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  1. Will Indiana sell RFRA to Appease LGBTQ Activism? https://redstate.com/qatharms/2015/04/02/will-indiana-sell-rfra-appease-lgbtq-activism-n52430
    In actuality, the First Amendment was crafted out of a commitment to the principle that nobody should ever be compelled by government … The first Congress wrestled with the language in an effort to be clear about that. … The First Amendment was not written to protect the right to live by a truth that might evolve into something different or more self-serving…
  2. Gail Collins of the New York Times is a Slack-Jawed, Drooling Moron https://redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2015/04/02/gail-collins-new-york-times-slack-jawed-drooling-moron-n52419
    legislature from passing any law they so desire that infringes on the exercise of religion (so long as the law in question passes First … Amendment muster).…
  3. Border Patrol ignores illegals and begins harassing citizens https://redstate.com/streiff/2015/04/01/border-patrol-ignores-illegals-begins-harassing-citizens-n52406
    The American Civil Liberties Union—concerned about the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections against arbitrary searches and seizures—has … aggressive stance reported by the Chronicle seems to fly in the face of the Supreme Court decision that authorized the checkpoints in the first…
  4. Two Years Later, You'll Still Be Made to Care https://redstate.com/erick/2015/04/01/two-years-later-youll-still-be-made-to-care-n52402
    First, you are not loving your neighbor if you are cool with them going to hell. Do you want to go to hell? No? … We are using the state to protect our ability to preach the scripture under the first amendment.…
  5. Elizabeth Warren's Education Power Grab Fails https://redstate.com/aglanon/2015/04/16/elizabeth-warrens-education-power-grab-fails-n52575
    dug Washington’s claws deeper into education policy failed: “The first amendment to go down to defeat came from Democratic [mc_name … Warren said the amendment was about improving transparency, but Alexander’s sentiment prevailed as the amendment was defeated along … The rejection of Warren’s amendment provides a glimmer of hope here.…
  6. Cotton and Rubio on verge of scuttling Corker's Iran surrender bill https://redstate.com/streiff/2015/04/30/cotton-rubio-verge-scuttling-corkers-iran-surrender-bill-n52698
    First and foremost, Corker’s bill essentially gives Obama a way to work around the US Constitution. … to compel votes on amendments that would make Iran relinquish its nuclear facilities (Ed note, this is actually false, Cotton’s amendment … does the tactic unleashed by Rubio and Cotton require a vote on these two amendments, it only requires a majority to pass the amendment…
  7. Alito Asks the Right Questions Which The Left Doesn't Want Asked https://redstate.com/lifeofgrace/2015/04/29/alito-asks-right-questions-left-doesnt-want-asked-n52684
    The 14th Amendment which prohibits states from abridging “the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States” protects religious … The Left is swinging a hammer at the First Amendment, and doing so without even thinking about what that pillar supports. …
  8. More Clinton Foreign Money Hypocrisy: They Blasted Bob Dole for It! https://redstate.com/ironchapman/2015/04/28/clinton-foreign-money-hypocrisy-blasted-bob-dole-n52672
    Moreover, more than 45 witnesses either fled the country or refused to cooperate by citing their Fifth Amendment privilege against … After all, there will be people casting their first vote in a Presidential election in 2016 who were born during Clinton’s second term…
  9. My moment of candor this Friday https://redstate.com/erick/2015/05/08/my-moment-of-candor-this-friday-n52768
    I would not have done what Pamela Geller did, but many of the people using “yes” and “but” to throw up caveats to the First Amendment … because of her actions are doing so in the wrong order and are no friends of the first amendment.…
  10. GOP Failure Theater: Obamacare edition and starring Rand Paul https://redstate.com/streiff/2015/05/08/failure-theater-obamacare-edition-starring-rand-paul-n52762
    Many were upset, via The Daily Caller:  Paul’s constitutional amendment says no federal employees should get special exemptions from … What’s being referred to as the “Obamacare fix” for lawmakers and staff was made because the Affordable Care Act includes an amendment … Paul revealed his new amendment push on Sunday after TheDC inquired about a proposal from Louisiana Sen.…
  11. Yes and But In the Wrong Order https://redstate.com/erick/2015/05/08/yes-and-but-in-the-wrong-order-n52759
    Echoing Islamic radicals, members of the press whose careers depend on the first amendment now insist there be restrictions on the … first amendment. … Someone replied back that surely the founding fathers did not contemplate Islam when they drafted the first amendment.…
  12. Obama: abortion is birth control https://redstate.com/streiff/2015/05/06/obama-abortion-birth-control-n52737
    T he DC City Council passed a law with the Orwellian name of  “Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014” (RHNDA … The very purpose of this bill as expressed by its sponsor at the first hearing last June was to require religious employers to provide…
