By Mark Anderson
The TRUTH HOUND / Stop the Presses News & Commentary
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is well-known for decrying the Obama administration’s efforts to use the tax code to financially discriminate against conservative non-profit groups, partly as a “free speech” issue. Lately, he seems to have careened into the ideological abyss.
Let’s be clear about one thing: no one—not the armed, violent, militant protesters nor the police—gave peace a chance during the August 12 demonstrations in Charlottesville, Va.
What should have been an exercise in free speech quickly became a brawl. It’s not about who threw the first punch or the first smoke bomb.
It’s not about which faction outshouted the other, or which side perpetrated more violence, or even which group can claim to be the greater victim.
(ANTIMEDIA) — United States senators from both the Republican and Democratic parties are pushing to implement a bill that would make it a felony to support boycotting Israel, punishable by up to twenty years in prison. On Monday, the ACLU issued a letter to the Senate opposing the proposed legislation, which was introduced in March by Sen.
This photo shows a portion of a National Security Letter written in November 2007. (Photo: FBI via Wikimedia Commons)
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A federal appeals court affirmed the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s use of gag provisions when issuing national security letters or NSLs and argued nondisclosure requirements do not violate the First Amendment.
A protestor stands in front of riot Police Monday, April 27, 2015, following the funeral of Freddie Gray in Baltimore.
“Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? The constitutional theory is that we the people are the sovereigns, the state and federal officials only our agents. We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet.”
Corporations can participate in politics because to rule otherwise would be a restriction on the freedom of association guaranteed by the First Amendment.
Originally Posted 15 June 2017
First Amendment Under Attack in Federal Court
Participants in National General Strike Day rally held at Washington Square Park in New York, New York on February 17, 2017. (Photo: Rainmaker/MediaPunch/IPX)
