Tag: Freedom of Speech

Abby Martin Beats the Israel Lobby: Attack on Free Speech and Association Fails Court Test

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

By Philip Giraldi | Strategic Culture Foundation | June 3, 2021

Many Americans who follow developments overseas would concede that Israel and its supporters in the United States exercise a fairly high level of control over U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Some are also aware of Congressional attempts to introduce legislation that would define criticism of the Jewish state as a federal hate crime. That would narrow the options for discussion, infringing on First Amendment free speech rights, and further tighten the grip on policy. It would also make violators of the new law subject to fines and even imprisonment at the hands of the Department of Justice, which has traditionally responded favorably on issues of concern to Israel and its supporters.

Abby Martin Beats the Israel Lobby: Attack on Free Speech and Association Fails Court Test

The Government’s War on Free Speech: Protest Laws Undermine the First Amendment

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

This holds true whether you’re talking about the right to criticize the government in word or deed, the right to be free from government surveillance, the right to not have your person or your property subjected to warrantless searches by government agents, the right to due process, the right to be safe from soldiers invading your home, the right to be innocent until proven guilty and every other right that once reinforced the founders’ belief that this would be “a government of the people, by the people and for the people.”

The Government’s War on Free Speech: Protest Laws Undermine the First Amendment