Results for: First Amendment

Opposing #DefundObamacare out of Fear
https://redstate.com/aglanon/2013/09/17/opposing-defundobamacare-out-of-fear-n46870
– As Stephen Moore noted in the Wall Street Journal last month, the sequester is “the first time federal expenditures have fallen for … The idea is this: If we send a CR to the Senate that defunds Obamacare, Harry Reid will open it to the amendment process and when he … remove the defund components and, as long as he’s under the hood, remove the sequester (somehow he magically won’t open it to amendment…
Get Ready for the Shiny Objects
https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2013/09/12/get-ready-for-the-shiny-objects-n46842
– bill that jettisoned Cut, Cap, and Balance (CCB), although it still had some saving grace because it forced a balanced budget amendment … later, Mitch McConnell cut the final deal with Joe Biden, which gave Obama a $2.1 trillion blank check with no balanced budget amendment … Either way, Democrats know that we will blink first. …
The New York City Mayor's Race: Race, Crime, Unions, Taxes, and...Other Stuff
https://redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2013/09/09/the-new-york…y-mayors-race-race-crime-unions-taxes-and-other-stuff-n46797
– woman Mayor of New York; she would also be the City’s first openly gay Mayor – Koch’s sexual preferences were the subject of much … Does this behavior violate the Fourth Amendment? … First off, as you all know, I have pets. I love pets.…
Here are Some Dynamic Scoring Ideas for the Immigration Deform Bill
https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2013/04/19/heres-are-some-dynamic-scoring-ideas-for-the-immigration-deform-bill-n45877
– The first thing we need to understand is that the children of the amnesty beneficiaries will affect the welfare costs well within the … At present, our legal system operates under the false notion that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship for any child born here…
We Win. They Lose. The 2nd Amendment is Safe.
https://redstate.com/erick/2013/04/17/we-win-they-lose-the-2nd-amendment-is-safe-n45862
– From the beginning, GOA was standing up tall to defend the Second Amendment on principle – not in a game of political gamesmanship … She would often say “First you win the argument, then you win the vote.”…
The gun control bait and switch
https://redstate.com/jhayward13/2013/04/17/the-gun-control-bait-and-switch-n45860
– which styles itself the second largest gun-rights group after the National Rifle Association, broke from the rest of the Second Amendment … This is not a reflection against Senators Joe Manchin or Pat Toomey, who are staunch Second Amendment advocates. … My only regret is that our amendment did not pass.  …
Universal Healthcare Foundation In Colorado Wants To Go Further Than Obamacare
https://redstate.com/kforti/2013/04/17/universal-healthcare…dation-in-colorado-wants-to-go-further-than-obamacare-n48248
– This year, CFUHC helped draft Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 (SCR-002), which would have created a Colorado constitutional amendment … Miller, the President of CFUHC, financially supported Aguilar and her political campaign for Senate when she was first elected in 2011…
Sic transit gloria Toomey-Manchin?
https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2013/04/17/nra-toomey-manchin-gun-control-schumer-n45858
– They apparently don’t have the votes for a ‘compromise’ amendment extending background checks for firearm purchases. … Pat Toomey, R-Pa., but Democrats late Tuesday were still scrambling to find the 60 votes the amendment will need to pass. … offer commiseration, except that a) I don’t actually want to give them any and b) they wouldn’t want to take any from me in the first…
Gun Advocate Alan Gottlieb Supports Toomey-Manchin Based on Bad Information [updated]
https://redstate.com/erick/2013/04/15/gun-advocate-alan-gottlieb-supports-toomey-manchin-based-on-bad-information-n45842
– Gottlieb’s assertion is correct and that the provisions of the bill, despite mine and several others’ first readings, will allow CCW … We also have an agreement that an additional amendment supported by Manchin and Toonry will be offered to even make it better by making…
How to Give Vulnerable Democrats Cover on Guns
https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2013/04/12/how-to-give-vulnerable-democrats-cover-on-guns-n48077
– Republicans need to filibuster even the motion to proceed on debate is precisely to leverage Reid into allowing a debate in the first … Reid has used a parliamentary procedure to “fill the amendment tree” and block all amendments that would embarrass his caucus.  … Enter Schumer’s Toomey-Manchin amendment. …
MO Highway Patrol Contradicts Gov Nixon On CCW Leak
https://redstate.com/dloesch/2013/04/11/mo-highway-patrol-contradicts-gov-nixon-on-ccw-leak-n47889
– The first day of the hearing was today; MO House Speaker Tim Jones and Lt. Gov. … Missourians don’t play with their Second Amendment or health care.…
Trump Halts $3 Trillion in Federal Grants Pending Review of Compliance With His Executive Orders
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/01/28/trump-halts-3-trilli…ding-review-of-compliance-with-his-executive-orders-n2184895
– People Against Invasion (Jan. 20, 2025), Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid (Jan. 20, 2025), Putting America First … Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (Jan. 20, 2025), and Enforcing the Hyde Amendment…
Seriously? Appeals Court to Rule on Whether Illegal Aliens Have the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/01/27/insanity-appeals…illegal-aliens-have-the-right-to-keep-and-bear-arms-n2184861
– continues to prove its insanity daily.I'm not a constitutional scholar, but the question of whether illegal aliens have Second Amendment … Amendment protections, Fourth Amendment protections, Fifth Amendment protections when they have come within the United States and …  Yes, First Amendment rights are granted to criminals and those charged with crimes who haven't been tried.…
