Results for: First Amendment

Tennessee Legislature Approves Article V Application
https://redstate.com/ulyssesarn/2016/02/04/tennessee-legislature-approves-article-v-application-n56547
– Thursday the Tennessee legislature became the first state in 2016 to approve an Article V application calling for a Convention of … As with amendments proposed by two-thirds of the members of Congress, and amendment that came out of the Article V Convention would … over the last 30 years about 20 other states have submitted Article V applications solely seeking to advance a balanced budget amendment
Watercooler 2/3 Open Thread - Two More Drop Out, More Twitter Fun,
https://redstate.com/diamondback/2016/02/03/watercooler-23-open-thread-n56514
– , 1971 Monday, Feb. 1: Oxford English Dictionary published, 1884; Marshalls-Gilberts raids, first American offensive against Japan, … 1942; Columbia disaster, 2003 Tuesday, Feb. 2: Groundhog Day first observed, 1887; G.I. … Joe figures introduced, 1964; F-16 Falcon fighter’s first flight, 1974; Abscam sting hits press, 1980 Wednesday, Feb. 3: First American…
Birther Challenge Against Ted Cruz Dismissed By Illinois Board Of Elections
https://redstate.com/ulyssesarn/2016/02/02/birther-challenge-ted-cruz-dismissed-illinois-board-elections-n56492
– English Common Law(the basis of the American legal system), the nations first immigration laws, legal and Supreme Court precedent, … Cruz’s Illinois lawyer Sharee Langenstein, a constitutional lawyer and 2nd amendment lobbyist, says that the Board of Elections agreed … that deal with federal law in state administrative agencies that have no jurisdiction or authority to make that decision in the first
Obama's Final SOTU Preview: Guantanamo Closure Plan
https://redstate.com/ulyssesarn/2015/12/26/obamas-final-sotu-preview-guantanamo-closure-plan-n55693
– others are looking back and writing about the year that was I’ve got my focus squarely on what is to come in 2016 and one of the first … cover during his remarks to a joint session of Congress on January 12th are his pending executive order(s) curtailing the 2nd amendment … As you beloved readers of USofArn.com already know since the first week of June 2014 I have been attempting to get emails, memos, and…
We used to regulate cryptography as munitions. Let's get back to that.
https://redstate.com/neil_stevens/2015/12/23/used-regulate-cryptography-munitions-lets-get-back-n55657
– Photo by Marc Nozell on Flickr The First Amendment of course made it difficult-to-impossible to ban math in America, which is what…
FAIL. POLITICO Sees Ted Cruz's Federalism As Dishonesty
https://redstate.com/streiff/2015/12/23/fail-politico-sees-ted-cruzs-federalism-dishonesty-n55656
– The first step in that attack was Cruz’s position on the Gang of Eight amnesty bill pushed by Marco Rubio. … And that cuts across the whole spectrum — whether it’s defending [the] First Amendment, defending religious liberty, stopping courts … And that cuts across the whole spectrum — whether it’s defending [the] First Amendment, defending religious liberty, stopping courts…
Against Despair: A Christmas Credo for Republicans
https://redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2015/12/23/despair-christmas-credo-republicans-n55648
– on the Right these days, and it comes mainly in three opposing flavors (and I count myself to some extent in all three camps): First … This is not what I signed up for when I first started voting Republican and writing conservative columns for my campus newspaper back … For the anti-Establishment crowd, rejecting despair means, first of all, rejecting the impulse to “burn it down.”…
Watercooler 1/4/16 Open Thread: Speakos, Grandparents for President, Aliens and DWS Troubles
https://redstate.com/checkmate2012/2016/01/05/watercooler-1416-open-thread-candidate-speakos-n55824
– Aliens and Area 51… and Grandparents You know what they say about the elderly trying to become president, the first thing to go is … for a newspaper in NH: Clinton said that she would “get to the bottom” of UFOs as president and also would look into Area 51, first … The threadjack rules don’t apply here, so feel free to exercise your First Amendment. Happy Tuesday!…
Maybe now the NRA will finally wake up and stop stupidly endorsing any Democrats
https://redstate.com/gawken/2016/01/05/maybe-now-nra-will-finally-wake-stop-stupidly-endorsing-democrats-n55821
– And that’s just what supporters of 2nd Amendment  rights wanted…er…..NO!!! … Most were sitting Congressmen, a few were first time candidates, and fewer still were running in Democrat primaries. … In 2010, the NRA endorsed Marin Heinrich for  re-election to New Mexico’s first CD.…
Trump is so scared of losing Iowa to Cruz, he's wetting his pants
https://redstate.com/neil_stevens/2016/01/03/trump-scared-losing-iowa-cruz-hes-wetting-pants-n55781
– What strikes me first about this is that Trump feels the need to attack Ted Cruz’s Christianity as fake. … That’s been dropping for decades, but it started dropping faster in 2012, after the 2011 ratification of Amendment 10-A to the Book…
Obama Wants To Do Something, ANYTHING, About Gun Crimes (Except Prosecute Them)
https://redstate.com/absentee/2016/01/02/obama-wants-something-anything-gun-crimes-except-prosecute-n55775
– As we saw with the New York Daily News, it is not considered out of bounds to call those who support the second amendment terrorists … The first instinct of every democrat on every issue is to create a new law.…
Why Twitter's new 'hateful speech' policy will detonate in their faces.
