29 Quotes by Howard Simon

There was harsh, intimidating language that appears to be very subjective and open-ended. ... The club almost has the right to do whatever it wants, at its option. That's how complicated the language is. The other clubs simply have one line that states it is subject to the player passing a physical. That's what Pittsburgh's document has.

This lawsuit is not about the Pledge of Allegiance. It is about his right to choose not to stand to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

It sounds like a classic case of a solution in search of a problem.

This is just more posturing by Florida politicians to look tough on crime and on people with past felony convictions. What does denying funds to low-income people to save on energy costs have to do with fighting crime?

If there was a chapter of the ACLU in Collier County, we would be looking at a wide range of issues in the area. There are too many civil liberties issues for us to focus on.

If he wants to build a town and encourage like-minded people to come and live there, that's fine. We get into problems where he tries to exercise governmental authority.

I can't believe the doctors in Collier County would agree to practice with one hand tied behind their back. I'm not sure (carving out treatment exceptions) is permitted, and it's definitely unethical.

Governments don't tax the exercise of constitutional freedoms, that's why we have municipal budgets and publicly funded police departments. People don't pay to exercise their First Amendment rights, that is contradictory to how the Constitution works.

The truth is, it goes much further than that,