Larry Flynt waged many First Amendment wars -- and not just in defense of porn
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It was October 2001, not exactly the heyday of publisher Larry Flynt's many controversies, and professor Robert Richards couldn't understand what the fuss was about.
Through the Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment at Penn State, which Richards founded, the professor wanted to bring Flynt to speak to students and faculty. He found the backlash jarring. A conservative radio host in Philadelphia had shared the university president's contacts, encouraging listeners to bombard Penn State's leadership. A religious group had sent its flock the email address for the college of communication's dean. A state legislator had joined in stoking the outrage, even threatening the university's funding over the Flynt visit and other campus events he found unseemly.
The once-wonky Georgia State Election Board has burst into the limelight this year as a new Republican majority – made up of a retired obstetrician, a former state senator who put out feelers for a Trump administration job and a right-wing media personality – push ahead with new rules that could create chaos in November.
Schools across a swath of central Kentucky have cancelled classes Monday and residents have been urged to remain on high alert as the deep-woods search for a man suspected of opening fire along I-75 enters it third day.
The senior Republican and Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee will release dueling documents on the deadly August 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan on Monday, as former President Donald Trump’s campaign seeks to make the decisions surrounding the exit a key issue in the final weeks of the presidential election campaign.
The most important moment in the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump comes this week, as the vice president prepares for what could be her only opportunity to directly confront a former president whose political dominance she is pledging to end.
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would seek the prosecution and “long term prison sentences” of election officials and political operatives who “CHEATED” during the 2024 election if he again wins the presidency in November.
When the House Judiciary Committee held a field hearing on Friday to highlight the impact border security issues have on local communities, the latest installment of an ongoing series, Vice President Kamala Harris was underlying their line of attack for the first time.
Vice President Kamala Harris has met more than 150 world leaders since becoming vice president. But a July sit-down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu felt different.
Several people have been shot near Interstate 75 in Laurel County, Kentucky, according to the Laurel County Sheriff’s office.
Across the country, federal courts are buckling under an ever-increasing caseload in the absence of long-awaited congressional action that would add judges to match a significant growth in litigation over the last several decades.
A manhunt is underway after five people were shot Saturday near an interstate in a rural area of Laurel County, Kentucky, located south of Lexington, according to the sheriff’s office.
Apalachee High School teacher Stephen Kreyenbuhl knew something wrong Wednesday before he even heard gunshots. (CQ: Name spelling)