Constitutional Law

FAU Investigates Student Protestors. Will the School Conduct Itself Fairly? UPDATED

Administrators at Florida Atlantic University didn't have the gumption to stand up to a propaganda assault from the Christian right and investigate communications instructor Deandre Poole's report of threats from a disgruntled student. They chose instead to hang Poole out to dry in the idiot wind. A ... More >>

SoFla Teenaged Girl Suspended for Protesting School Bullying

At DeSoto County High School in Arcadia, freedom of speech doesn't extend to silence. Amber Hatch, 15, sued its principal, its dean of student, and the local school board last week in Fort Myers federal court, claiming she was suspended last year after school administrators tried to coerce her from ... More >>

I-4 Corridor Predicts Florida for Romney

Women's Vote Matters

Obamacare Individual Mandate Upheld; Take That Florida Republicans

A lot has been said about the Supreme Court challenge to "Obamacare," the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. One thing, though, that's gotten lost in the shuffle is that the case is called Health and Human Services v. Florida -- it was filed by Florida's then-attorney general Bill McCollum, ... More >>

New Laws in Dozens of States Could Take Out Barack Obama This Fall

CAIR Officials on NDAA, Indefinite Detention, and Allen West Calling Them an "Un-Indicted Co-Conspirator"

Believe it or not, the Council on American-Islamic Relations might actually have something in common with tea party members. It's about last year's National Defense Authorization Act, which a federal judge ruled last week is vague enough to potentially allow for the indefinite detention of American ... More >>

Allen West Turns Black History Month Into Attack on Democrats

​Last Wednesday, Congressman Allen West took to the House floor to commemorate Black History Month. As the first black congressman from Florida since Reconstruction, he was in a unique position to do so. West had hundreds of years of history he could have talked about, including 51 years of his ow ... More >>

South Florida Muslims Seek a New Way to Get Along in the Wake of Terrorism Charges and Bigotry

Florida's Pee-Test-the-Poor Law Temporarily Blocked by Federal Judge

floppingaces.net​It looks like Gov. Rick Scott never met a constitution he couldn't violate.This time, it was likely the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, according to a federal judge who temporarily blocked the state's new welfare drug-testing law the governor loves so much.The lawsuit o ... More >>

Rick Scott Uses an Executive Order to Complain About Florida Supreme Court Decision

memegenerator.netWhy you mad, though?​After the Florida Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Rick Scott's executive order to suspend rulemaking in the executive branch agencies was unconstitutional, he decided to issue a new executive order to complain about the decision.The court had ruled 5-2 that it's ... More >>

Rick Scott Hits 12 Minutes Worth of Softballs on MSNBC, Avoids "Ponzi Scheme" Question

msnbc.comRick Scott, happy to be here.​When the subject of Rick Scott comes up on the typically left-leaning MSNBC network, it's typically to be berated on Rachel Maddow's nighttime show.Invite him onto Morning Joe with former Republican Florida Congressman Joe Scarborough, however, and the govern ... More >>

Donald Trump Giving a Bailout to South Florida Tea Party as They Still Won't Pay the Bill

fark.com​The new philosophy from the South Florida Tea Party apparently includes taking handouts and accepting bailouts.As you may know, the South Florida Tea Party has been trying to weasel its way out of paying the bill for a rally they held for Donald Trump in Boca Raton.Yesterday, Donald Trump ... More >>

Florida Teachers Union Hops on the "Sue Rick Scott" Train

menwithfoilhats.com​In the fourth recent lawsuit targeted at policies of Gov. Rick Scott, the Florida Education Association is now suing over a 3 percent pay cut to the salaries of teachers and other school workers.According to a news release from the union, the lawsuit was entered today in circui ... More >>

Voter Suppression Back in Style; Let's Party Like It's 1869

Screw the 15th Amendment. This is Florida.​Florida's legislative attack on voter rights easily passed the House last week and looks like it will surely sail through the Senate to become law. We're not alone, though. Our state's attempt to disenfranchise a massive amount of its citizens is actuall ... More >>

College Student Defends Facebook First Amendment Rights and Settles With Former Principal

via Chris KasurakCartoon of cyberbullying, free speech's evil tug-of-war partner.​Where is the line between cyberbullying and free speech? If one exists, it's wide, gray, and quite cloudy, and Katherine Evans walked it for two years as she sued her former Pembroke Pines Charter High School princip ... More >>

Allen West Denies Gang Involvement

NBC Nightly News with Brian WilliamsAllen West at a Constitutional Rights Rally in August.​Allen West, Florida's controversial and tea-party-backed candidate for Congress, was accused recently by NBC News of being connected to the Outlaws motorcycle gang.The Huffington Post reported Monday that We ... More >>

ACLU Defends Artist's Right to Paint at CityPlace

Bates, expressing himself​When is a city not a city? When it's a shopping center disguised as something "reminiscent of an Italian town center." Note that word reminiscent. As West Palm artist Bruce Kevin Bates found out, you may be able to set up your easel at the Villa d'Este in Tivoli or next ... More >>

The Norman Rockwell Exhibit at the Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale: The Painter Went Beyond Cutesy American Scenes

A South Florida Muslim Leader Refused to Be a Snitch, so the Feds Tried to Destroy Him

Letters From the Issue of August 13, 2009

LOLZ! ROFL! ACLU! Lawsuit Defends Student's Bitchy Facebook Page

Hey kids, good news! If you want to create a Facebook page that declares some teacher "the worst teacher in, like, the world," and then you are suspended for that, the Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida will sue the damn school to protect your First Amendment rights, as ... More >>

Letters from the issue of November 27, 2008

Janet Napolitano's Sorry Service Makes Her a Terrible Choice as Homeland Security Secretary

Go Ahead, Make Her Day

Angelina Jolie takes on a serial killer and the system in Clint Eastwood's latest

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Preview

Solar Eclipse

Early-rising photographer becomes "cruising for cock" suspect

Gretsas' New Jihad: Newsracks

Benefit For Arrested Photog Saturday

Seminole Hold 'Em

It's a Hard Rock life. Flush with American dollars, the tribe either plays by U.S. rules — or risks losing it all

Witness for the Defense

When a man bites City Hall in court, our columnist takes the stand

Key West Citizen Strikes Back

A Bousquet Case

You're Killin' Me

If you like sentimental musical reviews, then you'll love it. Otherwise, pray for sudden death.

Richie Havens

West Palm Heat

Is sheriff's candidate Ric Bradshaw Dirty Harry or Mr. Clean? Voters want to know.

Flex the First

Best Place to Prepare for Revolution

Big Al's Gun Range

Best Working Man's Agitator

Elgin Jones

Best Local Gift Gone Bad

Lauderhill plaque to James Earl Jones

Undercurrents

Saving Private Smith

Missing Moore

Broward County commission candidate Carlton Moore has done less for some concerned citizens

Letters to the Editor

Letters for September 7, 2000

Hoop Nightmares

Local homeowners say they don't want basketball played at night in Jefferson Park because it disturbs the peace. The players say the real reason is even uglier: race.

Caught in a Web of His Own Design

The story of a freedom-loving teen who posted a screed by one of the Littleton killers on his Website. The authorities were not amused.

Leading by Example