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Nevada ACLU backing suit against 'patient dumping' Wed Jun 12

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Planned Parenthood, ACLU challenge Alabama abortion clinic law Tue Jun 11

Reuters News
ACLU Strikes a Sour Note on the Boardwalk Sat Jun 1

Robert Knight
Why the No-Fly List Doesn't Fly Sun Mar 31

Steve Chapman

Flying commercial can be a terrible hassle these days, but not for Steven Washburn. The people in charge of airport security have decided to spare him all the inconveniences. ... more
Oh, My God Sat Mar 9

Bill O'Reilly

With the shorthand "OMG" (oh, my God) becoming a huge cliche, it might be worth taking a look at how Americans are seeing the Almighty these days -- that is if they are looking at all. ... more
ACLU Loses Plaintiff, and Ten Commandments Case Wed Feb 27

Robert Knight

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has lost its six-year campaign to tear down a Ten Commandments monument at the Dixie County, Florida courthouse. ... more
The ACLU’s Sounds of Silence Tue Dec 11

Robert Knight

In George Orwell’s futuristic novel 1984, a tyrannical government masks its activities through the use of Newspeak — saying or doing something opposite of what the word means. ... more
The ACLU’s Culture War in Cranston Wed Oct 24

Robert Knight

If you want to see what the New Normal looks like when the American Civil Liberties Union calls the shots, look no further than Cranston, Rhode Island. That city of 80,000, the third largest in the Ocean State, is at the epicenter of the ACLU’s War on the Normal. ... more
Look Out for Eroding of Parental Authority Wed Sep 26

Marybeth Hicks

It’s been an eventful week at the intersection of parenting and politics, that busy corner where decision-making often is affected by the onslaught of traffic from social engineers, liberal educators, public health experts, and civil rights activists who know better than parents what’s best for their kids. ... more
The ACLU’s Battle Against “Blatant Gender Stereotypes” Thu Sep 20

Michael Brown

Have you heard about the ACLU’s latest antics? Their most recent victory is so outrageous, so outlandish, and so ridiculous that words actually fail in trying to describe it. Not surprisingly, this legal theater of the absurd is being played out in Rhode Island. ... more
The Irreconcilable Conflict Tue Sep 18

Pat Buchanan

Perhaps we should inspect more closely our irreconcilable conflict -- what Harvard's Michael Ignatieff calls "the fatal dialectic between Islamic rage and Western free speech." Consider first American values, as seen from an ACLU point of view. ... more
Is That a Spy in Your Pocket? Wed May 23

Jacob Sullum

In January, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that tracking a suspect's movements by attaching a GPS transmitter to his car counts as a "search" under the Fourth Amendment. But because the majority opinion emphasized the physical intrusion needed to surreptitiously install the transmitter, it did not resolve the constitutional implications of surveillance using cellphones, the tracking devices that Americans voluntarily carry in their pockets and purses. ... more
Krauthammer on Domestic Drone Use: "I'm Gonna Go ACLU" Tue May 15

Washington

It's that serious. ... more
Judge Takes a Chisel to the Ten Commandments Sun May 13

Robert Knight

God Almighty needs an editor, according to a federal judge in Virginia. At least, He does when the Ten Commandments are on government property. ... more
Bank of America Representative Opposes Pro-Family Legislation in North Carolina Thu Mar 29

Brian Raum

On May 8, North Carolinians will vote on Amendment One: an act which amends “the constitution [of North Carolina] to provide that marriage between a man and woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in [the] state.” ... more
Arizona wades into contraception controversy Thu Mar 15

Townhall.com Staff
A Nuke to Ensure Religious Freedom? Wed Mar 14

Robert Knight

As the American Civil Liberties Union prowls the land to muzzle public prayers, rip out Ten Commandments monuments and terrify small towns over nativity scenes, help may be on the way from the U.S. Supreme Court. ... more
Feds' War on Religion (Part 2 of 2) Tue Dec 27

Chuck Norris

Last week, I documented more than a dozen ways in which, in just the past six months, the Obama administration is trampling on the religious liberties of America's finest military service members. ... more
Obama Didn't Get the 'Truce' Memo Tue Dec 20

Janet M. LaRue

The Obama administration, predictably, is not calling a “truce on social issues,” as Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) suggested that the next president should do. ... more
Holder Plays the Race Card Even Before Election Day Tue Dec 20

Robert Knight

In a speech Tuesday at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas, Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. warned that recent state reforms, such as requiring photo IDs, might repress the minority vote. He said the Justice Department was reviewing photo ID laws just enacted in Texas and South Carolina, and early voting procedures in Florida. ... more
NAACP and ACLU want probes of Vegas police slaying Thu Dec 15

AP News
Tis the Season For Christmas Phobia Thu Dec 1

Robert Knight

Atheists must be the most fragile peaches in the basket. They’re always getting bruised by the slightest exposure to public displays that remind them of Christmas, God, the Ten Commandments, or worst of all, Jesus. ... more
If You Don't See the Baby, Is It Still a Baby? Wed Nov 16

Steven Aden

The American Civil Liberties Union has pulled out all stops to keep women from viewing ultrasound pictures of their babies in the womb before deciding whether to abort them. The ACLU asks, “If you don’t see the baby, is it still a baby?” ... more
Latest developments in the Occupy protests Tue Nov 8

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First Amendment arguments boost Occupy protest Mon Nov 7

AP News