Free Speech Watch|All civil liberties must be respected, even in times of national emergency, however, the Freedom of Speech afforded by the U.S. Constitution is arguably the most important. In these days of the so-called “Patriot Act” our free speech is constantly under serious attack. This website monitors the efforts to protect our free speech. It also monitors the People’s reaction to those efforts.

One must understand that the Constitution is the supreme law of the United States. It trumps all federal, state, and local laws. So for a federal judge being considered for a position on the Supreme Court – the court that interprets the Constitution and how it will be applied … Because blacks scored half what the top three had scored the city feared being sued under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, even though the test results had not shown disparity in the past. …

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