First, the Supreme Court rules that our property can be taken from us and given to another private party, which is bad enough. Now, another court in Washington State effectively rules that Free Speech does not exist.

I first came across this story a…

The old standard of campaign finance regulation being used to prevent corruption or the appearence of corruption appears to be falling by the wayside.

In a decision some critics said could threaten press rights, a Washington state judge ruled last week that two radio hosts’ on-air comments promoting an anti-gas-tax initiative should be considered in-kind campaign contributions. Thurston County…

Free Speech under fire in Washington State Michelle Malkin…

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I would like to point out that I beat Ms Malkin to this story by a week, first posting about it in this post, on July 2nd, with a follow up post on July 8th, after the Seattle Times editorialized against the ruling and in favor of the conservative ra…

Obviously when the writers of the constitution said “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press” they did not intend to protect modern assault presses using cop killer computers. ☺

Free Speech.
We have the right to it here in the United States. But for how much longer?
Is the Judith Miller “event” a free-speech issue at all?
Here’s a cross-section of viewpoints representing hundreds more that have popped up on the blogospher…

While the left has been preoccupied with worry about potential for civil liberties violations under this administration and with the Patriot Act, (hollow cries at best), the First Amendment has taken a direct hit with serious implications. While the …

It appears that some of the worst fears concerning the federal campaign-finance law have come true.[1] A Washington state judge has ruled that on-air editorial comments are campaign contributions. Vincas questions how this logic works, its really qui…

It could never happen, right? Not in America! Think again.

Last week, a Thurston County, Washington, judge ruled that on-air editorial comments by two of my old fr…

We had a recent court ruling here in the wild Pacific Northw

A day doesn’t seem to pass without another instance of judicial incompetence or corruption happening. It’s going on at every possible level too.

Do any of these judges remember the constitution? Five Supreme Court justices seemed to have forgotten t…