Results for First Amendment

  1. RedState Weekly Briefing: Heavy-Handed FBI, Ranty Biden, and Railway Woes https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2022/09/17/redstate-weekly-briefing-heavy-handed-fbi-ranty-biden-and-railway-woes-n628549
    As Dhillon noted, this raises all kinds of First Amendment questions.…
  2. Scandalous: Biden Reportedly Pressuring FBI Agents to 'Find' Cases That Push 'Domestic Extremism' Talking Points https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/09/17/scandalous-biden-rep…nd-cases-that-push-domestic-extremism-talking-points-n628772
    “We are sort of the lapdogs as the actual agents doing these sorts of investigations, trying to find a crime to fit otherwise First … Amendment-protected activities,” he said.…
  3. Jill Biden's Ridiculous Defense of Obscene Books in School Libraries Shows Depth of Democrat Depravity https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2022/09/14/jill-bidens-ridi…n-school-libraries-shows-depth-of-democrat-depravity-n627315
    We don’t ban First Amendment rights, including freedom of speech,” right “Dr.” Jill? …
  4. Tucker Reveals FBI Just Raided Mike Lindell, the Pillow Guy https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/09/13/tucker-reveals-fbi-just-raided-mike-lindell-the-pillow-guy-n627110
    At first, he said, he didn’t want to turn it over because he runs all of his companies off that phone and he couldn’t operate without … We were the first to produce one of the subpoenas dropped on a Trump ally. … The broad, overreaching nature of the information that they wanted to be turned over raises all kinds of First and Fourth Amendment…
  5. President Joe Biden Isn’t Hiding His Authoritarianism Very Well https://redstate.com/jeffc/2022/09/13/president-joe-biden-isnt-hiding-his-authoritarianism-very-well-n626887
    from running again in 2024, but they are also even going after his allies – all for engaging in speech that is protected by the First … Amendment.…
  6. IG Report Details Crimes By DOJ Officials and the Scandalous Response https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/09/13/ig-report-details-crimes-by-doj-officials-and-the-scandolous-response-n626705
    We have the DOJ pretending the First Amendment doesn’t exist in order to pursue things that sure don’t seem to actually be crimes.…
  7. DOJ Subpoenas Targeting Trump Associates Contain Disturbing Demands https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/09/13/tucker-carlson-obtai…targeting-trump-associate-details-disturbing-demands-n626659
    It is a violation of the First Amendment for the government to criminally target individuals based simply on what they said unless…
  8. Mainstream Media Finally Admits: DOJ Subpoenaed Over 40 Trump Associates, Seized Two Top Advisors' Phones https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2022/09/12/mainstream-media-fin…r-40-trump-associates-seized-two-top-advisors-phones-n626560
    you make as an American citizen about electors—any claim you make about American politics period—is protected explicitly under the First … Amendment.…
  9. Several GOP Senators Slam the Idea of Trump's January 6 Pardon Promise https://redstate.com/levon/2022/09/12/several-gop-senators-slam-the-idea-of-trumps-january-6-pardon-promise-n626267
    Peaceful protest is protected by the first amendment of the Constitution.”…
  10. DeSantis Under Fire From the Right for Big Business Comments https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/09/12/desantis-under-fire-from-the-right-for-big-business-comments-n626139
    DeSantis says large businesses aren’t really private, and thus don’t have First Amendment rights, because they’re doing the bidding … The governor is not just, out of the blue, suggesting that large businesses aren’t private and don’t have First Amendment rights. … We also aren’t going to watch our Second Amendment rights crushed by credit card companies taking their cues from Elizabeth Warren.…
  11. Supreme Court Says Jewish University Doesn't Have to 'Accommodate' LGBTQIA2S+ Student Group Because of Religion https://redstate.com/streiff/2022/09/11/supreme-court-says-j…ommodate-lgbtqia2s-student-group-because-of-religion-n626090
    The court noted, however, that according to an amendment to the school’s charter that was adopted in 1967, the university is considered … The court also rejected the school’s claims that the NYCHRL violates Yeshiva’s First Amendment Rights holding that the public accommodations … To be charitable, the trial judge’s ruling was agenda-driven and flew in the face of commonsense and the First Amendment.…
  12. Lightning Rod NFL QB Aaron Rodgers Says California is ‘Going to S***’ After Harsh COVID Policies https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2022/09/11/lightning-rod-nfl-qb…california-is-going-to-s-after-harsh-covid-policies-n626013
    The bill faces clear First Amendment issues and is already being challenged in court. … first time Rodgers has trashed the…
  13. Bombshell Report: Dozens of Trump Allies Raided or Served Subpoenas by FBI https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/09/09/bombshell-report…ns-of-trump-allies-raided-or-served-subpoenas-by-fbi-n625209
    First Amendment attorney Harmeet Dhillon confirmed that she was aware of at least some of these cases. … As Dhillon noted, this raises all kinds of First Amendment questions.…
  14. Amy Klobuchar Pulls a Vote on Bipartisan Tech Legislation, Then Blames Ted Cruz https://redstate.com/levon/2022/09/08/amy-klobuchar-pulls-a…on-bipartisan-tech-legislation-then-blames-ted-cruz-n624674
    vote on a bill aimed at giving news outlets the ability to negotiate collectively with tech platforms after she said an adopted amendment … Cruz’s amendment would eliminate the antitrust exemption, if either side mentions content moderation in negotiations. … Cruz made a statement regarding the outcome of the markup, saying it was a: “[h]uge victory for the First Amendment and free speech…
