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…
Combating terrorism trumps Free Speech
Many of you probably remember exactly where you were when you first learned about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. What most of us have forgotten is what those attacks did to the American psyche at the time. The…
Public Education and the First Amendment
The First Amendment protects freedom of speech and freedom of the press along with other freedoms. Yet, there has always been a conflict between freedom of speech and freedom of the press and our educational system. For example, does freedom…
Where’s the Change?
Well it has almost been a year since President Barack Obama was sworn into office. As the First President of the United States who is not a member of the White Male Only Men’s Club, many of us thought that…
“Hate Crime” or just a crime?
In mid October the US House of Representatives passed a bill that included sexual orientation in the expanded Federal Hate Crimes Laws. The Senate is expected soon to go along with the House of Representatives in including sexual orientation as…
Healthcare Reform
The number one political topic for this summer has been Healthcare Reform. With tens of millions of Americans uninsured it seems only logical that the Government should step in and make sure those Americans do in fact receive healthcare. Yet,…
You Know Me, I’m the GOP!
It would be wrong to say that the Republican Party is a racist party, as many people in the Republican Party find that concept abhorrent. However, one would have to be blind and deaf to not realize that more racists…
Obama on Torture
Just days ago President Obama released the memorandums of law written by attorneys in the Justice Department that in affect authorize and sanctioned torture by the CIA of enemy combatants. Shortly after their release, President Obama directed that those persons…
Patriot Act
While most of us were concerned about the war on terror, the administration with little opposition from the Republican controlled Congress passed the Patriot Act. By its name, any opposition to that Act was heralded as unpatriotic. But only now…
“I know it when I don’t see it” the Curious case of Webe Web
Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart when discussing obscenity once opined “I know it when I see it”. Although that never became the legal standard and rightfully so, for most of the people it served as a good basis for their…