Tag: First Amendment
VIDEO: When a pay raise trumps an oath to uphold the Constitution
Wisconsin State Constitution (Article 1, Section 4) states: The right of the people peaceably to assemble, to consult for the common good, and to petition the government, or any department thereof, shall never be abridged. Apparently Wisconsin State Capitol Police officers, who the last time I checked swore an oath…
Scott Walker’s “palace guard” arrest citizens singing in Capitol for second straight day
This is absolutely disgusting… For the second straight day, Capitol Police on Thursday arrested protesters of Gov. Scott Walker who have long defied his administration’s permitting rules during noontime singalong rallies in the statehouse rotunda. Following Wednesday’s arrest of 22 demonstrators, the numbers in the rotunda for the Thursday singalong…
Federal judge issues injunction against Walker administration Capitol permit requirements
Yesterday federal judge William Conley, the Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, issued an order preventing officials in the administration of Republican Gov. Scott Walker from “(1) distinguishing based on the content of the speech between “rallies” and other events for permitting…
Pro-gun Rights Activists Petition to Deport Piers Morgan
Another ridiculous petition: Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the U.S. over his gun control views. A petition created Dec. 21 on the White House e-petition website by a user in Texas accuses Morgan of engaging…
That Pesky First Amendment (Redux)
We covered the incredible video the other day, where in blatant disregard to the First Amendment, people were being arrested in the gallery of the legislature for holding a sign. A quick refresher: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or…
That Pesky First Amendment
Really gets in the way of one party rule, it is also quite clear: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and…
Why Teachers Need a Union!
` `While the reasons that teacher’s need unions are plentiful(and I am not just talking about how despicable New Berlin treats its teachers), here are some prime examples. H/T Jonathon Turley for documenting so many of these cases! 1. A Georgia teacher lost her job for a Facebook picture of…
That is NOT Jack Abramoff in Madison, WI
Well, I don’t think that’s the Republican poster boy for corruption trying to keep from being usurped by Scott Walker and the Fitzgerald brothers, but it sure looks like him. Nick Nice, an activist in Madison, claims to have seen the guy in situations that indicate he is Scott Walker’s…
Ron Johnson: not a fan of the First Amendment (or the Fourth or Sixth)
Speaking to the editorial board of the Racine Journal Times on Friday, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson made it abundantly clear he’s no fan of the First Amendment when it comes to freedom of religion, noting it would be “incredibly unfortunate” if a mosque was built in New York…
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