The reason we don’t tax religious institutions is not that they don’t make money, but because the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that we don’t want “excessive entanglement” between the church and state.
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Why the U.S. Doesn’t Tax Churches
The reason we don’t tax religions isn’t that we think they need to be subsidized. Rather, it’s that we don’t want what the Supreme Court (in its better days) deemed to be “excessive entanglement” between the church and state. The …
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Trump and Twitter
I hate to complain, or to invalidate this judge, but I think everyone who’s read the First Amendment understands this. Its first word is “Congress.”
Disinformation Governance Board
Here’s a conversation I’m having a reader (Jim), who is concerned with the “Big Brother” appearance of the “Disinformation Governance Board.” Craig: Are you suggesting that it will become illegal to make an assertion that runs counter to the views …
Religion As Legal Fraud
How clever this is. And how sad it is that all this is so totally on point. Obviously, there is nothing illegal about what this fraud is doing. The First Amendment protects both his free speech and exercise of religion. …
Fox News and the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Both Canada and the UK have banned Fox News. Obviously, this is a far trickier subject in the United States, given our First Amendment rights to free speech. Yet, there are several kinds of speech that the U.S. Supreme Court …
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Coronavirus Experts Muzzled, But How?
Can someone explain the mechanism by which this works, given the First Amendment? Can’t the guy simply walk to NPR HQ (walking distance from the White House and U.S. Capitol)? If I were this guy, I’d say, “I’m a top …
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Americans Struggle To Understand Their Most Important Document
The bad news is that only 43% of Republicans think that Trump should be able to shut down any news media outlets that he deems to be serving up “fake news.” Thus the good news: 57% of Republicans have at least some …
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What Exactly Is Censorship, And Why Should We Care?
What are the limits of free speech, as protected by the First Amendment? This is a touchy subject, especially today, with the White Supremacists demanding (and receiving) speaking platforms at our universities. Where does a civilized society draw the line?
Climate Change and a Free Press
I’m at an event hosted by the New York Press kicked off with a wonderful plenary panel discussion including folks from The National Review, Huffington Post, Fox News, Democracy Now, and The Hill. It’s said that the media doesn’t tell …
