... newspapers" in the days of the Founders. It also included pamphleteers; indeed, the 1st Amendment provides for the freedom of the "printing press" ... a modern-day pamphleteer, I doubt I'm covered by any state's shield law. The 1st ... the ink--as without it, the printing press is useless! So while my interpretation of the 1st Amendment is expansive, it doesn't tolerate flimsy ...

... watches the video suggestion by uber-liberals that free speech be prohibited for Glen Beck, one must never lose sight of the real principle inherent in the 1st Amendment. It is simply that the true test of a free society in terms of freedom of speech is not whether popular and "responsible" speech is protected from government assault ...

To Narcissist in Chief Barack Obama and his legions of fascist minions, We the People are the enemy. When Obama says, "I'm just getting started," he is deadly serious. What this means is that every cog of the multi-trillion-dollar machinery we call the federal government will be used to achieve the supreme will of President Obama.

One of the greatest strengths of our nation is the fact that each and every individual not only has the right to worship in their own way but the 1st Amendment, properly and broadly interpreted (within the context of the era, the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution and the Bill of Rights as a whole), actually encourages personal choice in how ...

"'I reached the conclusion that every criminal-obscenity statute — and most obscenity laws are criminal — was necessarily unconstitutional, because it was impossible, from the statute, to define obscenity.' — William J. Brennan, former U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1990"

1st Amendments & Such I am pretty much a 1st amendment junkie. I tend to think that folks in first amendment related rackets tend to think similarly. This is one of the reasons I like blogs and don't like people who don't use them accordingly. Seems to me if you believe in the spirit of America, you would want to aspire to ...