ACLU First Amendment Minutes For December 2009

12.30.09
ACLU First Amendment Minute: A Talk About Sex
We need to have a talk about sex. We're also going to talk about the federal budget, but we'll get to the sex part soon, I promise.

ACLU First Amendment Minute: Auld Lang Syne
What's an Auld Lang Syne anyway?

12.22.09
ACLU First Amendment Minute: Have You Ever
Are you now or have you ever used drugs, received counseling, engaged in homosexual behavior, illegal gambling or loitering? Careful before you answer, your job may be on the line.

ACLU First Amendment Minute: Your Attention Please
YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE, YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE: If you Twitter, have friends on Facebook, or chat electronically, law enforcement is probably monitoring you.

ACLU First Amendment Minute: Gender ID in New York
In order to understand the importance of New York Governor, David Patterson's recent executive order that requires state agencies to include gender identity in their non-discrimination policies, you might want to know a couple of numbers.

ACLU First Amendment Minute: A Funny Thing Happened...
A funny thing happened to Cecil Bothwell on his way to being sworn into office as Asheville, North Carolina's newly-elected city councilor.

12.14.09
ACLU First Amendment Minute: Housing Authority
What does a housing authority rule that says don't affix anything to the outside of the door of your apartment have to do with the first amendment?

ACLU First Amendment Minute: ACLU Carolers
And now let's hear from the ACLU carolers.

ACLU First Amendment Minute: Chief Military Prosecuter at Gitmo
The former Chief Military Prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay has been fired from his present job as a researcher at The Library of Congress for, get this, writing an opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal and a letter to The Washington Post.

12.3.09
ACLU First Amendment Minute: The Pledge of Allegiance
From time to time, school administrators try to impose patriotism on students by requiring them to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

ACLU First Amendment Minute: Your Apartment Door
What does a housing authority rule that says don't affix anything to the outside of the door of your apartment have to do with the first amendment?

ACLU First Amendment Minute: Warning: Listener Discretion Advised
Warning: Listener discretion is advised. This commentary contains a description of graphic images.


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