Supreme Court rules on coach’s right to pray at school games

 coach's right to pray at school gamesBob Unruh – A high-school football coach fired by his district for his brief, solitary prayers following his team’s football games has won his free speech fight at the U.S. Supreme Court.

The 6-3 ruling included multiple concurrences and a lone dissent filed by the three leftist judges on the bench.

Written for the majority by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the opinion  came in the case involving Joe Kennedy, who was dismissed by the Bremerton school district in Washington state over his prayers. Continue reading

Why The Prince Harry Attack On The First Amendment Should Concern Americans

Prince HarryJonathan Turley – The media went into a frenzy this weekend when the bonny Prince Harry gave a huge Hurrumpf to the First Amendment. On a show appropriately called “the Armchair Expert,” Harry declared the First Amendment “bonkers” and expressed frustration of how it protects the media in its “feeding frenzy” over his life.

Harry’s criticism of the First Amendment can be dismissed as the unfamiliarity of a royal refugee. However, it is actually far more serious than that. Harry and his American wife Meghan Markle have attacked media rights in England and succeeded under the laws of the United Kingdom. They are now joining a growing anti-free speech and free press movement in the United States. Continue reading