Recently, a federal court issued a decision that may be the next Supreme Court case in the War on Terror. The court ruled that terrorists held by the U.S. military in Afghanistan are entitled to the writ of habeas corpus, extending a panoply of rights to these detainees. This ruling could have a stunning impact on this and future wars, and bears out just how wrong last year's major Supreme Court habeas case was.
The pain of facing criminal prosecution in Spain has ended for six senior Bush administration officials who allegedly provided "legal cover for the torture of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay," according to The Washington Post. What remains of greater concern for all Americans is the core legal philosophy behind the prosecution and Harold Hongju Koh, President Barack Obama's nominee to be legal advisor to the U.S. Department of State.
People who don't know much about freedom of the press (or don't care much about it) often say that the government has a right to regulate the content of broadcast media because "the public owns the airways." If that were true, the government would have a right to censor your personal phone calls and e-mails.
On Sunday, April 12, 2009, at 4:30pm ET, John Armor will be on “Liberty Watch Radio,” which can be heard on 690 KVOI in Tuscon, AZ, 930 KAPR in Douglas, AZ, and 1240 KJAA in Tuscon, AZ. He will be discussing both Freedom to Listen and Save Radio Free America. Tune in if you live in the Tuscon area or listen live online.
Then, on Monday, April 13, 2009, Robert Knight will be on “The Sandy Rios Show” on 1160 WYLL in Chicago, IL. They will also be discussing Freedom to Listen. Tune in if you live in Chicago or
On Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 5:09pm ET, Peter Ferrara will be on the Vicki McKenna Show on WIBA Madison and WISN Milwaukee. He will be discussing his Sunday Washington Times column and FreedomtoListen.org. Tune in if you live around Madison or Milwaukee or listen live online.
On Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at 12:30pm ET, ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara will be discussing his Washington Times column and FreedomtoListen.org. Tune in with your local affiliate or listen live online.
While President Obama's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prepares to attack conservative talk radio with some version of the Fairness Doctrine, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in open court last week may have thrown a bombshell into those plans.
On Mar. 24, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Citizens United v. FEC, the latest installment in an ongoing series of challenges to the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), better known as McCain-Feingold. This case has far-reaching implications for the future of campaign activities, and draws an important line between the right of citizens to speak out and the power of government to imprison them if they do.
“Sexting” is a national activity of young girls taking nude or seminude photographs of themselves, and sending them out using cell phones. The photos get widely distributed, leading to harm to the girls, and in one case, to a suicide. The ACLU has sued a local prosecutor, seeking a court ruling that “sexting” is free speech, and the prosecutor should cease acting against it.
The facts for this article, but not its legal conclusions, come from an article on the MTV website on 27 March 2009. The article begins by discussing the phenomenon of “sexting,” teenaged girls sending nude or seminude photographs of themselves to others […]
This op-ed originally appeared on American Thinker on March 27, 2009.
While campaigning for the U.S. Senate and then the presidency, Barack Obama said he believed in the individual right to bear arms. Those aware of his record and rhetoric reckoned he was referring to his wife’s penchant for sleeveless attire, not the Second Amendment.
During his 2004 run for the Senate, Obama said
“I think that the Second Amendment means something. I think that if the government were to confiscate everybody’s guns unilaterally that I think that would be subject to constitutional challenge.”
No kidding.
He didn’t say […]
