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All Blog Posts Tagged 'First-Amendment' (5)

Pelosi: Investigate Those Mosque Opponents

Contrary to what you may read at the Daily Beast, Salon, Talking Points Memo, and… Continue

Added by Ben Boychuk on August 18, 2010 at 12:17pm — 1 Comment

Hentoff: 'Can Free Speech Be Redistributed?'

Nat Hentoff worries about Elena Kagan's peculiar view of the First Amendment: "I know that a solicitor general is required to argue the legal positions of the administration that hired her — but to this extent?"

Hentoff is referring to Kagan's curious argument before the Supreme Court in Citizens United v. FEC, in which she suggested the federal government could censor pamphlets, but not…

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Added by Ben Boychuk on May 26, 2010 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Do Americans know enough about Elena Kagan?

That's the question my liberal collaborator Joel Mathis and I tackle this week in our Scripps-Howard column about President Obama's designated replacement for the retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. Our answers may surprise you.

Added by Ben Boychuk on May 13, 2010 at 5:44pm — 6 Comments

Citizens United II: Revenge of the Censors

Greg Sargent reports that Democrats are amassing "bipartisan support" for legislation aimed at limiting the Supreme Court's small but vital affirmation of free speech in Citizen's United v. FEC. "The bill that Dems are planning will have more bipartisan support than expected, a Dem leadership… Continue

Added by Ben Boychuk on April 22, 2010 at 12:12pm — 2 Comments

Joe Klein continues to plod mindlessly down the path of 'sedition' (Updated)

Of hacks, the mainstream media has no shortage. Few journalists or pundits are as irresponsible or as partisan as Time's Joe Klein (although Paul Krugman would give Klein some serious competition). Klein over the weekend told Chris Matthews he believes Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin are dabbling in the dark, unpatriotic arts of sedition.

"I did a little…

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Added by Ben Boychuk on April 19, 2010 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment