Results for: First Amendment

Police Shootings and Qualified Immunity: Time to Rethink?
https://redstate.com/davenj1/2018/08/30/police-shootings-qualified-immunity-time-rethink-n93993
– Since qualified immunity was first asserted and given its mark of acceptance by the Court, this alleged common law nexus has been used … Justice Sotomayor (along with Ginsburg) have questioned whether qualified immunity run amok has led to an atmosphere of “shoot first … If “shoot first, ask later” is the standard of reasonableness, then the Fourth Amendment means little. …
Paul Manafort's Cooperation Probably Doesn't Mean What the Resistance Thinks It Means
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/09/15/paul-manaforts-cooperation-probably-doesnt-mean-resistance-thinks-means-n94660
– Mueller essentially criminalized exercising your rights under the Sixth Amendment. … First up is Ken White who is known a @popehat on Twitter. He’s a former federal prosecutor and current defense attorney.…
Campus Progressives Are About to Fall Out of Love With Speech Codes
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/09/13/campus-progressives-fall-love-speech-codes-n94556
– letter, the department said it would examine reports of discrimination on campus against Jewish people as an ethnic group and for the first … “This is an attack on the 1st Amendment,” said Samer Alhato, a Palestinian American student at St.…
Dear Conservatives: Stop Acting Like the Left When You Get Your Feelings Hurt
https://redstate.com/kimberly_ross/2018/04/20/conservatives-stop-acting-left-feelings-hurt-n88372
– When First Lady Barbara Bush died on April 17, she left behind a rich legacy as a wife and mother that serves as a model for us all … of hapless law students, hunting through the results of hasty Google searches to find just the right exceptions to the relevant FirstAmendment jurisprudence — exceptions that allow for the infamous phrase, “I believe in free speech, but . . .”…
Insider Exclusive: Will it Be Conservatives vs Conservatives in Wisconsin "Academic Freedom" Case?
https://redstate.com/rs_insider/2018/04/19/insider-exclusive…ives-vs-conservatives-wisconsin-academic-freedom-case-n88347
– to provide better value; Second, at a private university like Marquette, the First Amendment does not apply to academic speech; Third … The McAdams case has been depicted as a First Amendment case; however, some conservatives familiar with it query whether that’s correct … If Marquette can’t fire McAdams because of First Amendment concerns, it could mean that other private employers– say, bakeries or banks…
To Protect Free Speech We Must Demand This Professor Be Fired
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/04/19/protect-free-speech-must-demand-professor-fired-n88334
– But dumping her over a nasty tweet about Barbara Bush is beyond the scope of the First Amendment. … She’s protected by the First Amendment, and Fresno State is a public university. … Amendment.…
California's New Sex-Ed Curriculum is About to Roll Out...What You Need to Know
https://redstate.com/kiradavis/2018/04/18/californias-new-sex-ed-curriculum-roll-out-what-need-know-n88192
– There is a lot to this bill (which is technically just an amendment to an existing bill). … Put your child first and ignore the background noise. 5.Don’t get complacent. … The people who would opt out in the first place are the very people the bill is targeting.…
SJW Fresno State Professor Celebrates Death of Barbara Bush, and Fresno State Will Do Nada About It
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2018/04/18/sjw-fresno-sta…celebrates-death-barbara-bush-fresno-state-will-nada-n88251
– According to the Daily Wire, Jarrar took to Twitter to bravely tweet out her hatred and joy over the death of former first lady Barbara … Then, oddly, Jarrar celebrated the presence of the 1st Amendment, which is rare for an SJW. “LOL! … On behalf of Fresno State, I extend my deepest condolences to the Bush family on the loss of our former First Lady, Barbara Bush.…
The Anti-Gun Boycott of Laura Ingraham Doesn't Go Exactly as Planned
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/04/17/anti-gun-boycott-laura-ingraham-doesnt-go-exactly-planned-n88173
– Last month, talk show host and Fox News personality Laura Ingraham was hit by a boycott led by anti-Second Amendment activists … airwaves last week, she was up 25 percent in total viewers and 36 percent in the key 25-54 demo, compared to her averages for the first
March Madness and Outrage Fatigue
https://redstate.com/kiradavis/2018/04/16/march-madness-outrage-fatigue-n88098
– Young, Second Amendment-hating Twitter activists are leading the charge. Again. … My first reaction wasn’t anger or ridicule, it was fatigue. “Another one?”, I thought to myself.…
Marco Rubio Gives Reporter from Cuban Communist Paper Free Lesson on a Free Press
https://redstate.com/sarah-rumpf/2018/04/15/marco-rubio-give…reporter-cuban-communist-paper-free-lesson-free-press-n88055
– Rubio’s response was a mic-dropping lesson on the freedoms of speech and the press enshrined in our First Amendment, and how that empowers … There are people in my country that don’t agree with how the Second Amendment of the Constitution is interpreted. … Yes, I support the Second Amendment and those people who support that Amendment support me.…
Senate Democrats Demand the FCC Tell a Broadcaster What It Can and Cannot Say
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/04/12/senate-democrats-demand-fcc-tell-broadcaster-can-cannot-say-n87843
