Results for: First Amendment

The Republican Party and Its Two Constitutions
https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2023/08/30/the-republican-party-and-its-two-constitutions-n2163062
– I like to refer to myself first as a Constitutional Conservative and second as a Republican. … Wade was a victory for the Constitution and for the 10th Amendment.…
Federal Appeals Court Made the Right Decision in Ruling Against Police Who Arrested a Man Over a Joke
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/08/29/federal-appeals-court…uling-against-police-who-arrested-a-man-over-a-joke-n2163198
– Joseph originally dismissed his case with prejudice, ruling that the First Amendment did not protect Bailey’s joke and that the officer … Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that Waylon’s joke was protected by the First Amendment and that deputies violated his free-speech … "Any reasonable officer would have known that Waylon’s zombie joke was clearly protected by the First Amendment, and certainly wasn…
California's Gun-Control Resolution: An Exercise in Virtue-Signaling and Futility
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/09/15/californias-gun-co…lution-an-exercise-in-virtue-signaling-and-futility-n2163856
– On Thursday (Sep. 14th), California became the first state to call for a Constitutional Convention of the States to add an amendment … It would be the first constitutional convention since the Constitution was adopted in 1789. … The fact is that this is futility and virtue-signaling of the first water.…
California Legislature Quietly Votes to Rescind Its Doctor COVID "Misinformation" Law After a Year
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2023/09/15/california-legisl…nd-its-doctor-covid-misinformation-law-after-a-year-n2163849
– 2098 interferes with the doctor-patient relationship by overly restricting doctors' speech.We're calling on the courts to stop this FirstAmendment violation. — ACLU of Northern CA (@ACLU_NorCal) November 8, 2022 Fortunately, a judge issued a temporary injunction pending … It is a clear violation of the First Amendment and once the lawsuits wend their way through the courts, CaLeg knew the law would be…
Another One Bites the Dust: New Hampshire Slaps Down Latest Attempt to Keep Trump off the Ballot
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/09/14/another-one-bites-the…ps-down-latest-attempt-to-keep-trump-off-the-ballot-n2163824
– Using Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to keep his name off the ballots in as many states as they can. … The top election official in New Hampshire says he won't invoke the 14th Amendment of the U.S. … He questioned whether Trump was still eligible due to the 14th Amendment.…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Thinks Gun Marketing to Kids Is Insane but Porn for Kids Is Just Hunky Dory
https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2023/09/14/california-gov-gavi…kids-is-insane-but-porn-for-kids-is-just-hunky-dory-n2163814
– The Court's ruling stated that "the First Amendment demands more than good intentions and wishful thinking to warrant the government's … LEGAL ALERT: Ninth Circuit rules that California's minor firearm advertising law likely violates the constitution, saying "the First … The government cannot and shall not make any law or policy to abridge or eliminate one's 1st Amendment right to free speech.…
Senator Josh Hawley Introduces Bill to Cap Consumer Credit Card Interest Rates
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2023/09/14/senator-josh-haw…ces-bill-to-cap-consumer-credit-card-interest-rates-n2163806
– Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri has introduced an amendment to the Truth in Lending Act that would limit the interest rates … The bill comes as American consumer debt has topped the $1T level for the first time in history. … Last year, many major credit cards soared past the 30 percent interest rate threshold for the first time, and now the average rate…
NEW: Lujan Grisham's Illegal Gun Order Gets Wrecked by Judge, Injunction Now in Place
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/09/13/new-lujan-grishams-i…order-gets-wrecked-by-judge-injunction-now-in-place-n2163787
– Michelle Lujan Grisham just lost the first major battle over her illegal suspension of gun rights in New Mexico.  … The governor's lawyer is starting to raise her voice, saying the governor thinks the Second Amendment doesn't trump people's "right … Regardless, it is flatly untrue to state that the Second Amendment is somehow subservient to public safety concerns.…
CA Democrats Finally Passed Their 'Bruen Response' Bill, Say Goodbye to Lawful Concealed Carry
https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2023/09/13/ca-democrats-finall…response-bill-say-goodbye-to-lawful-concealed-carry-n2163749
– license violates the Constitution by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their Second Amendment … Newsom and his party hate the 2nd Amendment, the Constitution, and anything in it that puts their power or existence in jeopardy. … This bill isn't the first of this legislative year, Oh no, Democrats recently passed AB28 authored by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel…
73% of Likely Voters Want Senator McConnell to Resign
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/09/12/73-of-likely-voters-want-senator-mcconnell-to-resign-n2163726
– Bear in mind that to fix this problem would require a Constitutional amendment to place an age limit on elected office (maybe we can … That might not be as unlikely as it would seem at first glance. … It's time for the conversation on this Constitutional amendment to get started.…
Ammunition Company Strikes Back: Offers FREE Shipping to New Mexico Residents in Defiance of Gun Ban
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/09/12/ammunition-company-str…ping-to-new-mexico-residents-in-defiance-of-gun-ban-n2163719
– t stand a chance of surviving court challenges or even curbing gun violence, it has done wonders for mobilizing the pro-Second Amendment … lawsuit to a partisan court at worst, but at best, all we do is spend money to hire lawyers to get right back to where we were in the first
'We're From the FBI and We Just Want Your Help'
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/09/12/were-from-the-fbi-and-we-just-want-your-help-n2163713
– the primary says, "I can discuss it, but we need to sit down and talk first." … reputation is in the toilet; when they are a de facto arm of the Democrat Party, when in this case they attempt to sidestep the Fourth Amendment
