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InAPpropriate?
Today's scandal: the Justice Department targets the Associated Press in a search for government employees who may have leaked classified information.The question...
Holder On The Hot Seat
Lawmakers take their best shots at the embattled Attorney General in today's House Judiciary Committee hearing
The New GOP Case Against Obama: He’s Cheney!
Republicans attack Obama for policies that have a familiar ring.
Can North Carolina Declare an “Official” Religion?
The separation of church and state took a real beating last week
Anthony Lewis
During his 46 years at the New York Times, Lewis, who died March 25 at 85, embodied two kinds of American journalism. Twice a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for...
Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Against Justice Dept.
(WASHINGTON) — A federal appeals court has revived part of a lawsuit by attorneys applying for a prestigious Justice Department program during the George W. Bush...
FDA Backing Off of Requiring Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarettes
The U.S. government is abandoning a legal battle to require that cigarette packs carry a set of large and often macabre warning labels depicting the dangers of...
Want To Change The National Anthem To R. Kelly’s “Ignition (Remix)”? Sign This Petition
If this passes, hip-hop lovers will be poppin' Crystal in a stretch Navigator.
Nativity Scene Battles: Score One For the Atheists
A new challenge by non-believers and non-Christians is changing the way municipalities handle this annual controversy
In Santa Monica, It’s Not Looking a Lot Like Christmas Thanks to Nativity Scene Ban
A court fight between religious groups and the city of Santa Monica, Calif., ends with a blanket ban on "Winter Displays."
Does The Bachelor Discriminate Against Blacks?
In the 1960s, people sued to desegregate lunch counters and universities. In April, a pair of black men challenged a different sort of institution they say...
Should Anti-Islam Filmmakers Be Thrown in Jail?
Of all the commentary that emerged after last week’s deadly assault on the U.S. consulate in Libya, one has been getting a lot of attention. Would the man who...
Of Blowouts and Beards…
Probably makes sense that the military judge overseeing the court proceedings against five alleged terrorists – including purported 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh...
Are Facebook ‘Likes’ Free Speech?
The first amendment protects political speech, but does is protect a political click? The American Civil Liberties Union filed an amicus brief this week...
Chick-fil-A Meets A First Amendment Buzzsaw In Chicago
Dan Cathy, the CEO of Chick-fil-A, is a self-described Christian businessman, who proudly runs his fast food chain according to his own vision of Christian...
“Stolen Valor” Law Ruled Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court basically upheld President Obama’s health-care law Thursday in the final day of its term. Amid all the hubbub over that, it’s important to note...
Looming Decisions
Indecency Kennedy is the court's diehard defender of First Amendment free-speech protections--but not always. FCC v. Fox Television Stations, argued in January,...
A New First Amendment Right: Videotaping the Police
When protesters gather in Chicago this week to express their views about the NATO summit, people will be able to videotape the police and post videos of any...
The New York Law that Would Ban Anonymous Online Speech
Watching faceless online passerby troll bloggers or mock fellow scribblers can be a drag, but what if legislators' answer to online ne'er-do-wells was to ban...
Should Fake Boasts About Battlefield Valor Be Criminal?
This coming Wednesday is George Washington’s 280th birthday. So it’s only fitting that the Supreme Court will be asking on Feb. 22 if lying about military...
