Sentences with phrase «political free speech»

This would likely require that you would need to run for office, and show that a PACs political free speech caused you harm.

At 4 p.m., CUNY student groups and individual students urge the Board of Trustees to reject a proposal that would virtually terminate students» control of their Activity Fee funds designated for political free speech activities, outside Shepherd Hall at 138th St. and St. Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan.

«After 30 years of the so - called conservative leaders who have been elected by evangelicals, none of them thought to advocate for the repeal of the Johnson amendment, giving evangelical leaders political free speech,» Jerry Falwell Jr., Liberty University president and early Trump endorser, toldTime magazine.

This year's shareholder proposals filed or coordinated by NCPPR ask companies «to protect political free speech rights, but all those that have been challenged at the SEC have been omitted,» Proxy Preview elaborates.

The report authors also say they have seen significant new activity by political conservatives seeking to protect political free speech by companies, among other issues.

Not exact matches

An employee does not have free reign [sic] to engage in political speech that disrupts the workplace, but punishing an employee for deviating from company orthodoxy on a political issue is not allowed either.

That decision, rooted in constitutional arguments about free speech, removed certain limits on corporate political donations.

Unless your state has a separate statute dealing with political speech and elections, employers are pretty much free to say whatever they want.

The 5 - to - 4 decision was a vindication, the majority said, of the First Amendment's most basic free speech principle — that the government has no business regulating political speech.

We champion free speech and go out of our way to keep activist websites up and running even in the face of industry and political opposition.

Critics argue the law suppresses free speech and makes South Korea like its northern counterpart, known for its human rights abuses and oppression of religious and political minorities.

So many people who advocate or speak publicly for political or personal reasons aren't acknowledged as much when it comes to religion when someone is wanting to speak out about there faith a light bulb goes off and says we don't want to hear, or talk, or, air any thing that has to do with the mentioning of God but because of the high profile story and because this is the President of the United States it's ok hats off to them for not being ashamed to speak about there faith I agree with Richard some people just because they profess there faith doesn't mean there trying to push there beliefs on anyone people of faith have a right to free speech also.

Mark Greene seeks to free up speech in our politically correct world I'm not terribly fond of political correctness.

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.

Here in the US, we have the freedom of religion and the right to free speech (though people tend to be persecuted if they step too far away from «political correctness» these days.

To prevent hate speech either through government censorship, political correctness, or fear of reprisal means that you do not have free speech.

Failing to protect free - speech we will find the government becoming like the the Indian government who charge Aseem Trivedi, a political cartoonist, with sedition because... they didn't like the message.

Spelled out in a lengthy lead editorial entitled «Evangelicals in the Social Struggle,» as well as in books such as Aspects of Christian Social Ethics, Henry's understanding of Christian social responsibility stressed (a) society's need for the spiritual regeneration of all men and women, (b) an interim social program of humanitarian care, ethical proclamation, and personal, structural application, and (c) a theory of limited government centering on certain «freedom rights,» e. g., the rights to public property, free speech, and so on.18 Though the shape of this social ethic thus closely parallels that of the present editorial position of Moody Monthly, it must be distinguished from its counterpart by the time period involved (it pushed others like Moody Monthly into a more active involvement in the social arena), by the intensity of its commitment to social responsibility, by the sophistication of its insight into political theory and practice, and by its willingness to offer structural critique on the American political system.

Since pastors are free to make political endorsements as individual citizens, just not in their official capacities as leaders of the church, supporters of the Johnson Amendment contend that rather than restricting political speech, the rules protect nonprofits from lobbying interests.

This is less about free speech than it is about... though I hate this term... «political correctness.»

Instead, the order entitled «Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty» professes to extend political speech protections for pastors and religious organizations, aiming to let them talk about politics without penalty.

A congressional bill introduced in February, it proposes reforming the Johnson Amendment to allow pastors to maintain their free speech and political speech rights in their day - to - day roles, but restricts additional spending on political messaging — the kind that could turn churches into tax - free shelters for political fundraising.

The Silencing: How the Left Is Killing Free Speech (Regnery) is the Fox News commentator's new book, a journalistic polemic on the many Americans on the cultural and political Left who have forsaken some of their most cherished values, including free speFree Speech (Regnery) is the Fox News commentator's new book, a journalistic polemic on the many Americans on the cultural and political Left who have forsaken some of their most cherished values, including free spefree speech.

