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MythBuster Adam Savage: SOPA Could Destroy the Internet as We Know It

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Popular Mechanics - Dec. 21 (Opinion) - The U.S. Congress is considering the Protect IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). MythBuster Adam Savage says that if these sweeping pieces of legislation pass, the U.S. will join the likes of China and Iran in censoring the Internet.

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The Supreme Court has a chance to keep Big Brother at bay

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - Nov. 11 (Opinion) -

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For lesson in shared sacrifice, send Congress to boot camp

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Russel L Honore - Aug. 02 (Editorial) - Like most veterans, the men and women who have worn our nation's uniform to defend this country, I am furious with and disappointed in the state of indecision that plagued Washington these past few weeks. Whether or not to raise the debt ceiling so our country can continue to pay our bills and maintain our global credit rating didn't seem like such a difficult decision.

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What our Declaration really said

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By E.J. Dionne Jr. - Jul. 04 (Opinion) - Our nation confronts a challenge this Fourth of July that we face but rarely: We are at odds over the meaning of our history and why, to quote our Declaration of Independence, “governments are instituted.”

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How states are rigging the 2012 election

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By E.J. Dionne Jr. - Jun. 20 (Opinion) - An attack on the right to vote is underway across the country through laws designed to make it more difficult to cast a ballot. If this were happening in an emerging democracy, we’d condemn it as election-rigging. But it’s happening here, so there’s barely a whimper.

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When Teachers Talk Out of School

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Jonathan Zimmerman - Jun. 04 (Opinion) - IN 1927, a schoolteacher in Secaucus, N.J., named Helen Clark lost her teaching license. The reason? Somebody had seen her smoking cigarettes after school hours. In communities across the United States, that was a ground for dismissal. So was card-playing, dancing and failure to attend church. Even after Prohibition ended, teachers could be dismissed for drinking or frequenting a place where liquor was served. Today, teachers can be suspended, and even fired, for what they write on Facebook.

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On Health Care, Justice Will Prevail

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Laurence H. Tribe - Feb. 08 (Opinion) - Given the clear case for the health care law’s constitutionality, it’s distressing that many assume its fate will be decided by a partisan, closely divided Supreme Court.

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The Arizona shooting and the first amendment

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Darin Miller - Jan. 16 (Opinion) - Amid the controversy about 'vitriolic rhetoric', let's remember that free speech is a foundational principle of American democracy

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Analysis: Why we shouldn’t ban bull’s-eyes

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Yahoo! News - By Ken Paulson - Jan. 12 (Opinion) - A Pennsylvania congressman is targeting bull's-eyes. In the wake of the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and the murder of federal Judge John Roll, Rep. Robert Brady, D-Pa., says he plans legislation that would ban language or symbols that could be perceived as threatening federal officials and members of Congress.

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The Constitution is dead. Long live the Constitution.

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Denver Post - By David Harsanyi - Jan. 05 (Opinion) - Every patriotic fiber of my body tells me that reading the Constitution aloud at the commencement of congressional sessions is a good idea. Heck, a pop quiz might even be in order.

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What the tea party wants from the Constitution

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Ezra Klein - Dec. 30 (Opinion) - I'm very curious to know what the GOP -- or the tea partyers they're presumably pandering to -- think will happen when every piece of legislation requires "a statement from its sponsor outlining where in the Constitution Congress is empowered to enact such legislation." What's the evidence that this will make legislation more, rather than less, constitutional, for whatever your definition of the Constitution is?

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The Revolution Next Time?

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By LINDA GREENHOUSE - Dec. 17 (Opinion) - In his zeal to deliver a fatal blow to the statute, Judge Hudson seriously over-read Lopez and Morrison and just as seriously discounted Supreme Court decisions that look in the opposite direction. The government’s lawyers will undoubtedly make this argument in the forthcoming appeal, and I will leave the brief-writing to them.

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War and Speech

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Slate - By Dahlia Lithwick - Nov. 26 (Opinion) - There seems to be no one answer to why there hasn't been a single important First Amendment protest case in the last decade. It's certainly not that the court is reluctant to rule on First Amendment issues altogether. The Supreme Court has taken up a surprising number of speech cases recently. But right now the court is more interested in crush videos, gay marriage bans, anti-Hillary Clinton movies, violent video games, corporate speech, and funeral protests than in the rights of people to criticize government wars. What does this say about the war on terror? And what does it say about what Americans care about most?

