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Harris' Attack on the Filibuster Is an Attack on the Constitutional Order Sep. 27, 2024
Though Democrats are endlessly prattling on about "norms" and "democracy," it is often unclear what ... Read More
A Brief History of Free Speech in America Sep. 26, 2024
"Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." —First Amen... Read More
Trump Must Wish Only White Men Could Vote (Like in the Good Old Days) Sep. 25, 2024
It's the job of a conservative to stand before history "yelling stop," said the late political comme... Read More
Gitmo and Politics Sep. 19, 2024
It is always dangerous to human freedom and due process when politics interferes with criminal prose... Read More
Free Speech and the Department of Political Justice Sep. 12, 2024
In 1966, two famous Russian literary dissidents, Yuli Daniel and Andrei Sinyavsky, were tried and co... Read More
Taking From Peter To Give to Paul Is Not America Sep. 11, 2024
A newspaper story several years ago reported about an elementary school teacher who held elections i... Read More
Searching for Monsters Aug. 29, 2024
"America goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy ... She might become the dictatress of the... Read More
The Right to be Left Alone Aug. 22, 2024
"Every move you make And every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watc... Read More
Trump's Attacks on DEI Reveal Administration's Agenda for Second Term Aug. 06, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
This piece was written before Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee. No significa... Read More
How Donald Trump's Election Lies and Other Anti-Voter Policies Will Continue To Impact Our Democracy Jul. 30, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Donald Trump's claim that the 2020 election was "stolen" from him is not only a lie (no widespread v... Read More
Freedom's Extinction Jul. 25, 2024
"Freedom is always just one generation away from extinction." — Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) In D... Read More
Elephants in the Room: Trump's New Sycophants Were Right the First Time Jul. 23, 2024
Since the stomach-turning assassination attempt against Donald Trump, some have wondered whether it ... Read More
The Oklahoma Supreme Court Just Rejected the Nation's First Religious Public Charter School Jul. 22, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
In a win for the separation of church and state, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that Oklahoma's ap... Read More
Taking Rights Seriously Jul. 18, 2024
"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, Man... Read More
Republicans Backing Away From Most Important Issue of Our Day Jul. 17, 2024
When can you deliberately kill an innocent human being? Answer: Never. But that is not what the Repu... Read More
Trump Continues To Break the Laws of Probability Jul. 17, 2024
In 2009, Patricia Demauro held the dice at a craps table in Atlantic City for a record 154 rolls. Gi... Read More
Holes In the Constitution Jul. 11, 2024
In his famous dissent in Olmstead v. United States, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in 1928 cal... Read More
An Excellent Supreme Court Decision on Homelessness Jul. 10, 2024
Homelessness, unfortunately, has become a persistent and growing problem in the United States. The S... Read More
The Little-Known, Never-Used Section 4 of the 25th Amendment Jul. 09, 2024
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) recently said "There's a lot of people asking about the 25... Read More
Supreme Court Grants Trump, Future Presidents a Loaded Weapon To Break the Law Jul. 08, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The Supreme Court's decision to grant presidents immunity from prosecution for criminal acts committ... Read More
