Freedom

Teen Taking Up Another Cause

COMMERCE - Fourteen-year-old Emily Echols of Commerce wasn't intimidated by the idea of suing the government - she says its the only way she could stand up for her First Amendment rights. And, now she is taking on the ACLU and others who would ban copies of the Ten Commandments from public buildings. Echols is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the federal McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law. Posted by Editor at October 6, 2003 09:44 AM