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October 20, 2010

My Take: O'Donnell's And America's First Amendment Ignorance

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As Coons was arguing against the teaching of creationism in the public schools on the grounds that the First Amendment mandates the disestablishment of [...]

October 20, 2010

Murfreesboro Muslims Worry About Hate As Justice Dept. Supports Their Mosque

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The Justice Department argues that Islam is a religion protected under the First Amendment, which includes the right to build mosques and other places of [...]

October 20, 2010

Howard Fineman On What Christine O'Donnell's Constitutional Ignorance Says ...

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of church and state is enshrined in the First Amendment to the US Constitution -- and what her nomination says about the tea party more broadly. [...]

October 20, 2010

Reminder Issued Of Public Right To Photograph Federal Buildings

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"There has been, for a number of years, what appears to be an exemption of federal buildings from the First Amendment right to take pictures," said Donna [...]

October 20, 2010

O'Donnell Gets Coons For Constitutional Law 101

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On the issue of whether creationism should be taught in public schools, a highly skeptical O'Donnell questioned Coon's assertion that the First Amendment [...]

October 20, 2010

Right To Photograph Federal Buildings Upheld

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"There has been, for a number of years, what appears to be an exemption of federal buildings from the First Amendment right to take pictures," said Donna [...]

October 20, 2010

Right To Photograph Federal Buildings Upheld

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"There has been, for a number of years, what appears to be an exemption of federal buildings from the First Amendment right to take pictures," said Donna [...]

October 21, 2010

In A First, US Military To Accept Openly Gay Recruits

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who ruled last month that the "don't ask, don't tell" law violates the equal protection and First Amendment rights of service members. [...]

October 20, 2010

Freedom To Offend. The First Amendment

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A few weeks ago we all heard about the funeral ceremony that was interrupted by a group of protesters belonging to a Church. The case has since then moved [...]

October 20, 2010

Guest Editorial: A First Amendment Call To Arms

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As two lower courts in this specific case and a total of 12 lower courts in similar cases concluded, computer and video games are First Amendment-protected [...]

October 21, 2010

Christine O'Donnell: First Amendment Expert Or Idiot?

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You may have already seen the clip of Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell betraying her ignorance of the First Amendment in her debate with Chris [...]

October 20, 2010

Anderson Cooper Schools Christine O'Donnell On Constitution (VIDEO)

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Cooper, after playing video of O'Donnell's opponent explaining the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment, said that O'Donnell was right that the [...]

October 20, 2010

Bill Of Rights Transcript


ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United Note: The following text is a transcription of the first ten amendments to the [...]

October 20, 2010

Bill Of Rights | LII / Legal Information Institute


First Amendment [Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition (1791)] (see Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of [...]

October 20, 2010

Christine O'Donnell First Amendment Question Floors Audience [VIDEO]


The second debate in the race for Senate in Delaware often centered on Christine O\'Donnell\'s apparent lack of knowledge about the First Amendment and the [...]

October 20, 2010

U.S. Constitution - Amendment 1 - The U.S. Constitution Online ...


24 Jan 2010 Amendment 1 of the United States Constitution. Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression · <<Back | Table of Contents | Next> [...]

October 20, 2010

Sinking To New Lows


Maureen Dowd has a good NY Times op-ed where she looks at how America has turned from a country of average people aspiring to be better than themselves to a country of boors who relish this ignorance and boorishness. She talks of Marilyn Monroe who sought to rub elbows with intellectuals and to pose [...]

October 20, 2010

Constitutional Semantics


How can we expect to be a free nation when our founding words are being skewed and distorted by self-interested groups that are pushing for a theocratic America? The First Amendment of the United States Constitution clearly states, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, [...]

October 20, 2010

Christine O'Donnell Is Stupid: Doesn't Know The First Amendment ...

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When Coons responded that the First Amendment bars Congress from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, O'Donnell asked: 'You're telling me that's in the First Amendment?'” Look at the way the AP bends over backwards for [...]

October 20, 2010

O'Donnell: That's In The First Amendment? | The Intersection ...

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Politics and Science | Eye-opening video of the exchange described in the previous post when during a Senatorial debate Christine O'Donnell asked Chris Coons “Where in the Constitut. [...]

October 20, 2010

'A Wall Of Eternal Separation'


TPM Reader AM responds to the question of whether Christine O'Donnell bungled the Establishment Clause in today's debate by laying down some serious theo-political history: Nice citation of Jefferson in your article this a.m. -- #Conlawfail? Indeed Jefferson did cite the separation between church an [...]

October 20, 2010

New NAACP Report Puts The Heat On Tea Party Racism


From The Grio — On Wednesday October 20 the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights in conjunction with the NAACP released the report . According to the report it examines histories and the “corporate structure and leadership, finances, and membership concentrations” of “six of the nati [...]

October 20, 2010

The Washington Monthly

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When Coons responded that the First Amendment bars Congress from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, O'Donnell asked: "You're telling me that's in the First Amendment?" Did I mention that the debate was held in a law [...]

October 21, 2010

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He says his First Amendment rights were violated. Jarred Dishman supported Tom Mahoney to replace Hitchcock as sheriff. When Hitchcock won the election, [...]

October 20, 2010

Washington Extra A Belief In Tea And The Constitution


Translate Request has too much data Parameter name: request Translate Request has too much data Parameter name: request The Tea Party takes pride in its belief in the importance and centrality of the Constitution of the United States. Indeed, Senate Republican candidate Christine O’Donnell has been [...]


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