  13. Chris Cuomo Is Not That Bright. Good Thing He Can Hide Behind His Last Name. https://redstate.com/erick/2015/05/06/chris-cuomo-is-not-that-bright-good-thing-he-can-hide-behind-his-last-name-n52738
    The First Amendment does not permit St. … hold: As explained earlier, see supra, at 386, the reason why fighting words are categorically excluded from the protection of the First … Amendment is not that their content communicates any particular idea, but that their content embodies a particularly intolerable (…
  14. After Garland, free speech not violent extremism is under attack. https://redstate.com/streiff/2015/05/06/garland-free-speech-violent-extremism-attack-n52736
    the left is now questioning the whether the First Amendment is actually operative when a pet minority group is offended. … First, he is trying to make the bull**** “microaggression” policies in effect on many university campuses the national standard.…
  15. What's Actually Going On https://redstate.com/erick/2015/05/04/whats-actually-going-on-n52723
    Islamists, the leftists say things like “I’m not sure the founding fathers contemplated someone like Pamela Geller when they wrote the First … Amendment.” … Notice they do not say, “I’m not sure the founding fathers contemplated Islam when they wrote the First Amendment.”…
  16. Jihad Struck Texas But Will the Obama Administration Continue to Bury Its Head in the Sand https://redstate.com/matthewclark/2015/05/04/jihad-struck-texas-will-obama-administration-continue-bury-head-sand-n52719
    We must never surrender our First Amendment freedoms. …
  17. God Bless Texas https://redstate.com/erick/2015/05/03/god-bless-texas-n52712
    But it is increasingly clear that Islam and the First Amendment are not compatible, which means Islam and our constitutional system…
  18. First Daughter Praises "Peaceful" Boston Counter-Protesters https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/08/20/first-daughter-praises-peaceful-boston-counter-protesters-n75600
    “Unofficial” adviser to the president, as well as First Daughter Ivanka Trump watched the events in Boston yesterday and had high … It was, however, a free speech rally, and the First Amendment allows for peaceful gatherings to openly express ideas and opinions, … Allegedly, no one was there to pimp for the alt-right, but rather, to speak to the importance of preserving the First Amendment.…
  19. So... We're Just Gonna Call "Free Speech" an Alt-Right Thing Now? https://redstate.com/joesquire/2017/08/19/so-just-gonna-call-free-speech-alt-right-thing-now-n75587
    This media smear of a First Amendment right and the people who endorse it is exactly why we can’t have any honest talks about this…
  20. New White House Petition Seeks To Have Antifa Designated as a Domestic Terrorist Group https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/08/19/new-white-house-pe…tion-seeks-antifa-designated-domestic-terrorist-group-n75566
    First things first: How much attention do those White House petitions really get, even if they do garner enough signatures? … The first complication with addressing Antifa is determining who they are. … Amendment.…
  21. Yes, I Really Care About Trump's Response to Charlottesville https://redstate.com/neil_stevens/2017/08/19/yes-really-care-trumps-response-charlottesville-n75554
    David Duke even came out to complain: It appears the First Amendment doesn't apply to White Americans just like racial discrimination … First, he refused to make a strong statement even admitting it was a terrorist act, basically implying it was a lone wolf, just like…
  22. The Kids Are Alright: New Poll Sheds Light on Millennial Attitudes Towards Historical Monuments https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/08/19/kids-alright-new-p…ght-millennial-attitudes-towards-historical-monuments-n75557
    speakers voice their opinions, it is no longer a “peaceful” demonstration, but rather an uprising, and that is not protected by the First … Amendment.  …
  23. Senator Ben Sasse Delivers Chilling Truth in a Post Entitled 'The Next Charlottesville' https://redstate.com/kimberly_ross/2017/08/19/ben-sasse-next-charlottesville-n75555
    America is first and foremost an Idea – that all people are endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights. … Let’s teach our kids why our First Amendment Society fights with debate, not violence.…
  24. Piers Morgan and the "Nazi Exception" to the First Amendment https://redstate.com/patterico/2017/08/17/piers-morgan-nazi-exception-first-amendment-n75463
    Today I address Piers Morgan’s similar contention that the First Amendment should not be used to protect Nazis. … You say you understand the purpose of the First Amendment, Piers Morgan? I don’t think you do! Charles C.W. … If that weren’t true, the First Amendment would be pointless. This is not a “controversial” statement.…
  25. The Watercooler, 8/16/17 - OPEN THREAD https://redstate.com/diamondback/2017/08/16/watercooler-81617-open-thread-n75444
    This Week In History Sunday, 8/13: Penobscot Expedition defeated, 1779; first women enlist in USMC, 1918; Apollo 11 astronauts released … /16: Battle of Bennington, 1777; Klondike Gold Rush begins, 1896; HUAC investigates Vietcong collaborators, 1966 Thursday, 8/17: First … ratified, 1920; Marines win first major battle in Vietnam, 1965 Saturday, 8/19: Constitution defeats Guerriere, 1812; NY Herald breaks…