Tag: First Amendment
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The Ten Commandments in the Classroom
The Louisiana Law Louisiana House Bill No. 71 requires the following text to be posted in all “public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools”: “The Ten CommandmentsI AM the LORD thy God.Thou shalt have no other gods before me.Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven images. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy…
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Quotations from Speaker Mike
“I am a Christian” “I am a Christian, a husband, a father, a life-long conservative, constitutional law attorney and a small business owner in that order,” Louisiana state Representative Mike Johnson told the Louisiana Baptist Message in 2016, “and I think that order is important.” In 2016 when first elected to Congress Johnson, his wife Kelly, and…
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The Doctrine of Discovery
Christopher Columbus’s first landing in America on October 12, 1492 by Dióscoro Puebla, 1862 (Wikimedia Commons) and White Christian Nationalism Doctrine of Discovery It all began with the Doctrine of Discovery. Before the Spanish started the oldest permanent settlement in North America, St. Augustine in 1565. Before the English arrived in Jamestown in 1607. Before…
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Disinformation and the Internet
Section 230 permits moderation Internet statistics are amazing, even when 7 years old. 700,000 hours of YouTube videos watched in 60 seconds. It sounds like a time warp, but all it takes is 42 million users online. There are over 5 billion internet users in the world today. How much of this is disinformation? Disinformation…
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Free Speech on Social Media
Background The Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court to hear two cases on Florida and Texas laws preventing removal of social media posts. They were passed in response to conservative complaints that censorship by internet platforms violated the First Amendment freedom of speech. The laws’ supporters said the measures were needed to address “Silicon…
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Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Speech, Norman Rockwell©1943 SEPS, Curtis Publishing Collected Quotes March 27, 2005 In 1912, feminist Margaret Sanger was arrested for giving a lecture on birth control. Trade union meetings were banned. Peaceful protesters opposing U. S. entry into World War I were jailed. In 1923, author Upton Sinclair was arrested for trying to read the…