Results for: First Amendment

Appeals Court Ruling Upholds Election Interference Gag Order, but There's a Silver Lining for Trump
https://redstate.com/beccalower/2023/12/08/appeals-court-rul…s-j6-gag-order-but-theres-a-silver-lining-for-trump-n2167345
– But the original order, she said, “sweeps in more protected speech than is necessary,” so the First Amendment required a narrower tailoring … What is becoming of our First Amendment, what is becoming of our Country? We will appeal this decision!…
Some Thoughts From an Austinite on the Recent Spree Shooting
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/12/07/some-thoughts-on-the-austin-spree-shooting-n2167302
– But one of the first things I was taught when training with my firearm is that when seconds count, police are only minutes away. … Perhaps it will prompt more people to exercise their Second Amendment rights. … When confronted with a dangerous situation, you are your own first line of defense.  …
Hunter Biden's Interview With Moby Is Wild: Republicans Trying to 'Kill Me' to End Biden Presidency
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/12/08/hunter-bidens-int…licans-of-trying-to-kill-me-to-end-biden-presidency-n2167340
– "Elon Musk doesn't care about the God d**n First Amendment; he doesn't care about anyone but himself."…
Ken Paxton, Conservative Media Outlets File Suit Against the State Department Over Government Censorship
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/12/06/ken-paxton-vs-us-s…ate-department-the-horrors-of-government-censorship-n2167254
– Instead, the agency weaponized this authority to violate the First Amendment and suppress Americans’ constitutionally-protected speech … Amendment. … The First Amendment is one of our nation's great treasures.…
Calvin Coolidge: an Enigmatic Conservative President, Who, Thanks to Ron DeSantis, Gets Some Credit
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2023/12/07/calvin-coolidge-a…who-thanks-to-ron-desantis-finally-got-some-credit-n2167291
– First Church helped found Howard University in 1867, and was one of the few racially integrated D.C. parishes of the era. … Coolidge was also a staunch defender of the Suffragist movement, supported the passage of the 19th Amendment, and 10 years after its … In both his first and last year in office, federal receipts were $3.8 billion and expenditures were $3.1 billion, and in between, he…
Second Circuit Keeps Internet Memester Douglass Mackey Out of Jail and Leaves DOJ With Egg on the Face
https://redstate.com/streiff/2023/12/05/second-circuit-keeps…key-out-of-jail-and-leaves-doj-with-egg-on-the-face-n2167214
– many, this seemed like a targeted political prosecution and a vindictive judge playing to the home crowd, as well as a violation of First … Amendment rights.…
Siaka Massaquoi, RedState Columnist and LA County GOP Official, Arrested at Airport on J6 Misdemeanors
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2023/12/04/redstate-columnis…chair-siaka-massaquoi-arrested-for-protesting-on-j6-n2167133
– Massaquoi, who ran for the California State Assembly in 2022, currently serves as the first vice-chair of the Republican Party of Los … Wallace Tashima—affirmed the dismissal of a Fourth Amendment claim by Siaka Massaquoi, the first vice-chair of the Los Angeles County … Dismissal of his claims under the First and Fifth Amendments was previously summarily affirmed by a Ninth Circuit motions panel.…
Trump's Suggestion That Government Should 'Come Down Hard' on Biased Media Is a Bad Idea
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/12/03/trumps-suggestion-that…should-come-down-hard-on-biased-media-is-a-bad-idea-n2167123
– This is not the first time Trump has made such an argument. … The First Amendment clearly safeguards freedom of speech and the press.…
James Carville Comes Unglued, Rants That GOP Speaker, SCOTUS 'Bigger Threat Than Al-Qaeda'
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/12/02/james-carville-com…d-rants-that-gop-scotus-bigger-threat-than-al-qaeda-n2167092
– By contrast, the Supreme Court has confirmed the Second Amendment and returned the abortion issue to the states. … This time James Carville was the offenderDave Rubin is the first person I've seen on Maher to correct this fallacy by stating the proper…
Why Republicans Lose - Another View on Religion and Its Influence on Legislative Agendas
https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2023/12/01/why-republicans-los…n-religion-and-its-influence-on-legislative-agendas-n2167045
– The First Amendment reads, in part, that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free … Religious freedom and political liberty were two of the main reasons why the Pilgrims left England for America in the first place.  … This would go against the very core of the First Amendment.…
Former President Donald Trump Has No Immunity From Jan. 6 Lawsuits, Appeals Court Says
https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2023/12/01/trump-has-no-immunity-from-jan-6-lawsuits-appeals-court-says-n2167048
– have any occasion to address his other defenses, including his claim that his alleged actions fall within the protections of the First … Amendment because they did not amount to incitement of imminent lawless action:  he did not seek appellate review at this time of … the district court’s denial of his First Amendment defense, but he could bring that issue before us in the future.  …
Thomas Massie Eviscerates Witness Claim That Government-Funded Censorship Is a 'Conspiracy Theory'
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/12/01/thomas-massie-eviscera…government-funded-censorship-is-a-conspiracy-theory-n2167070
– In fact, I don't even think the press or the media has more rights to the First Amendment than the general public.…
Take Down: Dan Goldman Gets Thoroughly Embarrassed by Michael Shellenberger During Hearing
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/11/30/take-down-dan-goldma…embarrassed-by-michael-shellenberger-during-hearing-n2167013
– SHELLENBERGER: Does the First Amendment say that the government can censor 35 percent?  GOLDMAN: They're not censoring! … SHELLENBERGER: Do we have 35 percent of a First Amendment? GOLDMAN: It's not the First Amendment. … That is not the First Amendment. That is the terms of service.  SHELLENBERGER: Congressman, you are an attorney.…
