Senate Debates Flag Burning Amendment
Posted on June 26, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, Activist Judges, Communism, History, News, PETITIONS, Supreme Court | 1 Comment
Senate Debates Flag Burning Amendment
The U.S. Senate could vote later this week on a constitutional amendment that would ban flag desecration.
“I think of the flag as a symbol of what the veterans fought for, what they sustained wounds for, what they sustained loss of limbs for, and what they sustained loss of life for,” [...]
In Defense of Our Enemies, Part MMMXLI
Posted on June 26, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, Border Control/Homeland Security | Comments Off
The ACLU will support a school when it pulls the plug on a teenaged girl who wants to freely express that Jesus Christ is the greatest influence in her own life, but if the US government wants to deny a visa to a man known to hobnob with terrorists (including our favorite Blind Sheik of [...]
Read More..>>Quick Hits
Posted on June 26, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 1 Comment
Just a few quick hits for today..
Are We Lumberjacks share some ACLU photo shops. Here is one of them.
The one on the left is the real ACLU poster. It’s updated for the 21st century on the right. And maybe it’s true; eventually everyone will need the ACLU. They just haven’t gotten around to Christians [...]
Read More..>>Rebellion Within The ACLU
Posted on June 26, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, News | 1 Comment
Can we save the ACLU? What am I saying? Don’t I want to stop the ACLU? I’ve said it before, America needs an organization that fights for our civil liberties and protects the bill of rights. Is the ACLU worth saving? Not in its current form. It should be [...]
Read More..>>ACLU Opposed To Town’s Attempt At Curtailing Crime
Posted on June 26, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News | Comments Off
The Police of the smallish Oregon town of Ashland have targeted 24 who “create a chronic nuisance” and that has the American Civil Liberties Union up in arms.
The list of 24 chronic nuisance individuals includes a sex offender who has failed to register on 3 occasions, 8 have been convicted of felonies within the state [...]
The Next Battle In The Christmas Tree War
Posted on June 26, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 1 Comment
Legislation recently taken up by a House Judiciary subcommittee would prohibit damages and attorney fees from being awarded to plaintiffs in cases over public religious displays according to CNS.
PERA (H.R. 2679), the Public Expression of Religion Act would amend two federal laws that are currently used by groups like the ACLU to extort behavior out [...]
The NY Times Responds
Posted on June 26, 2006 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | 11 Comments
New York Times Editor Bill Keller responded to the tons of email and letters of anger that were sent to them over revealing National Security issues.
A secondary argument against publishing the banking story was that publication would lead terrorists to change tactics. But that argument was made in a half-hearted way. It has been [...]
