Results for: First Amendment

Democrats Are Trying to Use the 14th Amendment to Stop Trump From Becoming President Again
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/08/28/democrats-are-trying-t…endment-to-stop-trump-from-becoming-president-again-n2163144
– After years of floating the idea that they could possibly deem Trump ineligible to hold office again under the 14th Amendment, some … Messner first announced his plans on a local radio show, NH Today, on Tuesday morning. … I explained in a previous article why the 14th Amendment tactic isn’t valid – and these people know it.…
Dipsology: Beyond the Basics - What Is Behind Biden’s 'Alcohol Czar' Limiting Us to Two Beers a Week?!
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2023/08/27/dipsology-beyond…bidens-alcohol-czar-limiting-us-to-two-beers-a-week-n2163115
– This new 2-beers-a-week standard is what most of us call "the first round." … politicians to get their representatives elected for decades before Prohibition was drafted and eventually codified as the 18th Amendment … One thing to take to heart: it took less than half that time to realize the folly of this measure, and the 21st Amendment repealing…
Is the NRA Still Relevant?
https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2023/08/27/is-the-nra-still-relevant-n2163097
– When it comes to guns, the Second Amendment, gun control, and all that it entails, the most common denominator is the Nationa Rifle … For, if you really cared about the Second Amendment, you'd want nothing to do with the NRA. … That's right, ladies and gentlemen, the NRA, in their first major lobbying effort, lobbied for gun control, not against it.…
Reparations for Slavery? Who Gets What and How Much?
https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2023/08/26/reparations-why-its-a-horrible-idea-n2163056
– The first example of reparations for slavery was in 1783 when former slave Belinda Sutton petitioned the state of Massachusetts for … After the Civil War and the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution on December 6th, 1865, slavery was…
Exclusive: John Eastman Attorney Describes His Legal Hurdles
https://redstate.com/mccabe/2023/08/26/exclusive-john-eastman-attorney-describes-his-legal-hurdles-n2163065
– It represents a crossing of the Rubicon for our country, implicating the fundamental First Amendment right to petition the government…
Fox News and the Other 'Elephant in the Room' - No Questions About Election Integrity
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2023/08/24/fox-news-and-the…t-in-the-room-no-questions-about-election-integrity-n2162993
– Wednesday's first GOP Presidential Primary debate was full of questions about the economy, war in Ukraine, climate change, and even … Lauro added that by asking Pence for a delay, he was within his First Amendment rights.…
Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle Claim Fox News Security Kept Them Out of Debate Spin Room
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2023/08/24/fox-news-security…guilfoyle-from-entering-milwaukee-debate-spin-room-n2162984
– It's against the First Amendment." … If anything, it could be argued that the First Amendment was being threatened by the son of a former president, and a leading candidate … "It's against the first amendment." — David Weigel (@daveweigel) August 24, 2023 If Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle were legitimately attempting…
The Future Is Looking Bright for Gun Rights, So Far
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/08/23/the-future-is-looking-bright-for-gun-rights-so-far-n2162979
– We’ve stepped into a new era where Second Amendment litigation is in the realm of originalism. … More Americans—especially women and racial minorities—are becoming gun owners for the first time. … If we do not continue fighting for our Second Amendment rights, the left could end up reversing this momentum.…
Jordan Peterson Ordered to Undergo Re-Education, Pay $25K Fine by Canadian Court
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/08/23/jordan-peterson-ordered-to-undergo-re-education-n2162968
– In a court case that has wide implications for anyone here who cares about the First Amendment, clinical psychologist and author Jordan … And when the First Amendment is rendered meaningless, the Second, Fourth, Fifth, and eventually the others will go down as well.…
Do We Need to Bring Back the Concept of the Undeserving Poor?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/08/23/do-we-need-to-bring-back-the-concept-of-the-undeserving-poor-n2162957
– In the UK in 1834, during the Industrial Revolution that, yes, saw a lot of social upheaval, Parliament passed the Poor Law Amendment … The first deserve our charity. The second? A hand up, sure, and maybe a swift kick in the backside to those who have one coming.…
Dueling Protests Block Streets in Downtown LA as Parental Rights Supporters Face LGBTQ Advocates
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2023/08/22/dueling-rallies-bloc…as-parental-rights-supporters-face-lgbtq-advocates-n2162937
– “I reserve the right under the First Amendment to be a Christian and to teach my kids about God and teach my kids what’s right and…
When Seconds Count: Good Samaritan With a Gun Stops Assailant From Beating Elderly Man to Death
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/08/22/when-seconds-count-goo…n-stops-assailant-from-beating-elderly-man-to-death-n2162932
– Here is yet another story illustrating how important the Second Amendment is to maintaining a free society. … A responsible citizen with a firearm is typically the first line of defense if a violent person seeks to victimize innocent people.…
WATCH: Footage of Police Officers Raiding Local Kansas Newspaper Owner
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/08/22/watch-footage-of-police-officers-raiding-local-kansas-newspaper-owner-n2162924
– on a national scale, with many arguing that the officers' actions threatened freedom of the press and infringed on the Fourth Amendment … withdrew the warrant, explaining that his investigation showed there was "insufficient evidence" to have justified the search in the first … Viar (Allen) was not supposed to be driving since her license had been suspended for the first arrest.…
