Results for First Amendment

  1. Trump Doubles Down on Threats to Pull Licenses of News Networks He Deems "Fake News" https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/10/11/trump-doubles-threats-pull-licenses-news-networks-deems-fake-news-n78141
    asked that he has no plans to seek limits on what the press writes or reports, but his comments have increasingly drawn concern from First … Amendment advocates.…
  2. Trump's Wish to Strip NBC's License Conflicts with the Ongoing War for Free Speech https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2017/10/11/trump-found-boundary-war-media-nbc-comment-n78096
    Amendment rights from those that report news disagreeable to the highest office in the land. … Furthermore, Trump does not have the power to pull a license, a challenge first has to be made to the FCC by local residents. … We need to put free speech first. It’s where it is in the Constitution, and it’s where it needs to stay in our minds.…
  3. The Left is Trashing Pence for Walking-Out After Defending the NFL for Taking a Knee https://redstate.com/joshkimbrell/2017/10/08/left-trashing-pence-walking-defending-nfl-taking-knee-n77991
    Now, the very same “warriors for the First Amendment,” who vigorously defended the right of NFL players to take a knee are outraged…
  4. Jeff Sessions Issues Epic Guidance to Department of Justice on Religious Liberty https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/10/07/jeff-sessions-issues-epic-guidance-department-justice-religious-liberty-n77930
    This is all great stuff and it is a shame that the Attorney General has to spell out in detail what the First Amendment takes for granted…
  5. Dear University Students, Anti-Free Speech Brigades are Why White Supremacist Richard Spencer is Still a Thing https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2017/10/06/florida-police…shelling-big-bucks-richard-spencer-can-speak-shouldnt-n77877
    They believe that because Spencer’s speech is so disagreeable to them, that the 1st Amendment rights we all enjoy should not apply … Department, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Florida Highway Patrol and other agencies providing first…
  6. NRA Issues a Statement on Bump Stocks https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/10/05/nra-issues-statement-bump-stocks-n77814
    First, you should never negotiate with yourself and unless and until the gun grabbers offer up some kind of concession, f*** them and … Unfortunately, the first response from some politicians has been to call for more gun control. … In an increasingly dangerous world, the NRA remains focused on our mission: strengthening Americans’ Second Amendment freedom to defend…
  7. New York Times: Republicans Open to Banning Bump Stocks https://redstate.com/patterico/2017/10/05/new-york-times-republicans-open-banning-bump-stocks-n77793
    I saw someone compare the Second Amendment’s relation to machine guns with the First Amendment’s relation to child pornography. … Just because an amendment protects a right we love, and just because people are always trying to chip away at the freedoms protected … by that amendment, does not mean we must automatically oppose any restrictions whatsoever.…
  8. Organizations Seeking Visitor Logs from Mar-a-Lago Will Be Disappointed https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/10/05/organizations-seeking-visitor-logs-mar-lago-will-disappointed-n77795
    Act lawsuit brought by the National Security Archive, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and the Knight First … Amendment Institute at Columbia University, Secret Service officials are reporting that keeping track of visitors to President Trump…
  9. Michael Moore Proposes a New Amendment Empowering Criminals and Making People Defenseless https://redstate.com/jimjamitis/2017/10/04/michael-moore-pro…ndment-empowering-criminals-making-people-defenseless-n77773
    Michael Moore wants to repeal the 2nd amendment and replace it with a 28th amendment which would infringe upon rights that the founding … and written a new amendment that codifies the bogus interpretations they’ve disingenuously pushed for years. … (The race to see who can be the first to address his use of the word “clip” begins….NOW.)…
  10. We Don't Need More Gun Control, We Need Politician Control https://redstate.com/jimjamitis/2017/10/04/dont-need-gun-control-need-politician-control-n77761
    They talk about the second amendment as if its intent was to protect hunting and target shooting sports. … Progressivism has led us so far into unreality that many have given up on making arguments from first principles and some have even … Others pay lip service to the second amendment while actively working against it in their quest to say that they have “done something…
  11. Steve Scalise: Getting Shot Strengthened My Stances Against Gun Control https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2017/10/04/steve-scalise-getting-shot-strengthened-stances-gun-control-n77731
    of all you’ve got to recognize that when there’s a tragedy like this, the first thing we should be thinking about is praying for the … We shouldn’t first be thinking of promoting our political agenda,” Scalise said. … He currently holds an A+ rating from the NRA for his legislative efforts to keep our 2nd Amendment rights secure.…
  12. Jimmy Kimmel Now Blaming 2nd Amendment Supporters for Las Vegas https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2017/10/04/jimmy-kimmel-blames-2nd-amendment-supporters-las-vegas-n77728
    Jimmy Kimmel once again used his platform Tuesday night to rage against gun owners and 2nd Amendment supporters during his late night … can go and do your dirty business as usual, but it’s not too soon for us because we’re Americans and the last time I checked, the First … Amendment is at least as important as the Second Amendment.…
