INDIANAPOLIS - A Purdue University political science professor has sued officials and other professors at the school's campus in northwest Indiana for the treatment he received after he posted criticism of Muslims on Facebook. Maurice Eisenstein claims in the suit that Purdue-Calumet officials violated his rights of freedom of speech and religion by subjecting him to a disciplinary investigation which eventually yielded mixed results. The lawsuit filed May 10 in a Lake County court says Eisenstein was cleared of the initial allegation that he had violated the school's policy against discrimination and harassment, but officials reprimanded him for what they considered retaliation against the two professors who filed the complaints. This is not the first time and it won't be t...
I'm not sure they read this column very regularly, but I'll say it anyway to the left-wing pressure groups trying to hound Fox News shoe-pounder Glenn Beck off the air: Three cheers for you! And you granola-heads boycotting Whole Foods since company CEO John Mackey traitorously said health care is not a right -- go for it! Just one question, though: Does this mean we can start burning our Dixie Chicks CDs again? If there's been a single salutary effect of the "hey it's Monday let's spend another trillion dollars" Obama presidency, it's the rediscovery by the American left that economic boycotts are not a fascist threat to democracy but a legitimate form of First Amendment speech. That is what the boycotts against Beck and Mackey mean, isn't it, guys?
In the name of public safety and tidiness, city officials have proposed an ordinance that would extensively restrict placement of news racks, require newspapers to have up to $1 million in insurance for the boxes, and turn racks into a revenue stream for the city by tacking on fees. The proposal also says the city may replace news racks with its own newspaper kiosks whenever the public works director chooses. The ordinance applies to news racks in public spaces. City officials say they want to reduce litter, clutter and organize the racks.
J. Smith has been bullied throughout his school years, the teenager testified Wednesday in supporting anti-bullying legislation. Now a senior at Mount Ararat High School in Topsham, Smith was first tormented in elementary school, when kids made fun of his high- pitched voice. It continued through middle school, when he was called a "girly man" and more offensive names.
Don Cathy, president of Chick-fil-A, uses his freedom of speech right guaranteed by the Constitution to express his view on same- sex marriage. You then have mayors of major U.S. cities state that Chick-fil-A restaurants are not welcome in their cities. A Chicago alderman stated that he would try to block the opening of a restaurant in his ward. What has happened to Cathy's right of free speech?
Courts have viewed the military as a "specialized society" that entitles servicemembers to fewer free speech rights than civilians. In the face of new threats to operational security posed by the Internet, the military has crafted new regulations on Internet use by servicemembers. Part II discusses these regulations and their impact on servicemembers' speech rights. Part III addresses courts', especially the Supreme Court's, deference to military restrictions on speech. Part IV analyzes three speech rights that are likely affected by the new regulations -- the right to private communication, the right to criticize the government and military officials, and the right to anonymous speech. Finally, Part V proposes technical solutions that the military should implement to reduce the impact ...
By Harry Minium The Virginian-Pilot
Last week, the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) filed a lawsuit against New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission for denying landmark status to 45-47 Park Place - the site of the infamous would-be ground-zero mosque. We represent a former firefighter and Sept. 11 first responder who lost nearly 100 of his friends and nearly died as well on that tragic day. Given the ACLJ's dedication to defending freedom of religion and expression and how supporters of the ground-zero mosque are casting the issue as one concerning religious freedom, our suit has some people alleging inconsistencies. In fact, the opposition to the ground-zero mosque reflects America's sacrosanct First Amendment ideals. After the commission's unanimous vote last week to deny 45-47 Park Place landmark desi...
A Mercer County school district violated a high school senior's constitutional right to free speech when it punished him for parodying his principal on a Web site popular among teens, a federal judge in Pittsburgh ruled Wednesday. Justin Layshock and his parents filed a federal lawsuit against the Hermitage School District last year after the district suspended him for 10 days and ordered him to enroll in the school's program for alternative students, typically reserved for students with behavioral and attendance problems.
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