Results for: First Amendment

Round 2 Looming: Will We Soon See Another Fort Sumter?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/06/14/round-2-looming-will-we-soon-see-another-fort-sumter-n2190483
– These are not actions protected by the First Amendment; these are acts of rebellion against the established authority, and must be … quelled.We might also note that in the summer of 1861, many, including President Lincoln, figured that the war would be brief; the first…
10 Deputies Injured in 'Mostly Peaceful' LA Riots, Sheriff Reveals 'Interesting Weapons Out There'
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/06/14/10-deputies-injured…riots-sheriff-reveals-interesting-weapons-out-there-n2190498
– Apparently, exercising your First Amendment rights means hurling projectiles at law enforcement.He said the weaponry they're encountering…
Anarchy: Chicago's Mayor Promises to Resist Enforcing the Law
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/06/15/anarchy-chicagos-mayor-promises-to-resist-enforcing-the-law-n2190517
– important that we hold that line." pic.twitter.com/gDdJ0F6O2a— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 15, 2025The mayor said:Let me first … rebellion.Oh, Mayor Johnson would, for certain, piously proclaim that he means only peaceful protests, which are protected by the First … Amendment.…
Friday Morning Minute: 'A New Pope'
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/05/09/friday-morning-minute-n2188868
– of Trump AppearanceThis is exactly how Republicans need to handle this sort of childish wokeness from the "resistance" to America First … We didn't know what Francis' would be like when he first assumed the role. … the world is on viewing things through a left-right lens these days), I just want to take a moment to note my appreciation for: first…
Should the President Suspend Habeas Corpus for Illegal Aliens?
https://redstate.com/dan-zoernig/2025/05/07/should-the-president-suspend-habeas-corpus-for-illegal-aliens-n2188769
– Under the 5th Amendment, it would seem that they are.Aliens “who have once passed through our gates, even illegally,” are afforded … the equal protection of the laws.Now, it would seem to me that because the second sentence in the above follows right after the first … But it says what it says, and I don't like it when the anti-gunners start presuming things about the Second Amendment, militias only…
Essex Files: Trump’s Gulf Gambit - 'Persian' to 'Arabian,' a Name Change to Sweeten Saudi Soirée
https://redstate.com/brad-essex/2025/05/07/essex-filestrumps…an-to-arabian-a-name-change-to-sweeten-saudi-soiree-n2188772
– in favor of the outlet, affirming that media outlets are protected from government retaliation over editorial choices under the First … Amendment.…
The DOJ Goes to War As Washington State Declares War on Confession, the First Amendment
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2025/05/05/the-doj-goes-to-wa…tate-declares-war-on-confession-the-first-amendment-n2188727
– Tomorrow, it could be worship services, hiring practices, or religious speech.Why the First Amendment Comes FirstThis trend is something … That’s why the First Amendment doesn’t just protect free speech—it protects the free exercise of religion. … , Protestant, Jew, Muslim, or none of the above—to speak up.The First Amendment is not a suggestion.…
President Trump Signs 'Take It Down Act' - and Invites Someone Else to Do Likewise
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/05/19/president-trump-si…it-down-act-and-invites-someone-else-to-do-likewise-n2189306
– As first ladies do, she took on a cause, that being cyber-bullying; being married to President Trump, she has come in for no small … major legislative success.For a first lady to add her signature is highly unusual - it is the president that signs bills into law … The bill conforms to current First Amendment jurisprudence by requiring that computer-generated NCII meet a “reasonable person” test…
New Interview With Authors of Biden Book Reveals More Shocking Info, Who They Hold to Blame
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/05/20/new-more-revelations-from-tapper-book-and-new-cbs-interview-n2189324
–  📚 Axios' Alex Thompson and CNN's Jake Tapper joined @CBSMornings for their first joint interview on "the book everyone is talking … They already have something in place - the 25th Amendment, but Democrats didn't have the honesty to employ it.…
Skinny on SCOTUS - June 5, 2025 Edition
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/06/18/skinny-on-scotus-june-5-2025-edition-n2190084
– A party must first satisfy Rule 60(b) before Rule 15(a)’s liberal amendment standard can apply.Skinny: Plead your case right the first … because they neither engaged in proselytization nor limited their charitable services to Catholics.Issue:Does a state violate the First … The District Court dismissed the complaint, but the First Circuit reversed, finding Mexico had plausibly alleged that defendants aided…
The Democrats Are Disintegrating. Could a New Party Step In?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/06/28/the-democrats-are-disintegrating-could-a-new-party-step-in-n2191018
– The White House was held by Democrats Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan until 1860, when Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican … be good at only one thing, and that is falling on their swords in the name of principle; also, a party that favors the Second Amendment…
Trump Praises Republicans Who Helped Get the One Big, Beautiful Bill Over the Finish Line
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2025/06/29/trump-praises-rep…ped-get-the-big-beautiful-bill-over-the-finish-line-n2191029
– SECURE OUR BORDER, FIGHT FOR OUR MILITARY/VETS, ENSURE THAT OUR MEDICAID SYSTEM HELPS THOSE WHO TRULY NEED IT, PROTECT OUR SECOND AMENDMENT …  I’m okay with the Senate reading out loud all 940 pages of the Big Beautiful Billb/c it will be the very first time that many … to comprehend an entire bill.— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) June 29, 2025And so the drama and wrangling continue, but for the first…
Why the One Big Beautiful Bill Must Pass—Despite Its Ugly Parts
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2025/06/29/why-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-must-passdespite-its-ugly-parts-n2191040
