Results for: First Amendment

Big: Assault Weapon Bans Now Headed to SCOTUS
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/30/big-assault-weapon-bans-now-headed-to-scotus-n2203868
– Of all the schemes dreamed up by the anti-Second Amendment left, the various "assault weapons" bans are among the dumbest. … But the current Supreme Court has been fairly friendly to the Second Amendment; a little cautious optimism may be in order here.Read … Lopez, which struck down Hawaii's ridiculous vampire law on Second and Fourteenth Amendment grounds.…
Clarence Thomas Goes Nuclear on SCOTUS Majority Over Birthright Citizenship Ruling
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/06/30/clarence-thomas-issues-scathing-dissent-on-birthright-citizenship-n2203853
– Barbara, the Court affirmed a lower court injunction blocking Executive Order 14160, which Trump signed on his first day back in office … The ruling invalidates the Executive Order signed by President Trump that used the 14th Amendment to deny automatic citizenship to … Ferguson and Dred Scott – in which, he argued, the 14th Amendment was correctly applied to give citizenship to freed slaves and their…
Luna Now Demanding Patriot Front Probe - Democrats Strangely Incurious
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/07/06/luna-now-demanding-patriot-front-probe-democrats-strangely-incurious-n2204053
– dudes who show up carrying signs, American flags, Confederate battle flags, and signs promoting white supremacy.Since this group first … And their proclaimed views may be reprehensible, even so, the 1st Amendment protects their rights to proclaim them.…
The Supreme Court Protects States’ Ability to Safeguard Women’s Sports
https://redstate.com/redstate-guest-editorial/2026/07/03/the…protects-states-ability-to-safeguard-womens-sports-n2203947
– transgender athletes from girls’ teams somehow violated the statute that paved the way for the existence of girls’ teams in the first … The Javits Amendment explicitly authorized separate teams for each sex in light of physical differences, and the 1975 regulations permitted … He is also a partner at Sweigart Murdock, LLP, in San Francisco, where his litigation practice focuses on First Amendment and defamation…
Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Strikes Down Trump Executive Order in 5-4 Vote
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2026/06/30/supreme-court-upho…p-strikes-down-trump-executive-order-eliminating-it-n2203852
– Barbara, the Court affirmed a lower court injunction blocking Executive Order 14160, which Trump signed on his first day back in office … the same outcome.Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, wrote the principal dissent, arguing the Fourteenth Amendment
The Michigan Senate Race Is Heating Up - and So Is the Scrutiny of Abdul El-Sayed
https://redstate.com/tladuke/2026/06/29/things-are-starting…e-michigan-senate-race-with-democrat-abdul-el-sayed-n2203835
–  In an article that I read right HERE at the local paper, Finley opines in an Op-Ed with the title The First Amendment is not … violence, and I have to admit I was a bit shocked.The Democratic candidate for Michigan's open Senate seat is selling the idea that the FirstAmendment covers violence and vandalism, if done in the name of a political cause.I'm a free speech absolutist.…
Morning Minute: 'Boy Y'all Want Power - God I Hope You Never Get It!'
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/07/13/morning-minute-n2204263
– Jonathan Turley Takes It to WoodshedYou see, unlike Talarico's claims suggest, we have read the Second Amendment. … Republicans seized control of the House for the first time in 40 years.…
5th Circuit Deals Trump DOJ a Setback on Mandatory Immigration Detention
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/07/03/5th-circuit-deals-t…mp-doj-a-setback-on-mandatory-immigration-detention-n2203971
First, some background: For nearly three decades, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) generally treated aliens who had entered …  The administration argued that because these individuals were never "admitted" to the country, they possess no 5th Amendment
Morning Minute: Susan Sittin' in the Catbird Seat
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/07/09/morning-minute-n2204144
– The Supreme Court may have ruled that birthright citizenship is protected by the Constitution (due to the 14th Amendment), but to many …  I am deeply honored that at 5:01 a.m., Trump Force One will be the first plane to land at the newly renamed Palm Beach International…
Rioters Stormed This Federal Building - Now a Judge Wants the Security Fence Gone.
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/23/oregon-judge-order…federal-building-rioters-stormed-earlier-this-year-n2203619
– was a reasonable response and argued that the lower plaza remained available for demonstrations.The court may be right about the FirstAmendment issues, but the security concerns did not disappear because the judge said so. … As Kasubhai put it from the bench, “I’m not going to let the First Amendment cool its jets while contracts are being negotiated.”…
Trump Pushes National Right to Carry: Major New 2A Win Incoming?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/23/watch-trump-pushes-national-right-to-carry-major-new-2a-win-incoming-n2203648
– This should make Second Amendment supporters a little more cheerful. … At present, there appear to be no proposed bills that would establish this, so the president is likely referring to the first option … But much as we would like any gun-grabbing politician being directed to the 2nd Amendment and being told, "No, you won't," this is…
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, the First Bipartisan Housing Bill in Decades, Heads to Trump's Desk
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/06/24/the-21st-century…artisan-housing-bill-in-decades-goes-to-trumps-desk-n2203661
– On Tuesday, the landmark 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, the first bipartisan bill on housing to pass in more than a decade, cleared … The bill also includes a first-of-its-kind limit on private equity by prohibiting large investors from buying single-family homes.A … Scott claims he was not able to bring that amendment to the floor before the bill passed.Scott highlighted an amendment he offered…
Morning Minute: Larry for UK Prime Minister?
