Proud Boys Purged from Facebook
On October 31, 2018, the powers that be at Facebook decided to purge (i.e. disable or delete) the accounts of all Proud Boys presidents and …
1st Amendment
Twitter Shuts Down Alex Jones, Infowars
Twitter permanently banned Alex Jones yesterday after virtuoso performances in which he tangled with Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and CNN’s Oliver Darcy, the media “reporter” who led …
InterVarsity “Derecognized” at California State University’s 23 Campuses Because the Require Leaders to have Christian Beliefs
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) has been, in modern campus terminology, “derecognized” by California State University schools. Basically, they will no longer be a recognized campus …
NY Times v. Sullivan Decision: The 1st Amendment Prohibits Damages to Public Figures for Defamation unless Resulting from “Actual Malice”
The 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan has since protected many media outlets from lawsuits in spite of their intentional ‘hit pieces.’ D.C. Circuit …
Sedition Act of 1918 Enacted. Imprisons Hundreds for Anti-War Speech
The Sedition Act of 1918 was an amendment to the Espionage Act of 1917 passed by Congress at the urging of President Woodrow Wilson, who was concerned that any antiwar …
Espionage Act of 1917 Enacted by Congress
Congress enacted the Espionage Act of 1917 on June 15, two months after the United States entered World War I. Just after the war, prosecutions under …
The Supreme Court Rules in Reynolds v. United States making it a Crime to Practice Polygamy
Reynolds v. United States (1878) was a test case put forward by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (the Mormons) in an attempt …
Confederate States of America Approved a New National Constitution to Serve as the Nascent Country’s Supreme Law of the Land.
On March 11, 1861, the Confederate States of America (CSA) approved a new national constitution to serve as the nascent country’s supreme law of the …
A Congressman from Massachusetts, Fisher Ames, Proposes the Wording of the First Amendment
He sat next to George Washington in the pew at St. Paul’s Chapel in New York during the religious service following Washington’s presidential inauguration. He …
James Madison’s Speech to the First Congress Proposing Twenty Amendments to the United States Constitution
In this James Madison speech to the First Congress, Madison proposes twenty amendments to the United States Constitution. The Constitution’s acceptance by the people of …