Results for: First Amendment

Montana Parents Suffer 'Transgender' Child Taken Away With No Warrant, Due Process
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/05/23/montana-parents-su…gender-child-taken-away-with-no-warrant-due-process-n2174560
– couple of problems with the Montana Child Protective Services (CPS) claims here.First, the parents' religious objections: Under the First … was suffering any harm from her parent's objections to her going along with what is, candidly, a social contagion.The legal saga first … First is the overreach and violation of due process by Montana CPS, in removing a child from their home with no warrant, or indeed…
Lawsuit Against University Highlights Little-Known Violation of Free Speech
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/05/11/lawsuit-against-univer…ty-highlights-little-known-violation-of-free-speech-n2174077
– Students United centers on the First Amendment rights of students whose viewpoints do not align with the organization’s. … Starting in the 1970s, students at public colleges and universities have brought numerous lawsuits that asserted, on First Amendment … Amendment rights.”James Dickey, Senior Counsel at the Upper Midwest Law Center, concurred, saying that “Coerced speech and compelled…
Anti-Gunner Presents the Wackiest Gun Control Policy You Have Ever Heard
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/05/12/anti-gunner-presents-the-wackiest-gun-control-policy-you-have-ever-heard-n2174113
– But for now, this is the first and the best of its kind.Some would say that the S-HTS infringes upon their rights. … If one is not homicidal, the S-HTS will protect one’s second amendment rights.Some would say that no one would dare adopt the S-HTS … They propose all kinds of laws that would never have prevented the atrocity in the first place.…
New Survey Reveals Disturbing Attitudes About the State of Free Speech in America
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/05/12/new-survey-reveals-dis…attitudes-about-the-state-of-free-speech-in-america-n2174101
– More than half of very conservative Americans (53%) think their First Amendment rights are “not at all” secure, while less than 1 in … About 1 in 3 conservative Americans (35%) said their First Amendment rights are “not at all” secure, while 16% said their rights are … Authoritarian elements in the country have been working hard to undermine the letter and spirit of the First Amendment.…
Houston Cops Let Drunk Driver Go, Arrest and Jail Good Samaritan, Lie, and Demand to Get Away With It
https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/05/11/houston-cops-let-dru…l-good-samaritan-lie-and-demand-to-get-away-with-it-n2174050
– ROA.273–74 (first alteration in original). … Hughes sued everyone in the Houston government phone book, claiming a violation of "his Fourth Amendment rights by arresting and prosecuting…
Portrait of an American Hero: Roy Chapman Andrews
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/05/13/portrait-of-an-american-hero-roy-chapman-andrews-n2174160
– who is best remembered today for his adventures in various deserts pursuing dinosaur bones, it is surprising to some that Andrews first … Andrews returned to the site and determined that, yes, these were indeed fossilized dinosaur eggs – the first ever found. … But dinosaur eggs they were, the very first; Andrews wrote about that day:Then our indifference suddenly evaporated.…
Police Clear Out GWU Encampment After Call for Beheadings, May Have Moved in for More Ignoble Reason
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/05/08/police-finally-clear-out-gw-encampment-days-after-beheadings-threat-n2173906
– University President Ellen Granberg on the encampment:“What is currently happening at GW is not a peaceful protest protected by the First … Amendment or our university’s policies.…
The Importance of Protecting Speech: Why We Have to Take the Bad With the Good
https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2024/05/06/lets-talk-about-speech-and-why-we-have-to-take-the-bad-with-the-good-n2173819
– From the First Amendment to the Second, Fourth, and everyone in between, these rights are intrinsic to a free society. … Amendment. …  When it comes to our First Amendment rights, we must be able to say whatever it is we want to, lest we damn ourselves to a future…
Whoopi Goldberg, 'The View' Co-Hosts Reject 'Innocent Until Proven Guilty' ... for Donald Trump
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/05/08/whoopi-goldberg-innocent-until-proven-guilty-inapplicable-to-trump-n2173935
– way; she is purely a windbag bloviating on a far-left network with literally dozens of viewers and, after all, she enjoys the same First … Amendment rights as the rest of us.…
North Carolina Student Sues School Board After Being Suspended for Saying ‘Illegal Aliens’
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/05/08/north-carolina-student…ard-after-being-suspended-for-saying-illegal-aliens-n2173948
– In a case that raises serious questions about First Amendment rights, a 16-year-old North Carolina student has filed a federal lawsuit…
'Drag Them': Missouri AG Minces No Words, Vows Action After Kansas City Tweet About Harrison Butker
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2024/05/16/drag-them-mis…cial-kc-twitter-account-tweet-about-harrison-butker-n2174300
– Andrew Bailey, who minced no words in his pledge to "demand accountability" from Kansas City officials over potential human rights/First … Amendment violations:BREAKING: My office is demanding accountability after@KansasCity doxxed @buttkicker7 last night for daring…
Brooklyn Man's Gun Hobby Leads to a SWAT Raid and a Harrowing Legal Fight for His Freedom
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/12/15/brooklyn-mans-gun-hobb…ds-to-a-swat-raid-and-a-legal-fight-for-his-freedom-n2167600
– First thing I did was I said, Hello? I thought they had the wrong place. … the constitutionality of New York’s gun control laws, arguing that they are overly restrictive and not in line with the Second Amendment … Supreme Court ruling that found a key provision of the state’s long-standing gun control law violated the Second Amendment right to…
Concealed Carry Applications Are on the Rise in NYC, but It's Not Time to Celebrate Just Yet
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/04/29/concealed-carry-applic…rise-in-nyc-but-its-not-time-to-celebrate-just-yet-n2173479
