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    Union’s Free Spending Raised Free Speech Concerns at Issue in Court Case

    Union leaders based in Chicago racked up more than $13,000 in hotel charges to attend President Obama’s second inauguration and more than $6,000 to purchase booze for a Christmas party the month before. If the bosses of the Service Employees International Union plan to continue spending in that fashion, though, they may have to find…
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    This Proposed Amendment Would Violate Your Right to Free Speech (But Not the Media’s)

    Imagine if Congress passed and the president signed a law making it a crime to utter “false, scandalous and malicious” statements “against the government.” Do you think that would violate your right to free speech? Of course it would. It’s startling to realize that such a law was, in fact, enacted at one time. In…
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