Sentences with phrase «free speech claims»

And as I discussed in «Let My People Go,» the liberal bloc seemed uncomfortable defending Abood on constitutional grounds, indicating that they think there is some merit to the plaintiffs» free speech claims.

Until now free speech claims have been safe against such erosions, by a virtual consensus of our legal culture that political speech needs most protection precisely when it offends.

Most scholars praise Jackson for «widening» the reach of his opinion by converting the religious freedom claim into a free speech claim, and the decision is routinely treated as one of the strongest vindications of civil liberties in twentieth - century American law.

Not exact matches

Google is now positioning itself as a champion of free speech, a tricky claim for Microsoft to make as it continues to censor search results.

President Obama recently gave a speech claiming there is no fraud; it's all legal; that's the «free market.»

Jurors in the federal free speech lawsuit filed by James Tracy took just three hours to reject his claim that the university...

A U.S. judge has pushed back on Exxon's claim that New York and Massachusetts violated its free speech rights by investigating whether it misled...

I don't think anyone would claim that specific groups can't have their own Facebook - like web site, but this particular site is perpetuating a gender segregation philosophy / ideology that many find abhorrent and readily use their free speech rights to argue against.

Such groups have claimed that federal hate crimes laws will silence preachers, ignoring those laws» robust protections for free speech and religious expression, as well as the experience in the many states with such protections already in place.

In its report, The New York Times cites several people's objection the Dawkins event, including the station's general manager who, in a public statement, actually claims free speech in defense of canceling the event.

Bork surveys a long and depressing series of decisions - on free speech, pornography, contraception, abortion, sexual equality, etc. - in which the Supreme Court, claiming the authority of the Constitution, has taken public policy out of the hands of the people and their elected representatives.

The same kind of religious fundamentalists are claiming free speech argument to justify bashing gays at a Marine's funeral.

So did U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who on December 9 rejected the archdiocese's claim that WMATA's refusal to post the ad violated its First Amendment right of free speech.

Amazingly, it claims that the law is an assault on corporations» right to free speech.

It sorta like if I went into a hospital and cussed at a patient and then claimed free speech as I got fired.

We are shocked not only because the police are breaking the law with impunity, but we are also shocked because this unlawful arrest is on the orders of a President who has always claimed to be an apostle of free speech.

May's powers risk undermining the very «British values» she claims to uphold: tolerance, democracy and free speech.

He had challenged the state election commission's denial, claiming it violates his right to free speech and puts him at a disadvantage against funded candidates.

Mr Gove tried to skate over suggestions that Nick Clegg prevented him allowing free schools to make a profit in the state system, with advance reports suggesting the deputy prime minister will claim credit for the rearguard defence at a speech to parents and teachers tomorrow.

Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Carl Paladino has sued the Buffalo School Board and the district over claims the board has violated his right to free speech.

As Mervis writes, «[i] n late August, Truthy began to draw scathing criticism from political conservatives in the media and government, who claim it is really part of an attempt by the Obama administration to monitor and stifle free speech.»

But Bernstein claims that this violates his right of free speech, which is guaranteed under the American constitution.

In celebration of 20 years of defending the freedom to practice medicine and having free speech regarding making nutritional claims, Emord's firm held this gala event.

(Two weeks before the FTC publicly announced its lawsuit, POM preemptively sued the FTC, claiming that preapproval of ads featuring health claims violates the companys right to free speech.)

He sued, claiming a violation of his First Amendment rights to free speech.

More recently, The Third Circuit, in a case from Pennsylvania, affirmed a school board's motion for summary judgment in response to a teacher's claim that officials violated her free speech rights for terminating her employment over comments she posted on her blog (Munroe v. Central Bucks School District, 2015).

They do so today for countless purposes, typically to claim a right to free and edgy speech on T - shirts or banners under the First Amendment, to assert rights to education of the handicapped under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and to ask for more school spending under state constitutional provisions that are said to guarantee an equitable or an adequate education.

The justices said they were split on a challenge brought by a group of California teachers who claim their free - speech rights are violated when they are forced to pay dues to the state's teachers union.

In June, the Supreme Court ruled that First Amendment free - speech rights protect a politician's false claims to have earned military medals.

