Archive for May, 2009

Obama nominates Sotomayor to Supreme Court – CNN.com

by   |  05.26.09  |  Current Events, Supreme Court

Obama nominates Sotomayor to Supreme Court. More »

ACLU targets alleged Bible distribution in Wylie schools

by   |  05.22.09  |  Current Events, Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause

ACLU targets alleged Bible distribution in Wylie schools More »

Advocates fear ruling will void open meetings laws

by   |  05.16.09  |  Current Events, Open Government

The controversy surrounds a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that the Texas Open Meetings Act compromised the Alpine council members’ free speech rights and may have to be overturned or rewritten. More »

Will cameras ever roll in high court?

by   |  05.14.09  |  Current Events, Free Press/Fair Trial, Newsgathering

This is from the First Amendment Center. More »

Billy Sol Estes

by   |  05.09.09  |  Comm Law Characters

The Trial of Billie Sol Estes

The Trial of Billie Sol Estes

Billie Sol Estes may be ACU’s most notorious non-alumnus. More »

Facebook urged to remove Holocaust-denial groups

by   |  05.08.09  |  Current Events, Free Speech, Internet speech

The effort is being led my the brother of Dallas Maverick’s owner Mark Cuban. More »

Student Wins Suit After Teacher Says Creationism ‘Superstitious Nonsense’

by   |  05.05.09  |  Current Events, Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause

I see some problems with this decision. Some North American Indians believe the hallucinations from peyote are communications with the spirits. That’s nonsense. It’s the interaction of various chemicals in the brain. Can a biology teacher not say that in class? More »

Court: FCC fleeting expletive rule OK — for now

by   |  05.04.09  |  Current Events, FCC, broadcast decency

From Yahoo Finance. More »

New Guinea Tribesmen Sue New Yorker Author for $10M

by   |  05.04.09  |  Current Events, Libel

Two New Guinea tribesmen have filed a $10 million lawsuit claiming author Jared Diamond falsely accused them of murder and other crimes. More »

Justice Souter and the First Amendment

by   |  05.04.09  |  Current Events, First Amendment, Supreme Court

From the First Amendment Center More »