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 […]

The facts for this story, but not the legal conclusions, come from an article published by CBS 13 in Reno, Nevada, on 4 October.

The facts of this matter seem clear. A bar in Reno was flying the Mexican flag above the US flag on the same flagpole. A US veteran saw this, knew it violated the US flag code by displaying a foreign flag above the US flag.

Jim Broussard explained his action by saying, “I took this flag down in honor of my country with a knife from the U.S. Army. I’m not going to see this happen to my […]

The Mercury News published on 20 September, 2006, an article about a split decision by a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, rejecting the use of a community building in a Contra Costa library. Though the article does not mention whether the ACLU was directly involved in this litigation, the outcome is squarely on point to the ACLU’s national policies.

The federal trial court had ruled that the Faith Center Church Evangelistic Ministries could use library meeting rooms on an equal basis as any other private group which sought the use of such rooms. This was in line with the most recent US Supreme […]