https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2015/12/31/twitter-hateful-speech-n55749
– Now, let’s be clear about something: Twitter is not shutting down your First Amendment rights by doing this. … You do not, in point of fact, have the right under the First Amendment to go onto private property – which is what Twitter is – and … Amendment is there to prevent the State from shutting down inconvenient or contentious speech.…
Ted Cruz Is Not the Social Conservative Rick Santorum Is Looking For
https://redstate.com/streiff/2015/12/29/ted-cruz-social-conservative-rick-santorum-looking-n55727
First, he’s fated to ever be a Jeremiah or Cassandra. He’s been right a lot but no one really cares. And why does no one care? … conservative (danger BuzzFeed link that may or may not include nude dancing cats): …Ted Cruz takes the position, very much a 10th Amendment
Watercooler (12/29) Open Thread: BlackberryGate, Voting Games and Ad Wars
https://redstate.com/checkmate2012/2015/12/29/watercooler-1229-open-thread-n55728
First they retract CCL reciprocity laws and now they want Primary voters to pledge they are Republicans?  … In September, North Carolina passed House Bill 373 to change their Primary from May to March 15th, which of course is the first date … The threadjack rules don’t apply here, so feel free to exercise your First Amendment. Happy Tuesday!…
The Conficting Views Of Marco Rubio and Trey Gowdy Makes For Strange Bedfellows
https://redstate.com/streiff/2015/12/27/conficting-views-marco-rubio-trey-gowdy-makes-strange-bedfellows-n55695
– He has repudiated the Gang of Eight bill and adopted a new stance… one very much like the “poison pill” amendment proposed by Ted Cruz … First, those here illegally must come forward and be registered.…
The January Docket for the Supreme Court
https://redstate.com/davenj1/2015/12/27/january-docket-supreme-court-n55694
– this demotion, which is based on a supervisor’s perception of Heffernan’s alleged political support, violates the police officer’s FirstAmendment rights.  …
Tech at Night: Kay Bailey Hutchison and Marsha Blackburn fight, LightSquared defends itself, Obama robs us of spectrum, PROTECT IP as Kill Switch
https://redstate.com/neil_stevens/2011/09/27/tech-at-night-k…f-obama-robs-us-of-spectrum-protect-ip-as-kill-switch-n40545
– T-Mobile deal, which would increase spectrum investment and national 4G wireless competition in America, but the power grab comes first … The bill would threaten America’s tech leadership, as well as basic First Amendment liberties, so I also oppose the bill strongly.…
Hold the Line Against Venture Eco-Socialism in the CR
https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/09/25/hold-the-line-against-venture-eco-socialism-in-the-cr-n40527
– Under Senate rules, once a senator has forced a roll call, that senator proposing the amendment cannot change the text without unanimous … And $1.4 billion went to Nissan to help it crank out the Leaf, the all-electric car that’s had a grand total of 6,187 sales in its first … 2011 CR, the Ryan budget, the defunding of Obamacare, Planned Parenthood, the EPA, and NPR, the debt ceiling, a balanced budget amendment
California gun-grabber bill on Jerry Brown's (D, CA) desk.
https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/09/18/california-gun-grabber-pill-on-jerry-browns-d-ca-desk-n40451
– The measure, aimed at an increasingly popular tactic used by 2nd Amendment activists, would make California the first state since 1987…
WATCH: John Kirby Just Nails It When Asked About Anti-Israel Mobs Calling Biden ‘Genocide Joe’
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2023/11/20/watch-john-ki…d-about-anti-israel-mobs-calling-biden-genocide-joe-n2166609
– In his response, Kirby first noted that though they were free to call Joe Biden whatever they wanted to because they have First Amendment … That’s what the First Amendment is about.But this word “genocide” is getting thrown around in a pretty inappropriate way by lots of…
Could California Send Another Republican to Congress? Craig DeLuz Aims to Get That Done
https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2023/11/20/firearm-policy-coal…ard-members-craig-de-luz-running-for-congress-in-ca-n2166446
– new laws and being happy with that, Congress needs to either replace them with effective laws, or preferably to repeal them in the first … Craig DeLuz is also known for being an outspoken and ardent advocate for the Second Amendment rights we all enjoy in this country.…
What Is the Alaskan Independence Party?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/11/29/what-is-the-alaskan-independence-party-n2166964
– The State of Alaska declares that the alleged Amendment 14, the alleged Amendment 16 and the alleged Amendment 17 of the Constitution … The only way those two amendments will be overturned is with another amendment. Anyway. Read the whole thing. … That’s what caught my attention in the first place. What do they have to say about Alaskan Independence?…
Here’s How Desperate Elissa Slotkin Is to Avoid Questions About Her Indefensible Defense of Rashida Tlaib
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2023/11/29/heres-how-des…avoid-questions-about-her-defenses-of-rashida-tlaib-n2166957
– she voted against censuring Tlaib, with the only defense provided at the time being one where she proclaimed that it was Tlaib's FirstAmendment right to be able to say what she did:  Over the weekend, I made my concerns clear about the language she was promoting,…
Take Down: Dan Goldman Gets Thoroughly Embarrassed by Michael Shellenberger During Hearing
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/11/30/take-down-dan-goldma…embarrassed-by-michael-shellenberger-during-hearing-n2167013
– SHELLENBERGER: Does the First Amendment say that the government can censor 35 percent?  GOLDMAN: They're not censoring! … SHELLENBERGER: Do we have 35 percent of a First Amendment? GOLDMAN: It's not the First Amendment. … That is not the First Amendment. That is the terms of service.  SHELLENBERGER: Congressman, you are an attorney.…
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