New Mexico Governor’s Explosive Response to Sheriff Over Gun Ban: ‘Stop Being Squeamish’
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/09/12/new-mexico-governors-e…sponse-to-sheriff-over-gun-ban-stop-being-squeamish-n2163715
– The move angered proponents of gun rights, who argued that the order violates the Second Amendment while leaving law-abiding citizens … I will not back down from doing what’s right and I will always put the safety of the people of New Mexico first.”…
Forget the 2024 Presidential Election
https://redstate.com/politcs/2023/09/11/forget-the-2024-presidential-election-n2163683
– The founders understood the importance of local government, hence the 10th Amendment to the Constitution, which gives the states the … According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), approximately 59 percent of members of Congress typically serve first at the … First, with local political races, your vote matters more. In local and state elections, your voice carries greater weight.…
WATCH: Bernalillo County Sheriff Eviscerates New Mexico Governor for 'Suspending' Gun Rights
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/09/11/watch-bernalillo-cou…rips-new-mexico-governor-for-suspending-gun-rights-n2163682
– Lujan Grisham first declared a public health emergency and then used that declaration as a justification for her executive order, which … A governor does not have the right to void enumerated rights, and that includes gun rights derived from the Second Amendment.…
Gov. Lujan Grisham’s Gun Ban Is Only Shocking if You Haven’t Bothered to Pay Attention for a Few Years
https://redstate.com/streiff/2023/09/10/gov-lujan-grishams-g…ou-havent-bothered-to-pay-attention-for-a-few-years-n2163641
– Given the way the left has tried to use ‘public health’ as a pressure point on the Second Amendment, it isn’t hard to see how homicides … Then the First Amendment has been effectively abolished. … With the legal impact of the First Amendment effectively neutered with court approval, they are gearing up for a frontal assault on…
The Authoritarian Left Is Ramping up its War on Free Speech. We Better Be Ready to Fight
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/09/09/the-authoritarian-left…its-war-on-free-speech-we-better-be-ready-to-fight-n2163622
– For starters, mandating the use of specific language is a direct assault on the First Amendment, which is intended to protect our freedom…
Hell Is Freezing Over: Ted Lieu Brings Sense After NM Gov's Gun Order and Troubling Police Response
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/09/09/law-enforcement-r…onse-to-nm-govs-unconstitutional-edict-is-troubling-n2163618
– Albuquerque pic.twitter.com/6Hjkab92ew — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 9, 2023 Her excuse for doing away with the Second AmendmentFirst and foremost, every lost life is a tragedy, and the well-being of our community is of paramount concern to the Bernalillo County…
Judge Who Approved Warrant Allowing Police to Raid Kansas Newspaper Facing Misconduct Complaint
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/09/09/judge-who-approved-war…o-raid-kansas-newspaper-facing-misconduct-complaint-n2163619
– unprecedented police raid on a local Kansas newspaper sparked a wave of criticism across the nation against the apparent attack on the FirstAmendment. … This raised questions as to why the warrant was signed in the first place.…
The Constitution Is Just a Piece of Paper
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2023/09/09/the-constitution-is-just-a-piece-of-paper-n2163606
– It's an open and flagrant violation of the 2nd Amendment, and it's not one we as Americans are supposed to take lightly.  … So the 2nd Amendment was created as a barrier against tyranny. … In fact, it's imperative that they do at least the first three because Gresham is the Democrat Party's toe in the water. …
Department of Education Investigating Christopher Rufo for Civil Rights Violation of 'Misgendering'
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/09/09/department-of-educat…her-rufo-for-civil-rights-violation-of-misgendering-n2163604
– It will be exceptionally difficult due to First Amendment protections for any authority to mandate individuals use so-called "preferred…
Newsom Just Accidentally Revealed the Reason He Is Not Running for POTUS in 2024
https://redstate.com/beccalower/2023/09/09/newsom-just-accid…aled-the-reason-he-is-not-running-for-potus-in-2024-n2163591
– Don't forget that he has doubled down on calling for a new, 28th Amendment to the U.S. … Constitution which, as my colleague Matt Dempsey wrote, "would completely gut the Second Amendment as we know it." … It's possible he's in line to get an ambassadorship or even more prized -- a cabinet post -- in a second Biden - or first Harris -…
RedState Weekly Briefing: Biden's AWOL, Liberty's Unsafe, and the WH Sees Imaginary People
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2023/09/09/redstate-weekly-briefing-n2163595
– evidence in hand, though, I think I have a fairly good idea of who is playing Edith Wilson to Joe Biden's Woodrow:  None other than the First … Regardless, the assertion that they are committed to protecting the personal property and 2nd Amendment rights of their customers and … Bill and I crossed paths for the first time decades ago, when he was a staffer on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which I served…
The Great American Experiment, How We're Doing So Far
https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2023/09/27/the-great-american-experiment-how-were-doing-so-far-n2164394
– The Founding Fathers saw something in this nation that had established itself first as colonies of the British Empire in 1607 in what … The debates about the Constitution when it was first introduced three years prior, were fierce and passionate. … of people, which resulted in the first great success for liberty, the ending of slavery, and the ratification of the 13th Amendment
Governor Newsom Signs Multiple Anti-Gun Bills Into Law, Including California's 'Bruen Response Bill'
https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2023/09/26/governor-newsom-sig…into-law-including-californias-bruen-response-bill-n2164334
– However, there was no safety mechanism in place in the bill that required any monies generated after the first $125 million to be spent … The law says the first $75 million of that money must go to the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program. … .   ...the Second Amendment wasn't about hunting, it wasn't about sport shooting; it was literally about the God-given right of the…
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