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.

George’s lawyer Joseph Garrison takes the position that George’s rights under the Connecticut Free Speech statute were violated when the paper fired him for refusing to placate an advertiser and after pressuring him not to write negatively about it. According to Garrison, the statute protects workers from being fired or punished for exercising their First Amendment rights in the workplace. If successful, the suit “should result in less pressure on journalists to commit …

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The FCC cannot censor broadcasts and the government may not exercise prior restraint over print media. Why is freedom of the press under the First Amendment.

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Though he’s beaten back one legal attack, that resident, Robert Brayshaw, is now filing claims in federal court saying he’s protected in his state on First Amendment grounds. Arizona is believed to be the only other state with a similar …

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The first amendment was offered by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia). The Rockefeller amendment would set up an option that would be run initially by a government administrator and would initially pay providers Medicare rates. …

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… freedom to elect parliament without interference from the sovereign, and freedom of speech and debates. Many aspects of the English Bill of Rights are present in the United States Bill of Rights like the right to bear arms. …

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Compare our United States Bill of Rights on the opposite side of this sheet with the following aspects of Sharia. As an American, as a lover of justice and liberty… which do you prefer? You cannot have both. Fundamentals of Sharia Law ( Islamic Law). Believers who leave Islam (apostates) are … Americans believe in freedom of speech and tolerance. Sharia is intolerant, brutal and fundamentally contrary to our concepts of justice and humanity. Speak out against Sharia law. …

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Unfortunately, the officials in charge thought that it was more important to create a militarized people-free zone around the G20 people than to allow freedom of speech, freedom of assembly or the freedom to protest. ….. I think yes and the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in particular shrink each day. I get little solace knowing that i voted for Cynthia McKinney. Obama is just a gentler, kinder face, with great oratorical skills. still the same wizards of …

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This culture of coded language is the use of the rights guaranteed by the first amendment to to subvert those guaranteed by the rest of the bill of rights. Not unlike the cases of mob violence ad targeting on facebook this coded ….. and ” Should the current president of the united states be killed?” One is a question about their intent towards us, the other is a question about our intent towards them. They arent comparable at all, especially since Palin (thank God) isnt …

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Remember the Bill of Rights is a list of things the Feds are PROHIBITED from doing, the 2nd Amendment was put in place to stop governments of all types from limiting your access to firearms. … Just as freedom of speech is abridged by not being allowed to yell “fire” in a crowded building(unless there is a fire), so too shooting a gun into a crowd should be illegal(unless the crowd is attacking you). And that should be all the gun laws there are. …

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The ruling elite, backed by the powerful banking cartel, who control the political reins, the mainstream media, the military industrial complex, and the foreign policy of the United States, have trampled on the US Constitution. … First Amendment – Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, …

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