Rather than waiting for the IRS to investigate an alleged violation, the ADF is organizing several pastors to defy this rule on September 28 to prompt an investigation that the ADF will challenge in federal court on First Amendment…
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Furthermore, I would argue that such a limit contradicts the First Amendment protection of free speech. People have the right not to be concise. An initiative that is not concise should be weighed by the People when considering a …
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Therefore, the prohibition of religious assembly in the Business Districts violates the Equal Protection Clause.” Regarding Chabad’s First Amendment free speech claim, the court found that the exclusion of religious uses from business …
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the First Amendment. 2. Whether the classification of marijuana as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 USC 801 et. seq., was rational and thus consistent with the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. …
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The district court declared that the statute violated the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and issued a permanent injunction against enforcing the statute. Read more >> Banks v. Wagner, settled (DSD 2004) …
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Susan Shelley is the author of the novel The 37th Amendment, which includes an appendix on “How the First Amendment Came to Protect Topless Dancing.” Source notes: The Madison quotation is from Federalist No. …
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Also, there’s some election commentary from a senior scholar at the First Amendment Center: “In the long history of religion in presidential campaigns, the 2008 race may well be remembered as the sleaziest and most disturbing example of …
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Q: Doesn’t your protest violate the First Amendment rights of the filmmakers? A: No. The First Amendment protects the production and screening of this film, but it also protects our right to protest its production and screening and to …
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I can think of nothing more offensive to Jefferson’s thinking than using the power of the state to deprive Americans of their civil rights. The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people …
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… rogue dictators like Hugo Chavez and says “Chavez is much more positive for Venezuela then negative” while Chavez is on his way to creating a Cuba-style dictatorship where there is no private property, free speech or civil rights. …
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