Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch.com. November 27, 2011.
A lawsuit being heard this month will likely define the free speech rights of federal employees and so determine the quality of people who will make up our government.
We need to stand up for NYT reporter James Risen and against the sleazy, Bush-like tactics of the Obamacrats and the burgeoning national security state.
When it comes to free speech and the First Amendment, the content of the speech, and whether or not we find it hateful, vile and abhorrent, is irrelevant.
Eric K. Arnold, New America Media. December 5, 2010.
If big internet service providers have their way, they'll be able to choose which artists you get to hear and see on the media platforms from which art goes viral.
The Supreme Court's 8-1 ruling comes down to protecting the depiction of a gruesome act on 1st Amendment grounds, not the legality of the gruesome act itself.
In March the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit delivered a win -- but a narrow win -- to teens who are determined to protect their First Amendment rights.
Bob Fitrakis, Harvey Wasserman, AlterNet. January 27, 2010.
The Supreme Court's atrocious Citizen's United green light for unlimited corporate campaign spending had a willing accomplice -- the American Civil Liberties Union.
The American Civil Liberties UnionOctober 1, 2009.
Sen. Russ Feingold and others have introduced the JUSTICE Act, which reforms our surveillance laws, including the Patriot Act and the FISA Amendments Act of 2008.