  15. Report: Postal Service Illegally Conducted Surveillance on Americans https://redstate.com/jeffc/2022/09/25/report-postal-service-illegally-conducted-surveillance-on-americans-n632706
    Amendment-protected activities,” Eddington told The Times. … The agency monitored “peaceful armed protests” involving participants advocating for the Second Amendment in Virginia on “Lobby Day … Several bulletins claim the reports were not intended to violate the First Amendment but to share information with other law enforcement…
  16. Joe Biden's Recent Speeches Indicate There Are 2 of Him https://redstate.com/andrewmalcolm/2022/09/25/joe-bidens-recent-speeches-indicate-there-are-2-of-him-n632341
    Turns out though, Obama’s Energy Department carefully wrote the loan to give taxpayers a lower priority while first protecting the … Look, I support the Second Amendment.…
  17. Iran's Violent Government Crackdown Is a Good Reminder of Why We Have the 2nd Amendment https://redstate.com/joesquire/2022/09/24/irans-violent-gove…is-a-good-reminder-of-why-we-have-the-2nd-amendment-n632386
    images from Iran’s uprising where unarmed protesters are being massacred by the government, and be grateful and PROTECT your Second Amendment … The importance of the First Amendment – particularly the right to free speech and the right to petition the government for a redress … of grievances – solidifies the need for the Second Amendment.…
  18. Fed. Judge Rules Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward Must Turn Over Phone Records to J6 Committee https://redstate.com/beccalower/2022/09/24/fed-judge-rules-a…li-ward-must-turn-over-phone-records-to-j6-committee-n632295
    Humetewa also dismissed the Wards’ arguments that the subpoena seeking their phone records violate their First and 14th Amendment rights…
  19. Court’s Big Tech Censorship Ruling Is an Exemplary Judgment https://redstate.com/heartlandinstitute/2022/09/23/courts-big-tech-censorship-ruling-is-an-exemplary-judgment-n631741
    The key premise behind NetChoice’s failed suit was that the First Amendment protects private companies from lawsuits over censorship … The court strongly rejected that argument, noting the First Amendment prohibits the government from censoring speech but does not grant … “In urging such sweeping relief, the platforms offer a rather odd inversion of the First Amendment,” the judges write.…
  20. Another Union Corruption Scandal Shows Why the PRO Act Needs to Be Shelved https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2022/09/22/another-union-cor…on-scandal-shows-why-the-pro-act-needs-to-be-shelved-n631533
    And as long as the status quo is maintained, and nothing is done to address the corruption, the First Amendment rights of hardworking … In California, another scheme to divest employees of their money and blunt their First Amendment rights is being challenged. … Despite Janus, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that this requirement does not violate the First Amendment…
  21. Hollywood Heavyweight Says He'd Be 'Arrogant Not to' Consider 'Inevitable' Presidential Run https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2022/09/22/hollywood-heavyw…arrogant-not-to-consider-inevitable-presidential-run-n631352
    The first is a mandate that can infringe on our right; the second is a duty that will preserve it. … firearms out of the hands of dangerous people is not only the responsible thing to do; it is also the best way to protect the Second Amendment … interesting and perhaps even effective in convincing the mushy middle and go-along-to-get-along Vichy Republicans to abandon the Second Amendment…
  22. Setback for Trump Legal Team as Appeals Court Rules DOJ Can Comb Through Classified Docs https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2022/09/21/setback-for-trump-le…als-court-rules-doj-can-comb-through-classified-docs-n631166
    Yet the DOJ maintains that Trump has no “possessory interest” or 4th Amendment claim here? … 🍊🦅 (@JennaEllisEsq) September 21, 2022 Trump’s team has maintained that a special master should go through the documents first…
  23. Nikki Haley Responds to 'Sunny' Hostin After 'The View' Host Accused Her of Hiding Her Ethnicity https://redstate.com/levon/2022/09/21/nikki-haley-responds-t…er-the-view-host-accused-her-of-hiding-her-ethnicity-n630911
    Haley responded to Hostin’s racist claim: “It’s not the first time, and it won’t be the last time that the hosts of ‘The View’ come … going to talk about the good looks." pic.twitter.com/aSDJhd92K0 — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) September 20, 2022 The First … Amendment exists for every American, not just those Hostin agrees with.…
  24. Nobody Should Trust the Biden Administration on the Threat of 'Domestic Extremism' https://redstate.com/jeffc/2022/09/21/nobody-should-trust-th…n-administration-on-the-threat-of-domestic-extremism-n630717
    “We are sort of the lapdogs as the actual agents doing these sorts of investigations, trying to find a crime to fit otherwise First … Amendment-protected activities,” he elaborated.…
  25. Federal Court Upholds Texas Law Against Social Media Censorship https://redstate.com/jeffc/2022/09/20/federal-court-upholds-texas-law-against-social-media-censorship-n630583
    “In urging such sweeping relief, the platforms offer a rather odd inversion of the First Amendment,” the panel of judges ruled. … “Today we reject the idea that corporations have a freewheeling First Amendment right to censor what people say,” the panel of judges … Balance and fairness certainly would be preferable, but the First Amendment does not require it.”…