Last month the airways were filled with right wing conservatives with veins popping out of their neck, clamoring for the prosecution of the New York Times for leaking classified information. They were up in arms over an article in…
The right of privacy
Most of the articles that we write deal with freedom of expression or freedom of the press. Sometimes, especially over the last couple of years, are articles have focused on the war in Iraq and how and why our…
Bad is as bad does
Over the last several years, we have been writing articles about how we see what we know as a democracy in this country being taken away by this administration. We have wondered why others don’t see it as clearly…
NSA violates the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
By now all of you have already heard about the National Security Agency’s spying on American citizens and listening in on their calls from overseas. Regardless of what political spin the President and his men put on it, anyone…
Freedom for Security
Why we went to war in Iraq is anybody’s guess. Originally it was because Sadam had weapons of mass destruction including biological and possibly nuclear. When that was dispelled by fact, the mantra from this administration became that we are…
Honesty and freedom of speech are not required or allowed
On Friday, September 30, 2005 I received a call from Congressman Tom Reynolds. The message given to me was that Congressman Reynolds had something important to discuss with me. Wondering what that could be, I immediately called up the…
There is no US in Theocracy
Recently we were fortunate or maybe as the case turned out, unfortunate. We received in the mail a copy of an Ohio State Bar continuing legal education seminar. The subject was on obscenity. You would think that a seminar…
Terry Schiavo matters
A poll taken a few weeks after the death of Terry Schiavo might just indicate that there is still hope for this country. The poll indicated that the American public in large majorities disapproved of Congress, Governor Jeb Bush…
Newscast-mercial
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…