Results for: First Amendment

College Students More Willing to Embrace Authoritarian Tactics, New Survey Shows
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/07/23/college-students-more…ng-to-embrace-authoritarian-tactics-new-survey-shows-n780674
– reporting offensive remarks to higher authorities highlights a lack of understanding regarding the principles of free speech and the FirstAmendment.…
Shock Poll: Majority of Americans Support Online Censorship
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2023/07/22/shock-poll-majority-of-americans-support-online-censorship-n780704
– Despite the theater, the hearing raised thorny questions about free speech in a democratic society: Is misinformation protected by the FirstAmendment?…
COVID Crackdown Backfire: Moscow, Idaho Settles with Churchgoers Over Masking
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/07/22/covid-crackdown-backfi…e-moscow-idaho-settles-with-churchgoers-over-masking-n780524
– The churchgoers alleged that their First and Fourth Amendment rights were violated. … The plaintiffs rightly claimed that their First and Fourth Amendment rights were violated during the arrests. … The First Amendment protects the right to freedom of speech, religion, and peaceful assembly, while the Fourth Amendment protects against…
Bumper Stickers and Qualified Immunity: A Tale of Free Speech and Legal Loopholes
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/07/21/bumper-stickers-and-qu…d-immunity-a-tale-of-free-speech-and-legal-loopholes-n780222
– Any prosecution, the office determined, could be met with a valid First Amendment defense. … In this specific incident, Webb’s bumper sticker, while provocative, is an expression protected by the First Amendment. … Webb’s bumper sticker, though provocative, falls within the realm of protected speech under the First Amendment.…
What Is a Nation—And How Can We Protect Ours?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/07/21/what-is-a-nation-and-how-can-we-protect-ours-n780117
– And I’m not talking just about the Second Amendment, but increasingly in the post-COVID world, even the First.…
The Authoritarian Trend: Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett and the Growing Threat to Free Speech
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/07/20/the-authoritarian-tren…tacey-plaskett-and-the-growing-threat-to-free-speech-n779579
– Kennedy Jr.’s views as hateful and not protected by the First Amendment. … This attitude poses a significant threat to the First Amendment and the right to freedom of expression. … It would not be surprising if more on the hard left outright called for abolishing the First Amendment – or something close to it.…
RFK Jr.'s Opening Statement at Weaponization Hearing Is One for the Ages
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2023/07/20/rfk-jr-s-opening-statement-at-weaponization-hearing-is-one-for-the-ages-n779148
– We can’t do that without the First Amendment, without debate. … And that is why the First Amendment’s important. … And the First Amendment was not written for easy speech. It was written for the speech that nobody likes you for.…
Progressives Weaponize Transgenders Against Elon Musk
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2022/04/30/progressives-weaponize-transgenders-against-elon-musk-n558230
First, progressives wielded black Americans as a cudgel with which to smack Tesla CEO Elon Musk for buying Twitter. … Someone needs to inform Kayyali that inciting violence is illegal and not protected by the First Amendment.…
Report: FBI Corruption Targets Millions of Americans
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/04/29/report-fbi-corruption-targets-millions-of-americans-n557908
– In fact, it marks the first time that a U.S. intelligence agency has published the number of times the FBI has accessed Americans’ … Rather, the system is being abused, with the FBI directly violating the Fourth Amendment.…
WH Response on 'Disinformation Board' Shows Just How Desperate for Control They Are
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/04/29/wh-response-on-di…board-shows-just-how-desperate-for-control-they-are-n557668
– Now, the first reaction to such an effort by the Biden Administration that most people would have to this is how incredibly Orwellian … The second might be that it’s exactly what the First Amendment was designed to protect against. … Amendment or free speech, to avoid continuing liability or other legal issues.…
'The Future of Our Republic Is at Stake' - Missouri AG Schmitt Blisters Biden Administration Over 'Disinformation Governance Board'
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2022/04/29/the-future-of-our-r…administration-over-disinformation-governance-board-n557763
– Surely, no American administration would ever use the power of government to sit in judgment on the First Amendment speech of its own … It is called “more speech,” and it is enshrined in the First Amendment, the beating heart of our Constitution. … The principles enshrined in our First Amendment are the bedrock of our freedom and autonomy.…
Creepy-Sounding 'Disinformation Board' Faces Heavy Criticism; Elon Musk Calls it 'Discomforting'
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2022/04/28/creepy-sounding-disi…ces-heavy-criticism-elon-musk-calls-it-discomforting-n557545
– Missouri Senator Josh Hawley piled on, with a letter addressed to Mayorkas: I confess, I at first thought this announcement was satire … Surely, no American administration would ever use the power of government to sit in judgment on the First Amendment speech of its own…
