Results for: First Amendment

New York City's Government Despises Self-Defense
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/05/25/new-york-citys-government-despises-self-defense-n2174662
– petit larceny and store owner Valerio has been charged with assault in the second and third degrees, reckless endangerment in the first … borrowed time because of pending legal challenges, it is still having a pernicious impact on those seeking to exercise their Second Amendment…
California Governor Newsom Opens Doors to Arizona’s Abortion Providers Amidst Ban
https://redstate.com/margaret-clark/2024/05/24/california-go…ens-doors-to-arizonas-abortion-providers-amidst-ban-n2174618
– The law was codified first in 1901 and protects the life of an unborn child from conception, only giving the exception when the mother … “It’s imperative for pro-life citizens in Arizona to educate themselves and their neighbors about this extreme constitutional amendment…
Report: Kansas City Employee at Center of Harrison Butker 'Doxxing' Tweet Gets the FAFO Treatment
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2024/05/23/report-kansas…nter-of-harrison-butker-doxxing-tweet-has-found-out-n2174603
– city's Democrat mayor, Quinton Lucas, to provide any communications related to the tweet, suggesting the city may have violated the First … Amendment and the state's Human Rights Act by allegedly discriminating against Butker and targeting him based on his religious beliefs…
Biden Administration Denies Permit to Celebrate Long-Standing Memorial Day Mass in National Cemetery
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/05/22/biden-administrati…ong-standing-memorial-day-mass-in-national-cemetary-n2174537
– decision blocking the Knights of Columbus from continuing their long-standing religious tradition is a blatant violation of the First … One would think that this long-standing event would be perfectly allowable under the First Amendment if, given that the Poplar Grove … Someone decided to end this decades-long practice, and it wasn't for First Amendment reasons; the First Amendment is fine with allowing…
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…
Republicans Need to Stay on Target
https://redstate.com/adam-turner/2024/05/23/republicans-need-to-stay-on-target-n2174597
– mad desire to run for a third term in 2028, despite the fact that he would be 81 in 2028 and also despite the fact that the 22nd Amendment … First, Gold Squadron goes in; then Red Squadron, with the movie’s hero, Luke Skywalker.…
Could We Be Seeing a Reassertion of Normalcy?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/05/21/could-we-be-seeing-a-reassertion-of-normalcy-n2174485
– The First Amendment, for example, they see as “hamstringing the government in significant ways.”…
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.…
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.…
'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…
President Biden Should Drop Charges Against Julian Assange
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/05/20/president-biden-should-drop-charges-against-julian-assange-n2174437
– should not accept the assurances given by U.S. prosecutors that he could seek to rely on the rights and protections under the US First … of the government.Nevertheless, Assange’s actions should fall under the type of journalistic activities that are protected by the First … Amendment.…
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…
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…
Delaware Passes Ridiculous Gun Control Law and Immediately Gets Sued
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/05/18/delaware-passes-ridiculous-gun-control-law-and-immediately-gets-sued-n2174363
– handguns on behalf of those prohibited by law from possessing them.Shortly after Carney signed the legislation, a coalition of Second Amendment … Sportsmen's Association Inc. and Bridgeville Rifle and Pistol Club, argues that the fundamental civil rights of lawful gun owners in the First … It is a clear violation of the Second Amendment that will do nothing to save lives from gun violence.…
NYT Columnist Claims Pro-Hamas Protesters Are 'Principled.' They Are Anything But.
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/05/19/nyt-columnist-claims-p…mas-protesters-are-principled-they-are-anything-but-n2174372
– And though they are educated to participate in civic life, as soon as these students exercise their First Amendment rights, they are…
Alabama Mercedes-Benz Plant Rejects UAW, Supports Right-to-Work
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2024/05/17/alabama-mercedes-benz-plant-rejects-uaw-supports-right-to-work-n2174337
– SB231) that removes economic development incentives offered by the state from companies that voluntarily recognize any union without first …  While UAW may have succeeded in Tennessee, in 2022, the state enshrined right-to-work in its Constitution through Amendment 1…
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…
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."…
'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…
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.…
Alabama Passes Law Protecting Gun Owners From De Facto Private Sector Firearm Registry
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/05/14/alabama-passes-law-pro…wners-from-de-facto-private-sector-firearm-registry-n2174188
– Kay Ivey (R) signed into law the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act on May 6. … Vice President & General Counsel, highlighted the law’s purpose, characterizing it as “a necessary tool to protect the Second Amendment … rights of legal gun owners.The NSSF also referred to an op-ed penned by New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin in which he first…
Has 'Zuck' Struck Again? RFK Jr., Super PAC Sue Meta for Alleged Collusion With Gov't for Censorship
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2024/05/14/has-zuck-struck-a…for-alleged-collusion-with-with-govt-for-censorship-n2174179
– The suit claims Meta violated First Amendment rights and committed election interference by censoring a biographical film on Kennedy … Kennedy Jr. and American Values 2024, a political action committee supporting his campaign, filed a First Amendment and election interference…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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