Archive for ‘Current Events’

Hat tip to fellow ACU faculty member Cade White. More »

The Fifth Circuit has ruled the federal courts shouldn’t be involved in Louisiana’s debate over whether it should issue “Choose Life” license plates. The three-judge panel says its a state tax issue for the state courts to resolve. More »

I think this exemplifies the two sides to this argument. More »

Hat tip to Kelly Haseltine of the Spring Comm Law class: More »

The bully Eminem wrote about in his song “Drain Damage” (I listen to it every day) has been told he can’t sue for false light. More »

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Thursday: “One can be sophisticated and believe in Jesus as in some way a ‘son of God.’ But to believe in traditional Christianity is something else. To believe Jesus was God and was born of a virgin … surely those who adhere to those beliefs are regarded in educated circles — maybe in the South, it’s different — are regarded as simple-minded.” More »

Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner III, R-Wis., says making indecency criminal rather than regulatory would be more effective. Cable industry executives favor relf-regulation. I favor turning off the television. More »

Texas Sen. John Cornyn is making great efforts to improve access to federal information. The proposed legislation, co-sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy, calling for a panel to study it can be found here. More »

The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed Pennsylvania public officials to sue the media over the false accusations of their political opponents. More »

The question should not be whether PBS has pulled back from covering things in an “edgy” way, which assumes some sort of bias. Instead, isn’t it time to question why the government is still involved in television programming? More »