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DIED. MARTHA GRIFFITHS, 91, keenly intellectual former U.S. Congresswoman from Michigan, whose persistence led to House and Senate passage of the never ratified Equal Rights Amendment; in Armada, Mich. During her 20-year tenure in Washington (she chose not to run again in 1974), she was responsible for adding "sex...
Where much of what the Berkman Center does is defensive—protecting the Bill of Rights, especially the First Amendment, in the context of the Internet—I represent the offense. My job is to help people use the Web to exercise rights in clearly non-infringing ways...
Almost all the 20 states that don't have do-not-call laws are considering them. More than 15 million Americans have signed up for the lists, and states that have lists are seeking to strengthen them. Some, like Indiana, ban almost all telemarketing calls, but in most states, certain...
While most gun rights issues are centered on the Second Amendment, this new legislation concerns the First and Seventh Amendments, which both give victims of gun violence the right to bring litigation against negligent gun dealers and manufacturers. The First Amendment states that Congress cannot remove a citizen�...
UPHELD. By the SUPREME COURT, most of a Virginia law that permits the outlawing of cross burnings; in a 6-to-3 ruling; in Washington. While the court said that cross burnings intended to terrorize do not have First Amendment protection, it made a distinction (and inspired an outraged objection...