News from Around the South week of 2/10/13
Georgia: Confederate Flag-post by Demoted Officer Not Protected by First Amendment A deputy police chief demoted after posting on Facebook a Confederate flag image may not proceed with his First Amendment retaliation claims, a federal district court in Georgia ruled....
Stay Out of Other People's Wars
“If these negotiations [with Iran] fail, there are two grim alternatives,” said Sen. Richard Durbin, “a nuclear Iran, or war, or perhaps both.” Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham returned from the Munich security conference saying that even...
Hillary's Woody Allen problem
Dylan Farrow, now 28 years old, is the adopted daughter of Oscar-winning director Woody Allen. In “An Open Letter From Dylan Farrow,” published in The New York Times, Dylan accuses her father of inappropriately touching her “for as long as I could...News from Around th South, 1/27 to 2/3
Virginia: Fanmous Civil War House On Market FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — A house with a historic résumé that includes a photograph taken of it by Mathew Brady after the Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862 is easily a consensus choice for the annals of city lore....Obiter Dicta
In 200-plus years of interpreting the free speech clause of the First Amendment, the courts have narrowed and expanded its Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: With location and design selected, SC’s Robert Smalls monument needs funding The monument is expected to cost between $1 million and $2 million for the cost of the Read More