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Wednesday, September 10, 2014 |
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014 |
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Eminent Domain: City Seizure of Protest Signs Illegal?
By Robert Thomas @ 7:33 PM :: 6517 Views :: First Amendment, Land Use
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...the City and County of Honolulu condemned an undeveloped lot in rural Oahu for a fire station, but has been met with staunch resistance....
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014 |
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Honolulu City Lights non-profit display application deadline is August 29
By News Release @ 8:53 PM :: 6741 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment, Religion
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Applications must be received by this Friday, August 29 before 4:30 p.m. at the Mission Memorial Building next to Honolulu Hale, 550 South King St....
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Monday, August 11, 2014 |
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Video: Free Press for a Free Society
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:20 PM :: 4326 Views :: First Amendment
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Grassroot President Keli’i Akina sits down with Andrew Walden, Founder and Editor of Hawai'i Free Press....
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Saturday, July 26, 2014 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Publishes Updated Primary Voter Guide
By News Release @ 4:45 PM :: 12118 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Politicians
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We strongly encourage you to make direct contact with your candidates and find out if they represent your values....
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Friday, July 25, 2014 |
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Grassroot Institute & Hawaii Family Advocates: Defending Religious Freedom
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:09 PM :: 4467 Views :: First Amendment
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Grassroot President Keli’i Akina sits down with attorney Jim Hochberg, President of Hawai’i Family Advocates to explore the meaning of religious freedom....
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Sunday, July 13, 2014 |
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Hobby Lobby: Overwrought Divisions?
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:01 PM :: 5740 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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The pitch of public controversy surrounding cultural issues...can give the impression that we live in an intractably divided society with incompatible differences. But the Hobby Lobby decision suggests that such a tone is overwrought....
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Thursday, July 10, 2014 |
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U.S. Senate Democrats introduce bill to counter Hobby Lobby decision
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:47 AM :: 6839 Views :: First Amendment, Religion, Small Business
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Schatz is among several Senate Democrats trying to counter the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Hobby Lobby case....
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014 |
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After Win at UH Hilo, Free Speech Lawsuits Hit Campuses Nationwide
By News Release @ 11:12 PM :: 6112 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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The filings launch FIRE’s new Stand Up For Speech Litigation Project, a national effort to eliminate unconstitutional speech codes through targeted First Amendment lawsuits....
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014 |
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First Amendment Victory: Supreme Court Rules Against Union Taking Dues From Non-Members
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:53 AM :: 4626 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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...the U.S. Supreme Court handed down an important victory for participants in home-health care programs....
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Monday, June 30, 2014 |
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Union apologizes for attacks on former Hawaii governor in lawsuit settlement
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:08 PM :: 7726 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Labor, Politicians
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Cayetano sued to clear his name after PRP Hawaii spent $2 million on a media campaign against him....
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Monday, June 30, 2014 |
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Today the Supreme Court Protected Religious Freedom
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:25 PM :: 5721 Views :: First Amendment, Small Business
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...the justices ruled the government will not be able to force Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties to provide coverage of four drugs and devices that can end the life of a human embryo....
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Sunday, June 29, 2014 |
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VIDEO: ‘Persecuted’ Opens in Hawaii July 18
By Video @ 5:13 PM :: 6481 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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- Dole Cannery 18 Honolulu
- Pearl Highlands 12 Pearl City
- Keauhou Cinemas 7 Kailua Kona
- Maui Mall Megaplex 12 Kahului
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Saturday, June 28, 2014 |
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Dozens Rally at Capitol for Religious Freedom
By News Release @ 11:29 PM :: 9818 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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dozens rallied Saturday at the capitol to promote voter registration in churches and to defend religious freedom....
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Friday, June 27, 2014 |
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HPD Ordered to Pay $31K over Censored Facebook Comments
By Andrew Walden @ 4:10 AM :: 95121 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment, Law Enforcement, Second Amendment
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...plaintiffs sued alleging First Amendment violations after the HPD allegedly removed Second Amendment activists' Facebook comments from an HPD Facebook page....
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
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Sharyl Attkisson Calls Obama Administration ‘Worst Atmosphere’ for Journalists
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:53 AM :: 7794 Views :: National News, First Amendment, Obama
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Attkisson is an award-winning investigative reporter who earlier this year made headlines for resigning from CBS News....
