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“Donald Trump And The Courts”: Represents Everything GOP Claimed To Be...

Usually when the judicial branch of government comes up during presidential campaigns, the discussion focuses on what kind of judges the candidate would nominate to the Supreme Court. For Donald Trump...

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“It’s Time To Ban Guns. Yes, All of Them”: Urgently Needs To Become A...

Ban guns. All guns. Get rid of guns in homes, and on the streets, and, as much as possible, on police. Not just because of San Bernardino, or whichever mass shooting may pop up next, but also not not...

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“Liberty Does Not Mean Taking Away Others’ Rights”: Kim Davis’ Beliefs Have...

Just after Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis was released from jail, she appeared at a raucous rally to thank a throng of cheering supporters. Her stance on same-sex marriage has attracted the...

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“A Corrupting Influence On Politics”: Will Influence Of Big Money Be A Big...

For many years, Democrats have wanted more restrictive campaign finance rules, while Republicans have wanted to loosen restrictions. But it’s likely that the 2016 campaign will feature more outside...

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“Indiana And Federal Statutes Not Wholly Identical”: Three Factors That Make...

The Indiana statute is the culmination of a long, murky legal history that reaches back to the 1990 Supreme Court case Employment Division v. Smith, which significantly changed the standard...

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“The Poorly Financed Causes Of Little People”: In Black Lives Matter Protest,...

Minnesotans protesting police violence and institutional racism could face “staggering” fees and criminal charges for a protest at Mall of America, with the City of Bloomington announcing plans to...

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“If Money Is Speech And Speech Is Freedom…”: Those With Less Money Get Less...

If money is speech and speech is freedom, then it follows that those who have more money will have more freedom. This includes the freedom to determine who gets to vote, the freedom to dictate how much...

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“Donors Before Constituents”: The First Amendment, According To Mitch McConnell

Have you heard that Senate Democrats are working this week to repeal free speech? I did, yesterday morning, from Mitch McConnell. Have you heard that Democrats are going to go out and “muzzle” pastors...

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“Paying Back Campaign Donors”: Whose Presidential Campaign Will Your Pension...

Wall Street is one of the biggest sources of funding for presidential campaigns, and many of the Republican Party’s potential 2016 contenders are governors, from Chris Christie of New Jersey and Rick...

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“Is Corruption A Constitutional Right?”: Public Pension Contracts Would Be...

Wall Street is one of the biggest sources of funding for presidential campaigns, and many of the Republican Party’s potential 2016 contenders are governors, from Chris Christie of New Jersey and Rick...

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“The Right To Peaceably Assemble”: Antonio French Said It Best, ‘Our Civil...

When Antonio French, the St. Louis Alderman who has given us an incredible first-hand account of what is happening in Ferguson through his twitter feed, was released from jail this morning, he told the...

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“A Revival Of 20th Century Lochner”: The Roberts Court Thinks Corporations...

The Supreme Court of the mid-twentieth century led a First Amendment revolution, turning a rarely enforced constitutional provision into the crown jewel of our Bill of Rights. While these rulings...

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“Do What We Tell You To Do, Or We Will Kill You”: The Right To Be Able To...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Massachusetts buffer zone law violates the First Amendment; the justices were unanimous in the ruling. In case you weren’t up to speed on the case, here are the...

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“Snyder’s Insulting Redskins Logic”: Irrational Insistance That Native...

Fear not for the future of free speech after the Washington Redskins’ trademark fight. The legal dividend could be more free speech, not less. A lot of my fellow First Amendment advocates sound nervous...

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“Target The Corporate Sponsors”: So Redskins Sponsor FedEx Is OK With That...

So Chainsaw Danny Snyder is digging in his heels again. This time, after the federal government determined this week that his football team’s name disparages Native Americans, he trotted out his...

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“We’re All Journalists Now”: No, Glenn Greenwald Cannot Be The One Who...

This Sunday, The New York Times Book Review will finally print Michael Kinsley’s review of Glenn Greenwald’s No Place to Hide, two and a half weeks after the review was published online and provoked a...

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“Platinum-Level Citizenship”: Highly-Religious Christians’ Battle To Change...

Ask a conservative Christian about the President of the United States, and you’re likely to hear that Barack Obama has been waging a “war on religion” since pretty much the moment he took office in...

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“A Wall That Protects Us All”: Sarah Palin Can’t Tear Down The Wall Between...

“We have just enough religion to make us hate,” wrote Jonathan Swift, “but not enough to make us love one another.” A lifelong religious controversialist, the 18th-century Irish satirist definitely...

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“Religious Zealotry”: In God’s Name Or Baby Messiah, Competing Claims Of...

Last week, when a Tennessee judge forcibly changed an infant’s name from Messiah to Martin, it was hard to decide which was more noteworthy, the parents’ grandiosity in naming their child for the one...

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“An Imaginary Dark Vision Of The Future”: Ted Cruz And His Manufactured...

Texas Senator Ted Cruz has found a new and improved angle with which to push his war against marriage equality in America. In an interview with Christian Broadcast Network’s David Brody, Cruz raised a...

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