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Victory for Free Speech on Campus: Federal Court Strikes Down Gun Rights Protest Restrictions at Tarrant County College

March 16, 2010 By Sara Dogan

Late yesterday, in a striking victory for the First Amendment on campus, a federal district court in Texas ruled that a number of restrictions on students’ speech at Tarrant County College (TCC) are unconstitutional.

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and Don’t Even Pretend to Be Fair- Part V: Lies, Damn Lies, and Polls

February 21, 2010 By John R. Guardiano Leave a Comment

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Why is the media touting public opinion polls about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” when it ignores public opinion polls on other controversial cultural issues?

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Chris Matthews Goes “Jay Walking”

February 20, 2010 By David Forsmark Leave a Comment

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One of Jay Leno’s funniest bits on the Tonight Show is when he goes trolling in Hollywood for people who know nothing about America. They don’t know what country we fought to be independent from, what century the Civil War was in, etc.
MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews is a frequent Leno guest; but Thursday night, he [...]

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Barack Obama: You Have “No Reasonable Expectation Of Privacy”

February 12, 2010 By Liz Blaine Leave a Comment

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CNET was the first to report on prospective tracking of American citizens using cell phone technology, but this week Barack Obama becomes the Dark Knight himself, seizing the opportunity to spy on every American through unfettered access to their cell phone records, physical locations and internet use.
In the movie the Dark Knight, Batman uses cell phone technology to [...]

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Brown’s National Security Victory

January 25, 2010 By Jamie Glazov 20 Comments

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Massachusetts voters reject treating our terrorist enemies like common criminals.

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A Victory for Free Speech

January 22, 2010 By Jacob Laksin 95 Comments

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The Cato Institute’s Ilya Shapiro explains why the Supreme Court’s ruling this week was a win for free expression and democracy.

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John Samples and Ilya Shapiro: Free Speech for All – Cato Institute

January 22, 2010 By Jacob Laksin 2 Comments

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Will the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision destroy American democracy? You might think so given the responses of its critics. The Citizens United decision, far from signaling the fall of the republic, strengthens the First Amendment and freedom of speech.Let’s start with the facts of the case. Citizens United, a nonprofit political advocacy group, produced [...]

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Victory for the First Amendment

January 21, 2010 By Joseph Klein Leave a Comment

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An update on yesterday’s post regarding the Supreme Court’s decision on campaign finance reform:
UPDATE: Victory for the First Amendment!
The Supreme Court has today removed the spending limitations on corporations who wish to spend on federal campaigns, so long as it is done independently of candidate organizations’ control.
“The censorship we now confront is vast in [...]