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Harold Hodge believes in the power of protest.“It’s important,” he said as he walked on First Street in front of the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court . "I believe people should have the right to protest and picket against the government.”But, he says, it’s a right that is disappearing.“They,” he said, as he pointed up at the white columns, “are taking it away from us.”In January 2011, Hodge was standing on the public plaza above the steps of the court wearing a sign around his neck. It read “The U.S. Gov. allows police to illegally murder and brutalize African-Americans and Hispanic people."Video of him shows he was still and quiet and more than 100 feet from the Court entrance. Nonetheless, officers arrested him, charging him with violating a so-called “no speech zone.”“These things are popping up all over the country,” said John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute, which is defending Hodge in court, “where people can only speak when they are pushed away to the side.”“I’m astounded,...
Hikers vs. ATV riders in Idaho national forest
The YouTube video shows the 2009 Preakness. A woman lies bleeding on the ground inside Pimlico Race Course in Maryland after an altercation with police."How many tim...
Social network posts cause termination
Is it illegal to tape the police in a public place?
Is requiring GPS going too far?
"They wouldn't listen," said Richard Doherty as he walked on the vacant lot next to the Bourne Fire Department, his old place of employment."The more vocal I got, th...
There's nothing Brad Smith enjoys more than a tranquil walk through the protected wilderness in Central Idaho."It's pretty amazing," said Smith, as he looked out ove...
Driver sues state for right to alert cars to speed trap
State park demands permit from amateur movie maker
Charter school shut down over 'religious texts'
"Look at that," said Mike Kalaman as he held up a juvenile lobster that appeared limp in his fingers. "That is not normal."Kalaman was on his lobster boat, "Dark Hor...
Atheists sue over reference to God in state terrorism bill
After a week of revelations about government spying on reporters and the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservatives, most voters feel "like the federal governm...
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14-year-old honor student charged with three counts of assault for shooting spitwads
In 2010, freshman Andrew Mikel was suspended from his Virginia high school.The charge: "Violent criminal conduct" for using a "weapon" at school."This is the most ...
WSJ Financial Editor Francesco Guerra on concerns about the market’s outlook.
What’s affecting lobsters in Long Island Sound?
80-year-old Claire Butcher could go to jail for feeding ducks