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Tuesday, September 29, 2015 |
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Kaneohe Base commander told 'God bless' sign can stay
By Selected News Articles @ 2:09 PM :: 7632 Views :: First Amendment, Military, Religion
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...The sign at Marine Corps Base Hawaii reads: "God bless the military, their families, and the civilians who work with them." It has stood there for 14 years....
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Friday, September 25, 2015 |
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Attacks on ‘God bless the military’ sign at Hawaii Marine Corps base unfounded
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 7461 Views :: First Amendment, Military, Religion
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“Only someone with a great misunderstanding of the First Amendment or an axe to grind against religion would claim that such a slogan poses a threat or is in any way unconstitutional."
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Thursday, September 17, 2015 |
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September 17 is Constitution Day
By Rachelle Chang @ 6:02 PM :: 4725 Views :: First Amendment
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How well do you know the U.S. Constitution?
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015 |
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ACLU Scores Big Wins for Panhandlers and Potheads
By News Release @ 2:45 AM :: 10818 Views :: Hawaii County , First Amendment, Homelessness, Labor, Drugs
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The ACLU has shared a copy of the settlement agreement in this case with Maui County and Kauai County, both of which have had similar pre-employment medical examination requirements....
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Monday, August 31, 2015 |
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Court: Removal of Protest Signs OK After City Finally Figures out how to Seize Property
By Robert Thomas @ 12:03 PM :: 5494 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment
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You remember that case about property on the rural north shore of Oahu, in which the City and County of Honolulu is condemning a vacant parcel in order to build a new fire station....
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Sunday, August 16, 2015 |
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Accused of Self-Dealing, UH Foundation Makes Inconvenient HNN Story ‘Disappear’
By Andrew Walden @ 11:34 PM :: 10036 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...Alvin Katahara said his former boss, UH Foundation Vice President Janet Bullard, ordered him to make thousands of dollars in payments to a company headed by her husband....
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Sunday, August 16, 2015 |
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Survey Finds 38% of Hawaii Union Households Unaware of Right to Opt-Out of Union Membership
By News Release @ 4:16 AM :: 7078 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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More than 1 in 4 union members answered "Yes" in response to the question, "If it were possible to opt out of membership in a labor union without losing your job or any other penalty, would you do it?"
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Monday, August 10, 2015 |
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Honolulu City Lights non-profit application deadline is August 31
By News Release @ 5:20 PM :: 5228 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment
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Non-profit organizations wishing to create a display on the Frank F. Fasi Civic Center grounds during the annual Honolulu City Lights exhibition must submit applications by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, August 31....
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Friday, July 3, 2015 |
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Hawaii Family Forum: Pandora's box has been opened
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:18 PM :: 6231 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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No more than 48 hours after the U.S. Supreme Court redefined marriage for all 50 states, calls to revoke the tax-exempt status for churches began....
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Friday, July 3, 2015 |
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The Ethics Commission Needs Ethics!
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:02 AM :: 4692 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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The Honolulu City Ethics Commission has just adopted a new policy that minimizes government transparency....
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Saturday, June 27, 2015 |
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Hawaii Family Advocates Responds to Gay Marriage Ruling
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 1:25 AM :: 6263 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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Could non-profit organizations face revocation of their tax-exempt status if they say that marriage is between one man and one woman?
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Friday, June 26, 2015 |
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Even Where Gay Marriage is Legal, It’s not Equal
By Selected News Articles @ 1:38 PM :: 6050 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...it is instructive to note the ways in which marriage and “same-sex marriage” remain distinctly unequal in those states that already have extended recognition to same-sex couples....
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Friday, June 26, 2015 |
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Judicial Activism From Supreme Court on Marriage
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:27 PM :: 6103 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...we must work to protect the freedom of speech, association and religion of those who continue to abide by the truth of marriage as union of man and woman....
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
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University of Hawaii: The empty ‘marketplace of ideas’
By Selected News Articles @ 4:27 AM :: 5576 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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On college campuses fear of offending people now trumps the fear of losing free speech....
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Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
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Hawaiian 'Aloha' movie foes are 'perpetually aggrieved' 'delicate flowers'
By Selected News Articles @ 4:26 PM :: 6498 Views :: First Amendment, Greenmail
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Bumpy Kanahele got paid. Walter Ritte did not. Note to Next movie maker: Pay Ritte and avoid these problems... or don't pay any of them and reap the free publicity.... decisions, decisions....
