Results for First Amendment

  1. What Three Dissents Signal for Marriage’s Future https://redstate.com/ryantanderson/2013/07/02/what-three-dissents-signal-for-marriages-future-n48332
    First, Justice Samuel Alito makes clear the actual constitutional status of marriage laws. … First and foremost, defenders of marriage need to start living out the truth about marriage. … Mike Pence has called on his state to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman.…
  2. NPS Threatened WWII Vets With Arrest But Now Opens Mall For Union Bosses' Immigration Rally During #Shutdown https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2013/10/07/nps-threate…but-now-opens-mall-for-union-bosses-immigration-rally-n47004
    confirmed for the Washington Examiner that the Park Service will allow the event to take place under the group’s rights granted by the First … Amendment. … Menendez were missing in action apparently too busy last week when the World War II vets were fighting for their First Amendment Right…
  3. The Man Who Kept Obamacare Out of Texas https://redstate.com/tex_whitley/2013/10/01/the-man-who-kept-obamacare-out-of-texas-n46959
    expand eligibility for Medicaid, a move that the Heritage Foundation estimates would cost the state as much as $27 billion in the first … In fact as an early supporter of the states-rights movement, Creighton was the primary architect of the 10th Amendment legislation … The unsung hero of that campaign was Brandon Creighton, the spark for Perry’s 10th Amendment fire that spread the states’ rights message…
  4. Oppose the Medical Device Tax Repeal https://redstate.com/erick/2013/09/30/oppose-the-medical-device-tax-repeal-n46951
    The first is the Vitter Amendment, named for Senator David Vitter, which would require Congress to adhere to Obamacare like the rest … Pass the Vitter amendment and within a year you’ll see Congress have a full medical station in its basement where congressmen and their … Likewise, the Vitter Amendment fixes something that is only temporary, if the Office of Personnel Management is to be believed.…
  5. Tyranny of the majority https://redstate.com/jhayward13/2013/10/10/tyranny-of-the-majority-n47028
    “I disagree with what you say, but I’ll defend your right to say it” is a common mantra for expressing First Amendment sentiments.   … The government cannot suppress even the most unpopular group’s First Amendment rights.  …
  6. I Support Tommy Moll for Congress https://redstate.com/erick/2013/11/12/i-support-tommy-moll-for-congress-n47256
    “First, Majority Leader Rep. … He took to the committee table to speak in favor of an amendment removing his name – a parliamentary maneuver that could have easily…
  7. Two pictures that show the utter mendacity of anti-gun websites. https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2013/11/11/gun-control-n47246
    t.co/tYv2g8Q6TH — David Freddoso (@freddoso) November 11, 2013   …background here; the short version is that apparently the first … I swear to God, it’s like the actual act of opposing the Second Amendment causes long-term damage to people’s cognitive ability. … Reassess the seriousness of any site that reproduced the first photo uncritically. …
  8. Hobby Lobby #Obamacare conscience exemption case to be heard by Supreme Court. https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2013/11/26/hobby-lobby-obamacare-conscience-exemption-supreme-court-n47370
    being required to cover the morning-after pill to be an intolerant affront to their religious beliefs – and, for that matter, their First … Amendment rights thereof.…
  9. How the GOP used social media to outsmart anti-free speech laws. https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2014/11/17/nrcc-free-speech-elections-twitter-campaign-finance-reform-n51145
    When it comes to the First Amendment and free speech: what part of Congress shall make no law is unclear?  …
  10. Because Justice Runs to Individuals, Kennesaw, Georgia Got It Wrong https://redstate.com/erick/2014/12/05/because-justice-runs-to-individuals-kennesaw-georgia-got-it-wrong-n51340
    Until that time, we must extend the First Amendment to everyone, whether we agree with their religion or not.…
  11. Put Body Cams on All the Cops https://redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2014/12/02/put-body-cams-cops-n51292
    To my mind, the first and easiest solution, at the state-wide level, is for states to pass laws making it explicitly clear that the … Judicial precedent makes it clear that it is legal under the First Amendment, but it would nonetheless be helpful to send a message…
  12. If You Criticize Obama, Kurt Eichenwald Thinks You Are A Sinner https://redstate.com/erick/2014/12/29/if-you-criticize-obama-kurt-eichenwald-thinks-you-are-a-sinner-n51518
    The First Amendment allows me speech and debate. The law in Georgia does not allow me to text and drive. … In fact, even then there is a long history tradition and clear statements from Jesus himself that God’s law comes first and if the…
  13. RedState at CPAC: The President Takes the Stage - and Will Not Surrender It https://redstate.com/bradslager/2019/03/02/redstate-cpac-president-takes-stage-will-not-surrender-n102079
    “The national media thinks the First Amendment was created just for them, but it was made for all of us.”…
