Tag: First Amendment

Long-stalled defamation cases against Gateway Pundit could move ahead

Two major defamation cases against Jim Hoft, the St. Louisan who publishes The Gateway Pundit, an influential far-right website, appear  poised to gain momentum in the weeks ahead after months of delays.  The cases, in Denver and St. Louis, are taking place against a backdrop of huge victories recently by the plaintiffs in two other

Bill of Rights – Well-heeled win today’s First Amendment disputes

Today’s conservative Roberts Court is a bastion of First Amendment freedom as was the liberal Warren Court half a century ago. But the winners are different. Establishment insiders win today whereas outsiders won most often during the Warren years. On its 200th birthday in 1991, the First Amendment had developed into a powerful shield against

Bill of Rights makes us freest nation

The Bill of Rights has helped create what is arguably the freest enduring society in history. It wasn’t always that way. The original Constitution didn’t have a Bill of Rights. Once the Bill of Rights was added, it didn’t apply for a century to state governments. As recently as 90 years ago, no one had