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  1. Friday Morning Minute: Man of Many Hats https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/05/02/friday-morning-minute-n2188601
    It's a damn good start.Ripped From The (30 Year Old) HeadlinesControversial as Trump's first 100 days have been, the Democrat are in …  Vice President JD Vance has a new op-ed out in the Washington Post, detailing "What President Trump achieved in his first 100 … First, the administration will likely appeal, and I think they've got a decent shot at being successful on that front.…
  2. LA ICE Raids Get Wild; Protester Makes Bad Decision to Block Van; Mayor Bass' Statement Is Incredible https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/06/06/ice-raids-in-los-angeles-n2190144
    They claimed he was arrested and injured during the raids while "exercising his First Amendment right to observe and document law enforcement…
  3. New: Appeals Court Panel Makes Split Decision on AP Access, Handing a Partial Win to Trump White House https://redstate.com/beccalower/2025/06/06/court-making-spli…p-access-handing-a-partial-win-to-trump-white-house-n2190143
    Amendment fora opened for private speech and discussion. … Amendment precedent, multiple generations of White House practice and tradition, or any sensible understanding of the role of a free … Pillard added that:"Purporting to respect the First Amendment while allowing exclusion of journalists from the Press Pool based on…
  4. Hot Takes: Trump Officials, Others Torch L.A. Mayor Bass' Statement She Won't 'Stand' for ICE Actions https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/06/07/hot-takes-gloriou…statement-that-she-wont-stand-for-ice-actions-in-la-n2190147
    the number of elected officials who don’t grasp the basics of federalism, or federal sovereignty over immigration issues, or the First … Amendment. https://t.co/bvrqiDjEcy— Harmeet K.…
  5. Attempted Obstruction of L.A. ICE Raid by SEIU President Makes Him New Poster Child for 'Resist Trump' https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2025/06/07/seiu-activist-obs…a-new-poster-child-for-trump-immigration-resistance-n2190154
    Amendment right to observe and document law enforcement activity." … Amendment rights and "peaceably observing," ICE activity.Gov. … amendment right to witness law enforcement activity.…
  6. Is DEI DOA? Two Recent Unanimous Supreme Court Rulings Are a Huge Step in the Right Direction https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/06/07/is-dei-doa-supre…s-for-straight-woman-in-reverse-discrimination-case-n2190153
    Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, the Supreme Court was asked to decide whether the state of Wisconsin was violating the First … religious purposes.”In Thursday’s unanimous decision, the Supreme Court reversed that decision, ruling that Wisconsin was violating the First … Amendment by privileging certain religious beliefs and actions over others.Never Forget:The terms "diversity," "equity," and "inclusion…
  7. Hoo Boy: LAPD Puts Out Statement About Anti-ICE Riots That Has Everyone Talking https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/06/08/hoo-boy-lapd-puts…about-anti-ice-riots-that-turns-reality-on-its-head-n2190187
    The first statement from Mayor Bass on Friday was encouraging the bad actors. … June 8, 2025"Today, demonstrations across the city of Los Angeles remained peaceful, and we commend all those who exercised their First … Amendment rights responsibly," they claimed.…
  8. How It's Done: Florida Sheriff Revealing How to Handle Violent Rioters Prompts a Chuck Todd Hissy Fit https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2025/06/12/how-its-done…andle-violent-rioters-prompts-a-chuck-todd-meltdown-n2190389
    somehow actually thinks violent speech expressions involving arson, destruction of property, and assault are also protected by the First … Amendment?…
  9. Round 2 Looming: Will We Soon See Another Fort Sumter? https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/06/14/round-2-looming-will-we-soon-see-another-fort-sumter-n2190483
    These are not actions protected by the First Amendment; these are acts of rebellion against the established authority, and must be … quelled.We might also note that in the summer of 1861, many, including President Lincoln, figured that the war would be brief; the first…
  10. 10 Deputies Injured in 'Mostly Peaceful' LA Riots, Sheriff Reveals 'Interesting Weapons Out There' https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/06/14/10-deputies-injured…riots-sheriff-reveals-interesting-weapons-out-there-n2190498
    Apparently, exercising your First Amendment rights means hurling projectiles at law enforcement.He said the weaponry they're encountering…
  11. Anarchy: Chicago's Mayor Promises to Resist Enforcing the Law https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/06/15/anarchy-chicagos-mayor-promises-to-resist-enforcing-the-law-n2190517
    important that we hold that line." pic.twitter.com/gDdJ0F6O2a— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 15, 2025The mayor said:Let me first … rebellion.Oh, Mayor Johnson would, for certain, piously proclaim that he means only peaceful protests, which are protected by the First … Amendment.…
  12. Friday Morning Minute: 'A New Pope' https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/05/09/friday-morning-minute-n2188868
    of Trump AppearanceThis is exactly how Republicans need to handle this sort of childish wokeness from the "resistance" to America First … We didn't know what Francis' would be like when he first assumed the role. … the world is on viewing things through a left-right lens these days), I just want to take a moment to note my appreciation for: first…
  13. Should the President Suspend Habeas Corpus for Illegal Aliens? https://redstate.com/dan-zoernig/2025/05/07/should-the-president-suspend-habeas-corpus-for-illegal-aliens-n2188769
    Under the 5th Amendment, it would seem that they are.Aliens “who have once passed through our gates, even illegally,” are afforded … the equal protection of the laws.Now, it would seem to me that because the second sentence in the above follows right after the first … But it says what it says, and I don't like it when the anti-gunners start presuming things about the Second Amendment, militias only…
  14. Essex Files: Trump’s Gulf Gambit - 'Persian' to 'Arabian,' a Name Change to Sweeten Saudi Soirée https://redstate.com/brad-essex/2025/05/07/essex-filestrumps…an-to-arabian-a-name-change-to-sweeten-saudi-soiree-n2188772