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Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
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Video: Grassroot Forum on Government Transparency
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:17 PM :: 5061 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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...Grassroot Institute held an expert panel on the issue of transparency and government secrecy in Hawaii....
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Monday, May 25, 2015 |
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Final Chapter In Judicial Selection Commission List Public Records Case
By Robert Thomas @ 10:23 PM :: 5214 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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Ige signed the bill authorizing that final payment this week....
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015 |
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A-1 A-Lectrician Case: 9th Upholds Hawaii Election-Finance Laws
By Selected News Articles @ 3:05 PM :: 5466 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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Several of Hawaii's campaign-finance laws challenged by a construction firm are not unconstitutional, the 9th Circuit ruled....
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 |
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Behind Closed Doors: Shining the Light on Government Secrecy in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:22 PM :: 5189 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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...a system designed to protect secrets and keep the public uninformed....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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Chinese Communist 'Confucius Institute' a Threat to Academic Freedom at UH Manoa
By News Release @ 2:33 AM :: 6764 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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Students for a Free Tibet has launched a global “Say No to China’s Confucius Institutes” campaign....
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Monday, April 13, 2015 |
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My Father Was Gay: Why I Oppose Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:48 PM :: 7032 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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In 1991, my father died of AIDS. None of my father’s partners/ex-partners are still alive....
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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I Oppose Gay Marriage. Should I Still Be Able to Get a Job?
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:58 PM :: 5630 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...Memories Pizza isn’t an isolated incident.... Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich was forced to step down... In January, Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran was fired ....
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Thursday, March 12, 2015 |
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OpenHawaii.org -- Holding Government Accountable
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:22 PM :: 6970 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...county and state salary and overtime records, as well as retirement, health insurance, budgetary, and other data....
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Monday, March 9, 2015 |
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Shield Law: Karl Rhoads Picks up where Clayton Hee Left Off
By News Release @ 5:39 PM :: 4464 Views :: First Amendment
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...What Rhoads is proposing, together with the Attorney General’s Office, is a setback for hard won court cases by the news media over the past 30 years....
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Friday, February 27, 2015 |
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Police seek man on video at the scene of a suspicious Kona Church Fire
By News Release @ 4:04 AM :: 7110 Views :: Hawaii County , First Amendment, Religion
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At 6:10 a.m. Thursday (February 26), Kona Patrol officers responded to a report of a fire at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Captain Cook....
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 |
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Another Journalist Quits Omidyar: 'Blocked at Every Turn by Incompetence, Bad Faith'
By Selected News Articles @ 2:55 AM :: 5624 Views :: First Amendment
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The problems were partly due to mismanagement but even more, as I have suggested, to the dishonesty of the leadership and its willingness — even eagerness — to shamelessly lie to its own employees....
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Monday, February 23, 2015 |
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332 Pages of Secret Regs: ‘Net Neutrality’ and Censorship Go Hand in Hand
By Selected News Articles @ 8:57 PM :: 5002 Views :: First Amendment
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...While the FCC is inserting government bureaucracy into all aspects of Internet access, the FEC is debating whether to regulate Internet content, specifically political speech posted for free online....
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015 |
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Muslims Beat Up ‘Coexist’ Artist
By Selected News Articles @ 1:42 PM :: 5747 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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...“coexist,” written on a wall using a Muslim crescent as the letter “C,” a Star of David as the letter “X,” and a Christian cross as a “T.”....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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Duke Aiona Appointed Executive Director of Hawaii Family Advocates
By News Release @ 1:27 PM :: 7006 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Politicians
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...the appointment of James “Duke” Aiona as interim executive director will strengthen the organization’s ability to speak for families across the state....
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Saturday, January 10, 2015 |
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Charlie Hebdo: Liberal Societies Are Not Doing a Very Good Job Defending Their Liberal Values
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:14 PM :: 4938 Views :: First Amendment
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“Islamophobic is a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons....”
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Thursday, January 8, 2015 |
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Students behind the UH Hilo free speech case speak out for the first time
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:48 PM :: 5243 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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Merritt and Anthony are prepared to speak about their case publicly, which will be the first time they are able to do this in Hawaii....