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/06/22/morning-minute-n2203584
– The warning signs were not.Trump Draws Red Line on Hezbollah As US-Iran Talks Clear First HurdleThe path from “encouraging progress … Act.Vote scheduled: At 5:30pm, on Monday, June 22nd, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote the motion to concur in the House amendment … to the Senate amendment to H.R.6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, with Scott SC substitute amendment #5823.— Senate Cloakroom…
Former Disney CEO Iger Finally Admits What Everyone Knew About Jimmy Kimmel's Toxic Charlie Kirk Rant
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/25/disney-ceo-iger-fina…ne-knew-about-jimmy-kimmels-toxic-charlie-kirk-rant-n2203726
– Yes, it’s true that in this country, the First Amendment says you can say just about anything — but that doesn’t mean a network is…
New: Supreme Court Unanimously Tosses Federal Pot-User Firearm Ban
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/18/new-supreme-court-unanimously-tosses-federal-pot-user-firearm-ban-n2203468
– Hemani, a Second Amendment case concerning the rights of people who use certain drugs. … Hemani under §922(g)(3)’s unlawful user provision is inconsistent with the Second Amendment. Pp. 3–19. … (a) The Second Amendment protects the right of “all Americans” to keep and bear firearms for self-defense, District of Columbia v.…
California Dems Want to Charge You for Public Records and Sue You if You Complain
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/20/california-dems-wa…you-for-public-records-and-sue-you-if-you-complain-n2203535
– The agency can ignore it indefinitely.The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, the First Amendment Coalition, ACLU California Action … Executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, David Snyder, slammed the bill:"It would be easily weaponized by agencies … California would be the first state to explicitly put that power into law.…
The White House UFC Event Revealed a Brutal Truth About the Left and Right
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2026/06/16/i-think-we-jus…ntation-of-the-current-status-of-the-left-and-right-n2203399
– Fonda’s advocacy group, Committee for the First Amendment, was behind the event.It also featured performances by Bette Midler … Insight (@AF_Insight) June 15, 2026The event was supposed to be about upholding and protecting the First Amendment, which, as Nick …  It's absolutely possible to abuse your First Amendment right, and the left managed to do it with a microphone and melodramatic…
The National ‘O-Press Corps’ Is Missing After a Politician Attacks a Reporter
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2026/06/25/the-national-o-pr…ps-is-missing-after-a-politician-attacks-a-reporter-n2203709
– Air Force One, have been followed with hyperbolic coverage.Trump's "attacks” on the media have been said to be violations of the FirstAmendment and described as threats to our democracy, because the press is a venerated body that is above such harsh treatment.…
Charlotte School Learns Expensive Lesson After Smearing Student Over Charlie Kirk Tribute
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/06/16/student-receives…klenburg-schools-violation-of-charlie-kirk-memorial-n2203376
Amendment. … Amendment rights.Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools just paid $95K for a lesson on the First Amendment.That payment is part of a settlement … Amendment.…
Liberal Counterprogramming Against the White House UFC Event Does Not Go Well
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/15/liberal-counterprogramming-against-the-whitehouse-ufc-event-n2203351
– Fonda’s advocacy group, Committee for the First Amendment, was behind the event. … Plus, if Trump is such a fascist and his administration is censoring or attacking the First Amendment, how are you all able to hold …  Warning for graphic language: Joy Reid at Sunday night's Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment: “Scott Pelley…
America at 250: Remember the Tenth Amendment?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/15/america-at-250-remember-the-tenth-amendment-n2203368
– But taken in context, everything the framers of that document intended is pretty clear: Throughout the Constitution and the first ten …  The 10th Amendment was and is a stern message from the drafters of the Bill of Rights to the federal government:Tenth Amendment … When did the federal government leave the 10th Amendment behind?…
The Truth Behind Henry Nowak's Murder Is Actually Worse Than Anyone Thought
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/06/25/the-henry-nowak-tragedy-just-got-so-much-worse-n2203693
– . – an all-too-common occurrence in a nation that doesn't have 2nd Amendment protections – turned out to be a political flashpoint … As Brandon noted in his first story, Henry was walking back to his college accomodations after a night out with friends when he unfortunately…
Donald Trump Made It Official Yesterday in Michigan, and I Hope It Means We Get a Conservative Governor
https://redstate.com/tladuke/2026/06/24/donald-trump-made-it…gan-and-i-hope-it-means-get-a-conservative-governor-n2203673
– occupies the White House.The official endorsement on Truth Social by President Donald Trump:It is my Great Honor to endorse America First … Keep our Border SECURE, Strengthen our Brave Military/Veterans, Safeguard our Elections, Defend our always under siege Second Amendment
Feel the Bern Fail: Sanders Senate Bill Would Allow Gov't Seizure of AI Companies' Stock
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/20/feel-the-bern-fail-sanders-bill-would-seize-50-percent-of-ai-stock-n2203547
– Constitution, much less why the 16th Amendment was necessary to implement the income tax. … millions of people" and that the public deserves a direct ownership stake in the companies that have profited from it.Here's the first
Morning Minute: Pride Month Has Room for Everything...Except Pregnancy
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/06/25/morning-minute-n2203697
– in an Old Navy dress registers to them as a five-alarm political threat.Trending Across Townhall MediaBearing Arms — How Second Amendment … — “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”House Foreign Affairs, East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee — Implementing an America First
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