On Friday, the MBTA sued MIT and three MIT students, claiming that the students planned to present a paper at the DEFCON hacker's conference explaining how to circumvent the security on the T's Charlie Cards and thus create counterfeit … [Read more...]
ACLU goes to court in Boston to fight government ban on scholar
The Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights and the Massachusetts Chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee have jointly invited Professor Adam Habib to be the keynote speaker at an event on August 5, 2008, because of his … [Read more...]
Mary Jean V Massachusetts State police
The original video case which will has resulted in first amendment constitutional law has now moved forward in the federal Court system. This video has been produced to expose the tactics of the State police in a last ditch effort to entrap … [Read more...]
Holding Free Speech Captive
They are, if you pardon the expression, snugly in bed with anti-women's rights organizations and protesters. Aborting inviable fetuses is murder in their loaded lingo.Pushing All LimitsConsider two recent matters - related claims in the … [Read more...]
Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones and a Couple of Other Rants
I hate to break it to you Marie, but every Election Day, my right to free expression is being infringed upon by state law. There is a 150 foot buffer zone between political sign holders and the entrance to the polling station.So Marie, if I … [Read more...]
Ben LaGuer is a “Bastard on the Couch”
It seems a controversy has broken out at Blue Mass Group as to whether it is okay to give convicted felons access to the blogosphere. I didn't create the account or do the posting. I didn't even know about it until I saw it (briefly) last … [Read more...]
No News is Bad News and the First Amendment
In the presentation, I try to call the students' attention to the traditional role of the press as "Fourth Estate" some disturbing trends on newspapers and publishers and the potential role of blogs And I suggest, indirectly, that Blogs may … [Read more...]
First Amendment Day – I need your thoughts
Hudson High School is a First Amendment School.This means, among other things, that every year they have a "First Amendment Day," Because I'm from Hudson and because of my blogging at Smart Mass, I have been asked to speak at our High … [Read more...]
Your Civil Liberties: Use em or Lose em (poll)
I just couldn't let this comment to a recent post on the Pechonis arrest video go.What exactly is the problem with this video? (0.00 / 0) Why does anyone care? Is it just that the video was made, and posted? I was … [Read more...]