All posts tagged "first amendment"
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Kentucky prisons no longer permitted to ban “gay mail”
Inmates in Kentucky scored a victory after the state’s Commissioner of Corrections declared that the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex may not enforce a mail policy keeping...
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Georgia governor will veto anti-gay “religious freedom” bill
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) will veto a bill that could allow individuals or businesses to discriminate against LGBT people. In a press conference on Monday...
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Status of LGBT student groups may face court fight
This week signified a victory for CUAllies, the unofficial LGBT campus group at The Catholic University of America. But whether the group and its allies...
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So Sorry
There are few things in life as insulting as an insincere apology for an insult. We know this because it is one of life's guarantees...
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Log Cabin v. United States: Ninth Circuit DADT Argument FAQ
This morning, Sept. 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear oral arguments in the federal government’s appeal of the trial...
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Supreme Court Upholds Westboro Baptist Church Members’ Right to Picket Funerals
Although the U.S. Supreme Court today noted that “Westboro ’s choice of where and when to conduct its picketing is not beyond the Government’s...
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The Phelps Family: From Kansas to Columbus to the Supreme Court
On Wednesday, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will be considering, as SCOTUSblog summarizes the matter, “Does the First Amendment protect protesters at a...