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Editorial Cartoons - November 5, 2010

Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700

USA Today - By Nate Beeler, David Horsey, Mike Keefe, Jimmy Margulies, Ed Stein, Mike Smith, Jeff Stahler, Joel Pett - Nov. 06 (Cartoon) - Cartoonists' take on all the election buzz

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Does It Matter that the Constitution Doesn't Say "The Separation of Church and State"?

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

FindLaw - By Vikram David Amar, Alan Brownstein - Oct. 22 (Opinion) - The phrase "the separation of church and state" is a shorthand description of a much more complicated interpretation of the constitutional text. As such, whether it appears literally in the Constitution's text is not terribly important. What is important is whether this metaphor accurately captures the meaning of the constitutional guarantee of the First Amendment.

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Glenn Beck says 'collective salvation' is anti-American. Tell that to the Founding Fathers.

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Sally Kohn - Oct. 09 (Editorial) - Fox News television host Glenn Beck says the idea of “collective salvation” – that our fates are linked – is “dangerous to the Constitutional republic.” He argues that related notions of social justice, redistribution, and ending oppression are fundamentally anti-American, communist creeds. American’s Founding Fathers would disagree. They embraced collective redemption and the protection of the common good.

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The Parent Company Trap

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Show - By Jon Stewart - Aug. 24 (Opinion) - Fox News is either evil or stupid for not mentioning that Alwaleed bin Talal is News Corp.'s largest shareholder. On last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart calls out Fox News on connecting Alwaleed bin Talal, a major shareholder in News Corp., to radical Islam and terrorism. Seriously.

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If anyone is fanatic it's Sarah Palin

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Independent - By Mark Steel - Aug. 24 (Opinion) - To give yourself a stressful and futile day, try telling people there are no plans to build a mosque at Ground Zero. You'll get nowhere, although the truth is there are plans to build an Islamic centre, with a swimming pool open to everyone,

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Dr. Laura, Sarah Palin, and the fight over free speech

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Ken Paulson - Aug. 20 (Opinion) - In the wake of Dr. Laura Schlessinger"s decision to end her radio show after repeatedly using a racial epithet, she"s spent quite a bit of time talking about freedom of speech. "I want to regain my First Amendment rights," Schlessinger said, contending that special-interest groups were limiting her freedom to express herself.Sarah Palin jumped in and tweeted, "Dr.Laura: don?t retreat ... reload!

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Extremist Makeover - Homeland Edition

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Show - By Jon Stewart - Aug. 19 (Opinion) - If Fox News wants to play a game of guilt by association with Imam Rauf, Jon can find Rupert Murdoch's questionable ties to terrorism.

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Same-sex marriage is about equality, not religion

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By O. C. Allen - Aug. 15 (Opinion) - I am a product of the "The Black Church." It shaped me into who I am today: a Christian pastor aware of God's amazing grace and love. When I announced I was gay, the church limited that grace and love. Although I had no doubt that God loved me, I discovered that God's love and the church's love can be two different things. To be Christian is to be inclusive of people who love one another. This is why I support same-sex marriage.

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Scalia Was Right

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By James Taranto - Aug. 05 (Opinion) - For the first time, a federal judge has held that the Constitution mandates the legal redefinition of marriage. The California Supreme Court had reached a similar conclusion in 2008, and voters responded by amending the state constitution via a ballot measure known as Proposition 8. If yesterday's ruling is eventually upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, it would mandate same-sex marriage nationwide.

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Ready to work for political change you can count on?

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Tom De Luca - Jul. 27 (Opinion) - The Christian Science Monitor - Two years ago, Barack Obama electrified the nation with a promise of "change we can believe in." That was the wrong pledge.

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Expert on Arizona Case: Not a Slam Dunk for Either Side

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Ashby Jones - Jul. 06 (Interview) - What to make of the federal government's suit against Arizona? One expert says it's not an easy one to call, that it could go either way.

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Imagining a Liberal Court

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Noah Feldman - Jun. 24 (Opinion) - It’s time to set aside the (nearly finished) battles over social and cultural issues — and develop a progressive jurisprudence of economic justice.

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