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Subject: First Amendment Rights

  • Beating around the Bush, or not, in Irvine

    Good news for those of us who have never seen the power of a monarchy in action, and the servility it demands of its subjects. President Bush is extending his weekend trip to California, and will be visiting scenic Irvine on Monday. According to the Register, "Bush will speak to the Orange County Business Council between 8 and 9 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Irvine". He'll be talking about immigration reform. So, if you want to get a look at the president... well, unless you're one of the preselect

    April 21, 2006
  • Why I Hate Ho Chi Minh

    February 25, 1999
  • Off Tran's Case

    May 20, 1999
  • See the "Supe Snoop" Footage for Yourself

    Surely by now you've heard about the latest scandal to rock the Orange County Sheriff's Department: "Supe Snoop." If you haven't heard about it, you owe it to yourself to read R. Scott Moxley's cover story on Sheriff Sandra Hutchens this week. The footage above that opens over the shoulder of county Supervisor Chris Norby is referenced in this paragraph:On Jan. 13, Hutchens sent more than 20 armed deputies to a Board of Supervisors public meeting, reasoning that protesters of her CCW policy po

    March 26, 2009
  • Protect the Children, Sign Church's Petition to Ban Mormon Marriage

    When California's gay marriage legal debate gets tough, the tough get weirder: Universal Free Church has now launched a national petition drive to ban Mormon marriage.Mary Cristos, leader of the new, St. Louis-based "Free" religious denomination, says the UFC believes in "religious freedom and religious free speech for everyone, but religious fascism for no one." The church is all about personal freedom in one's own private life, with its lone Commandment stipulating, "At age 18 every UFC member

    March 27, 2009
  • Aussie and Hairy It

    March 28, 2002
  • 'The Bus Driver Is God'

    September 14, 2006
  • Just a Smokescreen

    May 26, 2005
  • I Didnt Do It

    May 3, 2001
  • Boy Scouts Like It Both Ways

    October 12, 2000
  • The Year in Cyberspace

    January 7, 1999
  • X-Stopped

    December 17, 1998
  • Konstitutional Krisis

    September 10, 1998
  • Judge Finds Both For and Against OC Teacher of "Jesus Glasses" Fame

    Keith MayThe headline-grabbing lawsuit filed in 2007 by Chad Farnan, a senior at Capistrano Valley High, against history teacher James Corbett for allegedly expressing hostility towards Christianity in class, came to a close today, and it's still a little unclear who really won. The federal judge who issued the ruling found that there were dozens of instances where Farnan's First Amendment rights were not violated by Corbett's statements, and one instance in which they were. So essentially, Judg

    May 1, 2009
  • Chapman Law Dean Shifts From One Controversy to Another

    Photo by Christopher VictorioJohn C. Eastman (right) listens as John Yoo debates at Chapman last month.The last time you read a Navel Gazing post that mentioned John C. Eastman, dean of Chapman University's School of Law, it was in reference to him teaming with the university's visiting law professor and Bush White House "torture memo" author John Yoo in April to debate two other Chapman law profs in Memorial Hall about presidential power in wartime. One thing Eastman rejected that day was a gov

    May 7, 2009
  • James Corbett's Anti-Establishment Comment

    May 7, 2009
  • Judge: Capo Valley High Teacher Not Financially Liable for Anti-Christian Crack

    Photo by Keith May James CorbettA federal judge in Santa Ana has ruled that high school history teacher James Corbett--who former Weekly reporter Daffodil Altan wrote about here and here (with Gustavo Arellano on the latter)--is not financially liable for disparaging Christians in class. The scoop is in today's Orange County Register.

    September 16, 2009
  • Gwar

    November 19, 2009