I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. ― James Madison The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects six freedoms (religious establishment, religious practice, free speech, free press, right to assemble, and…
If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein. – Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, West Virginia State…
A popular Government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy or perhaps both. – James Madison The federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was enacted in 1966 and was the first law giving citizens the right to access federal agency records. In 1974,…
