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Bible in Caddo Parish Clerk of court office violates 1st Amendment

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - A Bible in the Caddo Parish Clerk of Court office had to be removed because it violated the First Amendment.

When Randall Lord asked a Bible to be removed from the Caddo Parish Clerk of Court office nearly a decade ago, he never thought he'd have to ask again.

"I sent an email to Caddo Parish attorney, at the time, Charles Grubb to ask that it be removed," said Lord.

But when Lord walked back into the Clerk of Court office recently he noticed the Bible was back.

"This violates the first amendment in that it's promoting a religion. Our government is not supposed to be in the business of promoting religion," he said.

According to the 1st amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the bible violates the establishment clause, which prohibits the U.S. government from endorsing any one religion.

"I don't have anything against any religion being a part of our community or being displayed, but the way it's being displayed is improper. If other religions are included along with the display there would be no issue here," said Lord.

Not long after KSLA News 12 obtained video of the Bible, it had been replaced with a Webster's Dictionary of similar size.

Caddo Parish Clerk of Court Chief Deputy Mike Spence says the Bible was returned to it's original location, away from public display.

"We're not here to cause controversy," said Spense."We're just here to store records and keep the courts going."

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First Amendment and Technology – Professor Neil Richards – Video


First Amendment and Technology - Professor Neil Richards
Professor Neil Richards of Washington University #39;s School of Law participates in panel 2 the 2015 JBTL Symposium, "The Impact of the First Amendment on American Businesses." Panel 2 discussed...

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RACHEL MADDOW 01 07 2015 First Amendment triumphs! Kirby Delauter – Video


RACHEL MADDOW 01 07 2015 First Amendment triumphs! Kirby Delauter

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Sen. Feinstein Wants DIY Bomb-Making Guide Anarchists Cookbook Off The Internet

April 3, 2015 4:42 PM

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) speaks to reporters after finishing a speechabout the CIA on the Senate floor, on March 11, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) Do-it-yourself manuals for making explosives are caught in the latest salvo between First Amendment rights and the war on terrorism.

In a press release Thursday, Senator Dianne Feinstein took aim at The Anarchists Cook Book and Inspire Magazine after two women arrested in New York, allegedly used them to plan an Islamic-state inspired attack on the United States.

I am particularly struck that the alleged bombers made use of online bombmaking guides like the Anarchist Cookbook and Inspire Magazine. These documents are not, in my view, protected by the First Amendment and should be removed from the Internet, wrote the Democrat from California.

The Anarchist Cookbook was written by William Powell in 1971, and contains instructions to make explosives. Powell has fought to have is own book removed from publication, but the publisher has refused.

Inspire Magazine is purported to be published by al-Quaeda, and like the Cookbook gives bomb-making instructions.

Feinstein made a similar call after the Oklahoma bombings in 1997 and sponsored a measure that made it illegal to distribute bomb-making information for criminal purposes.

Free speech protectionists argue that the First Amendment prohibits the state from criminalizing thoughts and knowledge that are not acted on.

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