First Amendment
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ConstitutionFeaturedGovernmentPolitics
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: Likely Voters Support Free Speech, Reject Socialism
by Justin Haskins December 11, 2019Of 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.”
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GovernmentLibertyPolitics
Freedom Caucus’ Jim Jordan: Freedom Under Attack
by Nancy Thorner April 17, 2019Ohio 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.
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FeaturedPodcastUncategorized
In The Tank (ep146) – Supreme Court Episode! Kennedy Retires, SD v. Wayfair, Janus v. AFSCME
by Donald Kendal June 29, 2018Donny 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.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsFeaturedHealth CarePodcast
In The Tank (ep133) – The State of Health Care, Freedom and Firearms, and the First Amendment
by Donald Kendal March 29, 2018With 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.
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FeaturedPolitics
Can Twitter Be Trusted with Its New ‘Violent Images’ Rules?
by Billy Aouste December 22, 2017Do you trust Twitter?
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ConstitutionEducationFeaturedPolitics
The NFL Flap Exposes Media Ignorance and the Failure of Civic Education
by Robert Holland November 14, 2017The 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.
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EducationFeatured
Why Do College Students Want Freedom From Speech?
by Robert Holland October 18, 2017Responding 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.
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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.
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Government
Freedom Of Assembly – Completely Free From Government Interference Or Imposition
by Seton Motley August 25, 2017We the People are free to assemble – or not assemble – any way we wish. Completely free from government interference or imposition.
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ConstitutionGovernmentLegal Affairs
With Due Respect to the Supreme Court, Some Campaign Finance Laws Are Unconstitutional
by Rob Natelson July 31, 2017Many on the left are campaigning to “overturn Citizens United.”
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Uncategorized
Fake Democracy, Real Power Grabs: The Bureaucracy ‘Comment Periods’
by Seton Motley June 13, 2017The 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.
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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.
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GovernmentInternet/Telecom
Silicon Valley Gets Government Favors – While Boosting Leftists And Blocking Conservatives
by Seton Motley October 19, 2016We 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.