– However, even after the Supreme Court ruling on Bruen, the city has found ways to prevent residents from exercising their Second Amendment … dropped by 39.1% and 39.5% when compared to 2022, the data shows.The surge in concealed carry applications might seem encouraging at first…
They Can't Take Your Rights, but They Can Make You Afraid to Use Them
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2024/05/16/they-cant-take…our-rights-but-they-can-make-you-afraid-to-use-them-n2174286
– without a license that he never could have realistically gotten and violating a law that appears highly unconstitutional in the first …  READ: NYC Man Convicted Over Gunsmithing Hobby After Judge Says 2nd Amendment 'Doesn't Exist in This Courtroom'Taylor and his …  And the message is "Practice your Second Amendment rights and face the consequences."…
UK Court Ruling: Julian Assange Will Be Given a Chance to Appeal His Extradition to the US
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/05/20/uk-court-ruling-julian…given-a-chance-to-appeal-his-extradition-to-the-us-n2174420
– , should not accept the assurances given by US prosecutors that he could seek to rely on the rights and protections under the US First … If convicted, he could be facing the rest of his life in prison.His supporters argue that Assange’s actions were protected by the First … Amendment and were matters of public interest.…
Still Gagged: NY Appeals Court Upholds Order Stifling Trump Speech in Manhattan Trial
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/05/15/still-gagged-ny-app…olds-order-stifling-trump-speech-in-manhattan-trial-n2174220
– Still, there are First Amendment implications, and Trump's team will have to determine if it's a battle worth waging on principle.…
Friday Follies: The Trump Trial in Manhattan Marches On
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/05/10/friday-follies-the-trump-trial-in-manhattan-marches-on-n2174007
– testified that Trump frequently sent newspaper clippings to his contacts, including once (of a photo of him aboard Air Force One for the first … any other specific instances where he sent clippings to Weisselberg or any specific conversations between the two during Trump's first …  The first set is a thread related to Michael Cohen, dated April 21, 2018.It also attacks New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman…
NEW: Judge Finds Trump Violated Gag Order, Fines Him $9,000, but Agrees He Can Attend Barron's Graduation
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/04/30/new-judge-finds-tru…im-9000-but-agrees-he-can-attend-barrons-graduation-n2173526
–  First, regarding Trump's request that he be excused from trial on May 17 to attend the high school graduation of his youngest … We can't be hypocrites when it comes to the 1st Amendment," Avenatti wrote.…
Trump on Trial: Prosecution Seeks Fines, Allege Contempt for Violation of Gag Order
https://redstate.com/brutalbrittany/2024/04/15/trump-on-tria…secutors-seek-fines-alleging-violation-of-gag-order-n2172800
– On Monday, jury selection started in the first-ever criminal prosecution of a former U.S. President. …  On the first day of the criminal trial, prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office lodged a request for a $3,000 … Amendment rights.…
Does Trump WANT to Be Thrown in Jail?
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/05/07/does-trump-want-to-be-arrested-n2173857
– I’m not sure how this doesn’t violate the First Amendment, especially since it seems to be specifically targeted to him while miscreants…
'He's Very Talented': Trump Floats Texas AG Ken Paxton As US Attorney General
https://redstate.com/benkew/2024/05/20/very-talented-guy-tru…floats-texas-ag-ken-paxton-as-his-attorney-general-n2174431
–  Trump, meanwhile, endorsed Paxton's reelection campaign in 2022, describing him as someone who "advances America First policies … “Ken is strong on Crime, Border Security, the Second Amendment, Election Integrity and, above all, our Constitution.”JUST IN: Donald…
Broken Clocks: Washington Post Editorial Board Gets It Right on Diversity Statements
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/05/20/broken-clocks-washingt…itorial-board-gets-it-right-on-diversity-statements-n2174425
– At first reading, a recent op-ed from the Washington Post’s editorial board might make you think you’re in the Twilight Zone. … universities requiring job candidates to make diversity statements in order to obtain employment.The piece comes after MIT became the first … Amendment principles.…
Federal Appeals Court: Maryland Parents Can't Opt K-5 Kids Out of LGBTQ Subjects in Schools
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/05/16/federal-appeals-co…cant-opt-k-5-kids-out-of-lgbtq-subjects-in-schools-n2174276
– Amendment right to free exercise of religion.The parents had argued that refusal to provide an opt-out from their children’s exposure … to LGBT-themed books and related discussions violates federal and state law.It's hard to see how this isn't a First Amendment issue … — that amendment and the 14th Amendment's extension of the Bill of Rights to state governments — given that these people's children…
Louisiana Close to Becoming First State to Require Ten Commandments in Public Schools
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/05/19/louisiana-close-to-bec…state-to-require-ten-commandments-in-public-schools-n2174381
– Louisiana is on the brink of becoming the first state to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all classrooms of schools … Proponents argue that the Ten Commandments have historical significance while critics assert that it is a violation of the First Amendment … Jay Morris included an amendment that allows schools to also post other historical documents like the Mayflower Compact and Declaration…
UCLA Locks Doors on Conservative Students, Halts Pro-Israel Event
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/05/20/ucla-locks-doors-on-conservative-students-halts-pro-israel-event-n2174416
– chapter, expressed frustration at the university’s actions, saying he was “deeply disappointed in UCLA’s failure to protect our First … Amendment rights” and called their actions “an act of pure cowardice.”During an earlier interview with Fox News Digital, Weinberg … So this is really on the UCLA leadership for not shutting the encampment down on the very first night, after there was already physical…
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