You Can't Say That! The Growing Threat to Civil Liberties from Antidiscrimination Laws by David E. Bernstein

About The Book

In a misguided attempt to eradicate every vestige of "discrimination" in society, activists and courts are using antidiscrimination laws to erode civil liberties such as free speech, the free exercise of religion, and freedom of association. Civil rights laws today are being applied in ways that threaten free speech on campus and in the workplace, the right of local community activists to speak out against government policies, the rights of private associations such as the Boy Scouts to determine their membership policies, and even the rights of individuals to choose their roommates.

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Resources from Chapter Two: The Threat to Freedom of Expression in the Workplace (read an excerpt from Chapter 2)

SEINFELD EPISODE
"The Junior Mints" episode script: www.SeinfeldScripts.com

CLARENCE THOMAS AND ANITA HILL
An outline of the controversy: chnm.GMU.edu
Transcripts of the hearings: scolar.VSC.edu
Overview of the issue: www.NOW.org

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
EEOC website: www.EEOC.gov
Department of Labor discrimination website: www.DOL.gov

QUID PRO QUO HARASSMENT
Definitiona of "sexual harassment" and "quid pro quo": www.Inform.UMD.edu

SOUTH PARK EPISODE
The "Sexual Harassment Panda" episode: www.SouthParkStudios.com

Footnote 56.
Summary of Mackenzie v. Miller Brewing Co., 623 N.W.2d 739 (Wis. 2001): www.CourtTV.com
Articles about the case: www.ELInfoNet.com

Footnote 57.
Bernard J. Wolfson, "Office Clinton Jokes Could Lead to Lawsuits," Orange County Register, October 5, 1998, p. A1 (available for a fee): www.OCRegister.com

Footnote 61.
Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc., 510 US 17 (1993): SupCt.Law.Cornell.edu
Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson, 477 U.S. 57 (1986): caselaw.lp.FindLaw.com

Footnote 62.
Eugene Volokh, "What Speech Does Hostile Work Environment Harassment Law Restrict?" Georgia Law Review 85 (1997): www1.Law.UCLA.edu
Hans Bader, "Free Speech and Hostil Environment 'Harassment'": www.Fed-Soc.org

Footnote 63.
Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc., 523 U.S. 75 (1998): SupCt.Law.Cornell.edu

Footnote 64.
Davis v. Monroe County Bd. of Educ., 526 U.S. 629 (1999) (Kennedy, J., dissenting): SupCt.Law.Cornell.edu
American Psychological Association Article about the case: www.APA.org

Footnote 66.
Black v. Zaring Homes, Inc., 104 F.3d 822, 823 (6th Cir. 1997) (reversing jury award of $250,000): www.Law.Emory.edu

Footnote 67.
U.S. Department of Labor, "Sexual Harassment: Know Your Rights" (1994): www.CSULB.edu

Footnote 76.
Steve Miletich, "Gay Man Withdraws His Complaint Against Company," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 7, 1994, p. B2 and Steve Miletich, "Gay Man Claims Hostility at Work," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 21, 1994, p. B4 (available for a fee): SeattlePI.NWSource.com

Footnote 77.
Sample sexual harassment policy taken from a court-ordered policy handed down as part of Robinson v. Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc., 760 F. Supp. 1486 (M.D. Fla. 1991): www.HR-eSource.com

Footnote 80.
Eugene Volokh, "Freedom of Speech and Workplace Harassment", 39 UCLA L. Rev. 1791 (1992): www1.Law.UCLA.edu

Footnote 83.
Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc., 512 U.S. 753 (1994) (discussing the right to protest outside an abortion clinic): www.FAC.org

Footnote 84.
Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971): www.Oyez.org and CaseLaw.lp.FindLaw.com

Footnote 85.
Baty v. Willamette Industries, Inc., 985 F. Supp. 987 (D. Kan. 1997): www.KSCourts.org

Footnote 87.
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, 485 U.S. 46 (1988): www.Oyez.org and CaseLaw.lp.FindLaw.com
Privacy and the Press timeline: www.FreedomForum.org

Footnote 88.
Aguilar v. Avis Rent A Car System, Inc., 87 Cal. Rptr. 2d 132 (1999): LW.BNA.com
Amicus brief: www.ACLUUNC.org
"Multimedia Company Hopes To Weigh In On Free-Speech Case": www.FreedomForum.org

Footnote 92.
Allan H. Weitzman (vs.), "Employer Defenses to Sexual Harassment Claims, 6 Duke J. of Gender L. & Policy 27: www.Law.Duke.edu
"High Court Refuses To Consider Inmate's Appeal Of Jail Ban Of Nude Pictures": www.FreedomForum.org

Footnote 93.
"Anchorage Tells Fire Halls to Eliminate Risque Magazines," Juneau Empire Online, February 18, 2002: www.JuneauEmpire.com

Footnote 94.
Eugene Volokh, "Squeamish Librarians": www.Reason.com