In response to pressure from two freedom-loving attorneys representing them, charges against two petition circulators who were cited last weekend for gathering signatures on the public sidewalks of St. Charles, Mo., will be dropped, according to an announcement this morning by the city’s attorney, Mike Valenti. What kind of petition were the two unnamed individuals [...]
Charges to be Dropped Against Petition Circulators
January 21st, 2012 · No Comments
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First Amendment Under Siege: Illinois Man Faces Up to 75 Years in Prison for Filming Police Officers (Update)
September 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment
The First Amendment appears to be under siege in the United States. Only one week ago, I shared a report about an Ohio congressman — a Republican, to boot — who had cops seize cameras from constituents attending a town hall meeting at which he was speaking. Below, I share a rather-lengthy video — more [...]
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Ohio Republican Congressman Has Cops Seize Cameras From Constituents at Town Hall Meeting
August 24th, 2011 · 6 Comments
Apparently, U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot and members of his staff failed to read my May 27 post, Photographers’ Rights for Citizen Journalists. If they had, they would never have tried to scam constituents in Ohio’s 1st Congressional District by having a police officer confiscate their video cameras for trying to record a public meeting with [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, First Amendment, ohio, Photographer's Rights, Steve Chabot
Missouri Supreme Court Ruling Makes Apartment Referrals Illegal Without Government Approval
July 19th, 2011 · No Comments
The battle for liberty is not for the faint-of-heart or the easily-discouraged. We know that in a great many circumstances the deck will be stacked against our success, which will make it that much sweeter when we do eventually prevail. But, unfortunately, today is not the day of celebration that we had hoped for as [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, First Amendment, real estate
‘SniderGate’ Details Begin to Surface in Illinois (Update)
March 31st, 2011 · No Comments
Three days ago, I shared news about powerful Illinois Democrats circling their wagons to protect one of their own after a St. Patrick’s Day incident at a Carlinville, Ill., tavern. In the final paragraph of that post, I wrote: When — not if — more details do surface, this story has potential to become the [...]
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Democrats and Labor Bosses Said, ‘It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government’
February 24th, 2011 · 1 Comment
By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Republican governors Scott Walker, Chris Christie, John Kasich, and Mitch Daniels are not the originators of the fear of the overreaching power of public employee unions. That credit goes to FDR and the president of the AFL-CIO, George Meany. In 1955, Meany said, “It is impossible to bargain collectively [...]
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First Amendment Suspended on Gulf Coast
July 2nd, 2010 · 7 Comments
Today, in what I believe is a first for this blog, I feature CNN’s Anderson Cooper in a post — and in a positive light! Cooper’s focus is on how the government has essentially suspended First Amendment freedoms of reporters and journalists in the Gulf of Mexico. I saw something else! Watch the video below, [...]
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