– Josh Hawley became the first GOP holdout to announce he will back the latest form of the bill despite previously expressing concerns … Sometimes the choice isn't between good and bad – it's between imperfect and catastrophic.The Senate now faces an unlimited series of amendment…
Second Place Is the New First Place
https://redstate.com/dan-zoernig/2025/05/21/second-place-is-the-new-first-place-n2189376
– When it was over and the other athletes had left the podium, she hopped up on the first-place block and remained there for a few seconds … There needs to be a new movement in the sports world called Second Place Is the New First Place.A trophy or a medal is just a symbol … Then, sooner or later, a First Amendment suit would be filed. It would be a battle and a long one at that.…
Skinny on SCOTUS - The Early May Edition
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/05/21/skinny-on-scotus-the-early-may-edition-n2189259
– Two seconds passed between the moment Felix stepped on the doorsill and the moment he fired his first shot.Barnes’s mother sued Felix … on Barnes’s behalf, alleging that Felix violated Barnes’s Fourth Amendment right against excessive force. … and remanded.A claim that a law enforcement officer used excessive force during a stop or arrest is analyzed under the Fourth Amendment…
The American Liars Have a Responsibility to Shut Up Now, Because People Are Dying
https://redstate.com/adam-turner/2025/05/23/the-american-lia…ponsibility-to-shut-up-now-because-people-are-dying-n2189514
– Usually, in the context of “Don't blame me,” the pontificators pontificate because I have the First Amendment right as an American … American gentleman is responsible for the violence that occurs because another American commits a crime or act of violence because the first … person was outrageously lying to incite about a controversial matter, or even if that first person was just telling something he (…
When Democrats Aren't Yelling About Gun Control, Does It Tell You What They Support?
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2025/05/23/when-democrats-ar…bout-gun-control-does-it-tell-you-what-they-support-n2189510
– If there is one concept Democrats and the left can't seem to comprehend, it's the Second Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms … Ask any Democrat or leftist what they think the Second Amendment is for, and they will start blathering on about militias and muskets … The first in July of 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania, and the other in September at his golf course in Florida.…
That Didn't Take Long—Obama-Appointed Judge Leaps in to Rule on Trump's Actions Against Harvard
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/05/23/that-didnt-take-long…leaps-in-to-rule-on-trumps-actions-against-harvard-n2189521
– policy will affect more than 7,000 visa holders — nearly a quarter of the student body — and is a "blatant violation of the First … Amendment, the Due Process Clause, and the Administrative Procedure Act," per its court filing.The Department of Homeland Security…
Supreme Court: Public Funding Is Out for Oklahoma Religious Schools
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/05/22/supreme-court-public-funding-is-out-for-ok-religious-schools-n2189447
– an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision that found the public funding of a religious charter school to be unconstitutional under the First … Oklahoma has argued that providing state funds for a religious charter school violates the First Amendment. … Amendment.…
Heads Explode As Pete Hegseth Hosts an Evangelical Prayer Meeting in the Pentagon Auditorium
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/05/22/heads-explode-as-pet…angelical-prayer-meeting-in-the-pentagon-auditorium-n2189441
– “This is a blatant violation of the First Amendment and its proscription of religion in government,” says FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie…
Warning: California Is About to Gamble Billions on Another Housing Financial Sinkhole
https://redstate.com/redstate-guest-editorial/2025/05/22/war…mble-billions-on-another-housing-financial-sinkhole-n2189421
– First, there’s the matter of financial liability. … alone underwriting risk — is not just questionable, it’s reckless.Moreover, SB 750 can’t even proceed without a constitutional amendment…
Newly Released Document Shows Insane Level Biden Administration Went Through to Crush COVID Opponents
https://redstate.com/katie-jerkovich/2025/05/23/newly-releas…dministration-went-through-to-crush-covid-opponents-n2189522
– reveal that Biden's administration was so determined to force mask and vaccine mandates that it was willing to crush Americans' First … Amendment rights to silence any opposition. …  Herridge posted a portion of her report on X that read:Newly Released Documents Show The designation infringed on the First Amendment…
1st Amendment: Supreme Court Rules on Free Speech Coalition vs. Paxton
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/06/27/1st-amendment-supreme-court-rules-on-free-speech-coalition-vs-paxton-n2190946
– B. 1181) addresses speech understood in First Amendment law as “obscene for minors.” … That label means the First Amendment does not protect the  speech for minors. … The Second Amendment does not apply to minors in most instances, and while there is an argument to be made that the First Amendment…
Supreme Court Upholds Right of Parents to Opt Their Kids Out of LGBTQ-Themed Classroom Activities
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2025/06/27/us-supreme-cou…er-parental-rights-supersede-public-school-mandates-n2190947
– parents in Barnette and Yoder were similarly capable of teaching their religious values “at home,” but that made no difference to the First … Amendment analysis in those cases."…
Parents Won a Huge Victory Today, but the Battle Is Far From Over, and Children Are Still at Risk
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2025/06/27/parents-won-a…tle-is-far-from-over-and-children-are-still-at-risk-n2190982
– resulting in the lawsuit that went all the way up to the highest court in the land, where it backed the parents and upheld their First … Amendment right to freedom of religion.…
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