Word: free-speech
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...years ago, required state and local governments to conduct their business in English. Although a state court had earlier upheld the provision, federal district Judge Paul Rosenblatt concluded that the law violated First Amendment guarantees. He ruled that the law forced government officials and employees "to curtail their free-speech rights" by impermissibly tying their tongues in their dealings with non-English-speaking constituents. Arizona Governor Rose Mofford, who criticized the law as "flawed from the beginning," promised not to appeal...
...tabling the preamble to its own long-awaited set of free-speech guidelines, Harvard has questioned the philosophical basis for such restrictions in a way that most other schools have...
Administrators at Emory University in Georgia point out that their rules were not intended to limit free speech but rather to make open discussion more civilized. Under the Emory free-speech rules, students within the university community hold the same rights of speech, association, peaceful assembly and petitions as all citizens do. But students are also required to "respect the interests of the University community...
...easy for majority prayer groups to dominate the public school environment and create an uncomfortable atmosphere for religious minority students. "The theory is that secondary school students are more impressionable," explains American University law professor Herman Schwartz. Douglas Veith, one of Mergens' attorneys, disagrees. "You can't solve a free-speech issue by suppressing prayer," he says. "Students of all faiths and beliefs should be encouraged...
...First Amendment, untouched for 198 years, is safe again. Ever since the $ Supreme Court ruled last summer that burning the flag was a form of political protest that was protected by the free-speech amendment, lawmakers have been posturing and pontificating on the issue. No one could forget that Michael Dukakis during last year's presidential campaign was outflagged by George Bush. The patriotic grandstanding was led by the President, who traveled across the Potomac to the Iwo Jima Memorial -- cameras in hot pursuit -- to denounce the ruling and demand a constitutional amendment. But when the proposal came...