Top Items About Freedom Of Speech
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| Trivia | A brief history of Censorship in America | Seven years after the ratification of the First Amendment in 1791, Congress enacted the Sedition Act [1798] making it a crime... | root | 416 | |
| Anecdotes | Freedom of Speech? | In 1919, Charles Schenck, general secretary of the Socialist Party, was convicted of attempting to obstruct the draft... | Anonymous | 73 | |
| Anecdotes | Vladimir Putin: Press Freedom in Russia | "[Russian President Vladimir Putin`s] doings are covered Soviet-style in minute detail in every broadcast," Nicholas... | Anonymous | 51 | |
| Anecdotes | John McCain: Captive For Freedom | After enduring more than five harrowing years (much of it in solitary confinement) as a prisoner of war in Vietnam,... | Anonymous | 35 | |
| Anecdotes | Landmark lawsuit: bloggers considered journalists | A [2007] lawsuit judgment provided evidence for two things: a blogger may qualify as a journalist; and just because you're a... | root | 33 | |
| Anecdotes | Joao Baptista Figueiredo: Brazilian Democracy | "I intend to open this country up to democracy," Brazilian president General Joao Baptista Figueiredo declared one day... | Anonymous | 31 | |
| Anecdotes | Honorary Citizen | Although Winston Churchill was made an honorary citizen of the United States in April 1963, he was too frail to attend... | Anonymous | 27 | |
| Anecdotes | Dr. Marble & Dick Cheney | As he stood about 10 feet away from VP Dick Cheney and some camera operators from CNN and other media filmed the... | root | 24 | |
| Anecdotes | Courtney Love: Torch of Liberty | "For the ultimate Nimby, nothing exists outside one`s own right to say what one wants and to be protected from those who... | Anonymous | 18 | |
| Anecdotes | Donald Rumsfeld: Church and State (long) | "In October, the Los Angeles Times reported that [Lieutenant General William (Jerry) Boykin], while... | Anonymous | 18 |
