Results for First Amendment

  1. Morning Minute: Swampbound and Down https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/02/16/morning-minute-n2199199
    Hegseth (First Amendment / Speech-Debate Clause “Seditious Six”), Judge Richard Leon (D.C.)…
  2. Sunday Gun Day Vol. III Ep. XXX - Great GunTubers: 6 Shooting-Related YouTube Channels https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/02/15/sunday-gun-day-vol…eat-guntubers-six-shooting-related-youtube-channels-n2199151
    Now this here is a range-time channel with some social and 2nd Amendment commentary added in. … I won’t go into that, other than to say I hope they are getting their Anatidae linear, because they are still the one 2nd AmendmentFirst, here’s an example of Kentucky Ballistics’ work.…
  3. Virginia Supreme Court Hands Dems Huge Win, Allows Outrageous Gerrymander to Move Forward https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/02/13/scova-makes-ruling-on-redistricting-referendum-n2199118
    publish the amendment three months before the election, as required by law." … will go forward before the Court decides the merits.In short: Virginians will vote first. … approved by Virginians in 2020 – with an amendment that gives that power, instead, to lawmakers.…
  4. 'Horsefeathers!': Judge Steps in, Freezing Pentagon Move Against Sen. Kelly Over Military Speech https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/02/12/judge-steps-in-free…entagon-move-against-sen-kelly-over-military-speech-n2199086
     In the accompanying 29-page opinion, Leon concluded that Kelly is likely to succeed on his First Amendment retaliation claim, … be required to go through the military appeals process so the military can have the first crack at adjudicating his First Amendment … The First Amendment "is a limitation on the power of Congress," NLRB v. Cath.…
  5. 'You Disgust Me!' Ron Johnson Unloads on Smirking MN AG for Encouraging Violent Anti-ICE Protesters https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/02/12/you-disgust-me-sen-r…ellison-for-encouraging-violent-anti-ice-protesters-n2199081
    But you'll never find me being against the First Amendment. … I'll always be for the First Amendment," Ellison responded.ELLISON: "Sir, that never happened!…
  6. Morning Minute: I Don't Want to Wait for Our Lives to Be Over https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/02/12/morning-minute-n2199072
     Trending Across Townhall MediaLynchburg, VA Renews Second Amendment Sanctuary StatusLynchburg, among other communities, is sending … a message to Richmond that they're not buying the BS.May others follow their lead and renew their support for the Second Amendment … I'm one of the legions of Gen-Xers (and some millennials) who've enjoyed Van Der Beek's work since he first won our hearts as Dawson…
  7. NBC's Olympic Coverage Goes Downhill, Apologizes for Misgendering Female Skier in the Women's Division https://redstate.com/bradslager/2026/02/12/nbcs-olympic-cove…misgendering-a-female-skier-in-the-womens-division-n2199078
    Apparently, the First Amendment stops at Pennsylvania Avenue.So we now have a member of the curling team becoming a media darling,…
  8. Bombshell New Docs Show Trump Called Police About Epstein in 2006: ‘Thank Goodness You’re Stopping Him’ https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/02/10/bombshell-new-do…n-epstein-in-2006-thank-goodness-youre-stopping-him-n2198993
    Newly unsealed Department of Justice documents reveal that in July 2006, then businessman Donald Trump was one of the first to call … The Miami Herald first reported on the development.The first mention of Trump in the FBI interview summary notes that he told investigators … Good try, media.Maxwell repeatedly invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to testify before the House Oversight Committee during a closed-door…
  9. The President's Religious Liberty Commission Is Minus a Member, and Good Riddance https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/02/11/the-presidents-re…commission-is-minus-a-member-and-its-her-own-fault-n2199057
    He believes that all Americans have a right to receive the great inheritance given to them by our founding fathers in the First Amendment
  10. The Worst News Outlets of the Week - Who Dominated in Dysfunctional Coverage? https://redstate.com/bradslager/2026/02/09/the-worst-news-ou…of-the-week-who-dominated-in-dysfunctional-coverage-n2198976
    The funny thing is that only one side was said to have a First Amendment right to criticize.…
  11. CBS's Attempt to Attack President Trump's Deportation Project Gets Harsh Response from Homeland Security https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/02/09/cbss-attempt-to-atta…project-gets-harsh-response-from-homeland-security-n2198973
    up states into racial ghettos to achieve a certain number of minority members elected to office is an affront to the Fourteenth Amendment … shows - CBS News.Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump's first … I'd rather that first priority be given to violent felons, but I also believe we can walk and chew gum at the same time.…
  12. Morning Minute: The Deep State Who Cried Wolf https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/02/09/morning-minute-n2198955
    and if there is an opening on the Supreme Court before the end of Donald Trump's second term, the 59-year-old judge would be my first … Maxwell is set to testify in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today...but is expected to plead the Fifth Amendment
  13. William F. Buckley’s Forgotten Contribution to the War Against Union Oppression https://redstate.com/freedom-foundation/2026/02/07/william-f…en-contribution-to-the-war-against-union-oppression-n2198921
    Buckley Jr.In fact, he waged a seven-year legal battle making the familiar argument that his First Amendment right to free speech was … AFSCME affirmed their First Amendment right to do so in 2018. … Amendment rights were suppressed or ignored by their union.Buckley’s suit was ultimately denied cert in 1974 by the U.S.…
