Whether you "like" it or not, Facebook "likes" are considered to be a vital component of free speech protected under the First Amendment, a U.S. appeals court holds.
I am a fortunate blogger indeed. In response to my recent post arguing that the Second Amendment conveys no Constitutional right to treason, I have been gifted with no fewer than sixteen links to, or digital copies of, the Declaration of Independence—invariably with the comment that if I would just pull my head out of various parts of my anatomy and read it, I would understand how fatally flawed my communistic beliefs really are.
On primary day in New York City, voters who consider themselves independent were excluded from the primary. The big apple has a closed primary, which means that only voters who are registered with either the Republican or Democratic Party are eligible to participate.