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Friday, June 20, 2014 |
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Voter Registration Drive Set for Hawaii Catholic Churches June 21-22
By News Release @ 5:24 AM :: 8297 Views :: First Amendment, Office of Elections, Religion
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We ask all those who are not already registered to fill out a voter registration application, which will be made available to you at Mass the weekend of June 21/22....
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
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Supreme Court Unanimously Protects Pro-Life Freedom of Speech
By News Release @ 4:22 PM :: 5725 Views :: First Amendment, Life, Politicians
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Meanwhile in Hawaii: Cayetano vs PRP: You're corrupt so you have no right to say I'm corrupt....
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
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Vermont's GMO Labeling Law Challenged On Free Speech Grounds
By Robert Thomas @ 3:32 PM :: 4744 Views :: First Amendment, GMOs
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...on one hand, the labeling requirement compels speech, while on the other, the prohibition on calling it natural suppresses speech....
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
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Missing IRS emails outrage targeted Hawaii tea party leaders
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:00 PM :: 6717 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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Hawaii TEA party leaders are outraged over the news the IRS has lost emails of its former director, Lois Lerner, during a critical time when the agency admitted to targeting conservative groups....
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Thursday, June 5, 2014 |
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Civil Beat 'Tried to Throttle and Censor' Pritchett
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 4:14 PM :: 5709 Views :: First Amendment
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Civil Beat tried to throttle and censor the work of Pritchett who has penned many stinging independent political pieces....
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Thursday, June 5, 2014 |
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ACLU Rejects Amendment to Corral Campaign Spending
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:34 PM :: 3601 Views :: First Amendment
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it would “...lead directly to government censorship of political speech...."
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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Carroll Cox: Exposing the Dark Side of Paradise
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:39 PM :: 11327 Views :: DHHL, Environment, Ethics, First Amendment, Law Enforcement
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Cox tells how he has literally risked life and limb in the pursuit of the truth behind crime and cover-ups in Hawaii government....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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Court Guts Atheist Lawsuit Against Oahu Churches
By News Release @ 6:27 PM :: 10256 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion
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A Hawaii court decided Tuesday to dismiss most of a renewed lawsuit against two Oahu churches....
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Friday, May 23, 2014 |
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IRS Holds Off -- for Now -- on Rules to Restrict Political Groups
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:25 AM :: 6795 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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Yesterday, the IRS announced it would hold off until next year on new rules that would have restricted the activities of nonprofit groups....
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Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
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Free Ride for Legislators who Vote Against Religious Freedom?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:43 PM :: 6781 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Politicians
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...Cabanilla – the only representative to leave the floor to avoid voting on same sex marriage – still has no real opposition....
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Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
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It's Time to End Public University Speech Zones
By Selected News Articles @ 11:04 AM :: 5261 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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Several recent news stories highlight the troubling irony of so-called free speech zones....
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
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Legislative Prayer, Tradition, and the Establishment Clause
By Robert Thomas @ 5:22 AM :: 6026 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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...U.S. Supreme Court held that town council meetings could open with a prayer without violating the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause....
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Friday, May 16, 2014 |
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Squeezed by Lawsuit, UH Hilo adopts interim policy on speech and assembly
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 6450 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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The University of Hawai'i at Hilo is implementing an interim policy on speech and assembly while the university explores permanent changes to the policy....
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Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
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Ryan Anderson and Jim DeMint Promote Religious Liberty in Hawaii
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:28 PM :: 4419 Views :: First Amendment
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More than 100 Hawaii conservatives joined Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint in Honolulu....
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Saturday, May 10, 2014 |
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Oahu, Maui, Kona, Hilo: ‘Irreplaceable’ Returns May 15
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:41 PM :: 7470 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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What is family? What's happened? And what do we do about it?
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Saturday, May 10, 2014 |
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Settlement Brings Free Speech Victory for MAUIWatch
By News Release @ 6:36 PM :: 5603 Views :: Maui County, First Amendment
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The federal lawsuit alleging unconstitutional interference with plaintiff Neldon Mamuad’s prominent “MAUIWatch” Facebook feed settled on 5/8/14....
