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	<title>Sheila Kennedy &#187; Constitution</title>
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	<description>Thinking about Liberty</description>
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		<title>What Constitutes &#8220;Speech&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/what-constitutes-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/what-constitutes-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 11:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of expression]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning&#8217;s news included a report on a Virginia lawsuit brought by sheriff&#8217;s deputies alleging retaliatory firing in violation of their free speech rights. They claimed they&#8217;d been dismissed for supporting the Sheriff&#8217;s (unsuccessful) opponent in a recent election. The law is pretty clear that public employees do not lose their First Amendment rights simply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on Bork</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/more-on-bork/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/more-on-bork/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harm principle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Sekelow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[libertarian principle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Bork]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent post, I made the case that Romney&#8217;s choice of Robert Bork as his legal/courts advisor should disqualify him from the Presidency. I subsequently ran across a more in-depth discussion of Bork, borrowing liberally from his own writings. This extended essay is well worth reading in its entirety, but let me whet your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Interesting Exchange</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/an-interesting-exchange/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/an-interesting-exchange/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bush Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil liberties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rule of law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like many other civil libertarians, I have been deeply disappointed by President Obama&#8217;s willingness to continue many of the security practices of the Bush Administration. It is especially galling because&#8211;unlike Bush&#8211;Obama quite obviously knows what the Constitution requires, and has nevertheless been willing to engage in surveillance and other practices which most civil libertarians believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Law and Order</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/law-and-order/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/law-and-order/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4th Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strip searches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I certainly feel safer now that the Supreme Court has handed down its decision in Florence v. Burlington. The issue in this case was whether jail officials have the right to strip-search anyone and everyone who is arrested, no matter what the charge and no matter the presence or lack of probable cause to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking of &#8220;Agendas&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/speaking-of-agendas/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/speaking-of-agendas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religious Liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Family Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[candidate questionnaire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creationism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay "agenda"]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A friend sent me a copy of this year&#8217;s American Family Action Pac political questionnaire. Rather than characterize it, I decided to let it speak for itself. (The odd numbering and format are original.) Indiana Family Action PAC  2012 Questionnaire for State Candidates Please circle the response that most accurately reflects your position on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Widespread Misunderstanding</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/a-widespread-misunderstanding/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/a-widespread-misunderstanding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill of Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent comment posted to this blog demonstrates a widespread&#8211;and pernicious&#8211;misunderstanding of the role of the U.S. Constitution. The commenter demanded to know where there was any reference to healthcare in the constitution. The answer, of course, is that no such reference exists&#8211;just as there&#8217;s no reference to, say, smoking. Or marriage. Or the right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Those Hits Keep Coming&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/those-hits-keep-coming/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/those-hits-keep-coming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[content neutrality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiana legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiana Youth Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[license plates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2468</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ummn&#8230;how much longer must we endure this &#8220;short&#8221; legislative session? And why are Indiana lawmakers so spooked by gay people? This week alone, we&#8217;ve heard how the Girl Scouts are &#8220;really&#8221; in the business of producing commie feminist lesbians. Yesterday (while even  Brian Bosma was roaming the Statehouse halls passing out Girl Scout cookies and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church and State in Texas</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/church-and-state-in-texas/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/church-and-state-in-texas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[separation of church and state]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A friend recently sent me a copy of a Court Order approving a settlement in a hotly contested case from a small town in Texas. The Plaintiffs had complained that the school corporation engaged in pervasive and unconstitutional religious activities over a period of years&#8211;prayers over the loudspeakers, constant religious references by the Principal, prayers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boobs and &#8220;Boobies&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/boobs-and-boobies/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/boobs-and-boobies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education / Youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACLU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boobies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2386</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I received a news release from the Indiana ACLU announcing the organization&#8217;s representation of a middle-school student. As the release recounted the facts of the case, &#160; The minor child, &#8220;L.G.,&#8221; is a student at Roosevelt Middle School, which is part of the Twin Lakes School Corporation in Monticello, Ind. In early January, school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Wrongs, Eroding Rights</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/two-wrongs-eroding-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/two-wrongs-eroding-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1%]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buckley v. Valeo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Pacs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[January 21st was the 2-year anniversary of the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in Citizens United.  The anniversary was marked with a number of protests, and an even larger number of news articles and blog posts documenting the dramatic growth of political &#8220;Super Pacs&#8221; and other unaccountable third-party political actors in the wake of that decision.  We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Heckler&#8217;s Veto?</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/the-hecklers-veto/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/the-hecklers-veto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Right to Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heckler's veto]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Indiana Statehouse has been the focus of a lot of demonstrations over the years, and probably just as many efforts to abort&#8211;or at least minimize&#8211; those demonstrations. Remember when the KKK came to town? The argument was &#8220;We can&#8217;t let them use the Statehouse steps&#8211;people will riot and it will endanger public safety!&#8221; The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrong is Wrong</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/wrong-is-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/wrong-is-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indefinite detention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rule of law]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the election of Barack Obama, the GOP&#8211;aka &#8220;the party of no&#8221;&#8211;has shown impressive discipline, putting party orthodoxy ahead of both the common good and, frequently, sanity. The Democrats, on the other hand, have happily confirmed Will Rogers&#8217; great line: &#8220;I&#8217;m not a member of any organized political party; I&#8217;m a Democrat.&#8221; The left wing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do Gun Rights Trump All Other Rights?</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/why-do-gun-rights-trump-all-other-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/why-do-gun-rights-trump-all-other-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflicting rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiana legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As readers of this blog know, I&#8217;m a pretty rabid civil libertarian. But even I know that my right to free speech doesn&#8217;t mean I can stomp into your living room to harangue you. My right to free exercise of religion doesn&#8217;t include the right to impose that religion on students in my public university [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Body Politic</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/11/the-body-politic/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/11/the-body-politic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[body politic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civic literacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2053</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, I&#8217;ll chair a Spirit and Place Panel on &#8220;The Body Politic&#8221; at the Indiana Statehouse. I hope some of you can attend; for those who can&#8217;t, here are my introductory remarks. I’d like to introduce the panel: Eric Meslin is Associate Dean and Director of the Center for Bioethics at the IU School of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intriguing&#8211;and Disquieting&#8211;Analysis of Citizens United</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/06/intriguing-and-disquieting-analysis-of-citizens-united/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/06/intriguing-and-disquieting-analysis-of-citizens-united/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expressive freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[group rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A paper delivered at the Law and Society conference I attended raised some interesting points about the Citizens United decision that I haven&#8217;t seen elsewhere. While there has been a lot of criticism of the Court&#8217;s classification of corporations as people, this presentation asked a more basic (albeit related) question: what was the &#8220;speech&#8221; that [...]]]></description>
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