– Along the way, they discovered a new interpretation of the First Amendment…one that ignores Congress meddling in the operations of … They determined that the owner of a broadcast outlet directing their employees on how to cover stories violated the First Amendment … In light of my commitment to protecting the First Amendment and freedom of the press, I must respectfully decline.…
Sarah Sanders and the WHCD: The Double Standards of Gendered Insults
https://redstate.com/sarahquinlan/2018/04/29/the-double-standards-of-gendered-harassment-n88844
– Correspondents’ dinner: “My take here was that the comedian, @MichelleIsaWolf, went over the line…This was supposed to be celebrating the FirstAmendment.”…
Michelle Wolf BOMBS Everyone at White House Correspondents Dinner
https://redstate.com/tladuke/2018/04/29/michelle-wolf-bombs-everyone-white-house-correspondents-dinner-n88834
– — Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) April 29, 2018 The first amendment is alive and well as long as you are not a conservative on…
Actually, Trump Boycotting the White House Correspondent's Dinner Doesn't Hurt the First Amendment
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/04/28/actually-trump-boyco…use-correspondents-dinner-doesnt-hurt-first-amendment-n88814
– That by boycotting the WHCA dinner, Trump is hurting the First Amendment. … The WHCA dinner is not a celebration of the First Amendment. It is a self-congratulatory circle jerk. … The First Amendment doesn’t mention a White House press corps and, in fact, the first press conference wasn’t held by a president until…
Despicable Fresno Professor Will Be Enjoying the Freedoms of Life in the United States
https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2018/04/25/despicable-fresno-professor-will-enjoying-freedoms-life-united-states-n88622
– m speaking of the California State University, Fresno professor, Randa Jarrar, and her hateful speech, after the death of former First … “Her comments, although disgraceful, are protected free speech under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,” Castro wrote. … The First Amendment says nothing about protecting us from exposure to obnoxious, ignorant speech.…
Did Nancy Pelosi Actually Risk Reelection by...Supporting Free Speech?!
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2018/04/25/nancy-pelosi-actually-risk-reelection-by-supporting-free-speech-n88585
– This could serve as a harbinger of what may be ahead for Nancy Pelosi if her harsh support for the First Amendment becomes revealed…
The NRA Just Broke a 15 Year Fundraising Record, and No One Should Be Surprised
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2018/04/24/nra-just-broke-15-year-fundraising-record-no-one-surprised-n88561
– The more it or its charge, the 2nd Amendment, are attacked the stronger it gets. … After the Parkland shooting occurred, the attack on the 2nd Amendment, gun owners, and the NRA began before the bodies had time to … This indicates that the push to keep our 2nd Amendment rights nice and unalienable comes from the general public.…
Anti-Gun Nuts Go Full Coward Over Former NFL Star's Innocent, Posed Father-Daughter Photo
https://redstate.com/absentee/2018/04/23/anti-gun-nuts-go-fu…former-nfl-stars-innocent-posed-father-daughter-photo-n88468
– A Senator supports the Second Amendment and is called a mass murderer on a CNN townhall. … The gun, pointed down and held at arm’s length, to make it more subtle and maybe delay your chuckle when first seeing the picture. … Your first test is to read this and then not whine on Twitter about being called a coward. I expect most of you will fail.…
Campus Free Speech: Some Good News
https://redstate.com/davenj1/2018/04/22/campus-free-speech-good-news-n88470
– Considering the fact that in many polls those of the college-age generation seem to accept some limits on the First Amendment’s Free … These zones are one obvious example of First Amendment violations and although we are mindful that free speech protections do not necessarily … The status quo is an insult to the First Amendment. …
WATCH LIVE NOW: In Georgia, Neo-Nazis March for Hitler's Birthday, Anti-Nazi Counter-Protesters Face Off
https://redstate.com/absentee/2018/04/21/watch-live-now-geor…itlers-birthday-anti-nazi-counter-protesters-face-off-n88428
– “Every citizen has the constitutional right to express their First Amendment freedoms to free speech and protest, but the racist views…
Tales of the McCabe: Will the Military Roll With a Trump Win?
https://redstate.com/mccabe/2024/01/29/tales-of-the-mccabe-will-the-military-roll-with-a-trump-win-n2169354
– Also, for the first time in American political history, there was the specter of military intervention—and in 2024, it may be more … For the first time in my life, I can imagine plausible scenarios in which senior military officials might simply tell the president … First, as Mr. Trump faces near-certain electoral defeat, he is vigorously undermining public confidence in our elections.…
House Reveals Mayorkas Articles of Impeachment
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/01/28/house-reveals-mayorkas-articles-of-impeachment-n2169323
– Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) will be offering an amendment to House Resolution 863, which reads, in part:  That Alejandro Nicholas … separation of powers in the Constitution of the United States, it also threatens our national security," Republicans allege in the first
Biden Freaks Out in South Carolina and Starts Screaming About Trump
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/01/27/biden-freaks-out-and-starts-screaming-south-carolina-over-trump-n2169318
First, he seemed to blank out for a moment, then said, "Folks... … That practically screams 25th Amendment. But that wasn't even the worst part. …
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