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Category Archives: 1st Amendment

SCOTUS Conservatives: What Separation of Church and State?

May 7, 2014 1st Amendment Current Events Religion in Politics Supreme Court 3 Comments

McCutcheon v. FEC Furthers the Descent of the US from a Democracy to a Plutocracy

April 7, 2014 Campaigns Constitution Corporatism Corruption Deregulation Elections Money in Politics Regulation Super-PACS Supreme Court Wolf-PAC 3 Comments

The Most Ignored Fact in the Abortion Debate: Banning Abortion Doesn’t Reduce Abortion Rates, but We Know Which Policies Do

April 4, 2014 Abortion Birth Control Civil Rights Constitution Health Policy Partisan Fighting Policy Religion in Politics Social Conservative Women's Rights 10 Comments

Three Simple Reasons Why Religion is Incompatible with Democratic Governance

March 29, 2014 1st Amendment christian right Elections Policy Religion in Politics Social Conservative 9 Comments

The Hobby Lobby SCOTUS Case Exposes the Right Wing Cognitive Dissonance on Liberty

March 27, 2014 Abortion Birth Control christian right Corporatism Discrimination extremism Religion in Politics Supreme Court Women's Rights 9 Comments

Southern States Push Anti-Gay Jim Crow Laws

February 21, 2014 Conservative Discrimination extremism gay rights Insane Republicans Religion in Politics Social Conservative 3 Comments

Bill Nye Schools Creationist in Debate

February 5, 2014 1st Amendment christian right Evolution Religion in Politics Science 3 Comments

A Simple Solution to Marriage Equality: Separate Secular Unions from Religious Marriage

January 23, 2014 Civil Rights gay rights marriage equality Religion in Politics Social Conservative 6 Comments

Breaking Down Obama’s Suggested NSA “Reforms”

January 19, 2014 1st Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Defense Policy Domestic Surveillance Edward Snowden FBI Foreign Policy Law and Order Libertarian NSA Obama Policy spying Supreme Court Terrorism Whistleblower 2 Comments

60 Minutes NSA Segment Illustrates Everything that is Wrong With the American Media

December 19, 2013 Domestic Surveillance Edward Snowden Media NSA Police State propaganda spying Whistleblower Leave a comment

Will Corporations have Limited Liability, 1st Amendment Personhood, and Nation-State Statuses?

December 9, 2013 Constitution Corporatism Corruption Democrats International Relations Republicans Supreme Court Trade Trans-Pacific Partnership Transparency 4 Comments

Bill O’Reilly’s “War on Christmas” Rant and Birth Control

December 4, 2013 1st Amendment Bill O'Reilly Birth Control Civil Rights Conservative extremism Fox News Insane Republicans Media Partisan Fighting Regulation Religion in Politics Republicans Social Conservative Supreme Court Women's Rights 9 Comments

The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Secrecy, Corporatism, and Multi-National Monopolies

November 15, 2013 Corporatism Corruption Environment Government Secrets Health Policy International Relations Money in Politics Trade Trans-Pacific Partnership 4 Comments

A Seven Point Progressive Policy Agenda: Part II

August 27, 2013 Civil Rights Defense Policy Drug War Environment Health Policy Policy Progressive Supreme Court Torture Voting Rights War Crimes warrantless wiretaps 3 Comments

Bradley Manning Sentenced to 35 Years, Put into Perspective

August 22, 2013 Bradley Manning Criminal Justice International Relations Legal Injustice Obama Torture War War Crimes Whistleblower 1 Comment

Videos: Glen Greenwald and Global Climate Change

August 20, 2013 climate effects of climate change England Environment Glen Greenwald global climate change Government Secrets Media Sea Level Rise spying Terrorism Whistleblower Leave a comment

United States Government to Whistleblowers: Snitches get Stitches

July 31, 2013 Bradley Manning Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Defense Policy Media Terrorism War Whistleblower 1 Comment

How Gun-Enthusiasts got 2nd Amendment Tunnel Vision

July 25, 2013 1st Amendment 2nd Amendment 4th Amendment 5th Amendment Civil Rights Constitution DOJ Drones Foreign Policy Gun Control Republicans 16 Comments

American Democracy is Terminally Ill

July 1, 2013 Campaigns Corporatism democracy Deregulation Policy Regulation Supreme Court Voting Voting Rights Wolf-PAC 1 Comment

The Digital Panopticon

June 25, 2013 1st Amendment CIA Civil Rights Constitution Domestic Surveillance Law and Order NSA spying Transparency 3 Comments

Our Incoming National Hangover

June 7, 2013 Civil Rights Corruption Democrats Deregulation Environment Foreign Policy Humor Inequality Republicans Supreme Court Taxation Terrorism 1 Comment

A Letter to Domestic Surveillance Agencies

June 7, 2013 Civil Rights National Security Police State spying Leave a comment

Obama’s War on Press Freedom

June 3, 2013 Democrats DOJ Law and Order Media Obama Police State Republicans scandal spying warrantless wiretaps 2 Comments

Millay vs. Manning: Traitor vs. Patriotic Whistleblower

May 19, 2013 Bradley Manning Defense Policy Government Secrets Indefinite Detention Law and Order Police State Terrorism Whistleblower 2 Comments

The Differing Definitions of Liberty

May 10, 2013 Democrats Libertarian Liberty Regulation Republicans socialism Taxation 16 Comments

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