Under First Amendment doctrine, a prior restraint is a situation where words or pictures are prevented from being spoken or published. Therefore, if there was a prior restraint against this article you would not have the opportunity to read what…
Merit Retention Florida politics and court Justices
It has happened before in other States and now it is rearing its head in the State of Florida. What we are talking about is an attempt by either political parties, or special interest groups in the forms of PAC’s…
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,…
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…
The Big Catalyst Theory
For those of you who have read our column over the many years that we have been published, you might note that some cases never really seem to end and that the legal process can take a long time. One…