1st Amendment

1st Amendment Arkansas Politics 

Justice Goodson is a Danger to the Constitution

October 29, 2018October 29, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments Courtney Goodson, first amendment, Rapid Response Team, Republican State Leadership Committee, RRT, RSLC

You may have read ads questioning Justice Courtney Goodson’s ethics. Or you may have read news stories (or blog posts)

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1st Amendment Arkansas Politics Government Our Rights Politics 

Fighting for the First Amendment in Arkansas

August 29, 2018September 10, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments Courtney Goodson, Doug Martin, first amendment, freedom of speech

It’s campaign season. That means people are going to be saying negative things about candidates running for office. To those

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1st Amendment Our Rights 

The Importance of Donor Privacy

July 26, 2018September 10, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments Donor Privacy, first amendment, HB 1005, NAACP, Rep. Clarke Tucker

Can the government force a private organization to reveal its donors? Sixty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in NAACP

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1st Amendment Government Our Rights 

Supreme Court Strikes a Blow for Free Speech

June 27, 2018September 10, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments free speech, Janus v AFSCME, labor unions, Right to work, Tim Sandefur

In an eagerly awaited decision, the Supreme Court ruled in Janus v AFSCME that government workers who are not members

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1st Amendment Government Our Rights 

Courtney Goodson’s Attack on Due Process and the First Amendment

May 16, 2018September 10, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments arkansas supreme court, Courtney Goodson, Doug Martin, due process, Elections, first amendment, free speech, John Brummett

Everybody in Arkansas who pays attention to elections knows that state Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson’s public profile is not

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1st Amendment Our Rights 

Arizona Protecting Nonprofit Donors

April 17, 2018September 10, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments Arizona, Dan Greenberg, Donor Privacy, free speech, Governor Doug Ducey, Rep. Clarke Tucker, Victor Riches

There is a move afoot to stifle political speech. Some people want to see mandatory government reporting for nonprofits that

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1st Amendment Our Rights 

“Fighting Words” and SJR8

February 20, 2018September 10, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments Chaplinsky vs. New Hampshire, Dan Greenberg, Ken “Popehat” White, sjr8, Walter Chaplinsky

Since podcasts seem to be in vogue nowadays, I imagine that there are a few TAP readers who listen to

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1st Amendment Government Our Rights 

Quashing Speech at the University of Arkansas?

November 27, 2017September 10, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments first amendment, freedom of speech, Joshua Silverstein, Pete Tschumi, Robert Steinbuch, transparency, University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas Board of Trustees

Here at the Arkansas Project, we continue to have concerns about the direction of the University of Arkansas. We see

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1st Amendment Arkansas Legislature Arkansas Republicans Civil Liberties Government Individual Freedom Our Rights 

Governor Changes Tune On Religious Freedom Bill

April 1, 2015 Caleb Taylor 2 Comments Religious Freedom, religious freedom restoration act, RFRA

As you’ve probably heard by now, Gov. Asa Hutchinson, announced earlier today that he wouldn’t sign State Rep. Bob Ballinger’s

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1st Amendment 2015 General Assembly Arkansas Politics Civil Liberties Individual Freedom 

UALR’s DiPippa: For Religious Freedom Before He Was Against It

March 30, 2015 Caleb Taylor 1 Comment Bowen school of law, hb 1228, john dipippa, religious freedom restoration act, religious liberty

Intellectual consistency is apparently not a virtue of many opponents of HB 1228, the state’s proposed Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

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