15 Quotes by Allen Lichtenstein

She's flat out wrong. The only justification for special taxes is to pay for administrative costs. The U.S. Supreme Court has said that First Amendment businesses can't be singled out for special taxes.

I think the people in Business License need to get better guidance before they run into significant constitutional problems. We would be happy to represent the Little Theatre.

It does cause some concern. It raises questions that need to be looked at.

You just don't have criminal trials dismissed because of prosecutorial misconduct, intentional or unintentional.

To say, 'don't have it', that's censorship. That's what is being done. That is what is being said by the control board letter and by the sheriff.

When you have a set of rules, and then government says they don't apply to you -- they only apply when we want them to -- that's a concern.

Proper review is not particularly burdensome, so there is no real need for this. It's like they're saying we don't need judges, we don't want any review at all.

This is a substantial amount of money. This is not some symbolic type of gesture, this is the procedure to be followed.

Absolutely. That's perfectly within the realm of what should be done.