Doug Lee columns
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Boy Scout controversy pits ACLU against God, mom, apple pie
By Douglas Lee As long as the Boy Scouts require a religious oath, the principle of church/state separation should prevent publicly funded organizations from sponsoring troops.
05.03.99
CBS steps into Lion's den with undercover report
By Douglas Lee Decision in Food Lion case against ABC may determine fate of controversial newsgathering practice.
04.29.99
Displays of Ten Commandments can be constitutional, but at what cost?
By Douglas Lee Those who would proselytize with religious codes in public places should heed lessons of Nativity scene cases.
03.30.99
Survey on state of press freedom shows how much work media must do
By Douglas Lee Challenges include not only educating public on importance of First Amendment freedoms, but also accepting responsibilities that come with rights.
03.23.99
Denial of law license creates First Amendment martyr
By Douglas Lee By pausing to judge Matthew Hale's white-supremacist beliefs, character committee dignified them as worthy of judging.
03.05.99
Have today's students surrendered their rights at schoolhouse gates?
By Douglas Lee Moot Court competitors will examine whether 30-year-old Tinker standard still applies as they debate a thoroughly modern question.
02.25.99
Why we should resist efforts to rein in wild, wild Web
By Douglas Lee As someone who was too young to "experience" the 1960s, I've always been a little jealous of the baby boomers. For a long time, I thought I'd never feel the excitement of social anarchy, political revolution and free love.
02.02.99
True 'trial of the century' should be open to the public
By Douglas Lee It is almost unfathomable to think that critical constitutional issues in the impeachment trial might be played out behind closed doors.
01.21.99
1998 chips away at freedom of the press
By Douglas Lee Media law didn't change, but judges' application of it restricted newsgathering and closed courtrooms.
01.04.99
Crèches and Santa on the courthouse lawn
By Douglas Lee A Nativity scene that includes Santa and Frosty is still an insult to the First Amendment — and to Christianity too.
12.24.98
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