    in favor of the outlet, affirming that media outlets are protected from government retaliation over editorial choices under the First … Amendment.…
  15. The DOJ Goes to War As Washington State Declares War on Confession, the First Amendment https://redstate.com/joesquire/2025/05/05/the-doj-goes-to-wa…tate-declares-war-on-confession-the-first-amendment-n2188727
    Tomorrow, it could be worship services, hiring practices, or religious speech.Why the First Amendment Comes FirstThis trend is something … That’s why the First Amendment doesn’t just protect free speech—it protects the free exercise of religion. … , Protestant, Jew, Muslim, or none of the above—to speak up.The First Amendment is not a suggestion.…
  16. President Trump Signs 'Take It Down Act' - and Invites Someone Else to Do Likewise https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/05/19/president-trump-si…it-down-act-and-invites-someone-else-to-do-likewise-n2189306
    As first ladies do, she took on a cause, that being cyber-bullying; being married to President Trump, she has come in for no small … major legislative success.For a first lady to add her signature is highly unusual - it is the president that signs bills into law … The bill conforms to current First Amendment jurisprudence by requiring that computer-generated NCII meet a “reasonable person” test…
  17. New Interview With Authors of Biden Book Reveals More Shocking Info, Who They Hold to Blame https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/05/20/new-more-revelations-from-tapper-book-and-new-cbs-interview-n2189324
     📚 Axios' Alex Thompson and CNN's Jake Tapper joined @CBSMornings for their first joint interview on "the book everyone is talking … They already have something in place - the 25th Amendment, but Democrats didn't have the honesty to employ it.…
  18. Skinny on SCOTUS - June 5, 2025 Edition https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/06/18/skinny-on-scotus-june-5-2025-edition-n2190084
    A party must first satisfy Rule 60(b) before Rule 15(a)’s liberal amendment standard can apply.Skinny: Plead your case right the first … because they neither engaged in proselytization nor limited their charitable services to Catholics.Issue:Does a state violate the First … The District Court dismissed the complaint, but the First Circuit reversed, finding Mexico had plausibly alleged that defendants aided…
  19. The Democrats Are Disintegrating. Could a New Party Step In? https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/06/28/the-democrats-are-disintegrating-could-a-new-party-step-in-n2191018
    The White House was held by Democrats Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan until 1860, when Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican … be good at only one thing, and that is falling on their swords in the name of principle; also, a party that favors the Second Amendment…
  20. Trump Praises Republicans Who Helped Get the One Big, Beautiful Bill Over the Finish Line https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2025/06/29/trump-praises-rep…ped-get-the-big-beautiful-bill-over-the-finish-line-n2191029
    SECURE OUR BORDER, FIGHT FOR OUR MILITARY/VETS, ENSURE THAT OUR MEDICAID SYSTEM HELPS THOSE WHO TRULY NEED IT, PROTECT OUR SECOND AMENDMENT …  I’m okay with the Senate reading out loud all 940 pages of the Big Beautiful Billb/c it will be the very first time that many … to comprehend an entire bill.— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) June 29, 2025And so the drama and wrangling continue, but for the first…
  21. Why the One Big Beautiful Bill Must Pass—Despite Its Ugly Parts https://redstate.com/joesquire/2025/06/29/why-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-must-passdespite-its-ugly-parts-n2191040
    Josh Hawley became the first GOP holdout to announce he will back the latest form of the bill despite previously expressing concerns … Sometimes the choice isn't between good and bad – it's between imperfect and catastrophic.The Senate now faces an unlimited series of amendment…
  22. Second Place Is the New First Place https://redstate.com/dan-zoernig/2025/05/21/second-place-is-the-new-first-place-n2189376
    When it was over and the other athletes had left the podium, she hopped up on the first-place block and remained there for a few seconds … There needs to be a new movement in the sports world called Second Place Is the New First Place.A trophy or a medal is just a symbol … Then, sooner or later, a First Amendment suit would be filed. It would be a battle and a long one at that.…
  23. Skinny on SCOTUS - The Early May Edition https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/05/21/skinny-on-scotus-the-early-may-edition-n2189259
    Two seconds passed between the moment Felix stepped on the doorsill and the moment he fired his first shot.Barnes’s mother sued Felix … on Barnes’s behalf, alleging that Felix violated Barnes’s Fourth Amendment right against excessive force. … and remanded.A claim that a law enforcement officer used excessive force during a stop or arrest is analyzed under the Fourth Amendment…
  24. The American Liars Have a Responsibility to Shut Up Now, Because People Are Dying https://redstate.com/adam-turner/2025/05/23/the-american-lia…ponsibility-to-shut-up-now-because-people-are-dying-n2189514
    Usually, in the context of “Don't blame me,” the pontificators pontificate because I have the First Amendment right as an American … American gentleman is responsible for the violence that occurs because another American commits a crime or act of violence because the first … person was outrageously lying to incite about a controversial matter, or even if that first person was just telling something he (…
  25. When Democrats Aren't Yelling About Gun Control, Does It Tell You What They Support? https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2025/05/23/when-democrats-ar…bout-gun-control-does-it-tell-you-what-they-support-n2189510
    If there is one concept Democrats and the left can't seem to comprehend, it's the Second Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms … Ask any Democrat or leftist what they think the Second Amendment is for, and they will start blathering on about militias and muskets … The first in July of 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania, and the other in September at his golf course in Florida.…