...
The death of the republic and the birth of social fascism
The United States, through its Constitution, originated as a republic; but through inadvertence, the framers left an open door that has allowed the death...
Publishing the arrest page: dirty laundry or abdication of the presumption...
In the late '80s, Don Henley penned a hit about the insatiable public's steady diet of evening news. "Dirty Laundry" is a catchy little...
Count my vote, part deux: The saga continues
Maybe it’s the effect of the dog days of summer, but little bits of floating news that would seem too insignificant to mean much...
Alternative ideas a good thing, even in southern Utah
Written by Marcos Camargo
When I moved to Utah from Oregon several years ago, I considered myself a conservative-leaning moderate. I grew up in the...