GUEST OPINION: Attack in Kansas not simply an isolated incident
“I hate all Jews” was Frazier Glenn Miller’s mantra, repeated time and again by the well-known white supremacist at rallies, in publications and on the Internet over a period of many years.
On the eve of Passover, Miller translated his words of hate into violent action by opening fire on a Jewish community center and Jewish retirement home in Overland Park, Kan.
GUEST OPINION: Vigorous debate continues on First Amendment
So, what part of the First Amendment, or the law around it, would you want to change?
For most of us, the answer is an academic exercise at best. For a few legislators, lawyers and litigants, the response is proposed legislation or lengthy briefs and pointed legal arguments.
But when the words involve justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, it is cause for special attention.
Tennessee Nature Conservancy Tennessee is one of America’s greenest states.
GUEST OPINION: Freedom and ‘magic’ collide in U.S. courts
Now you don’t ... or don’t copy it, at least.
GUEST OPINION: No one wins in today’s religious freedom climate
GUEST OPINION: Something was missed in debate in Arizona
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s veto last week of SB 1062 — a controversial “religious freedom” bill few Americans read and even fewer understood — may well have been a defining moment in the history of gay rights in America.
Post SB 1062, it will be politically difficult, if not impossible, to pass laws that are perceived to allow discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation — even to protect religion, even in red states with Tea Party-favored governors.
GUEST OPINION: Headlight flash can be free speech issue
For most of us, much of the Bill of Rights comes into play infrequently, if ever.
A few examples: According to a 2013 survey, only one in three U.S. households are home to a firearm (Second Amendment).
GUEST OPINION: Attack in Kansas not simply an isolated incident
“I hate all Jews” was Frazier Glenn Miller’s mantra, repeated time and again by the well-known white supremacist at rallies, in publications and on the Internet over a period of many years.
On the eve of Passover, Miller translated his words of hate into violent action by opening fire on a Jewish community center and Jewish retirement home in Overland Park, Kan.
GUEST OPINION: Vigorous debate continues on First Amendment
So, what part of the First Amendment, or the law around it, would you want to change?
For most of us, the answer is an academic exercise at best. For a few legislators, lawyers and litigants, the response is proposed legislation or lengthy briefs and pointed legal arguments.
But when the words involve justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, it is cause for special attention.
Tennessee Nature Conservancy Tennessee is one of America’s greenest states.
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UEST OPINION: Freedom and ‘magic’ collide in U.S. courts
Now you don’t ... or don’t copy it, at least.
GUEST OPINION: No one wins in today’s religious freedom climate
GUEST OPINION: Something was missed in debate in Arizona
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s veto last week of SB 1062 — a controversial “religious freedom” bill few Americans read and even fewer understood — may well have been a defining moment in the history of gay rights in America.
Post SB 1062, it will be politically difficult, if not impossible, to pass laws that are perceived to allow discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation — even to protect religion, even in red states with Tea Party-favored governors.
GUEST OPINION: Headlight flash can be free speech issue
For most of us, much of the Bill of Rights comes into play infrequently, if ever.
A few examples: According to a 2013 survey, only one in three U.S. households are home to a firearm (Second Amendment).