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Court Strikes Down College Speech Code 
A Washington State District Court has ruled that the speech codes of the Spokane Falls Community College are unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Sheeran v. Shea. Beth Sheeran, a Christian pro-life student at the college, ran into the unconstitutional codes when she tried to hold a pro-life event on campus. Her event consisted merely of handing out flyers and displaying posters, yet the College told her that her display would be “discriminatory” and ordered her to present the opposing point of view. When Sheeran requested to hold the event again, the school threatened her with expulsion. 1-22-10
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No More Wild West on the Internet?
Lying, smearing, impersonating, and taunting other people in the internet through the use of anonymous accounts has become an exciting sport for some. There is a massive audience for this: people who would never buy the National Enquirer can be found scurrying to the internet for the latest gossip, whether true or false. 1-07-10
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Hollywood Caters to Feminists
First came “reality TV,” and then in 2008 we had two prominent “fact-based” movies that are now making their rounds on DVD: “Flash of Genius” and “Changeling”. Both culminate in high-profile trials with jarring results, and we will not spoil the endings here. But we can observe how the weaker movie attained liberal acclaim for its feminist distortion of the truth, while the better movie somehow got the truth out past the Hollywood censors. 12-30-09
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Hurricane Victims Sue for Global Warming
Hurricanes have long battered the coasts. Because of a Fifth Circuit decision written by a Clinton-appointed judge, lawyers can also batter smokestack industries in court every time a hurricane hits. 12-20-09
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Same-Sex Marriage Loses Again
Over a hundred million dollars have been poured into the campaign for same-sex marriage, as part of a broader attempt to legitimize a lifestyle and censor criticism. Supporters of same-sex marriage were instrumental in nominating and electing Barack Obama as President, and since then same-sex marriage has become law in Iowa and Connecticut, and could soon become effective in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. 11-27-09
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New York City Loses Lawsuit To Collect Taxes
The latest attempt to cure fiscal irresponsibility with litigation has come to a thundering halt. On June 9, 2009, the highest court in New York (its “Court of Appeals”) slapped down an attempt by its own State to collect from internet cigarette companies. 11-22-09
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Leftists Chase Military Recruiters Off Campus
In 2005 the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) received $80 million in federal funds, and has continued to receive tens of millions every year since then. But under a federal law known as the Solomon Amendment (10 U.S.C. § 983), this taxpayer money should no longer be given to the school. 11-01-09
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School Officials Face Jail Time for Prayer
Principal Frank Lay and Athletic Director Robert Freeman, two employees of Florida Pace High School in Santa Rosa County, face criminal contempt charges. Why? Did they steal, commit violence or curse a judge? No. All they did was offer a blessing before a school-sponsored luncheon attended by adults. For this "crime," Lay and Freeman could be fined, imprisoned for up to six months, and lose their retirement benefits at a trial scheduled for September 17. 10-17-09
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Justice Potter Stewart's Revival
Appointed by President Eisenhower, Justice Potter Stewart served on the United States Supreme Court from 1958 until his surprise retirement in 1981 at the age of only 66, allowing President Reagan to fill his seat. After Justice Stewart's death in 1985, Bob Woodward identified him as having been the leading inside source for the embarrassing book about the Supreme Court entitled The Brethren (1979). Today few law students hear much about Justice Stewart, and newspapers largely ignore his legacy. 10-08-09
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Court Strengthens Sixth Amendment
The United States Supreme Court held in June that a state prosecutor may not introduce a lab sheet into evidence against a defendant unless the person who prepared the lab sheet also testifies at trial so that the defense counsel may cross-examine him. This is required, the Court held, by the defendant's Sixth Amendment right "to be confronted with the witnesses against him." 9-14-09
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Court Makes Greens Red with Anger
The U.S. Supreme Court tossed a 5-0 shut-out against the environmentalists this year. Five environmental cases were decided, and the High Court ruled against the environmentalists in all five. Dominance by the deceptive ideology of environmentalism in our court system has ended. Perhaps the Senate will take this cue and next throw cold water on the manmade global warming hoax. 9-07-09
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Court's Biggest Ruling To Come
The Supreme Court term that concluded in June rendered several major decisions, but its biggest ruling of all is still to come. The Court deferred a dispute over campaign finance restrictions until September. 8-28-09
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Finally, a Big Victory for Business
A strong economy requires freedom from anti-business legal rules. The "Lipke Rule" was the worst of the worst, wreaking havoc on some Illinois businesses for 22 years. In April the Illinois Supreme Court stunned the trial attorneys by eliminating this rule by a vote of 5 to 1. 8-23-09
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Court Dismisses Claim Against School About Coed Basketball
