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Two First Amendment Cases. Opinions?
Sunday, April 18, 2010 8:39 AM
GEEZER
Keep the Shiny side up
Quote:On April 19, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, a case that will determine whether a public institution can refuse official recognition to a religiously-based organization that prevents those who do not share its religious and moral values from becoming voting members. The case arose in 2004 when a chapter of the Christian Legal Society (CLS) expressed a desire to register as an official student group at the University of California's Hastings College of Law. Groups that are officially recognized by the school enjoy certain privileges, including public funding. But CLS requirements effectively bar non-Christians and non-celibate gays and lesbians from becoming voting members or assuming leadership positions, which is in direct conflict with the law school's non-discrimination policy. After six years of litigation in lower courts, the case is now before the Supreme Court. In the folowing publication, David Masci, a senior researcher for the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, answers questions about the case and explains how the high court's decision could affect the rules governing a wide array of groups that accept government funding.
Quote:LARAMIE, Wyo. -- Bill Ayers and a University of Wyoming student are suing the school after it banned the former 1960s radical from speaking on campus. Ayers, a professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago, makes college speeches and is routinely picketed, but the University of Wyoming last week banned him from using any university venue for a planned April 28 lecture. Ayers and student Meg Lanker are asking a federal judge to issue an injunction and allow the lecture. The lawsuit alleges the ban violates free speech rights and the freedom to assemble. A university spokeswoman declined to comment on the suit. Lanker told the Casper Star-Tribune that Ayers will speak at the Laramie Civic Center if he's not allowed on campus.
Sunday, April 18, 2010 5:26 PM
PIRATENEWS
John Lee, conspiracy therapist at Hollywood award-winner History Channel-mocked SNL-spoofed PirateNew.org wooHOO!!!!!!
Quote:LARAMIE, Wyo. -- Bill Ayers and a University of Wyoming student are suing the school after it banned the former 1960s radical from speaking on campus.
Quote: "I don't regret setting bombs. I feel we didn't do enough. Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where it's really at. Everything was absolutely ideal on the day I bombed the Pentagon.'' -Professor Bill Ayers, FBI/CIA employee and confessed bomber of NYPD HQ, US Capitol, NY Supreme Court, bombed and killed two female bombers in his house, busted CIA LSD mind-control agent Timothy Leary out of prison, confessed to 12 bombings in Operation Northwoods but never prosecuted, author of Barack Hussien Obama Sotoro's authorized biography and grant recipient of Obama's Annenberg Foundation Bill Ayers, Professor of Education, University of Illinois at Chicago youtube.com/watch?v=DDyDtYy2I0M www.deliberatedumbingdown.com "As the most recent National Security Advisor of the United States, I take my daily orders from Dr. Kissinger, filtered down through General Brent Scowcroft and Sandy Berger, who is also here. We have a chain of command in the National Security Council that exists today." -Major General James Jones, Obama's National Security Advisor www.examiner.com/x-4285-Salt-Lake-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m3d23-National-Security-Advisor-takes-orders-from-Henry-Kissinger "Soldiers are dumb animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy. The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer. Today Americans would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow they will be grateful. This is especially true if they were told there was an outside threat from beyond, whether real or promulgated, that threatened our very existence. It is then that all peoples of the world will plead with world leaders to deliver them from this evil. The one thing every man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well being granted to them by their world government." -Sir Heinz "Henry" Kissinger Kosher Knight of the British Empire
Monday, April 19, 2010 4:35 AM
BYTEMITE
Monday, April 19, 2010 6:12 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Bytemite: PN: Don't know if any of that's true. If it is, then I hate that they're asking this guy to come in and brainwash college students. Unfortunately, if we try to deny them the same rights we fight for to stand up and speak our piece, we're no better than them.
Monday, April 19, 2010 3:56 PM
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