Results for: First Amendment
Concealed Carry Applications Are on the Rise in NYC, but It's Not Time to Celebrate Just Yet
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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
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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
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, 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…
Alabama Passes Law Protecting Gun Owners From De Facto Private Sector Firearm Registry
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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
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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…
Alabama Mercedes-Benz Plant Rejects UAW, Supports Right-to-Work
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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…
Delaware Passes Ridiculous Gun Control Law and Immediately Gets Sued
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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.
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And though they are educated to participate in civic life, as soon as these students exercise their First Amendment rights, they are…
Your Ability to Remain Free Rests in Your Willingness to Win the Information War
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The first is that we have a press that isn't reporting the news, but a narrative. … They're finding new ways to curtail your First Amendment rights every day, and at some point, those lines on that old piece of paper…
NY Judge Orders Removal of Proposed Constitutional Amendment Protecting Abortion From State Ballot
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On Tuesday, a judge in Livingston County, New York ordered the removal of a proposed constitutional amendment that would protect and … One week after the proposed amendment was introduced, it was passed on July 1st, 2022. … You have to introduce the amendment, wait for the opinion to come down,” he said.…
Open Carry v. Concealed Carry: Situational and Political Arguments
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So it's not surprising that the open-carry v. concealed-carry discussion has fired up again in the Second Amendment community, not … Nothing in the Second Amendment says that the manner in which someone chooses to bear arms.I won't re-hash everything Tom said; he … I don't want him to see that I'm packing and decide, "I'm shooting that guy first."…
Florida School Shuts Down Christian Club After Complaint From Rabid Atheist Zealots
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ensure that the FCA club at Hamilton Elementary is disbanded.”The organization also argued that students at the school “have the First … “Students have the First Amendment right to be free from religious indoctrination in their public schools. … “The Supreme Court has repeatedly recognized that students’ religious viewpoints are protected by the First Amendment and that students…
President Biden Should Drop Charges Against Julian Assange
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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.…
SCOTUS Chastises Lower Courts in Online Speech Law Cases, Sends Them Back
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Amendment merits, because neither Court of Appeals properly considered the facial nature of NetChoice’s challenge. … In a facial challenge, that could well matter, even when the challenge is brought under the First Amendment. … But that work must be done consistent with the First Amendment, which does not go on leave when social media are involved.As background…
Newsom's 'Hail Mary' Proposition to Neuter the Reform Prop 47 Ballot Initiative Goes to the Legislature
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measure on the ballot that would counter the reform prop 47 measure that has already qualified.The counter measure “would be the first … Proposition 47 needed change and neither has commented yet on the effort to put together the competing initiative, which KCRA 3 first … Here’s Election Code section 9040: “Every constitutional amendment, bond measure, or other legislative measure submitted to…