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'Bigfoot' Filmmaker Sues New Hampshire

An amateur filmmaker who donned a hairy Bigfoot costume and scared hikers on New Hampshire's Mount Monadnock is now suing the state for not allowing him back on the mountain without a permit. Jonathan Doyle dressed up as the mythical Bigfoot, filmed part of a movie on the popular scenic mountain in 2009 and then...

Westboro Court Decision Pits Free Speech Against Common Decency

WASHINGTON -- Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church may have won their case in the U.S. Supreme Court today, but not even the most ardent advocates of free speech are rejoicing. "On a personal level, I can't imagine a single person in this country who doesn't feel the pain of this father" whose Marine son's funeral...

Supreme Court Sides With Westboro Baptist Church; Twitter Reluctantly Agrees

Who ever said that free speech would be easy? Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church, a small group, made up mostly of members of the Phelps family, that stages protests at military funerals (and other places). The case, Snyder v. Phelps, was filed by the father of a...

Opinion: Turns Out, O'Donnell Is Right About 1st Amendment

(Oct. 27) -- Newspaper and TV pundits bashing Delaware's Christine O'Donnell with respect to the religion clauses of the First Amendment need to do some homework on the topic, as they obviously don't know anything about it. A good way to start might be to read the actual wording of the amendment, which O'Donnell's critics...

Christine O'Donnell Supporters Decry Debate Coverage

(Oct. 20) -- What did she say, and what did she mean? In the wake of tea party candidate Christine O'Donnell's comments on the First Amendment in a debate with her Democratic rival, Chris Coons, numerous media outlets (including this one) ran stories about O'Donnell's apparent lack of knowledge about the establishment...

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05/11/12 Exercising their First Amendment rights Source: The Dickinson Press - Dickinson ND Pennsylvania residents Mark Fairchild, second from left, and Margaret Fairchild, third from left, speak Thursday with passersby in front of the Dickinson post office, where the couple set up a table to inform residents about the LaRouche PAC and House Concurrent Resolution 107, introduced March 7 in the U.S. House of Representatives.
02/04/12 Your First Amendment Right Source: The Inter-Mountain - Elkins WV As they say they will protect your right they really don't care about your right.
10/07/11 affirmed their First Amendment right Source: National Affairs - Rolling Stone The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a grieving father's pain over mocking protests at his Marine son's funeral must yield to First Amendment protections for free speech.
08/26/11 Upholding the First Amendment rights Source: NorthJersey.com - Hackensack NJ I would like to commend our town council, especially councilman Lou Signorino, for upholding the First Amendment rights of West Milford citizens with regard to political signs at election time.
07/18/11 First Amendment Rights or Not? Source: Adirondack Daily Enterprise - Saranac Lake NY Last month, the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors passed a law that banned protests from within 500 feet of a military funeral or memorial service, 2 hours before the service, during, and 2 hours afterwards.

Background on first amendment rights

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances.

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