Results for First Amendment

  1. Reminder of Why the Court Matters: First Amendment Case Going to the Supreme Court May Affect Redskins Trademark https://redstate.com/patterico/2016/10/01/reminder-court-mat…ase-going-supreme-court-may-affect-redskins-trademark-n62270
    Lost in the welter of stories about sex tapes and the presidential election this week was the news that a very important First Amendment … Preventing viewpoint discrimination by the government is at the heart of the First Amendment. … The election will determine who fills that seat, and may determine the future of the First Amendment in this and other cases.…
  2. Watercooler 9/28 Open Thread: Burlington Shooting and "Right Wing Marxists" https://redstate.com/diamondback/2016/09/28/watercooler-928-open-thread-burlington-shooting-right-wing-marxists-n62212
    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…
  3. 9th Circuit Court To Religious Pregnancy Centers In CA: You Will Talk About Abortion https://redstate.com/jaycaruso/2016/10/14/9th-circuit-court-religious-pregnancy-centers-ca-will-talk-abortion-n62654
    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.…
  4. Utah Democrats Run a Can't-Win Candidate Against Mike Lee, to Force an Agenda https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2016/10/13/utah-democrats-run-cant-win-candidate-mike-lee-force-agenda-n62612
    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 First Amendment Defense Act bill,…
  5. New York’s Chief Partisan Persecutor: Democrat Attorney General Eric Schneiderman https://redstate.com/setonmotley/2016/10/12/new-yorks-chief…ersecutor-democrat-attorney-general-eric-schneiderman-n62567
    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 First Amendment, AG Schneiderman and his ilk move on to prosecuting…
  6. Massachusetts Churches Fight Back Against Liberal Anti-Religion Agenda https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2016/10/12/massachusetts-churches-fight-back-liberal-anti-religion-agenda-n62565
    Since the liberal left have been emboldened to trample on the First Amendment 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 First Amendment.…
  7. The Democrats are for gun control aimed at the law-abiding, and against gun control targeting actual criminals! https://redstate.com/kentucky_dana/2016/10/25/democrats-gun…ed-law-abiding-gun-control-targeting-actual-criminals-n62968
    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.…
  8. Dirty Democrat Tricksters Exposed by James O'Keefe May Be Tied to . . . Donald Trump's Campaign https://redstate.com/patterico/2016/10/25/dirty-democrat-tri…ters-exposed-james-okeefe-tied-donald-trumps-campaign-n62948
    First, let’s confess our biases. … The gist of the post was that this innocent protester was just there at the rally, exercising his First Amendment rights, when the … I was just trying to express my opinion, and that’s why we have a First Amendment right?…
  9. Lawsuit Obsessed Trump Wants to Make America More Like England Again https://redstate.com/jimjamitis/2016/10/24/lawsuit-obsessed-trump-wants-make-america-like-england-n62918
    In an interview with CBS4 in Miami’s Jim DeFede, CBS4 in Miami, Donald Trump expressed his desire to make America’s first amendment … 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?…
  10. Trump's 'Contract with the American Voter' https://redstate.com/california_yankee/2016/10/23/trumps-contract-american-voter-n62898
    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…
  11. President Trump's First 100 Days https://redstate.com/california_yankee/2016/10/22/president-trumps-first-100-days-n62886
    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…
  12. The Idiotic Attacks Against Paul Ryan From The Populist Right, Continue https://redstate.com/jaycaruso/2016/10/22/idiotic-attacks-paul-ryan-populist-right-continue-n62877
    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…
  13. My vote doesn't count . . . but it could! https://redstate.com/kentucky_dana/2016/10/20/vote-doesnt-count-n62841
    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. ________________________ ¹ – Alaska…
  14. Five Takeaways From The Final Presidential Debate https://redstate.com/jaycaruso/2016/10/20/five-takeaways-final-presidential-debate-n62809
    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.…
  15. Silicon Valley Gets Government Favors - While Boosting Leftists and Blocking Conservatives https://redstate.com/setonmotley/2016/10/18/silicon-valley-g…nment-favors-boosting-leftists-blocking-conservatives-n62740
    The First Amendment protects us from government speech infringement – and only government speech infringement. … Private companies are also protected by the First Amendment freedom to assemble, or not assemble, any way they wish.…
  16. Tavis Smiley Says Trump Will Reinstate Slavery; I Say "Then Get a Gun" https://redstate.com/kiradavis/2016/11/04/tavis-smiley-says-trump-will-reinstate-slavery-say-get-gun-n63299
    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.…
  17. Those Who Can - Do. Those Who Can’t - Regulate Those Who Can https://redstate.com/setonmotley/2016/11/03/can-do-cant-regulate-can-n63277
    Schneiderman and his ill ilk began by attempting – for more than a year – to prohibit Exxon from engaging in its First Amendment free…
  18. California Voter Guide, Simplified...if There is Such a Thing in a State That Tried To Ban Black Cars https://redstate.com/kiradavis/2016/11/02/california-voter-guide-simplified-if-thing-state-tried-ban-black-cars-n63260
    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.…
  19. Will House Republicans Revive Earmarks? https://redstate.com/california_yankee/2016/11/15/will-house-republicans-revive-earmarks-n63776
    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.…
  20. Stephen Bannon, Trump Pravda, and the death of a free press https://redstate.com/stridentconservative/2016/11/15/stephen-bannon-trump-pravda-death-free-press-n63781
    The issue that consumed their souls dealt with finding a way to limit and control the First Amendment rights of the press.…
  21. Is Internet Gaming Ban Back? https://redstate.com/dukefergus/2016/11/14/internet-gaming-ban-back-n63754
    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…
  22. Six Takeaways From the 60 Minutes Trump Interview https://redstate.com/california_yankee/2016/11/14/six-takeaways-from-the-60-minutes-trump-interview-n63728
    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.…
  23. Hillary Clinton And Her Supporters: The Worst Kind of Sore Losers https://redstate.com/jaycaruso/2016/11/13/hillary-clinton-supporters-worst-kind-sore-losers-n63692
    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 first amendment to protest all they want.…
  24. What to expect from a Trump Presidency https://redstate.com/creinstein/2016/11/11/expect-trump-presidency-n63656
    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. 3.…
  25. Aaron Sorkin's Post-Election Letter to His Daughters is Unsurprisingly Melodramatic https://redstate.com/kiradavis/2016/11/10/aaron-sorkins-post…election-letter-daughters-unsurprisingly-melodramatic-n63622
    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 First Amendment and we fight mostly for equality—not for a guarantee of equal outcomes but for equal opportunities…