And the radical left always claims that the right wants to restrict freedom of speech. (via The Volokh Conspiracy) Former New York Times reporter and now senior fellow at The Nation Institute, Chris "American Fascists" Hedges: This is the awful paradox of tolerance. There arise moments when those who would destroy the tolerance that makes […]
District Court Judge John A. Houston -- a Bush 43 appointee -- ruled yesterday that it's perfectly OK to silence non-threatening religious speech on school campuses if the speech says that someone is doing wrong. Houston then relied on an earlier appeals court decision in the case to find that the school's actions didn't infringe […]
In the jobs version of the great chain of being, doctors, soldiers, teachers and police officers always rank near the top. At the other end of the spectrum are journalists, politicians, used car salesmen and lobbyists. So, being a journalist is bad enough, now the stinkin' politicians want to make me a lobbyist too? "Section […]
We're currently in the middle of the blackout period. What's that, you ask? It's the 60 days before the general election when groups are banned from naming candidates for federal office by name by the McCain-Feingold act. It's the reason you don't see ads by the NRA or ACLU encouraging you to contact your congressman […]
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that Zachery Guiles can wear a T-shirt to school that labels President Bush the "Chicken-Hawk-In-Chief" and accuses him of being a cocaine addict and drunkard. In other news, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals -- the one with all the liberal, free speech absolutists -- still thinks […]
Yep, that's what this whole New York Times disclosure of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program is all about -- the stupidity of the American people. Today's San Diego Union-Tribune editorial page boldly steps forward and defends the the Times' disclosure of the program because -- well, apparently because journalists have to stick together. The Times […]
The Northern Kentucky University professor who led some members of her English class into destroying a "graveyard for the unborn," authorized, pro-life display on campus has been charged with three misdemeanors. The professor, Sally Jacobsen, was suspended from teaching her classes for the rest of the semester. She will not return as she was set […]
There's another thoughtful article on the local case I mentioned earlier this week about a student who wore an "Homosexuality is Shameful" T-Shirt to school the day after a Gay/Lesbian sponsored "Day of Silence." The piece by Dale Carpenter makes the argument that current law, the Tinker case dealing with Vietnam-era anti-war protests, is bad […]
The good news is the decision came down from the Ninth Circuit -- the most overturned appeals court in the nation. The bad news is Thursday's decision in the case of Harper v. Poway Unified School District has the effect of silencing religious speech. If you're interested in reading the legal opinions, the majority opinion […]
Sanity prevailed Tuesday night and the La Mesa City Council retracted the threatening letter that they had sent to resident Chris Tanner after he had the audacity to suggest the council might be in the pockets of developers. (You can find my previous posts on this subject here and here.) At last night's meeting, several […]