  13. Water Cooler 10/20/2017 America Gets Freedom Wrong https://redstate.com/mikefrey/2017/10/20/water-cooler-10202017-america-gets-freedom-wrong-n78541
    (emphasis mine) And it was elaborated on at length in the Bill of Rights, such as here in the First Amendment: Congress shall make…
  14. Market Guru's Eye-Popping, Racially Charged Screed Has Tongues Wagging https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/10/17/market-gurus-eye-popping-racially-charged-screed-tongues-wagging-n78452
    You could make some excuse about the First Amendment – and you wouldn’t be wrong – but that won’t stop what’s likely coming this guy…
  15. Trump Mocked Mike Pence's Religious Convictions https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/10/16/trump-mocked-mike-pences-religious-convictions-n78346
    They’d love nothing more than to see Trump impeached, or taken out by the 25th Amendment. … He wasn’t Trump’s first choice. That distinction belonged to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.…
  16. Would Any Republican Consider Impeaching Trump? This Democrat Lawmaker Says "Yes" https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/10/16/republican-consider-impeaching-trump-democrat-lawmaker-says-yes-n78318
    100 psychologists and other mental health professionals marched through New York to call for Trump’s removal, based on the 25th Amendment … In August, Cohen first announced he’d be introducing articles of impeachment against Trump, based on his comments after the Charlottesville…
  17. FCC Commissioner to Trump: First Amendment, Baby! Learn to Love it! https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/10/15/fcc-commissioner-trump-first-amendment-baby-learn-love-n78302
    “But it is absolutely essential that we support the first amendment and everything that the FCC does.” So, playpen it is. … “I think it’s important for all the commissioners to make clear that they support the First Amendment,” she said. … First Amendment, baby. Yeeeaaahhhh!!  …
  18. Steve Bannon Makes Bold Claim About Trump's Future at Values Voter Summit (VIDEO) https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/10/14/steve-bannon-makes-bold-claim-trumps-future-values-voter-summit-video-n78282
    Of course, Trump has no idea what the 25th Amendment is about. … For that matter, he’s really vague on the 1st Amendment, as well. … The idea that Trump will come out of this first term with 400 electoral votes in a run at a second term isn’t realistic, by any stretch…
  19. The Real Problem with Trump https://redstate.com/patterico/2017/10/13/real-problem-trump-n78207
    It’s Civics 101: The First Amendment protects press freedom, and that protection is easily broad enough to encompass any effort to … First, let’s clear way the chaff: the fact that NBC as an entity does not have a “broadcast license” itself, but member stations do … A President whose first urge, upon being confronted with news he doesn’t like, is to muse upon the ways that he can use the power of…
  20. Ben Sasse Responds to President Trump's Call for Reviewing NBC's Broadcast License https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/10/12/ben-sasse-responds-president-trumps-call-reviewing-nbcs-broadcast-license-n78147
    President:Are you recanting of the Oath you took on Jan. 20 to preserve, protect, and defend the 1st Amendment? … indicates this is anything more than simply his daily venting–an un-presidential habit but certainly not a existential threat to the First … Amendment.…
  21. Trump Lawyers Could Encourage Him to Meet with Mueller https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/10/12/trump-lawyers-encourage-meet-mueller-n78159
    only way Trump could avoid answering questions would be to assert executive or attorney-client privilege, or to invoke his Fifth Amendment … As a last resort, Trump could invoke the Fifth Amendment—but only at the risk of political fallout. … Trump has pleaded the Fifth before, however, during his 1990 divorce proceedings with his first wife, Ivana Trump.…
  22. Obama's ICE Can't Enforce Immigration Laws But It Can Surveil Gun Shows https://redstate.com/streiff/2016/10/04/obamas-ice-cant-enforce-immigration-laws-can-surveil-gun-shows-n62330
    The incident has raised questions from Fourth and Second Amendment advocates. … The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency first devised the plan in 2010. … This is so eregious that even the ACLU, never a friend of the Second Amendment, has complained.…
  23. Sweet Cakes by Melissa closed for good by Gay Mafia https://redstate.com/stridentconservative/2016/10/04/sweet-cakes-melissa-closed-good-gay-mafia-n62320
    The First Amendment ensures that religious organizations and persons are given proper protection as they seek to teach the principles…
  24. Planned Parenthood Says Dead Babies are Good for Business and the Economy, and They're Very Wrong https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2016/10/04/planned-parent…d-says-dead-babies-good-business-economy-theyre-wrong-n62311
    In this article, Bahn and Taylor assert that the Hyde Amendment is restricting access to abortion, and thus, the Hyde Amendment is … First off, in order for this phrase to be accurate, it has to assume that women do not have control over their bodies. … Wade (1973) and the Hyde Amendment (1977), the American taxpayers were shelling out $50 million a year to pay for abortions.…
  25. Kim Kardashian Held at Gunpoint in Paris...Despite City's Strict Gun Bans https://redstate.com/kiradavis/2016/10/03/kim-kardashian-held-gunpoint-paris-despite-citys-strict-gun-bans-n62296
    unfortunate that Kim Kardashian had to learn the hard way that gun control laws only ever apply to those who obey the law in the first … I used to be staunchly anti-gun and I did not understand nor approve of the second amendment. … The process taught me to respect the power of a defensive tool and gave me a new appreciation for the second amendment.…