Showing posts with label Free Speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Free Speech. Show all posts

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Will the Next Women’s March Be Taxed?

http://prospect.org/article/will-next-womens-march-be-taxed
"A National Park Service plan to impose harsh new fines and restrictions on public protesters takes Donald Trump’s assault on the First Amendment to a whole new level."

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Gag Order: Town Board Decides Community Can No Longer Discuss Fracking at Town Meetings | Alternet

Gag Order: Town Board Decides Community Can No Longer Discuss Fracking at Town Meetings | Alternet
"Still, I had never heard of a town that actually imposed a gag order on its own citizens, until the Natural Resources Defense Council (which publishes OnEarth) received complaints about a town board in Sanford, New York (population: 2,400), that told its residents they could no longer bring up concerns about fracking at town meetings."

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Walker's New Capitol Police Chief Cracks Down on the First Amendment

Walker's New Capitol Police Chief Cracks Down on the First Amendment
"On September 5, 2012, eight people were arrested, handcuffed, and ultimately given citations for simply holding signs in the Wisconsin State Capitol. This may come as a surprise to the hundreds of thousands of people who marched through the Capitol in February and March of 2011 proudly holding home-made signs that denounced Governor Scott Walker’s attack on collective bargaining rights, but there’s a new sheriff in town -- a new Capitol Police chief to be exact."