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Showing posts with label First Amendment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label First Amendment. Show all posts
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Friday, July 1, 2011
Supreme Court on violent video games
Jeffery H. Anderson argues that the got it wrong when the supreme court struck down a California law banning the sale of violent video games to children. Jon Stewart offered this criticism of the decision where he demonstrates just how violent these video games can be. Stewart makes the point that it is ok to disembowel a women in a video game, but if she had a nipple slip during then it would be something that could prohibited from being sold to children.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
A Ban on Dancing at Federal Monuments, Arrests and Investigation into Police Brutality
There is a law against dancing at the Jefferson Memorial. This law was recently upheld in a ruling by US District Judge John D. Bates, it had been challenged as inhibiting someone's free expression. Bates ruled that the interior of the memorial is not a public forum. A handful of people protested this by dancing quietly to music from their Ipods as can be seen in this one minute video. One of them was body slammed and then choked by a park officer, which has led to an investigation into whether or not the Police used excessive force in detaining the peaceful protestors.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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