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015 |
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Malia Zimmerman to work for Fox News Los Angeles
By Selected News Articles @ 4:28 PM :: 7018 Views :: First Amendment
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"As of Jan. 19, I will be working with Fox News Channel as an investigative reporter from its Los Angeles bureau"
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015 |
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Charlie Hebdo: Martyrs for the Truth
By Selected News Articles @ 12:43 PM :: 4567 Views :: First Amendment
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Saturday, December 27, 2014 |
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Friday, December 26, 2014 |
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Open Letter to Gov. Ige on Transparency
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 6409 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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Given the intrinsic benefits of open government, we ask that you begin your Administration by facilitating public access to government records....
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Monday, December 22, 2014 |
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U.S. should respond aggressively to cyber attack, expert says
By Malia Zimmerman @ 12:13 PM :: 4741 Views :: First Amendment
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The attack on Sony Pictures and threats to the movie industry cannot be tolerated, one of the nation’s leading security experts says....
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014 |
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OHA Chair Demands Censorship of Kakaako Coverage
By Andrew Walden @ 8:40 PM :: 11873 Views :: Development, First Amendment, OHA
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"Lindsey’s request for censorship is denied."
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014 |
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Hawaii Family Forum: "Never, never, never give up."
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 12:47 AM :: 6342 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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Hawaii remains at the bottom of the list for voter registration and turnout....
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Saturday, December 13, 2014 |
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UH Hilo Highlighted in New Report: Most U.S. Colleges Violate Students’ Free Speech Rights
By News Release @ 1:36 PM :: 5866 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...ordered by the college administration to stop handing out copies of the Constitution on Constitution Day....
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014 |
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Oahu churches seek dismissal of atheist lawsuit
By News Release @ 10:43 PM :: 6397 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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“The only thing these churches have done is serve the schools and bring great benefit to their surrounding communities. They don’t deserve to be dragged through court any longer by two people who are seeking financial gain by attacking these congregations.”
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
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30 years of Honolulu City Lights
By News Release @ 11:08 PM :: 7372 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment, Religion
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Honolulu City Lights will celebrate three decades of tree lightings and holiday fun on Saturday, Dec. 6, starting at 6 p.m. at Honolulu Hale....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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UH Hilo Settles Lawsuit Over Handing Out Constitutions
By News Release @ 7:30 PM :: 6592 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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In a victory for free speech, the University of Hawaii (UH) agreed today to settle a First Amendment lawsuit filed by two students at UH’s Hilo....
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 |
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The Eminent Domain Angle In "Net Neutrality"
By Robert Thomas @ 12:57 PM :: 5301 Views :: First Amendment
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...Virtual Takings: The Coming Fifth Amendment Challenge to Net Neutrality Regulation....
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Sunday, November 9, 2014 |
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“If you’re answering to Omidyar you’re really not independent.”
By Selected News Articles @ 6:02 PM :: 11802 Views :: National News, Ethics, First Amendment, Pierre Omidyar
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“But they all kissed the ring because they wanted his money.”
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Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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NYT: Omidyar In Waaaay Over His Head in Journalism Endeavors
By Selected News Articles @ 8:48 PM :: 6643 Views :: First Amendment, Pierre Omidyar
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Omidyar...seemed not to realize what he had gotten into....
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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Source: Maui News Shutting Down Weekly
By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 AM :: 5997 Views :: Maui County, First Amendment
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Maui Weekly competed with Maui Time which continues to publish an independent bi-weekly print newspaper on Maui....
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Monday, October 20, 2014 |
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Government to Ordained Ministers: Celebrate Same-Sex Wedding or Go to Jail
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:08 PM :: 7728 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Religion
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Ministers face a 180-day jail term and $1,000 fine for each day they decline to celebrate the same-sex wedding....
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Sunday, October 12, 2014 |
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Hawaii Churches Join Pulpit Freedom Sunday
By News Release @ 4:04 AM :: 5753 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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...a statement agreeing that the IRS should not control the content of a pastor’s sermon....
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014 |
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Hawaii Atheists Move to Michigan, Begin Suing
By Selected News Articles @ 5:18 PM :: 7236 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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...Kahle and Huber moved from Hawaii to Norton Shores (MI) last year....
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Saturday, September 20, 2014 |
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Judge Grants TRO as ACLU Pushes Claim That Panhandling is First Amendment Right
By News Release @ 3:48 PM :: 6943 Views :: Hawaii County , First Amendment, Homelessness
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The TRO prohibits Hawaii County from interfering with Plaintiff Justin Guy’s right to hold a sign (saying “Homeless Please Help”) by the side of the road....
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