Showing posts with label freedom of speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freedom of speech. Show all posts
2012-01-08

Advocating Jury Nullification in public can get you arrested

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This case seems really shocking and appalling to me. Retired professor Julian P. Heicklen was arrested for telling passersby outside the F...
2011-05-26

Municipal Wi-Fi is a bad idea

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Every now and then a city will announce plans to provide free Internet access points around the city, and there will often be praise from th...
2007-12-01

You can be arrested for bad thoughts

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An Oak Creek High School teacher has been arrested after authorities said he posted comments online in a debate about teacher salaries, sayi...
2007-11-11

Copyrighting a skyline?

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The Marina Towers are those two iconic round building on Chicago's riverfront. The Marina Towers Condominium Association apparently thin...
2007-10-16

This is just disgusting

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Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Three of the largest U.S. telephone companies declined to answer lawmakers' questions about Bush administration e...
2007-06-15

Flying the Flag

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This article has an interesting discussion about what it means to fly the flag at half mast. Half-Staff Flags Stir Meaningful Debate By GRET...
2007-04-28

Improper Thought is Now a Criminal Offense

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Student arrested for essay's imaginary violence POSTED: 2:19 p.m. EDT, April 27, 2007 ... Allen Lee, 18, faces two disorderly conduct ch...
2007-01-06

Blog Lawsuit in DC

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Blog sex scandal trial could spank protagonists By Matt Apuzzo The Associated Press WASHINGTON – When Robert Steinbuch discovered his girlfr...
2006-11-24

Step 1: Heckle a famous comic. Step 2: Be on the receiving end of a racist rant. Step 3: Profit?

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Any residual sympathy I may have felt for the hecklers is now gone. They should go bankrupt paying Richards' legal fees if this gets to ...
2006-10-27

Why our actual security issues get ignored...

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...It's easier to go after the people who point out just how much of a charade TSA is. Boarding Pass Hacker Under Fire By Ryan Singel A...
2006-10-04

Making a Phone Call in a Foreign Langauge is "suspiscious"

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Sadly, these stories are fairly common any more. Man questioned and misses flight for speaking Tamil By BRAD WONG P-I REPORTER A 32-year-old...
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