The Government Is Still Monitoring Your Phone Calls
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/11/29/the-government-is-still-monitoring-your-phone-calls-n2166967
– information on Americans’ phone conversations and raises concerns about government agencies using the data to violate people’s Fourth Amendment … It appears to be highly problematic from a Fourth Amendment perspective and flouts the reforms of the USA Freedom Act of 2015, which … Former President Barack Obama reportedly suspended the funding for the program in 2013 after The New York Times exposed it for the first…
What Is the Alaskan Independence Party?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/11/29/what-is-the-alaskan-independence-party-n2166964
– The State of Alaska declares that the alleged Amendment 14, the alleged Amendment 16 and the alleged Amendment 17 of the Constitution … The only way those two amendments will be overturned is with another amendment. Anyway. Read the whole thing. … That’s what caught my attention in the first place. What do they have to say about Alaskan Independence?…
Here’s How Desperate Elissa Slotkin Is to Avoid Questions About Her Indefensible Defense of Rashida Tlaib
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2023/11/29/heres-how-des…avoid-questions-about-her-defenses-of-rashida-tlaib-n2166957
– she voted against censuring Tlaib, with the only defense provided at the time being one where she proclaimed that it was Tlaib's First … Amendment right to be able to say what she did:  Over the weekend, I made my concerns clear about the language she was promoting,…
Noted Presidential Historian Monica Lewinsky Has Some Suggestions for New Constitutional Amendments
https://redstate.com/tladuke/2023/11/28/noted-presidential-h…y-has-some-suggestions-on-constitutional-amendments-n2166891
– Her first suggestion is barring the President from pardoning themselves. As she gleefully writes. … She wants an amendment to get rid of the Electoral College. … We shall dub this the Abortions on Demand Amendment.…
The Foster Care System Should Never Place Ideology Over Child Welfare
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/08/08/the-foster-care-system-should-never-place-ideology-over-child-welfare-n789578
– that the state is openly discriminating against a couple solely because of their religious beliefs seems to be a violation of their First … Amendment rights.…
Former FOX News, now CBS Reporter Catherine Herridge Ordered by Court to Reveal Sources in Possible Chinese Agent Story
https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2023/08/08/former-fox-news…rt-to-reveal-sources-in-possible-chinese-agent-story-n789189
– Asserting the First Amendment’s qualified privilege for journalists, and urging the Court to adopt a federal common law newsgathering … binding case law of this Circuit, the Court concludes that Chen’s need for the requested evidence overcomes Herridge’s qualified First … Amendment privilege in this case.…
Alan Dershowitz Savages Justice Department’s Dirty Tactics Against Trump
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/08/07/alan-dershowitz-savages-justice-departments-dirty-tactics-against-trump-n789091
– “He has a First Amendment right — and we have a First Amendment right — to know what’s in the documents,” Dershowitz said. … himself by his online behavior, but this does not excuse Smith trying to exploit the situation to violate the former president’s First … Amendment rights, as Dershowitz argued.…
Trump Attorney John Lauro and Dana Bash Spar Over Press Freedom and Speech vs. Action on CNN's 'State of the Union'
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2023/08/06/trump-attorney-john…edom-and-speech-vs-action-on-cnns-state-of-the-union-n788589
– John Lauro: Well, first of all, this protective order that’s being suggested by the Biden administration is an effort to keep from … Amendment rights, now these prosecutors are trying to infringe on the freedom of the press. … Amendment rights vigorously in court.…
Dershowitz Points to Big 'Lie' in Jack Smith's Indictment Against Trump
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/08/05/dershowitz-points-to-big-lie-in-jack-smiths-indictment-against-trump-n788091
– In an interview with Larry Kudlow, Dershowitz also pointed out how it could be dangerous to the Sixth Amendment as well. … [T]his is a very, very dangerous indictment, dangerous to the First Amendment and also dangerous to the Sixth Amendment because it…
Alabama Library Cancels Kirk Cameron's 'See You at the Library' Event Citing Capacity Issues, Then Reverses Course
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2023/08/04/madison-huntsvill…ry-event-citing-capacity-issues-then-reverses-course-n787895
– So, this last-minute cancelation could be construed as discrimination and a violation of Cameron’s and Brave Books First Amendment … The law firm representing Brave Books, First Liberty Institute, responded to the cancellation with a letter on Thursday, which the  … Amendment to the U.S.…
Donald Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Jack Smith's Bogus Federal Charges, Says 'This is the Persecution of a Political Opponent'
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2023/08/03/donald-trump-plea…says-this-is-the-persecution-of-a-political-opponent-n787199
– Jonathan Turley said, it’s “the first criminal indictment of alleged disinformation in my view,” and, “If you take a red pen to all … of the material presumptively protected by the First Amendment, you can reduce much of the indictment to haiku.”…
Democrats, Hysteria, and 'Threats to Democracy'
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/08/03/democrats-hysteria-and-threats-to-democracy-n786998
– First, the constitutional issues: To put it simply, Congress can’t do this. … general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States… The 16th Amendment … like the House of Representatives, and some distinctly non-democratic institutions, like the Senate, whose (original, pre-17th Amendment…
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