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The American Communications Association (“ACA”), represented by Victor, was an immediate target. Victor’s First Amendment challenge to 9(h) was rejected by the three judge court (one judge dissenting). ..

hasidic schools: an 'establishment' . . .

The decision should have surprised no one familiar with Constitution, the political thought of Founders nor the struggle for liberty preceding First Amendment. The goal of established churches Europe at the time of American Revolution and either through coerced conversions of..

can church and state be kept separate?

Having more than one wife can be made a crime by state law, and a Mormon could not defend himself by saying that the First Amendment protects his behavior. . Some American Indians use peyote in a ritual observance. A man named Alfred Smith did so and was fired for drug use by his..

silha center : university of minnesota

New York, NY, 3/2/2017- The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) and the American Society of News Editors (ASNE), along with more than 80 other organizations committed to the First Amendment right of freedom of speech and the press, condemn efforts by the Trump..

james taranto's opinions

Keep Rockin (The American Spectator, September) . The Los Angeles Times vs. the First Amendment. . ... (The American Spectator, April) . A corporation uses its First Amendment rights to denounce First Amendment rights for corporations. . ..

churches in court

These and related lawsuits raise complex constitutional questions that have been troubling American courts for more than a century: Do the First Amendment’s religion clauses – which guarantee religious liberty and prohibit all laws “respecting the establishment of religion”..

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