First Amendment Videos

Imagine being arrested for singing, or in this case rapping your order for food in a restaurant, that's exactly what happened as reported by AP in America Fork Utah, USA. "I need a double cheeseburger and hold the lettuce..." Wow what a threat to public safety these young men are! Nice to know we have such freedom of speech in western countries.

In a letter Garrido claims that Dugard's "free speech rights" are being violated

I am the Voice of Americ Freedom Rally - Sept 5, 2009 - presented by The Cincinnati Tea Party with partners The Dayton Tea PArty and The Ohio Liberty Council.A Labor Day Weekend Rally of 20,000 people from Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky held on the grounds 25 miles north of Cincinnati from where the VOICE OF AMERICA was beamed to the World from 1944 until 1994.Our Inheritance: "We inherited a crack in the Liberty Bell. I don't want that fixed either."Our American Way of Life: "Communism is dead. Don't replace a flawed system with a failed one."Our Traditions: "We, as a people, as Americans, come together, and a barn stands as one of the symbols of who we are and what America is all about."Can you hear us now, Washington DC ??

June 5 protest while mayor Bloomberg bigwigs were having a party nearby at Hotel W. Protesters oppose plans to turn the historic Union Sq pavilion into a fancy restaurant in a neighborhood where there are already 150 restaurants. They also oppose any reduction of the space on the north side of the park traditionall reserved for free speech assembly. A compromise plan presented by Rosie Mendez was not well received/

May 21, 2008--a protest against privatization of Union Square was held by Reverend Billy, Savitri D, Eric Laursen, Andy Podell and other opponents of the project which calls for turning the historic pavilion into an upscale private restaurant--in an area where there are already 150 private restaurants . For an early protest at Mayor Bloomberg's initial press conference announcing the plan in 200(5)? [ck date] see also The Sheepdog and the Mayor on this site, at http://blip.tv/file/104683/ For info on future protests to be held on the north side of Union Square every Wednesday, see www.revbilly.com. For 19th century history of Union Square as a protest site see http://gracepaleylegacy.blogspot.com http://saveunionsquare2008.blogspot.com

Marci A. Hamilton, The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; Erik Michael Mazur, Bucknell University; and Winnifred F. Sullivan, University at Buffalo Law School, comment on the recent book by Christopher L. Eisgruber and Lawrence G. Sager, Religious Freedom and the Constitution. Christopher L. Eisgruber, Provost of Princeton University, responds and answers questions from the audience. Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion.