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Let’s think about the First Amendment
Today the Times has two excellent articles on the First Amendment. Both of them provoke thought–always a good thing. First, After Backing Alt-Right in Charlottesville, A.C.L.U. Wrestles With Its Role – The New York Times. Two paragraphs from the article: … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged ACLU, Anthony Romero, Charlottesville, First Amendment, free speech, hate speech, Jim Rutenberg, right to peaceful assembly, right wing media, Scopes trial, The Constitution
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March 24, 1925: “Tennessee Bans The Teaching of Evolution…”
Yesterday’s New York Times printed this headline from their March 24, 1925 front page, under “On This Day in History”: TENNESSEE BANS THE TEACHING OF EVOLUTION; GOVERNOR SAYS THE BIBLE DISPROVES THEORY “This bill is a distinct protest against an … Continue reading
Posted in The god problem
Tagged O.J. Simpson trial, Scopes trial, the god problem
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