The numbers, distributed at recent speeches by Mecklenburg County attorney Richard Vinroot, a former Charlotte mayor and GOP gubernatorial candidate who's a major figure in North Carolina's school choice movement, claim that the state's charters serve a greater percentage of students who qualify for free and reduced lunch as well as special education classes than do traditional public schools.

Those in favor of his suspension generally point out that America's 1st Amendment guarantee of free speech only protects you from government interference regarding political speech (and does not prevent employers from exercising their rights to discipline employees), whereas those defending Robertson have been quick to lament the knee - jerk reaction to those expressing counter-progressive cultural beliefs in a very clumsy fashion, and claim there is a double standard in which politically unpopular conservative viewpoints are quicker to result in job terminations than politically unpopular liberal viewpoints that are also clumsily expressed.

Erik Estavillo, avid player of Resistance: Fall of Man originally filed suit against Sony back in June, claiming that his ban somehow violated his right of free speech.

Monckton is the man who wrote to Senators Rockefeller and Snowe, claiming that their letter to ExxonMobil offends the corporation's «right of free speech».

Had Matt England's ire been unbridled by such vulgar preoccupations as free speech, democracy, and academic independence — the sort of thing he and Ward seem hostile to — science may not have made the discovery he now claims as his own (if it is indeed a discovery).

CEI claimed its free - speech rights were being violated.

In an irony that can only be describes as «possibly the final Biblical sign of the Armagedon; The orhtodox CAGW cabal will certainly claim that that prosecution is a violation of Shukla's academic and free speech rights and retaliation for his scientific views.

Yet when a group of whoever tries to tell us that AGW is a myth, even though the evidence points to the likelihood of it claiming millions, eventually maybe billions of lives and a significant number of other species, if left unchecked, that's... free speech?

The fossil fuel industry has responded to these suits by fiercely waging a campaign that claims that any legal action against the fossil fuel companies for funding organizations engaged in climate change denial activities is tantamount to a legally inappropriate suppression of free speech (See: Climate change vs. free speech: Punishing fossil fuel companies for expressing doubt).

In addition to the constitutional claims you might expect here — for violations of the students» rights to free speech, free exercise of religion and equal protection — the complaint contains a Fourth Amendment claim based on an illegal seizure of the «rubber babies.»

Israel has strongly criticized the law, claiming in inhibits free speech and will be used to repress and shift blame of Poles that had killed Jews in the War.

Is there a single philosophical distinction that cuts across the law, or are there just piecemeal exceptions to «free speech» for things like libel, false medical claims, incitement to violence, etc..?

In August 2011, however, four of the five largest U.S. tobacco companies filed a lawsuit against the federal government claiming that requiring the gnarly warnings to accompany their product will violate their free speech rights, cost millions of dollars to print, and require them to feature anti-smoking advocacy more prominently than their own brands.

The man, Erik Estavillo, claims Sony has violated his right to free speech by removing his only form of socialization.

Fighting words claim upheld: Arrestee's speech when crowd gathered near fallen tree that had blocked traffic constituted unprotected fighting words, so that his arrest under city disorderly conduct ordinance did not violate his First Amendment free speech rights; arrestee's repeated use of the word «bitch,» his accusation of matricide directed toward his sister, his use of the phrase «fucking queer,» his pushing of third party and his raised voice all tended to show that his conduct, under the circumstances, had tendency to provoke physical altercation.

The suit claims that the state's rules governing lawyer advertising violate free speech by preventing lawyers from presenting factual information about their services.

Given the broad, purposive interpretation of the freedom of expression guaranteed by s. 2 (b), those who deliberately publish falsehoods are not, for that reason alone, precluded from claiming the benefit of the constitutional guarantees of free speech.

Handlarski, principal of RH Criminal Defence, says there's a «problem» in society with people claiming they have the right to restrict free speech because they feel unsafe.

Free - speech proponents abhor the section saying it can be used and abused by groups who essentially claim their feelings have been hurt through some type of communication, but with no real proof of any intent or harm.

Essentially it is an unjustifiable limit on the Charter of Rights guarantee of free speech, they claim.

Texas: bill removes power of State Commission on Judicial Conduct to discipline judges who refuse to follow federal court rulings; claims state judges have free speech right to refuse to obey federal court rulings