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The Importance of Campaign Finance Reform

by Vikas Bhatt in Issues, October 31, 2009
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This article analyzes the debate about campaign finance reform and argues that overall, campaign finance reform is necessary and important in the United States.

Racism

by MidnightBlackSun in Ethnicity, July 23, 2009
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Just a little thought on it, and what I think is and isn’t racism.

Freedom of Speech? Freedom From Media

by Kipwriter in Politics, May 31, 2009
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Is the media destroying our First Amendment right to say what we please?

Religion in the Public Schools

by Mama Heartfilled in Law, May 23, 2009
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The Supreme Court has held that the First Amendment requires public school officials to be neutral in their treatment of religion, showing neither favoritism toward it, nor antagonism against students’ religious expressions. As the Court has explained in several cases, “there is a crucial difference between government speech endorsing religion, which the Establishment Clause forbids, and private speech endorsing religion, which the Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses protect”.

Hate Crimes Bill May Limit Free Speech

by Tom Parsons in Law, May 2, 2009
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The Hate Crimes Bill claims to protect minorities from physical harm. But could it be used to limit the free speech rights of others?

What’s Wrong with Political Correctness?

by Sharazad in Society, February 2, 2009
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What many people dismiss as “political correctness” is what we once called “courtesy”. Political correctness doesn’t inhibit anyone’s ability to speak freely: it protects freedom of speech.

Racism, Prejudice, and Oh Dear God Just Stop

by Marcus Justin in Ethnicity, January 15, 2009
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Lessons we all need to learn.

Free Speech Has a Cost, and a Responsibility

by Socrates Redux in Law, December 30, 2008
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Free speech carries the attendant “cost” of claiming ownership of your speech, and taking responsibility for the consequences.

Libel and Freedom of Speech: New York Times Co. V. Sullivan

by Inna Tysoe in Law, November 30, 2008
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This article describes how, with New York Times Co. v Sullivan, the United States broke with the British libel law and briefly touches on what that meant for private reputations as well as for our freedom of expression.

What’s Wrong with America

by nikolai in Society, September 7, 2008
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A look into the free speech black hole that our nation has become.

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