The Ministry of Truth Is Real
https://redstate.com/slee/2022/04/28/the-ministry-of-truth-is-real-n557529
– “I confess, I at first thought this announcement was satire. … Surely, no American administration would ever use the power of government to sit in judgment on the First Amendment speech of its own … democracy in the digital age, President @BarackObama named @AspenDigital’s final Commission on Information Disorder report as the first
Things Get Tense After Woke House Dem Demands Proof - and Gets It - That Leftists Hate Clarence Thomas
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2022/04/28/things-get-te…proof-and-gets-it-that-leftists-hate-clarence-thomas-n557509
– HTaMxr8oGK — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 28, 2022 I’m sure that it never occurred to Jeffries that if Thompson had the FirstAmendment right to call Thomas an “Uncle Tom” and remain on a Congressional subcommittee during a hearing where Thomas was the target … then Ginni Thomas also had the First Amendment right to express her concerns about the election while Justice Thomas remained on the…
Elon Musk Is Not a ‘Racist’ Because He Supports Free Speech on Twitter
https://redstate.com/heartlandinstitute/2022/04/27/elon-musk…a-racist-because-he-supports-free-speech-on-twitter-n556426
– This is a terrific development for any and all Americans who believe in the First Amendment and long for an open and honest civil discourse…
Supreme Court Seems Poised to Hand Victory to Coach Fired for Praying at the 50-Yard Line
https://redstate.com/streiff/2022/04/27/supreme-court-seems…ctory-to-coach-fired-for-praying-at-the-50-yard-line-n556651
– court, where he argued that the school district’s actions violated his rights under the free speech and free exercise clauses of the FirstAmendment. … Amendment because he was acting as a “public employee.”…
Florida Sheriff: 'If Someone's Breaking Into Your House, You're More Than Welcome to Shoot Them'
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2022/04/25/florida-sheriff…nto-your-house-youre-more-than-welcome-to-shoot-them-n555601
– hearing their sheriff not only welcome homeowners to shoot intruders but also say he prefers they do, I would be lying my Second Amendment-loving … He had his first brush with the law when he was just 13 years old and has since been arrested at least 17 times. … To advise homeowners, with conviction, to not only stand their ground during break-ins but also to use their Second Amendment rights…
‘Woke’ Segregation Is Designed to Create a More Hypersensitive Society
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2022/04/24/woke-segregation-is-designed-to-create-a-more-hypersensitive-society-n555411
– complaint alleges that the school is in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment … At first, its leadership claimed the events were merely an “opportunity for students of specific minority groups to ask questions to…
The Disney-DeSantis Dust-up Leaves the Left Outraged Their Tactics Were Used Against Them
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2022/04/24/the-disney-desant…e-left-outraged-their-tactics-were-used-against-them-n555314
– This leads to peals of outrage that First Amendment rights are being violated. This is not the case. … But in reality, they also ignore that the First Amendment, while allowing freedom of expression, does not mean you are free from experiencing … Amendment is an exaggeration.…
Lawyer Fighting the Indian Mascot Ban Pays the Price for His Principles
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2022/04/23/lawyer-fighting-the-indian-mascot-ban-pays-the-price-for-his-principles-n554938
– Our reporting showed that the issue is significantly more complex than it might at first appear, mostly because many Native Americans … The Plaintiffs argue that implementation of the law would violate the Fourteenth Amendment, the First Amendment, as well as Title VI … He lost the first round, but the matter is under appeal, with the next hearing scheduled in May.…
Obama Urges More Government Oversight of Social Media Sites
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2022/04/22/obama-urges-more-government-oversight-of-social-media-sites-n554236
– I’m pretty close to a First Amendment absolutist. I believe that in most instances the answer to bad speech is good speech.…
If the Trump-Morgan Interview Is a Harbinger of Things to Come in 2024, I Have Some Concerns
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2022/04/21/if-the-trump-mor…inger-of-things-to-come-in-2024-i-have-some-concerns-n553883
– As RedState first reported on Wednesday, Trump “stormed out of a heated interview” with British journalist Piers Morgan after he pressed … election results, “massive” voter fraud, his pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to take an unconstitutional action (see: 12th Amendment
On Disney, DeSantis Did the Right Thing for the Wrong Reasons
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2022/04/21/on-disney-desantis-did-the-right-thing-for-the-wrong-reasons-n553927
– Some noted that the company should never have had its own government in the first place. … The First Amendment is meant to protect everyone – not just those with whom we disagree. … However, it is also worth noting that Disney should never have had that favored status in the first place – at least not for as long…
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