  14. Big Win for Trump Admin. on DEIA Initiatives As 4th Circuit Puts Kibosh on Lower Court Injunction https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/02/06/big-win-for-trump-a…s-4th-circuit-puts-kibosh-on-lower-court-injunction-n2198904
    and Fifth Amendment grounds. … and Fifth Amendment grounds, and Judge Adam Abelson of the U.S. … Further, the court found that the Certification Provision does not violate the First Amendment, because while it requires grantees…
  15. 'Seditious Six' Member Slotkin Tells DOJ to Talk to the Hand, Not the Face https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/02/05/seditious-six-member-slotkin-tells-doj-to-talk-to-the-hand-not-the-face-n2198882
    She said her speech is protected under the First Amendment and framed the issue as a broader fight over free expression." … constitution is crystal clear on the issue of freedom of speech, something worth fighting for," she said.It is true that we have a FirstAmendment, and any effort to charge her with a crime would have to deal with that.…
  16. Trump Administration Adds the Forbidden 'Citizenship Question' to the 2030 Census https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/02/06/trump-administration…e-forbidden-citizenship-question-to-the-2030-census-n2198912
    the end, the administration was faced with an impossible task of doing again what they hadn't taken the time to do properly in the first … argument that counting illegals for any purpose, other than deciding where ICE goes next, presents an insurmountable Fourteenth Amendment
  17. Morning Minute: The One Reason I Might Actually Watch the Super Bowl https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/02/03/morning-minute-n2198774
    His post is the first comment I've ever seen from him that indicates the Second Amendment protects a real right, and it's pretty telling …  First They Came for the Plastic Pigs, but I Was Not a Plastic Pig, so I Said NothingThis is much more than just an argument over … The first is the Budweiser ad — not gonna lie; this one hits me right in the feels:For 150 Years, This Bud’s For You.…
  18. Skinny on SCOTUS - (2025 Term - January - Part 1) - Criminal Law Quandaries and Election Standing https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/02/01/skinny-on-scotus-n2198724
     We'll tackle the first four of January in this installment. … Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), second or subsequent efforts at obtaining postconviction relief require the prisoner first … C. §1, which set election day as the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.…
  19. The Lie-Able Sources Podcast: Lemon Is Dropped, There's No Shortage of Sour Reactions in the Press https://redstate.com/bradslager/2026/01/31/the-lie-able-sour…here-was-no-shortage-of-sour-reactions-in-the-press-n2198716
    as AG Pam Bondi makes the announcement.The press avoids facts in jumping right into this being an “attack” on journalism and the FirstAmendment.…
  20. Liberal Professor Drops Legal Strategy of Don Lemon on MN Church Invasion https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/01/31/liberal-professor…s-legal-strategy-of-don-lemon-on-mn-church-invasion-n2198708
    Bonchie captured a wide swath of wild reactions from leftists and media members (but I repeat myself) over the supposed death of the FirstAmendment as we know it represented by Lemon being arrested then charged for allegedly taking part. … He mentioned Renee Good, the first person shot and killed by Border Patrol in Minneapolis recently, "insisted that she was a legal…
  21. Left-Wing Politicians and 'Journalists' Go Insane Over Don Lemon Arrest, but the Receipts Loom Large https://redstate.com/bonchie/2026/01/30/left-wing-politician…r-minds-over-don-lemon-arrest-but-the-receipts-loom-n2198673
    The First Amendment is under attack in America! … pic.twitter.com/V4TVEK7Icy— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 30, 2026To provide a little clarity, no one has a "First Amendment" right … to deprive others of their First Amendment rights by storming private property, harassing people in a place of worship, and then refusing…
  22. New: Missouri Sues Census Bureau to End Counting of Illegal Aliens and Request 2020 Recount https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/01/30/new-missouri-sues-t…illegal-aliens-in-census-and-request-census-recount-n2198689
    This first-in-the-nation suit was filed against the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Census Bureau for unconstitutionally … The framers of the Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment would have been shocked by this policy. … aliens and temporary visa holders in the 2030 Census, and the 2031 Apportionment base would violate Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment
  23. More Details on Lemon Arrest As Bondi Confirms - Three Others Arrested As Well https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/01/30/bondi-remarks-on-lemon-more-arrests-n2198670
     You know the meltdowns will be titanic, and they will be screaming "attack on the First Amendment!"…
  24. Breaking: Don Lemon Arrested https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/01/30/breaking-don-lemon-arrested-over-mn-church-action-n2198668
    The First Amendment is under attack in America!…
  25. Morning Minute: Flashback Friday - We've Come a Long Way, Baby https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/01/30/morning-minute-n2198666
    Trump removing potential voters who would keep their party in power.Don Lemon Arrested by Federal AgentsOh, yes, it's going to be 'a FirstAmendment is under attack despite video evidence (reportedly) showing clear FACE Act violations' kind of day from the usual idiots … release.MORNING MUSINGIt's Flashback Friday: Thought I'd take a moment to remind folks of what was front and center one year ago: The first