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Students VS Constitution
9/27/2007 7:59:12 PM

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

 BOULDER, Colo.  —  About 50 Boulder High School students walked out of class Thursday to protest the daily reading of the Pledge of Allegiance and recited their own version, omitting "one nation, under God."

The students say the phrase violates the constitutional separation of church and state.

They also say the daily reading of the pledge over the school public address system at the start of the second class takes away from education time and is ignored or mocked by some students.

*SIGH*  If only these students had paid attention in their language arts class, perhaps they would comprehend the difference in meaning between the phrases  "Freedom FROM Religion" and "Freedom OF Religion".  The Pledge is not their problem, nor is it unconstitutional. Their demonstration against the Pledge is a testament to their shoddy education - too bad they haven't a care about that.

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A Victory For Free Speech
6/4/2007 7:50:32 PM

 

Washington Supreme Court rules speech is not money and cannot be regulated 

In April, the Intitute for justice halted one of the most egregious attacks on free speech in recent years. The Washington Supreme court unanimously ruled that on-air commentary by radio talk show hosts supporting an initiative campaign did not constitute an 'in-kind' contribution to that campaign.  A lower court had held that such speech was subject to government-imposed regulation and restriction - the first time a court or commission anywhere in the United States had held that media commentary in support of a campaign could be regulated under campaign finace laws.

You can read the rest of the article HERE 

Liberty and Law has provided a video of the their argument before the Washington's Supreme Court.

Now if we can only overturn the McCain Feingold Act, we can truly restore to the American public the ability to communicate  political ideas without the spector of censorship. 

 

 

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