Domenici United States Courthouse in Albuquerque, N.M. (Courthouse News via Wikipedia) (CN) — A federal judge in Albuquerque found late Friday that New Mexico state court officials had violated ...
Do reporters have more rights under the First Amendment than ordinary Americans? Should they? The answer to both questions is “no.” Unfortunately, a bill passed by the House of Representatives ...
To commemorate the centennial of the 19th Amendment, the 10 female presidents of the American Bar Association reflect on the suffragist sisterhood that fought to grant women the right to vote. The ...
The right to abortion will be enshrined into the Colorado Constitution after voters on Tuesday approved an amendment championed by reproductive rights groups. Amendment 79 passed with 60.9% of the ...
“The First Amendment has actually played a very small role in defending the rights of those who have spoken out most radically against oppression,” Franks says, adding that in order to ...
James Madison's first ... First Amendment reflected that sentiment. Introduced to the First Congress on June 8, 1789, it asserted that "[the] people shall not be deprived of their right to speak ...
In their opinions on the First Amendment right of access, federal judges have shown that they get the idea that speed is the essence of news and that day-old news is old news. “Timeliness is not only ...
The answer to both questions is “no.” Unfortunately, a bill passed by the House of Representatives and is sitting in the Senate wants to change that. J. Christian Adams is a commissioner on ...