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  1. Following Charges, Officials Detail Terrorist Explosive and Rapid Timeline in NYC Bomb Plot https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/03/09/following-charges-o…explosive-and-rapid-timeline-in-gracie-mansion-plot-n2200024
    “Our job is to ensure New Yorkers can exercise their First Amendment rights safely.”Officials said the investigation remains ongoing…
  2. Fists Fly in NYC Park As Sickos Hold Vigil for the Murderous, Dead Ayatollah Khamenei https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/03/07/fists-fly-in-nyc-par…old-vigil-for-the-murderous-dead-ayatollah-khamenei-n2199948
    Islamic extremist in the city that saw over 3,000 die in the 9/11 tragedy was almost certainly going to provoke a reaction.We have a First … Amendment that allows these Ayatollah acolytes to demonstrate, but that same amendment allows me to say that I find it disgusting.NYC…
  3. Senator Mike Lee Drops New National Constitutional Carry Bill https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/03/05/senator-mike-lee-drops-new-national-constitutional-carry-bill-n2199896
    carry permits, fees and criminal penalties for people who want to carry a firearm in public.Lee’s National Constitutional Carry Act, first … That's a plain reading of the Second Amendment, which in a sane world would be the only permitting required. … But that's not the world we live in, unfortunately.Read More: Veterans' New Second Amendment Victory: VA Halts Fiduciary-Based…
  4. Seventh Circuit Takes a Blowtorch to Order Issued by Abusive, Anti-ICE Chicago Judge https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/03/07/seventh-circuit-take…h-to-order-issued-by-abusive-anti-ice-chicago-judge-n2199974
    and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) violated their First … and Fourth Amendment rights by using tear gas and other chemical agents to break up protests without justification.…
  5. Morning Minute: In the Shadow of History's Giants https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/03/02/morning-minute-n2199728
    No exceptions.Safety FIRST, America FIRST 🇺🇸 https://t.co/XvxVgC5PFp— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) February 27, 2026Full Court … motions to dismiss (for lack of standing).The Supreme Court continues hearing oral argument on Monday, this time in a key Second Amendment … the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance," violates the Second Amendment…
  6. Shiite Firebrands Now Predict Iran's Triumph in Prophetic Battle https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/03/02/shiite-firebrands-now-prophesy-irans-triumph-in-prophetic-battle-n2199744
     Here's the great irony: Here in the United States, these people, these preachers of hatred and death, are sheltered by our First … Amendment.…
  7. Iran's Regime Is an Unspeakable Evil, and These Protestors Support It https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/02/28/irans-regime-is-an-unspeakable-evil-and-these-protestors-support-it-n2199690
    Look, these people, in the United States, enjoy the same First Amendment freedoms as the rest of us.…
  8. New: Trump DOJ Drops the Hammer on Anti-ICE Activists Who Invaded Minnesota Church https://redstate.com/bonchie/2026/02/27/new-trump-doj-drops…on-anti-ice-activists-who-invaded-minnesota-church-n2199650
    That this was a "peaceful protest" and that the invaders had a "First Amendment right" to take over a worship service, block exits,…
  9. 5th Circuit: Texas Can Now Enforce Drag Show Law https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/02/27/5th-circuit-texas-can-now-enforce-drag-show-law-n2199646
    panel said only one plaintiff in the case had standing and sent the lawsuit back to the lower court to reevaluate the plaintiff’s First … Amendment claim.The key point seems to rest in the term "sexually illicit content."…
  10. Appeals Court: Trump Now Allowed to Oust Public-Sector Unions https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/02/27/appeals-court-trump-now-allowed-to-defenestrate-public-sector-unions-n2199644
    reasons.Six unions representing about 800,000 federal civilian employees sued the administration last year, alleging violations of the First … Amendment.…
  11. To the Surprise of No One, U.S. Catholic Bishops Stake Out a Misguided Position on Birthright Citizenship https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/02/27/to-the-surprise-of-n…out-a-misguided-position-on-birthright-citizenship-n2199638
    Supreme Court argument on that issue scheduled for April 1.One of President Trump's first acts was to sign the Executive Order titled … This claim is not supported by the debates on the Fourteenth Amendment and is a subject of abuse.BACKGROUND:Stopping Trump's Birthright … At its core, this case is not solely a question about citizenship status or the 14th Amendment.…
  12. Shocking New Report: CFPB Adds $160-253 Per Loan in Consumer Costs https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/02/25/shocking-new-report-cfpb-adds-160-253-per-loan-in-consumer-costs-n2199577
    money that could be put to better use, or better still, not spent at all.I've been writing in opposition to this boondoggle since it first … That would take a long legal battle to prove, though, despite what seems to me to be the very clear wording of the Tenth Amendment.…
  13. Morning Minute: America Is Winning...and the Dems Won't Stand for It https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/02/25/morning-minute-n2199546
    are going to remember exactly what they saw: a chamber full of Democratic lawmakers who, when asked point-blank to put Americans first … home to satisfy a debt to the government, and keeping the surplus value as a windfall, violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment … more than needed to satisfy a tax debt but sold for fraction of its real value constitutes an excessive fine under the Eighth Amendment…
  14. Uh-Oh: New Poll Could Spell Doom for Democrats’ Shameless Gerrymander Scheme in Virginia https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/02/23/new-polling-show-ba-dems-in-big-trouble-over-gerrymandering-n2199473
