http://dir.salon.com/topics/first_amendment/?source=rss&aim=first_amendment en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT Andrew Leonard Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/29/in_defense_of_lou_dobbs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/29/in_defense_of_lou_dobbs/index.html?source=rss Nasty, nativist and pandering to the worst in America? Sure. But overstepping the bounds of the First Amendment? Uh, nope. By Garrett Epps Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/29/supreme_court/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/29/supreme_court/index.html?source=rss How the Roberts-led Supreme Court is setting the stage for bureaucrats to shape American culture from the top down. By Alex Koppelman Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/13/josh_wolf/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/13/josh_wolf/index.html?source=rss 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 Joe Conason Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/02/02/molly_ivins/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/02/02/molly_ivins/index.html?source=rss 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 Steven Lubet Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/03/citizenship_test/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/03/citizenship_test/index.html?source=rss 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. Tim Grieve Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/03/01/first/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/03/01/first/index.html?source=rss Americans know more about "The Simpsons" than the First Amendment. Tim Grieve Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/02/02/tshirts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/02/02/tshirts/index.html?source=rss Police apologize for arresting Sheehan and ousting a congressman's wife for wearing T-shirts to Bush's speech. Lynn Harris Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/14/pittsburgh_clinics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/14/pittsburgh_clinics/index.html?source=rss City Council approves ordinance requiring antiabortion activists to keep their distance from clinics. By Farhad Manjoo Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/28/reporters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/28/reporters/index.html?source=rss 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. Mark Follman Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/14/patriotact/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/14/patriotact/index.html?source=rss 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. By Leslie Weise Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/04/25/denver_incident/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/04/25/denver_incident/index.html?source=rss 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 Emily Schmall Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/03/26/lawrence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/03/26/lawrence/index.html?source=rss 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. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2004/11/16/church_state/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2004/11/16/church_state/index.html?source=rss 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. By Edwin M. Yoder Jr. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/09/religion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/09/religion/index.html?source=rss The Founders would be appalled at the Bush administration's shameless religious exhibitionism. By Eric Boehlert Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/29/military_justice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/29/military_justice/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/13/plame_leaks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/13/plame_leaks/index.html?source=rss 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 Dave Lindorff Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/07/25/no_fly/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/07/25/no_fly/index.html?source=rss 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 Wagner James Au Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/05/06/games_as_speech/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/05/06/games_as_speech/index.html?source=rss A federal judge says computer games don't deserve First Amendment protection. His decision is wrong, stupid and dangerous. By Christopher Ketcham Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/04/08/harvey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/04/08/harvey/index.html?source=rss 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 Robert Scheer Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/scheer/2002/02/27/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/scheer/2002/02/27/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss Once again, the attorney general's deeply held religious beliefs interfere with his job as defender of the Constitution. By Christopher Dreher Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/02/13/bookstores/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/02/13/bookstores/index.html?source=rss 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 Amy Benfer Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/07/03/cyber_bullies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/07/03/cyber_bullies/index.html?source=rss Kids are getting arrested for raunchy online bullying. It's definitely offensive, but is it against the law? By Amy Benfer Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/06/11/heins/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/06/11/heins/index.html?source=rss First Amendment attorney and author Marjorie Heins argues that obscenity laws do children more harm than good. By Casey Creel Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/05/17/gay_kid/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/05/17/gay_kid/index.html?source=rss I'm the gay kid the Christian Coalition wants your kid to be able to harass at school. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/letters/2001/02/05/faith_based/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/letters/2001/02/05/faith_based/index.html?source=rss Readers react to Salon's coverage of Bush's faith-based charities plan.