Chris White Facebook, YouTube and other big tech companies are not bound to abide by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, a court ruled Wednesday, dealing a blow to conservatives online. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision came in a case brought by Prager University, a nonprofit that produces videos promoting conservative positions on…
The Queens will march on the Missouri Capitol and the librarians will not be silent as the evangelical right rallies behind southwest Missouri Representative Ben Baker. Since Representative Baker introduced his HB2044 Parental Oversight of Public Libraries Act, outrage has continued to grow, making national headlines. The bill would establish elected parental review boards to…
The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a US District Court decision that refused to throw out a civil lawsuit against an Arkansas police officer who arrested a man who yelled a curse word at the officer as he conducted a traffic stop on another citizen. What Happened According to court documents,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Kevin Daley The official position of the U.S. government is that cake is a form of speech, according to a Thursday brief. The U.S. Department of Justice filed an amicus (or “friend-of-the-court”) brief Thursday in the marquee religious freedom case of the upcoming Supreme Court term. The case concerns a Christian baker…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Lee Enochs “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” – The First…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Cory Wolfe Perhaps more than any time in recent history, people around the world are living in politically and societally contentious times. This results in greater tensions among the people who live through it, and it escalates the need for effective debate among those people. Everyone involved in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: What does restricted free speech look like? “You can’t say that! You are not in the free speech zone.” “I was offended by what my professor said; I’m going to report it.” The first amendment of the Constitution that holds this very country together is under attack on college…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck The student activist group Students for Concealed Carry have released the following press release regarding an anti-Trump protest group at University of Texas at Austin and their unwillingness to contend with the concealed carry laws now allowed on campus: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 01/21/2017 Anti-Trump Activists…
by Micah J. Fleck On CNN yesterday, a moderate female voter of Muslim practice spoke out on her concerns over radical Islamic terrorism, its threat to American life, and why she voted Trump in order to crush the PC culture currently stifling that conversation:
by Ian Tartt Most people are familiar with “safe spaces” on college campuses. Conservatives tend to oppose them, while liberals tend to support them. Safe spaces in theory can be good, but not in reality, at least not the present reality. As they’re currently run, safe spaces encourage students to distract themselves from their…