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    1970 All Over Again

    APRIL 27, 2012 3:53PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: holy roman catholic church, king henry viii, borgias, bishops, priests, vouchers, conscience exemptions, wall of separation, church and state, justice alito, justice kagan, university of notre dame, south bend, rick garnett, ministerial exemption, 1st amendment, u.s. constitution, religious freedom, religious missions, lay teachers, called teachers, cheryl perich, hosanna tabor evangelical lutheran church v. e.e.o.c., supreme court, vatican, sexual misconduct, bishop fenwick high school, father james kiffermeyer, christa dias, jesus, st. lawrence, holy family, cincinnati, ohio, americans with disability act, civil rights act, monsignor john kuzmich, st. vincent de paul, fort wayne, indians, emily herx, pregnancy, discrimination, catechism, artificial contraception, artificial procreation, artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, contracts, teachers, public policy, schools, religion, our lady of lourdes, 1970

    • 3 Ratings
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    • 5 Comments
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    Occupy Your Mind

    JANUARY 4, 2012 11:19PM

    By dunniteowl


    Topics: ows, occupy, protest, flash mob, grass roots, freedom of speech, 1st amendment, satire, revolution interrupted part ii, civil rights, corporate corruption, capture, 99%, 01%, humor, thought provoking, radical thinking

    • 14 Ratings
    • 1876 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    The New 3rd World Police State: Welcome To America!

    DECEMBER 3, 2011 12:08PM

    By Julie Morse


    Topics: open call, open call, occupy america, occupy, occupy wall street, #occupy wall street, #ows, politics, news, america is a police state, is america a police state, is america a totalitarian state, totalitarianism, police state, third world, 3rd world, is america a third world country, is america a 3rd world country, america is a 3rd world country, america is a third world country, america is a 3rd world nation, america is a third world nation, is america a 3rd word nation, is america a third world nation, freedom, constitutional rights, police brutality, oppression, the new 3rd world police state: welcome to america!, third world defining characteristics, police state characteristics, signs of the third world, signs of a police state, signs of a totalitarian state, smartphone surveillance software, government surveillance, cell phone surveillance, big brother is watching, 1984 in 2011, endless war, battlefield america, the homeland is the battlefield, america is the battlefield, ignorance of the law is no excuse, freedom of expression, first amendment, 1st amendment, civil rights violations, united nations rapporteur, un rapporteur, third party candidate disadvantages, 3rd party candidate disadvantages, 3rd political party, tsa, tsa groping, tsa sexual assault, tsa radiation, tsa naked body scans, political puppets, puppet government, wall street controls the government, wall street pulls the government puppet strings, campaign donations, 1% greed, corporate controlled media lies, corporate controlled mainstream media manipulation, ron paul, ron paul was right, mainstream media ignores ron paul, mainstream media discredits ron paul, ron paul 2012, endless war, common enemy, population manipulation through terror, manipulation through fear is terrorism, november 29 2011, osama bin laden, obl, lindsey graham, senator lindsey graham, who is a terrorist, definition of terrorist, protests are terrorism, is protesting terrorism, why does the department of defense think that protests are terrorism, why is our government spying on us, why does our government think we are terrorists, doomed to repeat history, true terror

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    The Double-Edged Sword of American Politics

    NOVEMBER 26, 2011 2:28AM

    By Michael Vincent


    Topics: 1st amendment, money in politics, election, politics

    • 5 Ratings
    • 183 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Permits for Free Speech

    NOVEMBER 23, 2011 11:27AM

    By just phyllis for now


    Topics: ows, permits, protests, 1st amendment

    • 17 Ratings
    • 877 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    The Facts of the Matter of OWS (near as I can tell)

    OCTOBER 28, 2011 5:02PM

    By dunniteowl


    Topics: property damage, occupy wall street, occupy action, open call, occupy america, truth, fact, fiction, lies, rumor, misrepresentation, conservative, liberal, left, right, obama, republican, democrat, ultra rich, poor, disempowered, disenfranchised, voice, protest, 1st amendment, peaceable assembly, riot, injury, violence, unhygenic, dirty, fringe, supporters, #ows, runors, police, enough

    • 0 Ratings
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    • 1 Comments
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    Quote Theft: A New Kind Of Crime On Twitter & facebook

    AUGUST 20, 2011 12:57PM

    By Rick London


    Topics: fair use act, 1st amendment, quote, quotes, social media, twitter, facebook, rick london, london times cartoons, londons times cartoons, copyrights, copyright law

    • 0 Ratings
    • 6573 Views
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    EVIDENCE: CORRUPTION ATLANTA GA 11th CIR. COURTS, STATE GOV.

