Jim Bopp shares his political views in The Washington Times this morning. We must unapologetically defend freedom and our constitutional republic. This fight is between freedom and a new evil empire of tyranny — previously the Soviet Union, but now it is our own government. Government is the weapon being used to control our lives, […]
Category: Const Law Issues
Letter: Check your First Amendment priorities
Floyd Abrams wrote a letter to The Times on their recent editorial discussing Citizens United and the animal cruelty video case and it’s here. The Citizens United ruling, on the contrary, protected the heart of the First Amendment, the right to engage in political speech during the pre-election time period, during which the Supreme Court has […]
DISCLOSE Act: Is there a chill in the air?
Citizens United notes and warns of the dangers of laws that can chill speech a number of times. (Quotations below from Citizens United.) Prolix laws chill speech for the same reason that vague laws chill speech: People “of common intelligence must necessarily guess at [the law’s] meaning and differ as to its application.” The interpretive […]