Westboro Church on Townhall

  • America
    The hacker group Anonymous vowed to destroy WBC after they threatened to protest a vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre. ... more
  • Jacob Sullum
    On June 21, 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Texas law that made flag burning a state crime, ruling that it violated the First Amendment right to freedom of speech. A month later, Rep. Jack Brooks, D-Texas introduced a bill that made flag burning a federal crime. Approved by Congress that fall, the new law was overturned by the Supreme Court the following year. ... more