Lost in the welter of stories about sex tapes and the presidential election this week was the news that a very important FirstAmendment … Preventing viewpoint discrimination by the government is at the heart of the FirstAmendment. … The election will determine who fills that seat, and may determine the future of the FirstAmendment in this and other cases.…
This Week In History
Sunday, Sep 25: Congress approves first 12 Constitutional Amendments*, 1789; Doolittle performs first completely … prototype flies, 1990
Friday, Sep 30: Edison’s first hydropower plant opens, 1882; Hoover Dam dedicated, 1935; Lockheed delivers first … opens, 1891; first World Series game, 1903; Judgment at Nuremberg, 1946
*The Bill of Rights, the Congressional Compensation Amendment…
centers to promote abortion and recite the government’s preferred views is a clear violation of their constitutionally protected First … Amendment freedoms,” said senior counsel Matt Bowman, in a statement.…
He’s the first transgender nominee to run for a seat in the U.S. Senate. … In one exchange, the whole point of Snow’s candidacy was laid out:
Lee at one point touted his FirstAmendment Defense Act bill,…
In fact, he’ll lead the charge of Democrat AGs everywhere – spending more than a year persecuting them for engaging in their First … Amendment right to speak freely. … And then, when they (thankfully) fail to prosecute adherence to the FirstAmendment, AG Schneiderman and his ilk move on to prosecuting…
Since the liberal left have been emboldened to trample on the FirstAmendment in recent years, cutting down religious freedoms and … It’s not just a conflict of the morals and beliefs of people of faith, but it is a clear violation of the FirstAmendment.…
Specifically, Mrs Clinton believes that the decision in District of Columbia v Heller, which first held that the Second Amendment protects … The subsequent case of McDonald v Chicago extended Second Amendment guarantees of the individual right to keep and bear arms to the … “And here again, the Supreme Court is wrong on the Second Amendment.…
First, let’s confess our biases. … The gist of the post was that this innocent protester was just there at the rally, exercising his FirstAmendment rights, when the … I was just trying to express my opinion, and that’s why we have a FirstAmendment right?…
In an interview with CBS4 in Miami’s Jim DeFede, CBS4 in Miami, Donald Trump expressed his desire to make America’s firstamendment … about wanting to amend laws to and rework things to make it easier to sue do you think there is too much protection allowed in the first … amendment?…
The “President Trump’s First 100 Days” article about Donald Trump’s ambitious to-do list for the first 100 days of a Trump presidency … TRUMP CONTRACT WITH THE AMERICAN VOTER
Therefore, on the first day of my term of office, my administration will immediately pursue … On the same day, I will begin taking the following seven actions to protect American workers:
FIRST, I will announce my intention…
Donald Trump revealed his ambitious to-do list for the first 100 days of a Trump presidency during a speech at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania … Trump vowed to take six major steps during the first 100 days:
A Constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of…
neglects the reality that both Ryan and Clinton share a progressive, globalist worldview, which is at odds with Trump’s “America first … Paul Ryan has a solid conservative record on taxes, spending, national defense, national security, social issues and the second amendment…
Best of all, this could be accomplished without the need for a constitutional amendment; the state legislatures set the systems by … ________________________
Cross posted, in slightly different form, on The First Street Journal.
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Donald Trump, as he did in the first debate, seemed to do very well in the first 20-25 minutes. … The second amendment and the Supreme Court are grounds where it is Hillary who holds the offensive positions. … The two issues were the second amendment and the Supreme Court. Hillary Clinton flat out lied about District of Columbia v.…
The FirstAmendment protects us from government speech infringement – and only government speech infringement. … Private companies are also protected by the FirstAmendment freedom to assemble, or not assemble, any way they wish.…
He isn’t the first person I’ve seen distressed about the idea that Trump might turn this country into a dictatorship. … Get on your knees and thank God for the Second Amendment. … The Second Amendment isn’t about having the right to hunt or be some redneck, yahoo who just loves shootin’ possum.…
When I first began hobby-blogging on my own personal site, I used to take the California voter guide every election cycle and break … Perhaps she and others could have made a stand against it if they’d only known it was happening in the first place. … My vote: I’m pro Second Amendment all day long. We already have the most stringent gun control laws in the country.…
John Culberson of Texas, Mike Rogers of Alabama, and Tom Rooney of Florida are listed as sponsors of an amendment, which would bring … If the amendment is adopted by a secret-ballot vote Wednesday, lawmakers would be able to request earmarks once again as long as the … According to Bluey, this is just the first step to completely ending the earmark ban by slowly peeling it away.…
New Jersey, Delaware and Nevada all have laws that would be rolled back by the Adelson bill — a clear violation of the Tenth Amendment … Adelson, not surprisingly, held Graham’s first fundraiser.
In the House, Rep. … House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte is a stalwart defenders of the Tenth Amendment and recognizing the bill for what it…
Trump’s Contract With the American Voter — his plan for the first hundred days of his presidency — includes working with Congress to … Supreme Court Nominee: Trump pledged his Supreme Court nominee will be “very pro-life” and “very pro-Second Amendment.” … Second Amendment and they’re trying to dice it up and change it, they’re going to be very pro-Second Amendment.…
The Associated Press was the first media outlet to declare Donald Trump was the winner of the 2016 election and before long, protests … Yes, the people protesting have the right under the firstamendment to protest all they want.…
First off there is almost no chance that Hillary will be prosecuted. … The 1st Amendment will be gutted as soon as he can get enough justices scared of him and/or elect his own puppets.
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It’s hardly the first time my candidate didn’t win (in fact it’s the sixth time) but it is the first time that a thoroughly incompetent … First of all, we remember that we’re not alone. … We fight for the FirstAmendment and we fight mostly for equality—not for a guarantee of equal outcomes but for equal opportunities…