May Day 2011. THE MANIFESTO MANIFESTO - Kim Mok. What does the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have to do with Climate Change? On American Priorities: 10 Things We Could Have Done with the Iraq War Money - Culture. Westboro Baptist Church Ruling: Dissenting Justice Samuel Alito Draws Free Speech Line. Where should the nation draw the line on free speech? For Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the defense of First Amendment rights expressed by today's majority ruling in the Westboro Baptist Church case goes too far. The 8-1 decision found that the fringe church's hate-filled picketing at the funeral of a Marine corporal killed in Iraq qualified as public discourse protected by the First Amendment.
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