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Tag Archives: 1st Amendment

FBI Director Comey Doesn’t Understand the 1st Amendment

May 5, 2017 1st Amendment Civil Rights Criminal Justice International Relations Media Media Freedom National Security War Crimes Wikileaks Leave a comment

Fake News or Self-Justifying Confirmation Bias?

January 10, 2017 1st Amendment 2016 Election Media Media Freedom propaganda Leave a comment

The Progressive Case for Free Speech and Opposing “Social Justice” Censorship

January 21, 2016 1st Amendment Civil Rights Conservative Constitution extremism freedom of speech gay rights Media Media Freedom Progressive Racism Undocumented Immigration 12 Comments

Donald Trump Pushes Fascism, GOP Cheers

December 8, 2015 14th Amendment 1st Amendment 2016 Election 2016 Primary 4th Amendment christian right Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Donald Trump extremism Immigration Policy ISIS Racism Religion in Politics Tea Party Terrorism 8 Comments

Kim Davis Illustrates an Ideology of Entitlement and False-Victimhood that has Persisted for Decades

September 8, 2015 1st Amendment Abortion christian right Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Discrimination gay rights Libertarian Racism Religion in Politics Social Conservative Supreme Court 2 Comments

DOD Manual Declares that Military Officers have Power to Detain Journalists as “Unprivileged Belligerents”

August 26, 2015 1st Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice freedom of speech Indefinite Detention Media Media Freedom Military Police State Terrorism War War Crimes 2 Comments

Extremists Attack Draw Muhammad Contest, Illustrate Problems in Islam and Bias in the Media

May 4, 2015 1st Amendment Conservative Criminal Justice Current Events Discrimination extremism Islam propaganda Racism Religion in Politics Terrorism 5 Comments

Indiana Passes Law Protecting Business’ “Right” to Discriminate Based on Religion

March 30, 2015 1st Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Discrimination gay rights Legal Injustice Racism Religion in Politics Republicans Social Conservative 4 Comments

An Overreaction to the Charlie Hebdo Shooting Threatens Free Speech

January 16, 2015 1st Amendment Civil Rights Criminal Justice freedom of speech Terrorism 1 Comment

The Charlie Hebdo Attack: Where was the NSA?

January 13, 2015 1st Amendment 4th Amendment CIA Civil Rights Criminal Justice Domestic Surveillance International Relations National Security NSA Terrorism 1 Comment

The Corporatization and Destruction of the 1st Amendment

August 23, 2014 1st Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Corporatism Corruption freedom of speech Media Media Freedom Money in Politics 1 Comment

From Fallujah to Ferguson: the Dangerous Militarization of American Policing

August 18, 2014 1st Amendment Civil Rights Criminal Justice Discrimination Police Police Brutality Police State Racism 19 Comments

How the Right Wing SCOTUS has Perverted the 1st Amendment

July 4, 2014 1st Amendment Abortion Birth Control Civil Rights Corporatism Corruption extremism Religion in Politics Supreme Court Women's Rights 3 Comments

The Supreme Court Rules on Union Dues and Contraception, Strikes Blows Against Workers and Women

June 30, 2014 1st Amendment Birth Control Corruption Health Policy Regulation Religion in Politics Supreme Court Unions 2 Comments

SCOTUS Conservatives: What Separation of Church and State?

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

Bill Nye Schools Creationist in Debate

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

Two-Thirds of Americans Live in the 4th Amendment “Exemption Zone”

January 6, 2014 1st Amendment 4th Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Law and Order spying Supreme Court 61 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

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

The Digital Panopticon

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

The Right Wing Fetishization of the Constitution

April 8, 2013 1st Amendment Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Economics Gun Control Inequality Partisan Fighting Republicans Social Conservative Supreme Court Tea Party 3 Comments

Refuting Anti-Gay Arguments Part #1

March 22, 2013 1st Amendment Conservative gay rights Religion in Politics Social Conservative Supreme Court 2 Comments

The Religious Substitution Test

November 21, 2012 1st Amendment Civil Rights Conservative Law and Order Religion in Politics Social Conservative 5 Comments

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