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In defense of Lou Dobbs: Nasty, nativist and pandering to the worst in America? Sure. But overstepping the bounds of the First Amendment? Uh, nope.; Andrew Leonard Apr 29, 2008
Free speech for the rich and powerful: How the Roberts-led Supreme Court is setting the stage for bureaucrats to shape American culture from the top down.; By Garrett Epps Jun 29, 2007
First Amendment martyr?: Josh Wolf tells Salon why he spent 226 days in prison rather than comply with a subpoena, and gives his take on what a "journalist" is.; By Alex Koppelman Apr 13, 2007
Molly lives: Like Mark Twain, Molly Ivins treated us to the sound of America in her prose and style. She was the rare, gifted journalist whose work transcended the news that inspired it.; By Joe Conason Feb 2, 2007
The citizenship test: New, improved and wrong: Only some of the answers on the government's new test are flat-out incorrect, but many are misleading to would-be students of the Constitution.; By Steven Lubet Jan 3, 2007
Hopeless: Americans know more about "The Simpsons" than the First Amendment.; Tim Grieve Mar 1, 2006
I support the troops, but the police chief is an "idiot": Police apologize for arresting Sheehan and ousting a congressman's wife for wearing T-shirts to Bush's speech.; Tim Grieve Feb 2, 2006
Pittsburgh to abortion clinic protesters: Back off: City Council approves ordinance requiring antiabortion activists to keep their distance from clinics.; Lynn Harris Dec 14, 2005
A bitter defeat for the press: The Supreme Court's refusal to hear the Cooper-Miller case will do more than hurt two reporters -- it will erode the press's ability to cover sensitive stories.; By Farhad Manjoo Jun 28, 2005
Secret Service does another patriot act: A Portland man who responded to news of an investigation of controversial anti-Bush art in Chicago, receives a visit of his own from the feds.; Mark Follman Jun 14, 2005
A "volunteer" police state: Why were we forced out of Bush's Social Security talk? And why won't the White House identify that fake Secret Service agent who stopped us?; By Leslie Weise Apr 25, 2005
"Welcome to Red Lake": A muckraking Chippewa journalist says tribal press constraints keep details of the recent school shooting murky -- and hide systemic problems on the reservation where he grew up.; By Emily Schmall Mar 26, 2005
Building religious tolerance: A reader and Ed Yoder, the author of "False Prophets," discuss the origins of the separation of church and state, and say we're lucky that deists were involved.; Nov 16, 2004
False prophets: The Founders would be appalled at the Bush administration's shameless religious exhibitionism.; By Edwin M. Yoder Jr. Nov 9, 2004
Operation American Repression?: An Army sergeant in Iraq who wrote a highly critical article on the administration's conduct of the war is being investigated for disloyalty -- if charged and convicted, he could get 20 years.; By Eric Boehlert Sep 29, 2004
Risky business: The legal maneuvering to determine which Bush administration officials leaked the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame to Bob Novak, Matthew Cooper and other reporters has just begun.; By Eric Boehlert Aug 13, 2004
Grounding the flying nun: Activists on the left and right -- including a 71-year-old Milwaukee nun and an art dealer who told other passengers that President Bush "is dumb as a rock" -- have long complained they were being hassled by airport security. After months of silence, the federal government says: It's true.; By Dave Lindorff Jul 25, 2003
Playing games with free speech: A federal judge says computer games don't deserve First Amendment protection. His decision is wrong, stupid and dangerous.; By Wagner James Au May 6, 2002
Killing the messenger: William Harvey discovered the limits of free speech when he paraded a block away from ground zero with a poster of Osama bin Laden.; By Christopher Ketcham Apr 8, 2002
John Ashcroft's holy war: Once again, the attorney general's deeply held religious beliefs interfere with his job as defender of the Constitution.; By Robert Scheer Feb 27, 2002
Big Brother is watching you read: Increasingly, the government is demanding that bookstores reveal what books their customers have purchased. Bookstore owners and privacy advocates say that's scarier than a Stephen King novel.; By Christopher Dreher Feb 13, 2002
Cyber slammed: Kids are getting arrested for raunchy online bullying. It's definitely offensive, but is it against the law?; By Amy Benfer Jul 3, 2001
Banning censorship: First Amendment attorney and author Marjorie Heins argues that obscenity laws do children more harm than good.; By Amy Benfer Jun 11, 2001
If you flame, you get burned: I'm the gay kid the Christian Coalition wants your kid to be able to harass at school.; By Casey Creel May 17, 2001
"Bringing faith to the West Wing" and "Base language": Readers react to Salon's coverage of Bush's faith-based charities plan.; Feb 5, 2001

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