Friday, January 8, 2010

First Amendment Minutes: 1/8/10

We have three fresh new podcast episodes ready for your civil liberties listening pleasure today. The story of Reagan-era Attorney General Ed Meese, an incident involving a driver and a cop, and one very interesting stock tip are on the menu.

As always, you can listen to them right here or on our dedicated podcast page.

ACLU First Amendment Minute: A Hot Stock Tip

Today, for a change of pace, we have a hot stock pick. Though the interested investor probably needs a Teflon-lined stomach.

ACLU First Amendment Minute: An Irritated Driver

An automobile driver, as the New York Times so delicately put it, "gestured offensively with his middle finger," at another driver who, whoops, turned out to be a cop. The result may surprise you.

ACLU First Amendment Minute: Ed Meese

Ed Meese, Ronald Regan's law-and-order Attorney General, who once blasted the ACLU for being what he called, "part of the criminals' lobby," now is standing before the US Supreme Court, shoulder to shoulder, with the ACLU.

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