Freedom Lawyers of America

Supreme Court writes corporate welfare into Constitution----------CNN"The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local governments may seizepeople's homes and businesses -- even against their will -- for private economic development. It was a decision fraught with huge implications for a country with many areas, particularly the rapidly growing urban and suburban areas, facing countervailing pressures of development and property ownership rights." (06/23/05)

Parents outraged at high school military recruitment----------Fox News"A little-known provision in the No Child Left Behind Act that compels public high schools to open their doors and pupil records to military recruiters has some parents, students and anti-war groups up in arms. 'We think most people were unaware of it,' Amy Hagopian,co-president of the Garfield High School Parent-Teacher-StudentAssociation in Seattle and an active counter-recruiter in the school,said of the provision. Hagopian said parents are just becoming aware of the policy, which gives recruiters the same access to high school campuses and students' phone numbers and addresses as colleges and businesses have. Districts that don't comply could risk annual federal funding." [editor's note: And the next time you hear, "It'sfor the CHILL-DRENNN!" remind the speaker of this "unintended"atrocity - SAT] (06/23/05)