Wendy Kaminer: ACLU absent, silent on important First Amendment cases because of Leftist politics
Posted on May 22, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, News | 5 Comments
Wall Street Journal: The American Liberal Liberties Union
“ACLU Defends Nazi’s Right to Burn Down ACLU Headquarters,” the humor magazine The Onion announced in 1999. Those of us who loved the ACLU, and celebrated its willingness to defend the rights of Nazis and others who had no regard for our rights, considered the joke a compliment. [...]
American Legion and ADF to ACLU, FFRF, AU, American Atheists and friends: Step away from the war memorials
Posted on May 22, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Church And State, History, News | 4 Comments
About time someone goes on offense.
CNS News: Christians, Veterans Team Up to Protect Religious Memorials
The nation’s largest veterans’ service organization is teaming up with two Christian legal groups in an effort aimed at protecting Christian-themed war memorials from lawsuits that would remove them from public property.
The American Legion is asking its members to contribute to [...]
No Free Speech at Villanova U in Pennsylvania
Posted on May 22, 2007 - Filed Under ACLU | 3 Comments
Graffiti are speech so what they say gets First Amendment protection — even if it is “hate speech”. But universities tend to think that they are exempt from the First Amendment and act accordingly:
“Villanova University officials are incensed by a rash of racist graffiti found in three residence halls over a six-day period, [...]
