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The First Amendment protects our freedom to say and write just about anything we want — but that doesn’t mean we ought to, particularly in public life.
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Read More »Charles C. Haynes: When do student prayers cross First Amendment line?
Students are free to pray in public schools — except when they aren’t.
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Read More »Gene Policinski: Recognizing power of assembly and petition
Assembly and petition are the “quiet freedoms” among the five rights set out in the First Amendment.
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Read More »C. Fraser Smith: Remembering Vernon Dobson
They were a band of brothers, intellectual, spiritual and battle-hardened. Some of them, men like the Rev. Vernon Dobson, had come down from the pulpit to join their congregations on the street.
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Read More »Gene Policinski: Law to protect teachers rates ‘F’
Does anybody remember from their school days that a student ever went to jail for scrawling a slur or insult against a teacher or a janitor on a bathroom wall?
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Read More »Gene Policinski: American free speech challenge for others
I can say what I want, even if it offends you. And so can you.
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Read More »Gene Policinski: On Constitution Day, honor the documents that keep us free
Constitution Day has become an annual fixture each Sept. 17 in the nation’s schools since it was mandated by Congress in 2004 – and 2012 may well be the best year yet for understanding its history and appreciating its meaning.
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Read More »Charles C. Haynes: Religious affiliation dims as factor in presidential race
Remember all the media chatter during the primaries about how the “Mormon factor” could undermine Mitt Romney’s candidacy? Forget about it. American voters, it turns out, are mostly unconcerned about Romney’s religious affiliation or have no idea what it is. ...
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Read More »Charles C. Haynes: Religious freedom favors none, protects all
Louisiana State Rep. Valarie Hodges used to be a big fan of school vouchers. “I liked the idea,” she explained, “of giving parents the option of sending their children to a public school or a Christian school.”
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Read More »Inside the First Amendment: Privacy in the high-tech information age
Just how much should we worry about privacy? Near-daily incidents demand that we as a society redraw the line between our private lives and our public personas. The “public” is that part of us found in public records, subject to ...
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