1st Amendment – Phil Mayes

A Frenzied Legislative Crackdown on Civil Rights

By Phil Mayes Posted on January 26, 2017 Posted in Law, Politics, Society Tagged with 1st Amendment, Democracy, OWS

I’m seeing a flurry of bills that limit protest: Resisting arrest can now be considered a hate crime in Louisiana Republicans pass bill to charge demonstrators for police overtime costs North Carolina Republican proposes legislation that would ban people from …

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Political bias measured in Supreme Court Decisions

By Phil Mayes Posted on May 6, 2014 Posted in Law, Politics Tagged with 1st Amendment, Supreme Court

The NYTimes reports that how Supreme Court Justices vote on 1st Amendment claims depends on their political leanings. The worst liberal bias is 1.3, whereas the conservative biases range from 3 to 7. This is unsettling enough by itself, but …

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A Frenzied Legislative Crackdown on Civil Rights

Political bias measured in Supreme Court Decisions