Sentences with phrase «legal right to free speech»

I believe in the legal right to free speech.

Not exact matches

As long as people have a right to freedom of speech, businesses are free to sell whatever is still legal.

Christians get up in arms whenever anybody messes with the «rites» of baptism and the Lord's Supper, and we get up in arms whenever anybody messes with our legal «rights,» such as the right to free speech, the right to practice our religion, or the right to bear arms.

But there will be a couple of modifications: firstly, on British troops serving abroad during a conflict, and secondly to tilt the balance of rights more towards a British legal tradition, for instance by emphasising free speech over privacy.

Let's remember the roll call of shame - cuts to legal aid, curtailing judicial review, attacks on human rights legislation, making freedom of information request more difficult and legislating for the loathed gagging bill amount to a substantial onslaught on free speech, campaigning and democracy.

Our legal giants confused citizens rights to free speech with a corporations right to make unlimited donations as «free speech.»

The clarity of the legal issues allowed them to take the case directly to the Supreme Court, where they argued that the mandatory fees constituted a violation of their rights to free speech and association.

Legal Simon Jones has commentary on the defeat this week of a controversial bill in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly to tighten regulations on the sexual depictions of minors in manga, anime and video games: «This is a social battle waged in legislature, and the ultimate goal is to once again push adult content back into the darkest recesses of society, by getting people accustomed to the idea of granting rights to fictional characters, and eroding the rights of real people to have free and unpleasant speech.

Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Herbert The Animal Legal Defense Fund, along with PETA, filed the nation's first lawsuit against ag gag legislation, taking Utah to court for infringing on the free speech rights of activists, investigators, and journalists by criminalizing undercover investigations at factory farms.

Also, the real kicker is that the applicant fails to show that its human rights and free speech promoting activities would be legal under foreign countries» laws (I'm sure they simply forgot to ask Iran, Egypt, Turkey and North Korea).

«Spying on everyone's internet histories and email, text and phone records with no suspicion of serious criminal activity and no basic protections for our rights undermines everything that's central to our democracy and freedom — our privacy, free press, free speech, protest rights, protections for journalists» sources and whistleblowers, and legal and patient confidentiality.

In that decision — which has been criticized by some as hostile to free speech rights and humanitarian efforts — the justices found that a Patriot Act provision that prohibits providing «material support» to designated foreign terrorist organizations could be applied to conflict - resolution advice and legal services provided by human rights organizations to groups such as Turkey's Kurdistan Workers» Party and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

This was a milestone in English - American legal tradition, because it not only established the power of the jury to find whatever verdict it wishes, without punishment, but also the rights of free speech and peaceable assembly.

Basically, this is to protect people who are exercising legal free speech and fair use rights from suffering legal burdens of fighting a case where the plaintiff alleges copyright or defamation charges against defendant when that is of extremely questionable grounds.

The Coalition's Legal Hotline service provides free one - on - one legal consultations to journalists, bloggers, ethnic media, community activists and ordinary citizens experiencing frustration and government resistance in the exercise of their free speech and open - government riLegal Hotline service provides free one - on - one legal consultations to journalists, bloggers, ethnic media, community activists and ordinary citizens experiencing frustration and government resistance in the exercise of their free speech and open - government rilegal consultations to journalists, bloggers, ethnic media, community activists and ordinary citizens experiencing frustration and government resistance in the exercise of their free speech and open - government rights.

He has litigated numerous significant cases on behalf of organizations such as the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, espousing the rights of the individual, free speech and press rights, artistic freedom and the unfettered right of legal counsel to represent their clients effectively.

The lawsuit, which claims the government security demands violate Twitter's free speech rights, repeatedly asks the court to declare that it may use «zero» when stating whether it has been subject to various secret legal orders from the government.