Tag Archives: First Amendment
D’ya think we should amend the First Amendment?
From Harper’s Weekly Review: An Austrian court ruled that intentional flatulence contains no “communicative content” and thus is not protected by the freedom of expression.
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged First Amendment, freedom of expression, Harper's Weekly Review, intentional flatulence
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The point of a constitution
Somewhere in my files there is a proposed draft constitution for Iraq, composed after Saddam was removed and the country began to reconstruct itself without him. It is a stellar document, inspiring to read. Our Constitution was clearly a model … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged Alexey Kovalev, Alexey Navalny, First Amendment, Iraqi constitution, Nation of Laws, peaceable assemblage, Russian constitution, The Constitution
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Incitement to violence, our emotions and the First Amendment
I love lawyers because they engage and inform my rationality; they settle me down. Without them and the law they represent, I’d be left entirely to my idealism, i.e., my emotions. I love my emotions but need the antidote to … Continue reading
Posted in American fascism, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged First Amendment, incitement to violence, PEN America, Suzanne Nossel
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