    JULY 11, 2011 4:56PM

    By SB4JUSTICE


    Topics: constitutional rights, 1st amendment, protected class, retaliation, setion 504, ada, state of georgia corrupt, 49% integrity rating, corrupt public officials, pro se, not following the law, biased, no justice, lies, twisting of truth, corrupt judges, ga dca

    • 0 Ratings
    • 163 Views
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    Un-Evolved Newt

    APRIL 14, 2011 11:37PM

    By rod hillen


    Topics: newt, gingrich, amphibian, 1st amendment, sharia, christian law, constitution, law, fear, issues, presidential campain, 2012, politics, belief/religion

    • 0 Ratings
    • 619 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Surfing Porn at the Public Library...A Constitutional Right?

    APRIL 14, 2011 11:12AM

    By twodaymag


    Topics: aclu, information, internet, china, 1st amendment, freedom of expression, free speech, children, parents, pornography, library, l.a., news, constitution, politics, twodaymag, relationships

    • 1 Ratings
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    • 1 Comments
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    Internet Lovers! Know Your Enemy: Cass Sunstein

    MARCH 2, 2011 10:35AM

    By CJ Maloney


    Topics: rumors, censorsip, 1st amendment, politics, books, freedom of speech, internet, harvard, cass sunstein

    • 1 Ratings
    • 813 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Church and state vs. religion and politics vs. common sense

    JANUARY 5, 2011 3:51PM

    By potterpoliticalpickle


    Topics: jon meacham, 1st amendment, church and state, jewish war veterans of the united states of america, ninth circuit court of appeals, war memorial, la jolla cross memorial, la jolla

    • 4 Ratings
    • 488 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Briefly Clearing the Air With Dr. Laura

    AUGUST 21, 2010 7:39PM

    By Rebecca Sarwate


    Topics: dr. laura, sarah palin, 1st amendment, censorship

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1220 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Free Speech, High School, Facebook, and the ACLU

    FEBRUARY 17, 2010 7:24PM

    By kitd


    Topics: free speech, high school, facebook, and the aclu, freedom of speech, cnet, cnn, 1st amendment, first amendment, sarah phelps, ryan calo, katherine evans, katie evans, matthew bravaro, stanford law school's center for internet and society, us magistrate garber, barry garber, pembroke pines charter high school, peter bayer, pembroke pines florida, florida aclu, secondary education, dandelions in paradise, kitd

    • 35 Ratings
    • 1748 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Breeding Discontent: Embracing Marriage’s Original Intent

    JANUARY 13, 2010 12:02AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, belief/religion, belief, religion, marry, marriage, civil union, gay marriage, same-sex marriage, family, responsibility, right, rights, first amendment, 1st amendment, establishment clause, defense of marriage act, gay/lesbian, gay, lesbian, homosexual, heterosexual, congress, law, statute, parenting, offspring, kid, kids, child, children, have children, having children, procreate, procreating, procreation, reproduce, reproducing, reproduction, bear children, bearing children, fertile, fertility, infertility, war veterans, honor, dignity, adopt, adopting, adopted, adoption

    • 18 Ratings
    • 2682 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Settled Law on Abortion, and Why Stare Decisis Matters

    NOVEMBER 22, 2009 2:28PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: strict constructionist, strict constructionism, strict construction, originalism, originalist, prohibition, pro-abortion, anti-choice, pro-life, pro-choice, choice, personal, private, from the bench, legislating from the bench, judicial activism, judicial overstepping, makes laws, making laws, legislating, legislature, civil law, law, doctrine, tempting of america, the tempting of america, justice scalia, justice antonin scalia, antonin scalia, scalia, judge robert bork, judge bork, robert bork, bork, roe vs. wade, roe v. wade, roe, legal opinion, legal case, legal strategy, analysis, strategy, alternative, alternate, reformulation, reformulate, formulation, formulate, penumbra of the ninth amendment, penumbra of the 9th amendment, penumbra, 9th amendment, ninth amendment, 1st amendment, first amendment, constitution, bill of rights, supreme court, court, liability, stare decisis, clash of absolutes, government meddling, government intrusion, coathanger, coat hanger, safe and legal, unfair, fair, legal, right, abortion, politics

    • 0 Ratings
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    Crackdown 2009

    JUNE 20, 2009 11:55AM

    By Jake Nieman


    Topics: iran, politics, justice, freedom, 1st amendment

    • 0 Ratings
    • 297 Views
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    Ballot Access Laws are Detrimental to America

    APRIL 26, 2009 7:00AM

    By Kenn Jacobine


    Topics: politics, 1st amendment, ballot access laws

    • Editor's Pick
    • 29 Ratings
    • 1774 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    A Real Act in Defense of Marriage

    OCTOBER 22, 2008 10:25PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: heterosexual, homosexual, lesbian, gay, gay/lesbian, defense of marriage act, establishment clause, 1st amendment, first amendment, rights, right, responsibility, family, same-sex marriage, gay marriage, civil union, marriage, marry, religion, belief, belief and religion, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 580 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Dear President-elect Obama

    OCTOBER 15, 2008 1:39PM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: politics, feminism, 9th amendment, 4th amendment, 1st amendment, a change is gonna come, sam cooke

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