McConnell v. FEC concerned the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance "Reform" Act. The ACRU filed a brief arguing that restrictions on citizen advertising before primary and general elections were a gross and facial violation of the First Amendment. On DATE, the US Supreme Court upheld those restrictions in a bitterly divided, 5-4 decision, rejecting the ACRU position.
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The facts for this outrage, but not the legal conclusions, come from an article published in the Newport News Daily Press on 28 January, 2008.
The President of the College of William and Mary gave students at the college permission to hold the Sex Workers’ Art Show on its Williamsburg campus, in February. He said he did so because students sponsoring the Sex Show “could not find” a place to hold the event off campus.
Therefore, he concluded that it would be “censorship” for the College not to allow the Sex Show on campus. A local Unitarian Church had considered sponsoring the Show, […]
January 21, 2008
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ACRU ANNOUNCES KEN BLACKWELL AS SENIOR FELLOW
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Rights Union announces the addition of Kenneth Blackwell as a Senior Fellow.
“I am delighted to be associated with ACRU. It is a civil rights beacon of light in a sea of public policy darkness,” commented Blackwell. “It’s commitment to individual freedom, regardless of race, gender, or economic station is refreshing. ACRU is a growing force of reason and moral authority in the American conversation on the US Constitution […]
A federal appeals court in St. Louis has issued a preliminary decision that laws which controlled a so-called Kansas church from displaying hate signs near funerals of American servicemen, violate the First Amendment rights of the "church." Signs which said "God Hates Fags" and "God Loves Dead American Soldiers" were not forbidden altogether, but only within a certain distance of such funerals.
An overwhelming 88% of Americans approve of the reference to "One Nation Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, with 78% strongly approving. Only 11% disapprove, with 7% strongly disapproving.
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Written by John Bambenek
Published November 21, 2007
Part of The Culture Wars
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Much like the Christmas shopping season, the ACLU’s War on Christmas begins earlier and earlier every year. This year in Fort Collins, Colorado, the city council decided to revise their policies to honor appropriately the holiday that almost ninety percent of America celebrates as Christmas. A task force was drawn up, given their […]
BY JOE DEJKA
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Security was tight Monday as a Kansas woman appeared in Sarpy County Court to answer charges that she mutilated a flag and put her child in danger while protesting at the funeral of a Bellevue soldier.
Although the Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office prepared for a possible protest by members of the Westboro Baptist Church, to which Phelps-Roper belongs, none materialized. Shirley Phelps-Roper, 50, came into the courthouse in the company of just a few family members and her attorney to push for more specifics on the charges she faces.
According to Bellevue Police, Phelps-Roper had her 10-year-old […]
The so-called church from Topeka, Kansas, whose members go around the country to demonstrate at funerals of Americans killed in war, has just suffered a $10.9 verdict from a federal jury in Baltimore. Albert Snyder, father of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, won that amount for “intentional infliction of emotional distress,” for what they did the day his son was buried. It is a difficult case on First Amendment grounds, but it should be upheld. The Westboro Baptist Church would then be seized, sold, and torn down.
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The facts for this comment, but not the legal conclusions, come from […]
The facts for this comment, but not the legal conclusions, come from an
article carried on the CBS website on 1 November. It is unclear whether the
ACLU was involved in defending the Westboro Baptist Church in this case, but
it is clear from other cases that the ACLU defends the most reprehensible
“speech” like that present here.
A federal jury in Baltimore awarded a total of $10.9 million to Albert
Snyder, father of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder who was killed in Iraq,
against the apparent Church and three of its leaders who demonstrated at his
son’s […]
The facts for this comment, but not the legal conclusions, come mostly from an article published in the Raleigh News & Observer on 27 October. This story is related to the positions of the ACLU because, contrary to its stated mission, the ACLU favors maximum freedom of the press for those media who favor the political views as them.
This editorial in the Raleigh News & Observer is entitled, “Above and Beyond.” It tells in plain but powerful words the story of Lt. Michael Murphy, a Navy Seal, who was part of a four-man team sent on a dangerous mission, deep into enemy controlled territory in […]