Targets for the DOGE: Do We Need This Dept. of Energy Office Full of Climate Scold Regulations?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/02/01/targets-for-the-do…he-office-of-energy-efficiency-and-renewable-energy-n2185085
– The first type is that of codes that can be adopted by state and local authorities that prescribe how residential or commercial buildings … , neither the executive or legislative branches, have no enumerated power to do any of these things: Therefore, under the 10th Amendment…
Unconstitutional: Appeals Court Tosses Ban on Handgun Sales to Adults Under Age 21
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/01/30/unconstitutional-court-tosses-ban-on-handgun-sales-to-adults-under-21-n2185014
– Circuit Court of Appeals marked the first time a federal appeals court has held that the prohibition violated the right to keep and … Appeals Court to Rule on Whether Illegal Aliens Have the Right to Keep and Bear ArmsThis is a serious win for the Second Amendment … days, then one should have all of the rights and privileges of adulthood.This case, in addition to being a win for the Second Amendment…
For Our Kids: President Trump Signs Two Orders in Effort to Transform American Education
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/01/30/for-our-kids-president-trump-signs-two-orders-changing-education-n2185001
– collapsing for a few decades now.On Wednesday, President Trump signed two executive orders (EO) intended to address this decline.The first … that protect parental rights, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment…
A Cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2025/01/31/a-cure-for-trump-derangement-syndrome-n2185027
– First, presenting the finest in Christian rock and pop from then and now. … This also makes his words to Timothy all the more interesting.I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession … The authors of the United States Constitution understood this and made provision for the same in the First Amendment, declaring it…
WATCH: On Los Angeles' Second Night of Violent Anti-ICE Protests, Mayor Bass Again Refuses to Arrest
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2025/02/04/its-los-angeles-s…nti-ice-protests-mayor-bass-again-refuses-to-arrest-n2185173
– monitored" the fires from Ghana.My office is actively monitoring the protests downtown.Angelenos have the right to express their First … Amendment rights, but it must be in a safe and lawful way.L.A. is a city of immigrants and we will protect all Angelenos.— Mayor Karen … One woman was thrown from a moving vehicle and landed face first on the pavement, according to local television channel KCAL.…
Targets for the DOGE: Why Are We Giving Money to PBS and NPR?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/02/03/targets-for-the-doge-why-are-we-giving-money-to-pbs-and-npr-n2185148
– justified.I know, I know - there I go, bringing up the Constitution again, as though it was the highest law in the land or something.NPR first … The DOGE, if they aren't already, would be well-advised to use the 10th Amendment as a major guideline in their recommendations to…
Moderate Chicago City Council Members Fed Up With Mayor Johnson Protecting Sanctuary Status
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2025/02/03/moderate-chicago…or-johnson-and-liberals-protecting-sanctuary-status-n2185144
– The amendment would permit law enforcement to work with ICE if an illegal immigrant is arrested or convicted of one or more of four … The left-leaning City Council majority defeated the amendment 39-11. … Perhaps fearing pushback, Johnson's office reverted to scare tactics and circulated a memo before the vote that said that the amendment…
Trump Establishes Task Force to Plan America's 250th Anniversary Celebration
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2025/01/29/president-trump-s…g-of-americas-250th-birthday-white-house-task-force-n2184976
– , including America’s 250th Birthday in 2026, the FIFA World Cup in 2026, and the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028.During my First … Mall in the weeks and months before and afterward.The National Archives will be adding the Emancipation Proclamation and the 19th Amendment…
Friday Morning Minute: I Don't Feel No Ways Tired
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/01/31/friday-morning-minute-i-dont-feel-no-ways-tired-n2185032
–  Full Court Press...The Fifth Circuit issued a significant Second Amendment ruling Thursday, finding a U.S. government ban on … It's been gratifying to see him not only energized but focused — and clearly having learned quite a bit from his first term and his…
FBI v. DOJ - Agents Sue to Block Public Identification of Those Who Worked on J6
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/02/04/fbi-v-doj-agents-su…ock-public-identification-of-those-who-worked-on-j6-n2185204
– Department of Justice (DOJ), asserting unlawful retaliation, Privacy Act and Administrative Procedures Act violations, as well as First … Amendment and due process violations.…
An Administrator With Violent Ambitions and a Rural School District Captured by the Progressive Movement
https://redstate.com/chase-spears/2024/10/01/a-warning-from…chool-district-captured-by-the-progressive-movement-n2179988
– Similarly, Carroll did not lay aside his First Amendment rights in order to take a leadership position in the Graham ISD. … John James at Bellarmine University was suspended for tweeting, “If you’re gonna shoot, man, don’t miss,” in reference also to the first…
Report: Zuckerberg's Meta Acted to Quietly Quash Employee Workplace Discussions on Abortion in 2019
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2022/05/20/report-zuckerbergs-m…h-employee-workplace-discussions-on-abortion-in-2019-n567702
– From Fortune: “As a general proposition, the First Amendment protects individuals only against government restrictions on speech, … ” says Len Niehoff, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School who teaches First Amendment law.…
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