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 justices voted 6-3 to reject a free-speech challenge from humanitarian aid groups to the law that bars “material support” — everything from money to technical know-how to legal advice — to foreign terrorist organizations. The aid groups were only challenging provisions that put … In this case, the Humanitarian Law Project, civil rights lawyer Ralph Fertig and physician Nagalingam Jeyalingam, among others, wanted to offer assistance to the Kurdish or Tamil groups. …

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William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008) “I’d rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.” Voltaire (François Marie Arouet, 1694- 1778) “Common ….. But as of this date one remains blocked. In February 2009 a long term producer of documentaries at CCTV told me “There is no such thing as Free Speech.” That was the second time someone in Cambridge said that to me. …

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substitute or parallel system of Law, specifically, but not limited to, Sharia Law, to be recognized which is not in accordance with the Constitutions of Texas or of the United States of America. ….Free Speech for the Clergy – We urge change of the Internal Revenue Code to allow a religious organization to address issues without fear of losing its tax-exempt status. We call for repeal of requirements that religious organizations send government any personal information …

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The rich in the United States of Torture, however, have successfully tricked the poor into supporting capitalism and viewing socialism with disgust. To accomplish this, they have employed at least six tactics. … Telling a corporation that it cannot destroy a national park to build a mine, or make pickup truck that only get 8 mpg, has nothing whatsoever to do with civil rights. Human rights such as the right to free speech and freedom from arbitrary discrimination, …

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Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States. 16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights. 17. Get control of the schools. … Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them “censorship” and a violation of free speech and free press. 25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, …

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(Editor’s Note: It is only a matter of time until Washington deems secessionist movements as terrorist groups, since they advocate the dissolution of the United States. The highest Court in the USA has already decided this issue, so there is nowhere to go other than … Humanitarian Law Project, the first case to challenge the Patriot Act before the highest court in the land, and the first post-9/11 case to pit free speech guarantees against national security claims. …

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Introduction The United States is commonly classified as a representative democracy. What is that? In a literal sense, democracy means government. … In 1856, the Republicans became a national party when John C. Fremont was nominated for President under the slogan: “Free soil, free labor, free speech, free men, Fremont.” Even though they were considered a “third party” because the Democrats and Whigs represented the two-party system at the time, Fremont received 33% of …

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I guess ending foreign wars, shutting down Guantanamo, ending the war on drugs, solidifying civil rights, telling juries their rights and letting them exercise those rights, ending police abuse of power, making corporations liable for their messes, being pro-choice, … Many will oppose violation of rights when a government does it, but turn a blind eye when a private entity does the exact same thing (i.e. firing employees for exercising free speech while not working). …

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CBC.caSen. Orrin Hatch grills Elena Kagan on First AmendmentDeseret NewsWASHINGTON — In a line of questioning that Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., called.

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I’m finding myself becoming more and more persuaded that Elena Kagan has a personal viewpoint of First Amendment rights such that she considers them at best an inconvenience to good government, and at worst, not within the appropriate …

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