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Posts Tagged ‘first amendment’

YouTube To Joe Lieberman: ‘Suck It’

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

The terrorists hate him for his freedom, and his jowlsJoe Lieberman recently wrote to YouTube asking them to take down a bunch of terrorist training videos as well as any videos mentioning these terrorists and their training. And YouTube said, basically, that Grampa Joe could suck it, on account of the First Amendment. An excerpt from their blog after the jump. MORE »


First Amendment Watch

Monday, June 25th, 2007

In two landmark first amendment cases today, the Supreme Court ruled: MORE »


Ken Starr Hates Jesus, Free Speech and Bong Hits

Friday, March 16th, 2007

Everybody loves Jesus & gettin' high. - WonketteRemember Ken Starr? Hillary didn’t have him murdered He didn’t commit suicide after all! On Monday, everybody’s favorite Church Lady will be arguing a very important case before the Supreme Court. MORE »


Scooter Libby: The Final Nail in Journalism’s Coffin

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

How did one jerkoff with a goofy nickname kill an American Institution? Well, waiting until it had been thoroughly debased didn’t hurt. And he had help: Tim Russert, Judy Miller, and a whole ragtag gang of media whores successfully defanged the first amendment with him. The New York Times today quotes about a dozen media experts and journalism professors saying variations on “the Libby trial is over — begun the clone wars have,” then trashing the journos who got us into this mess: MORE »


No Fun With Federal Government Websites

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

The INS and the Government Printing Office, working together to ease the transition of the new citizen into American life, have printed out helpful Civics flashcards. Because we can always use a refresher course, we thought we’d take the quiz ourselves. Oh, here’s an easy question:
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Ah, we know that one by heart. If we had to pick just one portion that was particularly dear to us, though, it’d be freedom of the press. The press being the only non-government profession specifically mentioned and protected by the Constitution itself! Sweet memories of high school civics class are flooding back to us, and we’re proud to call ourselves citizens of… wait, hold on…
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Hmm. Well, we’re sure they got the Second Amendment right, at least. MORE »


And Don’t Even Think About Cutting Off Ruthie’s Subscription to AARP the Magazine

Monday, March 27th, 2006

supreme%20court%201.jpgThis morning the Supreme Court is hearing argument in Beard v. Banks, which presents the following question: “May a prison deny inmates newspapers and magazines as punishment for disciplinary violations?”

We might be wearing pajamas rather than black robes, but the answer to us seems obvious: it depends on the publication being withheld. Denying inmates access to the Washington TImes isn’t punishment, but an act of mercy.

We also expect the answer to vary from justice to justice. Preventing Justice Thomas from reading Hustler would constitute punishment; doing the same for Justice Souter would not. Maybe Souter could be cut off from accessing Details?

(Actually, we take that back. Although there are reasons to suspect that Justice Souter enjoys Details, he doesn’t seem stylish enough to fall within the magazine’s core demographic; maybe he could be denied Runner’s World? Chief Justice Roberts is probably the Details reader on the Court.)

Supreme Court Calendar [WP]


A Ringing Defense of Hollywood Studio Films

Friday, February 3rd, 2006

jack valenti.jpgFrom this morning’s Post puff piece on former MPAA head Jack Valenti, now working as a leading lobbyist for the movie industry: MORE »