    However, since this is the first polling that captures the sentiment around the Democrats' attempt at an extreme gerrymander in Virginia … panel and replace it with a new amendment giving boundary-redrawing responsibilities to state lawmakers – and Democrats control both … An April 21 referendum on the new amendment has been halted as a Republican lawsuit against the state Board of Elections works its…
  15. Morning Minute: I'm Not Saying It Was Aliens... https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/02/20/morning-minute-n2199370
    Fails to Reach House Floor Before Session AdjournsGun owners in the Land of Enchantment aren't out of the woods yet, but Second Amendment … And now, for the very first time, Russia is truly, completely isolated.The Trans Ice Rink Shooter Story Just Took a Wild TurnOne of…
  16. The Anti-ICE 'Shutdown Days' Prove Johnny and Julie Can't Read or Write, but They Sure Can Protest https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/02/20/va-and-nc-prove-t…t-johnny-cant-read-or-write-but-he-sure-can-protest-n2199359
    The first step is to actually teach civics in the first place. … “We continue, as a school division, to allow students to express their First Amendment rights, but we also believe we have to teach…
  17. Is the SAVE America Act Worth Nuking the Filibuster? Signs Now Point to Yes. https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/02/18/is-the-save-americ…worth-nuking-the-filibuster-signs-now-point-to-yes-n2199307
    more volatile House of Representatives, although that role as a "cooling saucer" was in part nullified by the ill-advised 17th Amendment … all, was supposed to represent the various state governments, not the population; another notion that got whacked by the 17th Amendment … The Democrats are going to hit us with this at the first opportunity. Let's hit them back first.…
  18. Federal Workforce Now Hits 60-Year Low – Time for More Cuts https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/02/18/federal-workforce-now-hits-60-year-low-time-for-more-cuts-n2199291
    supported the swamp.I've often said and written that, in the wildly unlikely event I were ever elected president (hoo boy), one of my first … cut the federal employment needs to continue, and spending has to be slashed.I would point out that the second follows from the first … A plain reading of the 10th Amendment, then, would indicate to Washington, "You can't do these things.…
  19. Giving Equal Time to the Facts About Colbert, the FCC, Censorship, and Broadcasting Standards https://redstate.com/bradslager/2026/02/19/giving-equal-time…lbert-the-fcc-censorship-and-broadcasting-standards-n2199341
    previously.UPDATED: Stephen Colbert Makes Newest Dumb Censorship Claim; CBS RespondsTo start the autopsy on this controversy, the first … We hold that the statutory right of access, as defined by the Commission and applied in these cases, properly balances the First Amendment…
  20. 1.35 Million Signatures Force Showdown on Voter ID Democrats Tried to Kill https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/02/18/135-million-signat…force-showdown-on-voter-id-democrats-tried-to-kill-n2199286
    Assemblyman Carl DeMaio says supporters are preparing to submit 1.35 million petition signatures to qualify a Voter ID constitutional amendment … It would require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote for the first time, require a government-issued photo ID when casting … information tied to a valid government-issued ID in addition to signature verification, and authorize formal audits of voter rolls.DeMaio first…
  21. UPDATED: Stephen Colbert Makes Newest Dumb Censorship Claim; CBS Responds https://redstate.com/bradslager/2026/02/17/stephen-colbert-h…censorship-claim-and-this-one-might-be-even-dumber-n2199252
    original storyStrap yourselves in, gang, we are set now for a week of Trump-authoritarian-censorship-democracy-fearing opponents-First-Amendment-election … The party does not allow any name on a ballot without first pledging to dedicate their life to bringing down the president.…
  22. Newsom’s $450 Million 911 Debacle Reminds Why We Oppose Federal Welfare https://redstate.com/redstate-guest-editorial/2026/02/16/new…n-911-debacle-reminds-why-we-oppose-federal-welfare-n2199218
    By Seton MotleyYet again - here is the Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution:Tenth: “The powers not delegated to the United States … “The same week he was first sworn in as governor, Newsom said, ‘The idea that it's 2019, and we are using analog systems designed decades … “That's the fancy way of saying that the next-generation system gets more information to first responders even faster, while allowing…
  23. New Yorkers Wake to the Islamic Call to Prayer https://redstate.com/eli-shepherd/2026/02/17/new-yorkers-wake-to-the-islamic-call-to-prayer-n2199208
    Quietly at first. … The First Amendment is not selective. And it should not be.…
  24. Believe It! An Historic Housecleaning of Congress Is Coming This Fall https://redstate.com/andrewmalcolm/2026/02/15/cleaning-out-congress-n2199163
    Congress.Today, things have changed – a lot.We have a president who was a political rookie and a DC outsider when he won his very first … He’ll be 69 in 2029.As commonsensical as a political age limit seems, setting one would require a constitutional amendment. … The actual amendment itself was initially proposed in 1789 by the very first Congress.…
  25. Don Lemon Pleads Not Guilty After Calling Minnesota Church Protest a ‘Clandestine Mission’ https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/02/14/don-lemon-pleads-n…ling-minnesota-church-protest-a-clandestine-mission-n2199146
    “For more than 30 years, I’ve been a journalist, and the power and protection of the First Amendment has been the underpinning of my … The First Amendment, the freedom of the press, the bedrock of our democracy.”Federal prosecutors allege Lemon was not simply observing … If they believe he crossed the line, the First Amendment defense is not going to do the heavy lifting for him.…