Tag: 1st Amendment

BY PAUL DRIESSEN ~Trump should embrace (and expand) court ruling that his Twitter account is free speech forum~ President Trump may not block even rude or...

American Minute with Bill Federer Miguel de Cervantes influenced the Spanish language in the same way William Shakespeare influenced the English language. Born in 1547, Miguel...

American Minute with Bill Federer In a Thanksgiving Proclamation, November 12, 1935, Franklin D. Roosevelt stated: "Let us then on the day appointed offer our devotions...

American Minute with Bill Federer An early Baptist dissenter who died in London's Newgate Prison was Thomas Helwys, who wrote in 1612: "The King is a...

American Minute with Bill Federer "Each year on JANUARY 16, we celebrate Religious Freedom Day in commemoration of the passage of the Virginia Statute for...

BY PAUL DRIESSEN ~From energy and spending, to climate and debate – silencing all dissenting voices is essential~ You’ve got to admire the full frontal audacity...

American Minute with Bill Federer On JANUARY 1, 1802, the people of Cheshire, Massachusetts, sent a giant block of cheese to President Thomas Jefferson, being...

By Ron Fillmore Some 20-30 years ago an offer was made by someone to pay $100,000 to anyone who could show where in the US...

American Minute with Bill Federer Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger wrote in Marsh v. Chambers (1982): "It can hardly be thought that in the SAME WEEK...

American Minute with Bill Federer "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven," preached Rev. John Peter Muhlenberg, from...

American Minute with Bill Federer He sat next to George Washington in the pew at St. Paul's Chapel in New York during the religious service...

American Minute with Bill Federer JUNE 20, 1632, King Charles I of England granted a charter for the Colony of Maryland, named for his CATHOLIC...

American Minute with Bill Federer Miguel de Cervantes influenced the Spanish language in the same way William Shakespeare influenced the English language. Miguel de Cervantes fought...

American Minute with Bill Federer On MARCH 15, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt warned at the Dinner of White House Correspondents: "Modern tyrants find it necessary to eliminate...

American Minute with Bill Federer James Madison's defense of religious freedom began when he stood with his father outside a jail in the village of...

American Minute with Bill Federer He served the longest term in the Supreme Court's history--36 years. He taught law at Yale and Columbia University before being...

American Minute with Bill Federer "Each year on JANUARY 16, we celebrate Religious Freedom Day in commemoration of the passage of the Virginia Statute for...

American Minute with Bill Federer On JANUARY 1, 1802, the people of Cheshire, Massachusetts, sent a giant block of cheese to President Thomas Jefferson, being...

American Minute with Bill Federer Commenting on the "liberty to worship our Creator" Thomas Jefferson wrote to Captain John Thomas of the Newhope Baptist Church,...

American Minute with Bill Federer One week after the First Amendment was approved by the U.S. Congress, President George Washington issued the First National Day...