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Thursday, May 8, 2014 |
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Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint in Honolulu May 8
By News Release @ 3:39 PM :: 6140 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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"Liberty is At Stake in Debates on Marriage, Life and Faith: Why People of Faith and All Americans Cannot Be Silent"
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014 |
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Saiki to UH Hilo Chancellor: Uphold Students’ First Amendment Rights
By Pat Saiki @ 4:14 PM :: 6091 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...students had been exiled to a “free speech zone” in a remote area of the campus....
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Monday, May 5, 2014 |
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US Supreme Court strongly affirms that Americans are free to pray
By News Release @ 1:57 PM :: 5509 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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“As a practice that has long endured, legislative prayer has become part of our heritage and tradition...That a prayer is given in the name of Jesus, Allah, or Jehovah, or that it makes passing references to religious doctrines, does not remove it from that tradition.” -- US Supreme Court
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Friday, April 25, 2014 |
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Lawsuit: Students Ordered to Stop Handing Out US Constitution at UH Hilo
By News Release @ 2:58 AM :: 10102 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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A student ordered by administrators to stop handing out copies of the U.S. Constitution at the University of Hawaii at Hilo has filed a lawsuit today in federal court....
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014 |
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Control of the Internet? Bill Clinton Is Concerned and You Should Be, Too
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:29 PM :: 3496 Views :: First Amendment
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What do Bill Clinton, The Washington Post, and The Heritage Foundation have in common?
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014 |
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HB849 Will Compromise Civil Liberties
By News Release @ 11:03 PM :: 9007 Views :: First Amendment, Law Enforcement, Military, Second Amendment
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What will happen to our rights if a State of Emergency is declared?
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014 |
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Will IRS Targeting Send Someone to Jail?
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:57 AM :: 7144 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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...criminal activities, including “violating taxpayers’ constitutional rights,” “misleading investigators,” and “exposing private taxpayer information”....
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Monday, April 7, 2014 |
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Alliance Defending Freedom asks court to dismiss renewed attack on Hawaii churches
By News Release @ 4:42 PM :: 6769 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion
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...atheists are once again falsely accusing the two churches, One Love Ministries and Calvary Chapel Central Oahu, of defrauding the government even though the court dismissed their claims earlier this year....
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Friday, April 4, 2014 |
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This CEO Made a Political Donation, Then Lost His Job Because Liberals Didn't Like It
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:37 AM :: 5680 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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The chief executive of Mozilla resigned yesterday amid protests over his $1,000 donation in support of California’s Proposition 8, which defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman....
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Thursday, April 3, 2014 |
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Q&A on Supreme Court's New Campaign Finance Decision
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:42 PM :: 4061 Views :: First Amendment
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The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that it is unconstitutional to limit the total amount of money someone can give to political candidates....
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 |
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ACLU Sues, Claims Pre-K Program Not Secular Enough
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 PM :: 6971 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion
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"It is not enough to allow students or their families to 'opt out' of portions
of the program which are religious in nature," the ACLU says....
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Friday, March 28, 2014 |
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Rules for Protests at Hawaii State Capitol Challenged as Unconstitutional in Federal Court
By News Release @ 3:35 PM :: 4457 Views :: First Amendment
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Public access to grounds and rotunda, noted in the run-up to 2011 APEC meeting, now an issue for upcoming ASEAN meeting, April 1-2.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
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Pono Choices Task Force Stacked with ’Progressives’
By News Release @ 12:58 PM :: 7003 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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Working in secret and overflowing with liberals....
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Saturday, March 22, 2014 |
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Mainland Homosexuals Laugh at Hawaii Single-Issue Candidates
By Selected News Articles @ 1:51 PM :: 7716 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Politicians, Republican Party
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If you're not ready to serve your constituents on a broad range of issues, you will lose. Your defeat will advance the gay agenda....
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Saturday, March 22, 2014 |
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VIDEO: Rand Paul Gets Rousing Welcome at UC Berkeley
By Video @ 2:43 AM :: 8047 Views :: National News, First Amendment, Politicians, Republican Party
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Sen. Paul spoke about his class-action lawsuit against the Obama administration and the National Security Agency....
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Saturday, March 22, 2014 |
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Video: Freedom and Film
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:52 AM :: 5983 Views :: Maui County, First Amendment
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interview with Chuck Boller, Director Emeritus of the Hawaii International Film Festival....
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