1st Amendment News
Although there is very little new as far as the First Amendment and adult entertainment in South Florida, we still would like to keep you informed of what is going on. On an issue that is both important…
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The most vital insurer of a free and democratic country is an outspoken, unbridled, independent press. The framers of our Constitution and our forefathers understood this by making freedom of speech and press part of the First Amendment to…
James S. Benjamin installed as FALA president
Although not the most significant news in the First Amendment arena but for Benjamin & Aaronson it certainly was. On February 9, 2005, James S. Benjamin was installed the President of the First Amendment Lawyers’ Association. We have spoken…
Predictions for the next 4 years.
Today, January 20, 2005 is the inauguration day of President George W. Bush’s second term of office. Benjamin & Aaronson would like to share with you some of our predictions for the next four years. It is obvious that…
Religious tolerance
The holiday season is just behind us. And this holiday season, like every holiday season in recent memory, we were visited by those same issues as to whether a municipality can hang or have holiday decorations that seem to…
Dueling Rights
Last month Daniel Aaronson tried a very high profiled case in Broward County, Florida. The facts were certainly not a defense attorney’s dream. But what made the case even more difficult to try was the media attention. As First…
The end of the U.S. as we know it!
In the next 100 to 200 years when historians look back at the United States, they will agree that it was during President George W. Bush’s terms in office, the end of the United States as we knew it began. …
Call to Arms Panel
During the last week of August and the first week of September, the annual Gentlemen’s Club Exposition was held at the Mandalay Day Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. At the show are exhibitors from talent agencies, alcohol distributors, clothing manufacturers,…
Oakland Park votes on new Adult Entertainment Ordinance
On July 21, 2004, the City of Oakland Park was poised to pass its new Adult Entertainment Ordinance. The Commission had passed the Ordinance on its first reading two weeks earlier and it was anticipated that again the Commission would…
“COPA” caBANa
In 1996 the United States Congress passed the “Communications Decency Act of 1996″. This was Congress’ first attempt to make the Internet safe for minors by criminalizing certain Internet speech. In the case of Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union,…