Twelve-year-old Caitlin Alvaro's parents wanted her to play on an all-boys basketball team in Ridgewood, New Jersey. In 2004, Caitlin's parents signed her up for "Biddy Basketball," a non-profit recreational league which holds practices and games in public school gymnasiums. Biddy Basketball has separate boys and girls teams, but Caitlin's father wrote on her registration that "I want her to play with the boys." The league declined to honor this request. 8-05-09
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ACLU Loses Challenge to Single-Sex Classes
Public schools are increasingly separating boys and girls in classes so that both sexes can learn better. Single-gender classes benefit students by eliminating distractions that arise in co-ed environments. The feminists and all who deny differences between boys and girls are fuming about this trend, but even liberal bastions such as Massachusetts seek to allow the separation of boys and girls in classrooms because it is often successful. 7-23-09
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Big Brother in Your Cell Phone
Did you know that Big Brother is in your cell phone? Most people try to keep track of where their cell phones are, without realizing that the phones are actually keeping track of where they are. 7-09-09
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Rendezvous with Destiny
It certainly was not inevitable that Ronald Reagan would be elected President in 1980, not even after the disastrous and unpopular tenure of Jimmy Carter. Conservatives had suffered so many defeats that they didn't anticipate victory. As late as Election Day, newspaper headlines reported the Reagan-Carter race "too close to call." 2-07-10
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Architects of Ruin
It has become the fashion in book publishing to have a short title of hot words and then a very long subtitle describing what the book is really all about. The subtitle of Architects of Ruin is How Big Government Liberals Wrecked the Global Economy -- and How They Will Do It Again If No One Stops Them. 12-27-09 |
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Sixties
The 1960s are popularly believed to be all about sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, but playwright and cultural critic Jonathan Leaf has given us another view in his new book. Yes, there was some youthful rebellion and social upheaval, but throughout the 1960s America remained a conservative nation, in many ways extremely so. 12-10-09 |
Culture of Corruption
Barack Obama was elected President in 2008 by the combined effort of skilled community organizers, the expert use of 21st century technology that enabled him to use the internet to raise far more campaign money than any other candidate, and by what Bernard Kalb called "the slobbering love affair of the media." A year later, the glitz has faded and Michelle Malkin explains why. 11-15-09
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Power, Ambition, Glory
The news media have led the public to believe that the recent economic crisis has brought America into uncharted waters. The enormous government bailouts in today's staggering economy have turned all eyes to business and fiscal issues, the corporate world, and its leaders. 11-12-09
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Saving Freedom
Almost every Act of Congress brings America under more government control. Our society is rapidly exchanging liberty for more and more entitlements, and too many people now rely on the government rather than themselves to improve their lives. This trend toward socialism can, however, be reversed, argues conservative U.S. Senator Jim DeMint.
10-22-09
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One Nation Under God
In this book, Dee Wampler debunks the myths about church and state that are so often used to marginalize the opinions of religious people. "The First Amendment has been twisted to remove God from public life," said Judge Roy Moore, former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. "We're moving from separation of church and state to separation of the people from God. If that trend is not stopped, we'll have no rights given by God, only rights given by the government. And what it has given, it can take away." 9-28-09
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The 5000 Year Leap
It isn't America's Future's policy to review old books, but we're making an exception for a reprinting of The 5000 Year Leap: A Miracle That Changed the World because its exposition of the founding principles of the United States has never been equaled in clarity or simplicity. Originally published in 1981, the book argues that the wisdom of the Framers allowed America to flourish and rapidly overtake Europe in wealth and power. If we do not return to our roots, we will decline. 8-30-09
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The Dangerous Book for Boys
Name a few things you think boys miss out on today. Could these include history and heroes that inspire them to grow into true manhood? Or adventures in the real world and not just on a screen? Is it the chance to learn in ways that interest them rather than in ways designed by women especially for girls? Whatever you may name, a new book that offers ideas and projects to fill the gap has caused a sensation in the U.S. and in England. 8-13-09
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Three Secular Reasons Why America Should Be Under God
Christians believe that America, and all other nations, are "under God," whether they like it or not. But according to William J. Federer, even atheists have a vested interest in religion. 7-29-09
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One-Party Classroom
It should come as no surprise that American universities are dominated by leftwing professors and administrators. But the extent to which many teachers seek to indoctrinate their students and draw them into radical activism will astonish even the most jaded reader. 7-19-09
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