Such reprisals consciously or unconsciously have a chilling effect on the right to responsible dissent within the church; on academic freedom in Catholic colleges and universities; and on the right to free speech and participation in the U.S. political process.

Going by what is happening at the global stage, there is again, a telling proof that «for democracy to succeed, a relative level of literacy, a growing middle class, and political institutions that support free speech and human rights is desirable.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana believes in the principles that democratic societies provide individuals with the best conditions for political liberty, personal freedom, equality of opportunity and economic development under the rule of law; and therefore being committed to advancing the social and political values on which democratic societies are founded, including the basic personal freedoms and human rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; in particular, the right of free speech, organization, assembly and non-violent dissent; the right to free elections and the freedom to organize effective parliamentary opposition to government; the right to a free and independent media; the right to religious belief; equality before the law; and individual opportunity and prosperity.

COLONIE — Free speech was on display inside and outside the gates of Siena College on Sunday, when a trio of conservative campus groups hosted several controversial right - wing figures including political consultant Roger Stone.

It's puzzling then that free speech - in the shape of the right to dissent and to protest — has slipped from being under the political radar to actually disappearing.

«When our government criminalizes the very free speech that the First Amendment was written to protect, sends people to prison for simply exercising their constitutional rights, and wields its power like a weapon against political enemies, we are all in trouble.»

Another free - speech challenge is pending before the Supreme Court, which heard arguments earlier this month on corporate spending limits in U.S. political campaigns.

I have decided that since Republicans for years have argued that political money amounts to «free speech» and since THEIR Supreme Court appointments have upheld this dubious idea they no longer have any right ot bith about fundraising.

Inside religious political circles, Quinn is considered the strongest adversary of religious free speech in New York City — infamously dubbed «public enemy number one to the faithful,» according to a source familiar with the situation.

Which could probably conflict with EU rules for the rights of minorities / free speech / political activities, but it is not the same than «death threat against a national minority».

The board, following a discussion about the influence of money in state politics and the merits of free speech in political donations, deadlocked its vote between the two Republican and two Democratic commissioners.

In a speech to the Business for Britain group, which is expected to become the main No group in any referendum, Paterson said: «We can leave the political project and enter into a truly economic project with Europe via the European Free Trade Association and the EEA.

Republican members of Congress have accused Democratic state AG Eric Schneiderman and his counterparts in 16 other jurisdictions of chilling free speech over climate change through their legal and political campaign to curb fossil fuel burning.

Free speech was on display inside and outside the gates of Siena College yesterday, when a trio of conservative campus groups hosted several controversial right - wing figures including political consultant Roger Stone.

It is something of a puzzle that free speech of a different hue, the right to dissent and to protest, is not simply under the radar but has almost disappeared from the political map.

US political tradition of free speech greatly differred from the authoritarian approach towards extremist ideologies in Europe.

In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations and unions can be considered individuals as far as their political contributions are concerned and that restricting their ability to donate to candidates amounted to a violation of their First Amendment right of free speech.

COLONIE — The Siena College Republican Club, Young Americans for Liberty and Turning Point USA's Siena chapter will host a daylong «free speech conference» next month that's slated to feature lightning - rod political figures Roger Stone and James O'Keefe.

But GOP lawmakers insisted that multiple U.S. Supreme Court and lower federal court decisions have already ruled that political contributions and political spending are a form of free speech and can't be limited by the states.

In light of the Shimon Dotan conference controversy, Liberal columnist Cole Jermyn discusses the impact that limiting free speech can have on college campuses and how that affects students» political engagement.

For what it is worth, Cuomo is yet to invade the territory of another country, imprison political opponents, crack down on free speech and use state - run media to influence public opinion.

A «democracy «where a Democrat for Governor promotes austerity budgets while providing tax cuts to the rich, where the Republicans demand even more money for the rich and an end to the New Deal, and where the Supreme court repeatedly rule in favor of the 1 % to buy our political system under the guise of free speech.

Crotty cited recent US Supreme Court rulings holding that big - dollar political contributions are a form of First Amendment - protected free speech.

Inside religious political circles, Quinn is considered the strongest adversary of religious free speech in New York City — infamously dubbed «public enemy number one to the -LSB-...]

If free speech and comment in a political memoir is to be suppressed then people will be entitled to ask: what system of justice prevails?»

«What we are witnessing in New York is Huxley's [sic] «Big Brother» in the flesh... Free political speech and association lies at the heart of the American experiment; the state must not be granted the right to monitor routine political activities and associations that pose no security threat.»

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.»