Tag Archives: First Amendment

Two practical suggestions for those protesting Kavanaugh’s restaurant dinners

You’ve heard about it, right? Kavanaugh went to a Morton’s steakhouse in DC for dinner. A group of protesters learned of his presence and grouped outside the steakhouse. Kavanaugh and his security detail — you know, the “detail” he demanded … Continue reading

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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.

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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

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