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A man who was tackled by a cop and placed in a chokehold while video recording a traffic investigation won a $1.4 million settlement this week. Michael O’Brian said the 2009 incident left him brain-damaged and unable to return to work as a correct
After his comments were published the state board that licenses funeral directors and embalmers revoked his license. Now Schoeller is challenging that punishment arguing the revocation violates his constitutional right to free speech.
In case you did not know… This blog and I are being investigated by the NC Board of Dietitians due to egads!!! … I tell people to eat like I do!!!! …without a license!! Horrors!!! Here’s my story if you don’t know it… I’m just a formerly ob
There is no reasonable alternative construction or deconstruction of the language that renders any permutation of the right against self-incrimination to yield a contrary result.
"No Legitimate Issue, Mr. Jablonski? by Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S. Private Attorney General, 18 U.S.C. 1964 January 27, 2012 A.D. "No legitimate issue, Mr. Jablonski? We the People are co
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American citizens can be ordered to decrypt their PGP-scrambled hard drives for police to peruse for incriminating files, a federal judge in Colorado ruled today in what could become a precedent-setting case.
In an essentially unanimous decision (Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, and Sotomayor joined. Sotomayor also filed a concurring opinion, and Alito filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Ginsb
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“God did not just give us rights,” pontificated His High Holiness Rick Santorum. “He gave us a moral code by which to exercise them.” And morality, Santorum believes, is best instilled through State coercion, including officially sanctioned murder.
The sentiment pervading American Patriots today caught on film. I 'feel' you, Mark, I really do. - Ed
The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a case to determine whether the use of police dogs sniffing for drugs outside homes is a violation of the constitutional rights of the residents.
Americans should realize that, coupled with the Patriot Act, the NDAA, for all intents and purposes, completely nullifies a good portion of the Bill of Rights, turns the United States into a war zone, and places US citizens under military rule.
New York’s governor proposed making the state the first in the country to take mandatory DNA samples from anyone convicted of a crime, including relatively lesser offenses. Governor Andrew Cuomo said currently DNA was collected in less than half of c
The City of Los Angeles is offering a deal to the "Occupy LA" protesters who await trial for having dared to exercise their First Amendment rights to free speech and peaceable assembly. Cough up $355 each and agree to attend a class in "free speech"
Apropos of the post below, here’s a ruling from the D.C. Court of Appeals demonstrating just how powerless citizens are when accosted by police officers—even when the cops themselves are clearly in the wrong. What’s most troubling about the ruling is
We were talking, watching the night go by, enjoying the evening when suddenly, and out of nowhere, squad cars surrounded us. A policeman yelled from the window, “Get on the ground!” I was stunned. And I was scared. Then I was on the ground — with
The Anti-Federalists had demanded a Bill of Rights to ensure that the federal government created in 1789 would not morph into the type of tyranny that the American colonists had resisted in the Revolution.
Mike Church commentary on the Bill of Rights.
Don't miss this heart-warming, family-friendly celebration of our great American heritage. Hancock's will play last GOP debate from Iowa recorded earlier in the evening for anyone who wants to stop by their house following the B.O.R. event.
Bill of Rights Day Celebration in Phoenix - Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 - Only $15 per person, payable at the door - Students with ID $10 - Deer Valley Church - 15220 N. 39th Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85053. 5 p.m. Mix & Mingle. 6 p.m. Program Starts
Advocating for a controversial legal tactic known as jury nullification can get U.S. citizens prosecuted for jury tampering, according to one Manhattan prosecutor who’s pursuing that very charge against a 79-year-old former chemistry professor. In
"That's why you shouldn't bring kids to protests." This taunt, which issued from the sneering lips of an armored riot policeman, struck Don Joughin with the force of a billyclub as he tried to comfort his children – a three-year-old and a newborn
After unconstitutionally keeping reporters from covering his unconstitutional eviction of Zuccotti Park, and doing nothing about the NYPD's roughing up of reporters on the scene, Bloomberg orders the NYPD to let the press do its job.
But Mr. Arbabsiar’s lawyer said that she intended to seek a hearing on whether the “consent was freely given, or whether it was unlawfully extracted,” given the gap in time between her client’s arrest and his initial court appearance in New York
The Arizona Legislative Governmental Mall Commission unanimously approved the design and site for what will be America's first major monument to honor the Bill of Rights, with a target dedication date of December 15, 2012 (Bill of Rights Day).
A group of churches and pastors in El Paso, Texas, are in a legal battle with the city's mayor, who has cited a state election law he says would make their distribution of recall petitions against him a third degree felony.
Any fan of the classic 1990s sitcom Seinfeld knows the unfortunate conclusion by which the series ends.
Carney, seeking to dispel concerns about Fed coordination of local attacks on OWS, says it's all up the municipalities - but the 1st and 14th Amendments obligate the Feds to make sure municipalities don't violate the rights of citizens.
the support of police attacks on protesters, journalists, and the First Amendment in NYC (Bloomberg), and the silence about it in California (Brown) and nationwide (Obama) says a lot
Bloomberg violated the freedom of press provision of 1st Amendment by preventing media coverage of police clearing of Zuccotti Park, which violates freedom to peaceably assemble provision of 1st Amendment.
A Tucson man was harassed and threatened by a federal security guard as well as a police officer because he was standing outside a courthouse with a video camera. The videographer is a member of Cop Block so he knows his rights and the law. Unf
