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 Four: Political Speech as Illegal Discrimination

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
HUD website: www.HUD.gov
David Hudson, "Federal Appeals Panel: Investigation Chilled Outspoken Residents' Speech": www.FreedomForum.org

HOUSING RIGHTS
PDF of "Fair Housing and the First Amendment": www.HousingRights.com
Fair housing laws: www.HUD.gov
Text of Fair Housing Act: www.USDOJ.gov
PDF of Tracey McCartney and Sara Pratt, "Fair Housing Act: 35 Years of Evolution": www.State.TN.us

JAMES BELL AND DALEY COLLEGE
Steve Chapman, "The New Civil Rights Censors": www.NewsMax.com
Walter Olson, "Dial 'O' for Outrage: The Sequel": www.Reason.com

CHICAGO
Chicago Human Rights Ordinance: www.GenderAdvocates.org
Chicago Commission on Human Relations: www.ci.Chi.IL.us

DAVID DEMING AND THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
"Oklahoma Professor's First Amendment Rights Still Under Threat; FIRE Seeks Explanation": www.TheFire.org
"Academic Freedom": www.TheStudentUnderground.org

EQUAL PAY ACT OF 1963
Equal Pay Act of 1963: www.EEOC.gov

UM BASKETBALL PLAYERS
"City Official Files, Withdraws Discrimination Charge Over Cartoon": www.RCFP.org

Footnote 126.
White v. Lee, 227 F.3d 1214 (9th Cir. 2000): www.LSNC.net
Douglas Lee, "Government Must Remember First Amendment Protects Unpopular Views, Too": www.FreedomForum.org

Footnote 131.
Interview with Roberta Achtenberg, recounting events: www.NHI.org

Footnote 132.
Roberta Achtenberg, "Sometimes on a Tightrope at HUD," Washington Post, August 22, 1994, p. A17 (available or a fee): www.WashingtonPost.com

Footnote 133.
Editorial, "Government by Intimidation," Washington Post, February 26, 1996, p. A18 (available or a fee): www.WashingtonPost.com

Footnote 136.
United States v. Wagner, Civ. No. 3:94-CV-2540-H, 1995 WL 841924, p. *5 (N.D. Tex. December 11, 1995): www.Law.Emory.edu

Footnote 137.
White v. Julian, 227 F.3d 1214 (9th Cir. 2000): www.CIR-USA.org

Footnote 139.
Jeremy Rabkin, "Developers Nail Free Speech," American Spectator, December 2000, p. 46: www.Cir-USA.org

Footnote 140.
Robyn E. Blumner, "Political Correctness Threatens to Swallow Free Speech," St. Petersburg Times, September 19, 1999: www.Louisville.edu
Eugene Volokh, "Is Criticizing Affirmative Action Illegal in Chicago?" Free Speech & Election Law News, Summer 1999, p. 10: www.Fed-Soc.org

Footnote 142.
David Deming, "Free-Speech Hypocrisy at the University of Oklahoma," Front Page Magazine, January 25, 2001: Groups.Yahoo.com

Footnote 144.
"Bats in the Belltower: Sexual Harassment by Analogy," Clarion, Vol. 4, March/April 2000: www.PopeCenter.org

Footnote 145.
Ed Godfrey, "Professor's Letter Draws Ire," February 26, 2000: Members.AOL.com (Deming vs. student)

Footnote 149.
"AAUP Legal Cases Affecting Women in Higher Education": www.AAUP.org
Review of J. Edward Pawlick, Freedom Will Conquer Racism and Sexism (Wellesley, Mass.: Mustard Seeds Incorporated, 1998): www.Independent.org

Footnote 153.
Walter Olson, The Excuse Factory, (New York: Free Press, 1997): WalterOlson.com

Footnote 154.
Federal Rules of Evidence 403: www.Law.Cornell.edu