October 19, 2016 Texas youth football team's season ends early after National Anthem protest A Texas youth football team’s season ended early after backlash grew over the team's decision to take a knee during the National Anthem, The Beaumont Enterprise reported.
October 5, 2016 Kansas woman who claimed police told her to stop praying in her home fights court ruling Mary Anne Sause, a Louisburg, Kansas, woman who says she was ordered by local police to stop praying in her home and told that a copy of the Constitution she showed them was "just a piece of paper," has appealed a district court's ruling that officers did not violate her First Amendment.
September 15, 2016 Ex-Chicago alderman, Marine vet pushes city code calling for respect for National Anthem As some NFL players and high school athletes nationwide spark outrage by intentionally sitting or kneeling during the National Anthem, a Chicago veteran and retired alderman has proposed the city enforce that all people stand when the Star Spangled Banner is played.
September 13, 2016 'Black Rifles Matter' sign draws complaints from tourists in Maine town A Maine town’s tourism sector has come under fire after some visitors have been complaining about a large, hand-painted sign on a private lawn that reads “Black Rifles Matter.”
August 25, 2016 Don't weep for Gawker -- it was no free speech martyr Recently, dozens of journalists in Turkey were marched off to jail for daring to challenge the Islamist authoritarian President Tayyip Erdogan. Across the world there are great journalists doing brave and exceptional things -- and who are suffering for it.
August 19, 2016 FEC opening door to Internet regulation – again? Democrats on the nation's top campaign finance regulator may be opening the door once again to regulating political content on the Internet, Republicans warn – despite claims to the contrary a year ago.
August 15, 2016 Protesters including Black Lives Matter aim to 'shut down Graceland' during Elvis Week The Memphis Coalition of Concerned Citizens, including Black Lives Matter protesters and others groups, announced their plan to "Shut Down Graceland."
July 28, 2016 Judge Napolitano: The heavy hand of government has silenced free speech this summer The behavior of the Secret Service at both the Republican convention in Cleveland and the Democratic convention in Philadelphia was troubling and unconstitutional.
July 26, 2016 Lawyer who refused to remove Black Lives Matter pin appeals 5-day sentence An attorney in Ohio is fighting a judge's ruling that sent her to jail for refusing to remove her Black Lives Matter pin in court.
July 5, 2016 Georgia's high court rules in favor of Ku Klux Klan in 'Adopt-A-Highway' case Dismissing an appeal on a technicality, Georgia's highest court granted a victory to a Ku Klux Klan group that has been seeking for years to participate in a highway cleanup program.