The James Madison Center for Civic Engagement hosted the second session of its Freedom of Expression Information Series on Tuesday to discuss “Personal Safety and Security: Weapons and Explosives,” specifically
Since the U.S. Supreme Court first assembled in 1790, it has ruled on tens of thousands of cases. The court’s decisions have defined the country’s legal framework and shaped countless aspects of U.S. society. Here are some cases that had a large impact on American life.
in a football stadium taking a knee because they don t like the way police have been handling african-americans over the years, in fact too long. do they see the reality of what the situation they re confronting, which is the need to allow public expression of even unpopular views? you know, conservatives should see it most of all. this is a point that i ve been trying to make to some of my fellow conservatives. texas v. johnson, 1989 supreme court decision on flag burning. who is the justice who makes the case that a fundamental right is also the right to burn the flag? it s that well-known, left-wing progressive crazy antonin scalia voting with the majority in that case. so republicans or conservatives who think of themselves as constitutionalists who think they have a grip of what this country is about ought to be the first to oppose the president instead of going along with his whole line about anger is something out of a playbook from the 1930s of populism and a kind
to be american. colin kaepernick can disagree. disagreeing we spend much too much time to suppress, campus activists on the left or trumpian characters on the right, saying any kind of leftist dissent is unpatriotic. let me ask you another thing. i talked to someone over the weekend that said you don t lurch toward authoritarianism, you slide there one theory at a time. do you think he is trying to shame people, trying to turn those freedoms into anti-american gestures? whoever said that should also be quoted. there s essentially a secret source. we don t notice how the temperature is rising or maybe we re defining things down in a way that goes unmentioned. let s not forget in the flag burning case that came before the supreme court, i think texas