UNC Chapel Hill Led Race-Based Admissions Battle, Now Trustees Ban It
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2023/08/22/unc-chapel-hill…d-race-based-admission-battle-now-seeks-to-scrap-it-n2162913
– the neighborhood of $35 million dollars, to lose a high-profile case in which we were found to be in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment … Preyer pointed out that when Kotis first put forth a resolution in 2021 to ban race-based hiring and admissions policies, he voted…
Finally, Some Accountability: Antifa Members Ordered to Pay Andy Ngo $300,000 in Damages
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/08/22/antifa-finally-has-to-pay-up-with-court-win-by-andy-ngo-n2162905
– Four years after I met and started working with @MrAndyNgo, & his becoming the first client of @Liberty_Ctr, we achieved a settlement … attorneys, including his lead attorney, Dorothy Yamamoto, for helping to hold them accountable for trying to "violently silence" his "FirstAmendment rights."…
Leftist Media Resurrects the Lie That the Constitution Bars Trump From Holding Public Office
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/08/22/leftist-media-resurrec…constitution-bars-trump-from-holding-public-office-n2162883
– Remember when talking heads on the left kept trying to convince people that Democrats could use the 14th Amendment to stop former … It seems clear to me that the Democrats are running a long way to make the 14th Amendment work for them. … In fact, he urged his supporters to "peacefully" protest the outcome, which is activity that is protected by the First Amendment.…
Unsealed Affidavit Exposes True Motivation Behind 'Gestapo-Style' Raid on Local Kansas Newspaper
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/08/21/unsealed-affidavit-exp…behind-gestapo-style-raid-on-local-kansas-newspaper-n2162875
– Viar (Allen) was not supposed to be driving since her license had been suspended for the first arrest. … Fourth Amendment concerns are also an issue in this story. … The fact that the prosecution withdrew the warrant seems to suggest the judge should never have issued it in the first place.…
The RNC Has Completely Botched the Republican Presidential Primary Debate Process
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/08/21/rnc-has-completely-botched-the-republican-primary-debate-n2162865
– As I write this, we are now two days away from the first GOP primary debate, and no one has any idea who has qualified. … Looking at just the first sub-requirement under polling, the phrase "mix of" is used before describing four different techniques. … As a member of the RNC, I would support a rules amendment that requires a candidate to participate in all RNC-sanctioned debates to…
Asa Hutchinson Claims He's Made the Debate Cut; He Should Savor the Moment While He Can
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2023/08/21/asa-hutchinson-ma…e-cut-hopefully-desantis-sweeps-him-out-the-running-n2162864
– Asa Hutchinson says he has met the donor threshold to participate in the first GOP primary debate after a swell of contributions that … can't be asking us to support somebody that's not perhaps even qualified under our Constitution.And I'm referring to the 14th Amendment … Hutchinson claims that Trump is not qualified under the 14th Amendment, pointing to the four politically-motivated indictments Trump's…
Yolo County, CA Library Tramples on Constitutional Rights of Moms for Liberty Group
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2023/08/21/davis-ca-library-tramples-on-first-amendment-rights-for-misgendering-n2162857
– This should be enough to absolve the library of any liability while honoring MFL Yolo's First Amendment right of freedom of speech … insert this type of language into a trans rights bill in 2021, the California Third District Court of Appeals struck it down on FirstAmendment grounds.…
WATCH: Hutchinson Throws Trump Under the Bus: 'Not Even Sure He's Qualified to Be the Next President'
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2023/08/20/hutchinson-throw…the-bus-not-even-sure-hes-qualified-to-be-president-n2162843
– Anyway, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchinson would be a perfect candidate for my first … Nevertheless, Hutchinson told CNN on Sunday that he has officially qualified for Wednesday's first GOP presidential debate. … I’m referring to the 14th Amendment that a number of legal scholars said that he is disqualified because of his actions on January…
Vivek Ramaswamy Causes a Great Triggering With Suggestion on the Voting Age
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/08/19/vivek-ramaswamy-caus…great-triggering-with-suggestion-on-the-voting-age-n2162819
– That comes after he first floated the idea back in May, though that instance didn't receive much press.  … That’s why I’m for a constitutional amendment to raise the voting age… pic.twitter.com/s1Y7JNvrR9 — Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy … He would never garner the support necessary to repeal the 26th Amendment.…
Gun Control: Who Gets the Blame for Taking Away Your Rights?
https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2023/08/19/gun-control-who-gets-the-blame-for-taking-away-your-rights-n2162705
– NEW: CA has officially introduced a US Constitutional Amendment to end the gun violence epidemic in this nation.The American people … Other states like Missouri passed their "Second Amendment Preservation Act," which asserted their 10th Amendment powers over the Federal … Republicans run on supporting the Second Amendment and but it's mostly crickets from them when they get elected. …
Here's What Authoritarian Leftists Want to Accomplish by Mainstreaming the 'Hate Speech' Trope
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/09/07/heres-what-authoritari…o-accomplish-by-mainstreaming-the-hate-speech-trope-n2163550
– Fortunately, we do have the First Amendment enshrined in the Constitution. … Moreover, while the First Amendment does provide a level of protection, it does not guarantee that the authoritarians on the left won … Amendment what California Gov.…
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