A POTUS/SCOTUS FETUS FOR THE REST OF US
Nothing is ever done. And when it is done, It is soon enough, undone. After 49 years of Roe v. Wade, we now face the fundamental destruction of a woman’s right to control her own body. This is a direct…
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Lacey/Larkin Defendants File Notice of Appeal to the Ninth on Double Jeopardy Issue
A Feb. 9 start date in Phoenix’s federal court for the re-trial of veteran newspapermen and former Backpage.com owners Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin may be in question as a result of a notice of appeal to the Ninth Circuit…
Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss for Double Jeopardy in Lacey/Larkin Case
In a 17-page decision filed Dec. 29 in federal court in Phoenix, U.S. District Court Judge Diane Humetewa set the Lacey/Larkin case on track for a Feb. 9 retrial, rejecting a defense motion that the Constitution’s prohibition on double jeopardy…
U.S. Supreme Court Rules New York’s COVID Restrictions Violate First Amendment
In the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 decision forbidding New York state from enforcing certain COVID restrictions on houses of worship, Justice Neil Gorsuch comes off as the judicial embodiment of that notorious line from U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater: “Extremism…
SCOTUS Gets ‘FUCT’ in Oral Arguments Over First Amendment/Trademark Case
Talk about beating around the bush. According to Los Angeles Times reporter David Savage, lawyers for both sides in a trademark case regarding the word “FUCT” avoided uttering the the word during oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this…
Free Speech in the News: The Top Ten Stories of 2018
The battle over free speech raged in courtrooms, on college campuses, and on social media in 2018, with wedding cakes for same-sex couples and the federal government’s attack on sex workers taking center stage. In no particular order, are the…
First Amendment Today, July 10, 2018: Brett Kavanaugh Nominated; Maxine Waters Disparaged; and…¡Viva Mexican Padilla!
In 2017 dissent, Trump SCOTUS pick Brett Kavanaugh found FCC’s “net neutrality” rule violated First Amendment San Bernardino County gang prosecutor suspended for Instagram post that called U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters a “loud-mouthed cunt” who deserves to be shot San…
First Amendment Today, June 29, 2018: Mass Shooting at Capital Gazette Triggers Instantaneous Blame Game
Gunman kills five in attack on Capital Gazette newspaper offices in Annapolis, Maryland… …Seconds later, Fox News host Sean Hannity blames the attack on Rep. Maxine Waters and former President Barack Obama… Fox News host Sean Hannity blamed Democratic Rep….
First Amendment Today, June 8, 2018: SCOTUS Rules in Gay Wedding Cake Case; Queen Elizabeth Honors Activist for Sex Workers’ Rights
U.S. Supreme Court issues narrow ruling in favor of Colorado baker who refused to make wedding cake for gay couple Queen Elizabeth awards Order of Merit to Catherine Healy, an activist for sex workers’ rights who helped to legalize prostitution…
First Amendment Today, May 16, 2018: Michael Avenatti, Boardwalk Buskers, ‘Hateful Content’ on Spotify
Is Stormy Daniels’s cocky mouthpiece, Michael Avenatti, a First Amendment hero?… …Or is he a massive anti-free-speech douche? Jugglers, balloon artists, and buskers rejoice! Judge rules that Ocean City, Maryland, restrictions on boardwalk performers violate the First Amendment Feminists demand that…