Caffeinated Thought of the Day: Don’t Regulate Speech
Democrats on the Federal Election Committee recently called for new rules on internet based campaigning. “A reexamination of the commission’s approach to the internet and other emerging technologies...
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Colorado School to Students: No Praying During Free Time
Photo credit: Mikeroq via Wikipedia (CC-By-2.5) (Colorado Springs, CO) Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed suit in federal court Friday on behalf of a Pine Creek High School senior told that he...
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ADF to 13K+ School Districts: 1st Amendment Protects Christmas Expression
Photo credit: Audrey Kletscher Helbling (Scottsdale, AZ) Alliance Defending Freedom sent a legal memo and myth/fact sheet Wednesday to more than 13,000 public school districts nationwide to explain the...
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Caffeinated Thoughts Radio 5-2-15
Shane Vander Hart and Brian Myers discussed state property rights with Utah State Representative Ken Ivory who is president of the American Lands Council. He shares why Iowans should be concerned that...
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Law Stifling Free Speech in Churches Should Be Repealed
Pigs do fly…. The Des Moines Register offered an editorial that I can mostly agree with. They write: And this particular prohibition on churches engaging in certain political activities shouldn’t...
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Santorum: What Good Is Freedom of Speech If You Can’t Speak What You Believe?
Rick Santorum has spoke boldly on the topic of religious liberty on numerous occassions. He has been a tireless advocate for it, and his appearance at the South Carolina Freedom Summit was not a...
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Ted Cruz in Johnston: Charleston Shooter is the Face of Evil
Cruz receives a briefing before firing the MMP 15. (Johnston, IA) U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told the media at a stop in Johnston, IA on Saturday that there is a...
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Chris Christie’s Troubling View of Religious Liberty
(Des Moines, IA) Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) last Saturday during his appearance at the Des Moines Register’s Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair spent his entire time on taking questions. He was asked...
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Rally to “Save the Cross” at Knoxville’s Freedom Rock Set for Sunday
A complaint filed by Americans United for the Separation of Church and State says a silhouette of a soldier kneeling in front of a cross placed in front of the Freedom Rock. They said an anonymous...
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Caffeinated Thoughts Radio 8-29-15
Shane Vander Hart talks to former Texas Governor Rick Perry about his presidential campaign, coffee, and they discuss a few issues as well. Chris Rohloff filled in as the show producer and co-host...
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Yale Students: The First Amendment is Outdated
Yale University© Ad Meskens / Wikimedia Commons Here is some depressing news out of Yale University. A majority of students favor restricting free speech on campus. The Wall Street Journal reports: To...
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The Absurdity of Political Correctness on College Campuses
Jesse Hall, University of Missouri, ColumbiaPhoto credit: Adam Proctor (CC-By-3.0) I don’t know all the details of the situation at the University of Missouri, and I’ve never tolerated racism of any...
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Mike Huckabee Prioritizes First Amendment Defense Act
(Washington, DC) Former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) appeared on the second episode of “Candidate Conversations 2016” yesterday on EWTN News. This was the second of several interviews with 2016...
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Trump Calls for a Halt to Muslims Entering the United States
Photo credit: Dave Davidson (Prezography.com) Donald Trump in the aftermath of the San Bernardino shooting involving a husband and wife who were radicalized Muslims called for a “total and complete...
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Defending the First Amendment
Photo credit: Ed Uthman (CC-By-SA 2.0) This week at the Iowa House brought positive movement in a number of areas. While adjournment by April 19th is questionable, it is likely we will conclude our...
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Monica Vernon: Keep Freedom of Religion Out of the Laws of the Land
(Waterloo, IA) Monica Vernon, a Democrat candidate in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District race, discussed her opposition to the First Amendment Defense Act that is co-sponsored by Congressman Rod Blum...
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The Iowa Civil Rights Commission Must Be Restrained
Ft. Des Moines Church of Christ has sued the Iowa Civil Rights Commission It is quite evident that the Iowa Civil Rights Commission is out-of-control. We’ve known this even before Alliance Defending...
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Iowa State Requires Students to Give Up Free Speech to Graduate
Central Campus at Iowa State University in Ames, IA Photo credit: Joe Wolf (CC-By-ND 2.0) (Ames, IA) Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a student filed suit in federal court Monday...
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The First Amendment Protects Speech That We Don’t Like
Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Phoenix, AZ in June. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore While campaigning President-elect Donald Trump made comments that had chilling ramifications on the First Amendment if...
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Quietly or Loudly – Petitioning Your Government Is An Important Right
The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of...
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