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First Amendment Rights

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    July 5, 2011

    Texas Mandatory-Sonogram Bill: Court Challenge Ramps Up Tomorrow

    Group says new law "imposes stress and emotional strain on women as they prepare to undergo a medical procedure."​The legal challenge to the new bill that forces women who are seeking an abortion to get a sonogram begins for real tomorrow, with a hearing on a temporary injunction barring enfo ... More >>

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    December 14, 2010

    Where Are WikiLeaks' Media Friends? (UPDATED)

    From Michael Lacey, executive editor of Village Voice Media Holdings: Updated: Here is the link to the full story of the media's betrayal of WikiLeaks. Where are the First Amendment's establishment warriors as government-spooked businesses try to shut down Wikileaks? Hackers with computers, not h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Ever Been Fingerprinted? Well, You Might Just Be... I Dunno, Oh, SATAN!

    ​Pam McLaurin is a teacher in Big Sandy ISD in Polk County in deep East Texas. The Texas Education Association has asked her to submit to a background check. McLaurin, who has taught for 20 years, has complied with every part of the check save for the mandatory fingerprinting, which she opposes on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2007

    Bong Hits 4 Jesus

    ​Pam McLaurin is a teacher in Big Sandy ISD in Polk County in deep East Texas. The Texas Education Association has asked her to submit to a background check. McLaurin, who has taught for 20 years, has complied with every part of the check save for the mandatory fingerprinting, which she opposes on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2007

    A Dispatch from the Streets of Houston

    ​Pam McLaurin is a teacher in Big Sandy ISD in Polk County in deep East Texas. The Texas Education Association has asked her to submit to a background check. McLaurin, who has taught for 20 years, has complied with every part of the check save for the mandatory fingerprinting, which she opposes on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2007

    Re: In the Line of Fire

    ​Pam McLaurin is a teacher in Big Sandy ISD in Polk County in deep East Texas. The Texas Education Association has asked her to submit to a background check. McLaurin, who has taught for 20 years, has complied with every part of the check save for the mandatory fingerprinting, which she opposes on ... More >>

  • Music

    July 16, 1998

    Static

    ​Pam McLaurin is a teacher in Big Sandy ISD in Polk County in deep East Texas. The Texas Education Association has asked her to submit to a background check. McLaurin, who has taught for 20 years, has complied with every part of the check save for the mandatory fingerprinting, which she opposes on ... More >>

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