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.

The second is to ratify and enforce international agreements (some of which the United States has already ratified) providing additional rights. The third is to amend our Constitution to include a second Bill of Rights. So, first things first: how are we doing on enforcing … Freedom of speech and assembly have been radically curtailed to the point where we now have “free speech zones” consisting of walled-in cages outside and at a distance removed from political events. …

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To prove how serious the authors of the Bill of Rights were about this indispensible freedom, they gave Americans the ability to defend the right by force if necessary in the very next Amendment. … In the United States, corporations are separate legal entities that retain the same rights as individuals. Humana, the company whose letters to clients prompted the decree from HHS, has as much right to speak out for or against federal legislation as I do. …

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But the defense of freedom of speech is most critical when the message is one most people find repulsive. That was true when the Nazis marched in Skokie. It remains true today.” Today’s appellate victory for the Westboro Baptist Church … First Amendment and the rest of the Bill of Rights. (From the public domain.) UPDATE: The Fourth Circuit reversed the trial court’s judgment on September 24, 2009. Last month, the Fourth Circuit heard oral arguments in a critical appeal …

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The Underground encourages free speech and discussion on news and opinion, but please keep the discourse civil. The Underground reserves the right to remove any comments deemed abusive, threatening or spam. …. In his speech, Bush said, “I call on all governments to join with the United States and the community of law-abiding nations in prohibiting, investigating, and prosecuting all acts of torture and in undertaking to prevent other cruel and unusual punishment. …

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William Sloane Coffin Jr., a civil rights and antiwar campaigner who sought to inspire and encourage an idealistic and rebellious generation of college students in the 1960′s from his position as chaplain of Yale University, then reveled in the role of lightning rod thrust upon him by …. In September 1972, Dr. Coffin was a member of group of clergy and peace activists who went to Hanoi to accompany three released prisoners of war on their return to the United States. …

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You know, the part the Lame Stream Media wishes wasn’t included before their iconic Free Speech clause: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof [. … think Muslims come here to the United States and immediately set up “Islamic Communities? ) , remove ALL homosexuals, etc., etc. The list goes on and on, ad nauseam. This is NOT what Martin Luther King was trying to do during the civil rights movement! …

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Two groups registered as non-profits in New York State, one calling itself the Chinese Descent Civil Rights Institute of New York U.S.A. (CCRI), the other calling itself the Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance Inc., according to Shen Rong, …. While the group established by Shen Rong purports not to use official material from China in attacking Falun Gong, the Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance Inc., also registered as a non-profit in the United States, decidedly does. …

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For much of the last forty years, ever since America “fixed” its race problem in the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, we white people have been impatient with African Americans who continued to blame race for their difficulties. … I believe in free speech, but how long until we white people start making racist loudmouths as socially uncomfortable as we do flag burners? How long until we white people will stop insisting that blacks exercise personal responsibility, …

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For much of the last forty years, ever since America “fixed” its race problem in the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, we white people have been impatient with African Americans who continued to blame race for their difficulties. … We white people have controlled political life in the disunited colonies and United States for some 400 years on this continent. Conservative whites have been in power 28 of the last 40 years. Even during the eight Clinton years, …

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“Provides a compelling account of the human costs of the erosion of civil rights in the post-9/11 US.”–Times Higher Education “A powerful indictment Bush’s War on Terror, vivid and horrifying and hard to put down.”–Publishers Weekly … Dupre examines the history of the debate on free speech in schools in the contexts of protests, student publications, religious speech, textbook selection, teacher speech, and civility. She also includes as a case study the Alaska case …

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