  14. What Are The Costs Of Protecting The Free Press? https://redstate.com/slee/2019/03/02/costs-protecting-free-press-n102078
    However, open records requests are a foundational principle of a free press and First Amendment hawks believe it should be protected … Becerra “wants to paint himself as a friend of the First Amendment,” said John Temple, director of the Investigative Reporting Program…
  15. CNN Outright Lies About James Madison and the Electoral College https://redstate.com/bonchie/2019/03/21/cnn-outright-lies-about-james-madison-and-the-electoral-college-n103250
    Apples, bananas, and facts first. This is CNN and all that. … As a matter of the electoral college, Madison supported it, proven by his later amendment to appropriate the electoral college via…
  16. This Is Why We Need the Second Amendment https://redstate.com/kentucky_dana/2019/03/21/need-second-amendment-n103261
    Were it not for our Second Amendment, that’s what the Democrats would do to us! … ___________________________________ ¹ – A photo in the article shows mourners arriving for one of the first burials for the victims … My personal website, The First Street Journal, includes articles not necessarily in Red State’s paradigm.…
  17. Legislation in Missouri Moves to Ban All Federal Gun Control Laws From State https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2019/03/20/legislation-missouri-moves-ban-federal-gun-control-laws-state-n103209
    House Bill HB786, would prevent all state agencies and their employees from enforcing any federal law that infringes the Second Amendment … regulations, whether past, present, or future, which infringe on the people’s right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment … Renewed calls for stricter gun laws could be heard from every corner of the first world.…
  18. Actor Dean Cain Says He 'Would've Knocked Cold' the Kid Who Egged Fraser Anning; Twitter Mobs Him https://redstate.com/alexparker/2019/03/18/actor-dean-cain-s…ve-knocked-cold-kid-egged-fraser-anning-twitter-mobs-n103015
    In the U.S. we have the First Amendment which protects all speech, including unpopular speech, as long as it doesn’t call for violence…
  19. Free Speech Lives... Even Giving Cops The Middle Finger Is Protected. https://redstate.com/tladuke/2019/03/16/free-speech-lives-even-giving-cops-middle-finger-protected-n102955
    The First Amendment to the United States Constitution says this… Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion…
  20. New Zealand Shooter's Manifesto Is Textbook Trolling, Stop Giving Him What He Wants https://redstate.com/bonchie/2019/03/15/enough-nz-shooters-manifesto-trolling-stop-giving-wants-n102911
    He says he was first an anarchist who then become an Eco-fascist. … He also says that part of his inspiration was knowing that this would spark a debate about the 2nd amendment in the United States.…
  21. Richard Blumenthal Says President Trump Is Partly Responsible For the New Zealand Mosque Shooting https://redstate.com/streiff/2019/03/15/richard-blumenthal-s…trump-partly-responsible-new-zealand-mosque-shooting-n102893
    We are held responsible either because we support the idea that the Second Amendment means pretty much what it says and and has meant … simply do not care all that much what gay people do.As long as they are loyal to their people and place their peoples well being first…
  22. The Christchurch Massacre and New Zealand's Gun Control Laws https://redstate.com/kentucky_dana/2019/03/15/christchurch-massacre-new-zealands-gun-control-laws-n102887
    Following that attack, the nation’s gun laws — which were first passed in 1983 — came under scrutiny. … The ensuing debate led to a 1993 amendment on the regulation of military-style semi-automatic firearms. … My personal website, The First Street Journal, includes articles not necessarily in Red State’s paradigm.…
  23. New App Tells Conservatives Where It's Safe to Go Without Being Harassed https://redstate.com/ameliahamilton/2019/03/12/new-app-tells…rvatives-where-its-safe-to-go-without-being-harassed-n102621
    Conservatism is not an approved use of the First Amendment, and people won’t hesitate to let you know.…
  24. BACKLASH: TX AG Ken Paxton Orders Investigation Into Actions of San Antonio City Council After Chick-fil-A Ban https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2019/03/29/backlash-tx-a…on-investigation-san-antonio-council-chick-fil-a-ban-n103963
    Fox News reports: Paxton sent a letter to San Antonio City Council members and Mayor Ron Nirenberg, saying that he believed the first … amendment was “under assault” over the city’s decision last week to exclude Chick-fil-A from a concessions contract with San Antonio … First Liberty Institute wrote Secretary Chao and copied U.S.…
  25. Law Firm: If San Antonio Wants to Ban Chick-fil-A, the City Should Be Ineligible for Federal Grants https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2019/03/28/law-firm-san…o-wants-ban-chick-fil-city-ineligible-federal-grants-n103937
    The USA Today reports: On Thursday, the First Liberty Institute sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao alleging that … The full letter that First Liberty sent to Secretary Chao and U.S. Attorney Gen. William Barr can be read here. … However, it cannot do so in a way that brazenly violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Federal law.…