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— The Democratic and Republican parties for “their complete indifference to First Amendment rights as demonstrated by their deafening silence concerning security measures employed at their respective national conventions.”
— Command Authority of Camp Lejeune Marine Base (North Carolina), which forced Jesse Nieto, a veteran and employee on the base, to remove from his vehicle decals linking Islam to terrorism.
— Berrien County, Mich., Judge Dennis Wiley, who revoked the probation of a man who wrote an editorial criticizing and saying God would punish the judge who presided over the man’s trial for voter fraud.
— Virginia Circuit Judge Westbrook J. Parker, who ordered 40 people to pay $80,000 in legal fees after they unsuccessfully petitioned for the removal of four county supervisors who had been under criminal investigation.
— The administration of Lone Star College (Texas) for refusing to allow the Young Conservatives of Texas to distribute a tongue-in-cheek flier featuring “Top Ten Gun Safety Tips.”
— The administration of Tarrant County College (Texas), which banned students from wearing empty gun holsters as part of a protest against laws forbidding concealed weapon license holders from carrying guns on college campuses.
— The administration of Cypress College (California), for having a pro-life group arrested, claiming they created a disturbance by passing out literature to students.
— The administration of Yuba Community College (California), for threatening to arrest and expel a student who wanted to express his Christian message through tracts, a sign and conversation on campus.
— The Perry Meridian Township School Board (Indiana), which suspended a teacher who assigned “The Freedom Writers Diary” to her 11th-grade English class.
— The administration of the Academy for Arts, Science & Technology (South Carolina), for preventing the distribution of the school newspaper because of an editorial supporting same-sex marriage.
— The administration of Millard South High School (Nebraska) for suspending 23 students wearing T-shirts honoring a classmate slain in a reported gang-related incident.
— The administration of Frontier Elementary School (Colorado), who suspended an 11-year-old for wearing a T-shirt claiming “Obama — A Terrorist’s Best Friend.”
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