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We have come a long way in the four decades since three students in Des Moines, Iowa, wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam War--and won a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing the right to speak freely in school. Back then lawsuits over school speech were almost unheard...
The notion that whatever the teacher says goes began to fade in the1960s. Outrage over racism, poverty and the Vietnam War made questioning authority a righteous cause in schools as well as on the streets. But students also attracted attention from public-interest lawyers who believed that stronger rights of...
Mike Johnson, an attorney for the ADF, criticizes the decision as illogical: "Certainly the First Amendment has got to protect negative statements as well." Johnson views ADF lawsuits as helping public schools, rectifying what he calls the "intimidation and misinformation" that has made schools skittish about religion on campus. But...
Estimated number of days veterans filing disability claims with the Veterans Affairs Department have to wait for a response. And for veterans appealing a decision, the average wait is 657 days
Lady Justice, evidently not an US Weekly reader, has ruled against professional celebrity PARIS HILTON, sentencing her to 45 days in jail for driving with a suspended license. Celebrity blogsite DEFAMER mock-gasps at the decision, which it claims "has shaken our faith in celebrity slap-on-the-wrist justice...