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  • The Constitutional Doctrines that Won't Change, Even If the Supreme Court Does

    11/26/2004 4:48:58 PM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 2 replies · 477+ views
    Writ News ^ | Nov. 26, 2004 | VIKRAM AMAR AND ALAN BROWNSTEIN
    If and when President Bush makes one, two, three or more appointments to the United States Supreme Court, how will constitutional doctrine change? From the point of view of most liberals, depending on their degree of pessimism, a lot of fundamental rights of liberty and equality are on the chopping block. Conservatives, conversely, welcome what they view as a retreat from the judicial activism of the past 40 years. But are there any areas of constitutional law that are unlikely to see any serious doctrinal change, no matter how many Court appointments are made during the next four years? We...
  • Howard's Final Farewell?

    03/05/2004 4:17:24 PM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 63 replies · 145+ views
    Howard came back after the break and said he has some bad news. He said that the future of radio is coming to what he thought it would. He said he's wanted to be on radio since he was 5 and knew that he would change the way people talk on radio. He said it was his stupid destiny. He said he finally got on the radio and got on in Philadelphia and Los Angeles and he's even changed the way people talk on TV. He said that his tim has passed though and he's become too much of a...
  • Stern: 'They Are So Afraid of Me'

    02/27/2004 9:02:06 AM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 30 replies · 90+ views
    FOX ^ | 2/26/04
    <p>Howard Stern (search)has a message for Clear Channel Radio, which suspended the shock jock over an interview with Paris Hilton's ex-boyfriend: radio executives are just scared.</p> <p>"They are so afraid of me and what this show represents,"Stern said Thursday during his popular radio program, which is still airing in many cities.</p>
  • LIMBAUGH WARNS OF DANGER TO FREE SPEECH

    02/26/2004 9:40:46 AM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 370 replies · 363+ views
    Drudge ^ | 2/26/04 | Drudge/Limbaugh
    LIMBAUGH WARNS OF DANGER TO FREE SPEECH THU FEB 26 2004 12:28:21 ET THE NATION'S TOP RADIO HOST RUSH LIMBAUGH WARNED OF GROWING GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN BROADCASTING CONTENT. LIMBAUGH MADE THE COMMENTS AFTER HIS PARENT COMPANY CLEAR CHANNEL DROPPED VIACOM'S HOWARD STERN FROM ITS STATIONS. 'SMUT ON TV GETS PRAISED. SMUT ON TV WINS EMMYS. ON RADIO, THERE SEEMS TO BE DIFFERENT STANDARDS,' LIMBAUGH EXPLAINED. 'I'VE NEVER HEARD HOWARD STERN. BUT WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GETS INVOLVED IN THIS, I GET A LITTLE FRIGHTENED. 'IF WE ARE GOING TO SIT BY AND LET THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GET INVOLVED IN THIS,...