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Updated: Tuesday, September 16 2014 6:51 AM EDT2014-09-16 10:51:43 GMT

On today's show: -Attorneys for Adrian Peterson are firing back this morning after new claims of another child abuse scandal. We'll tell you what they have to say. -Oklahoma lawmakers are launching a study into a new execution method. How they're exploring the use of nitrogen gas. -A state law that goes against what the federal government wants could soon make it harder for you to travel. We'll tell you what you need to know. All that and more from 5-7 this morning!

On today's show: -Attorneys for Adrian Peterson are firing back this morning after new claims of another child abuse scandal. We'll tell you what they have to say. -Oklahoma lawmakers are launching a study into a new execution method. How they're exploring the use of nitrogen gas. -A state law that goes against what the federal government wants could soon make it harder for you to travel. We'll tell you what you need to know. All that and more from 5-7 this morning!

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New stores are breaking ground while others are opening their doors. After the completion of two large retail projects in the past two years, city officials say they're still working to diversify the shopping and dining selection citywide.

New stores are breaking ground while others are opening their doors. After the completion of two large retail projects in the past two years, city officials say they're still working to diversify the shopping and dining selection citywide.

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Students invited to enter First Amendment contest

Topeka U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts last week voted against a proposed constitutional amendment that would limit campaign expenditures by corporations. But Greg Orman, his independent challenger in this year's election, said he would support such an amendment.

Roberts was among 42 Republican senators who voted Thursday against closing debate on Senate Joint Resolution 19, a constitutional amendment that would reverse the U.S. Supreme Court ruling known as "Citizens United."

The court said in that case that limits on independent expenditures by corporations and other groups violate their First Amendment rights to free speech.

Our founding fathers knew that those in power would be inclined to retain it and, unless constrained, would use their power to punish those who would seek to challenge them or remove them from office, Roberts said in a speech to the Senate Sept. 8. The First Amendment denies us that power. It explicitly prohibits this Congress from passing laws that restrict the speech of the American people. With this amendment, the majority wants to try to remove that prohibition. They want to grant themselves the power to control speech to silence their opposition.

Orman, however, said he would support such an amendment as part of a broader package of campaign finance reform measures, including stricter limits on contributions from political action committees.

Current campaign finance laws are a perfect example of how both parties are focused on their personal or partisan benefit instead of the American public, Orman said in a statement released Monday. The lack of transparency allowed under Citizens United benefits Washingtons broken system at the expense of an informed electorate, and even more alarming is that the decision opens up the door for significant foreign influence in U.S. elections because donations can be made through any U.S. corporation.

The Citizens United case involved a conservative political group that wanted to air a film during the 2008 election cycle that was critical of Hillary Clinton, who was then a U.S. senator from New York seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. The group also sought to buy advertising time to promote the movie, and to distribute it through video-on-demand cable services.

But the Federal Election Commission said that would have violated the campaign finance law in place at the time, a law known as the McCain-Feingold Act which prohibited corporations and labor unions from making direct or independent expenditures in support or opposition to identifiable candidates.

On appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the FEC, in favor of Citizens United, saying among other things that corporations are protected by the First Amendment's right to free speech.

The vote to end debate on the amendment failed on a straight party-line vote: 54 Democrats voted yes, while 42 Republicans, including both senators from Kansas, voted no. Three Republicans and one Democrat did not vote.

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Senate candidates differ on overturning Citizens United ruling

Journalism First Amendment Speech

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09 12 2014 Hartford Shooting and the First Amendment 1080p
J.C. is not the only one to get hassled by law enforcement. The issue is NOT the body on the sidewalk, it #39;s the violations committed by law enforcement.

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Flex Your Rights! Cop Block, ID Refusal. Beavercreek OH.
Cops Screwing 10 of us around wasting our time because they don #39;t agree with the first amendment right to canvass or go door to door to exercising our 1st amendment rights . They made up something...

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Alexander on Senate Democrats effort to change First Amendment and Limit Free Speech
U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander today spoke on the Senate Floor on his opposition to Senate Democrats #39; effort to change the U.S. Constitution to give politician...

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Alexander on Senate Democrats effort to change First Amendment and Limit Free Speech - Video

YOUR first amendment rights!
A personal summation of our first amendment rights.

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Cornyn: Push to Gut First Amendment Reflects Senate Democrats Misplaced Priorities

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A Wholesale Effort to Repeal the First Amendment
Senator Lee defends freedom of speech on the Senate Floor.

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Vite NO to rescind the first amendment.
Journalism 4th hour 9-11-14.

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