Tag Archives: the First Amendment

The First Amendment is under Trump attack

The six journalists charged with felony rioting were among 230 people detained in the anti-Trump demonstrations. Source: Felony Charges for Journalists Arrested at Inauguration Protests Raise Fears for Press Freedom – The New York Times At least six journalists were … Continue reading

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“Donald Trump and the Return of Seditious Libel”

A must read, and read it now: Richard Tofel, in ProPublica, gives a powerful and limpid history of the unconstitutional concept of “seditious libel”–remember the trial of daring publisher Peter Zenger, whom we all should have learned about in school?–the … Continue reading

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The god problem in Texas charter schools

I have relentless animus about the god problem in the U.S.A. and its creepy attacks on the First Amendment by using the First Amendment in its legal arguments. And as the daughter of public school teachers, one of whom was … Continue reading

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