First Amendment

Of those who said “offensive” speech should be banned by government (see question above), 58% of those with a “very favorable” view of Bernie Sanders said “those who violate such bans against offensive speech” should “be punished with jail time.”

Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan told a private group at Chicago’s Trump Tower this week that the current Democrat Party is the craziest he has ever experienced.

Donny Kendal, John Nothdurft and Justin Haskins present episode #146 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Tax Foundation, Atlas Network, and Illinois Policy.

With John Nothdurft out, Government Relations employees Arianna Wilkerson and Charlie Katebi join Donny Kendal to present episode #133 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from The Heartland Institute.

Do you trust Twitter?

The huge dust-up over the protests of the American flag during the presentation of the national anthem by National Football League players has served to dramatize a massive deficiency in civics education in this nation.

Responding to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement the Trump administration will begin siding with plaintiffs in challenging public universities that fail to uphold freedom of speech.

There is a difficult paradox between the NFL protests today directly at the center of the debates: it may be American to have the right to protest, but it may be un-American to choose to use it.

We the People are free to assemble – or not assemble – any way we wish. Completely free from government interference or imposition.

Many on the left are campaigning to “overturn Citizens United.”

The Left doesn’t like acquiescing to the will of We the People. They like – to degree that they can pull it off – to PRETEND to acquiesce to the will of We the People.

Liberal politicos celebrating court decisions voiding President Donald Trump’s travel orders seem not to have noticed something: Those decisions pose a direct threat to the state constitutional language they rely on to block school choice programs.

We all know most of the modern Tech World is very, very Leftist. And has been from its mid-1990s inception. Which is ok. But all the while, the relationship between the Tech World and our $4-trillion-per-year Leftist government has grown exponentially. Which ain’t nearly so ok.