Deciding cases and writing decisions is the easy part, especially if you’re a partisan hack. The tough part is living with the notoriety. If being a SCOTUS justice has perks, there’s also a downside: You’re famous, and your critics know where you live. This is Justice KavanaughR[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Free Speech’
What a Trump supporter thinks of truthful reporting
It may pass as First Amendent-protected free speech, but it’s not responsible or grownup speech. See tweet here and read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Florida GOP bill gives racists right to sue if you call them racists
And Florida’s GOP-controlled legislature is poised to give racists a right to sue you for defamation if you call them racists. Does that sound like infringing free speech to you? It does to me, too. And also to Rep. Corey Mills (R-FL), the Republican who represents a district between Daytona B[...]
The GOP’s attack on free speech
For 49 years, American women could take abortion rights for granted. Now those rights are gone. With that victory under their belt, Republicans are targeting free speech. They’re going after teachers and professors, librarians and students, journalists and bloggers. Read what they’re up [...]
Was it worth it? (nsfw)
Jonathan Reeser used to manage day-to-day operations, including supervising employees, at Patients Choice Laboratories in Indianapolis. Emboldened by a sense of either self-righteousness or impunity, or perhaps a generous helping of both, he tweeted the message at left to Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) u[...]
Suing police for no sense of humor
Anthony Novak of Parma, Ohio, parodied the local police department on Facebook. His fake website was online for all of 12 hours. They were not amused. Cops arrested him, searched his apartment,. seized his laptop and phone, threw him in jail, and prosecuted him for felony disruption of police operat[...]
Junk food sellers target black kids
Johane Filemon (photo, left), a black nutritionist and mother, insists families of color “are being systematically targeted with ads for unhealthy foods.” She complains junk food ads are everywhere, “on TV, YouTube, social media platforms, game-streaming apps and even mobile educat[...]