We all watch television, some of us more than others. Every once in a while we hear or see something on a television show that raises our eyebrows because of the language that is used or the graphics that are…
Narrow minds make for dysfunctioning politics
For those of you who follow national and world current events, you are well aware of the situation that occurred in Greece in the last month. For those of you who do not follow world affairs, the country of Greece…
Swinging Richards will the real dick please stand tall
In the past month Benjamin & Aaronson filed two different federal lawsuits against the City of North Bay Village and the City of North Miami Beach. The North Bay Village suit is a traditional lawsuit claiming that the City of…
Taking Sides with the First Amendment
James Benjamin is a Past President of the First Amendment Lawyers’ Association. Daniel Aaronson is the current Vice-President and in July will become President of that esteemed organization. Yet, for both of us the First Amendment is not necessarily absolute,…
First Amendment Lawyers Association 2012
From February 15th through the 18th James S. Benjamin and Daniel Aaronson were in San Diego, California attending the February meeting of the First Amendment Lawyers’ Association. Daniel Aaronson is currently the Vice-President of this organization which now has close…
School First Amendment, we still have a lot to learn
When we were all growing up, at least those of our generation, we had complaints about our teachers, our principals and our schools. Sometimes we would tell them to our friends when speaking in a group, sometimes over the phone,…
Political First Amendment. Put your money where your mouth is.
We hope all of you had a great holiday season and that 2012 brings you and your loved ones a good year. It almost seems like the world is put on hold from Thanksgiving through January 1st and in some…
Grass roots in a field of hypocrisy
We so badly wanted to write this month’s article on some of the comments that have been made during the Republican debates for the Presidential nomination. Our favorite, which apparently also is the media’s favorite, was the comment made by…
Docs v. Glocks NRA shoots to kill Doctor’s First Amendment rights
There are many and various different lobbying groups, both on State and Federal levels. As powerful as any of these lobbying groups are the NRA, the National Rifle Association, and the AMA, the American Medical Association. They yield power in…
College football players’ value
The beauty of writing an article such as this is that no one ever tells us what to write or how to write it. No parameters have ever been put on topics or points of view. It is in this…