When the people of Alloway Township elected Gail Nazarene to their school board, she did what elected officials should do: she sought feedback from voters.
RICO was meant to take down mob bosses — not protesters with megaphones. When officials try to twist racketeering laws into a cudgel against dissent, they don’t just misapply the law; they chill speech at the core of democracy.
When Iowa officials try to silence citizens for asking tough questions, it's not just bad policy — it’s an insult to an entire generation of WWII vets and the freedoms they fought to defend.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an opinion in Meriwether v. Hartop, which has been closely watched by the First Amendment legal community.