Results for: First Amendment

Louisiana Sheriff Arrested Man for Criticizing Officers. Now, the Fifth Circuit Has Ruled in Man's Favor
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/08/12/louisiana-sheriff-arre…officers-now-a-federal-judge-has-ruled-in-mans-favor-n791941
– the United States Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the plaintiff in a lawsuit against local law enforcement for violating his First … Amendment rights.…
The Authoritarian Left Has a Dangerous Vision for Free Speech in America
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/08/11/the-authoritarian-left-has-a-dangerous-vision-for-free-speech-in-america-n791446
– The First Amendment protects us from those who would send thugs with guns and badges to throw us into jail cells for daring to utter … Mari Matsuda, an academic involved in the critical race theory (CRT) movement, is one of many who do not believe the First Amendment … These are only two examples of hard leftists who believe the First Amendment should not protect hate speech – but there are many more…
Congress Could Stop the Biden Administration From Silencing Us, but It Probably Won’t
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/08/11/congress-could-stop-th…dministration-from-silencing-us-but-it-probably-wont-n791325
– Up until this point, the Biden administration has been allowed to run roughshod over the First Amendment, using authoritarian tactics … GOP lawmakers have been pounding their chests and proclaiming their undying devotion to First Amendment principles.…
Gun Control Victory in Illinois? Not So Fast
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/08/11/gun-control-victory-in-illinois-not-so-fast-n791490
– Gun rights organizations excoriated the court for its ruling against the Second Amendment: In a win for the advocates of gun control … The Second Amendment claim is alive, however, in several federal lawsuits filed in southern Illinois, later consolidated and awaiting … What’s happening in Illinois is a first-class example of the principle of nullification.…
WATCH: Journalist Simon Ateba Announces Filing of First Amendment Suit Against WH, Karine Jean-Pierre
https://redstate.com/beccalower/2023/08/10/watch-journalist…f-first-amendment-suit-against-wh-karine-jean-pierre-n790919
– On Thursday, he announced the filing of a First Amendment suit against both the White House and Jean-Pierre. … Amendment Rights lawsuit against @whitehouse and the @PressSec Karine Jean-Pierre. … He continues, giving a full-throated defense of the First Amendment and the freedoms it protects for the press—and a chilling warning…
Southwest Airlines Told to Send Three Lawyers to 'First Amendment Training' as FAFO Goes Horribly Wrong
https://redstate.com/streiff/2023/08/10/southwest-airlines-t…first-amendment-training-as-fafo-goes-horribly-wrong-n790873
– Monday, federal district court judge Brantley Starr (Trump) ordered three Southwest Airlines attorneys to attend “religious liberty training” after ignoring a previous court order to inform employees of their rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act that prohibits discrimination based upon religious beliefs. This adds insult to injury...
Christopher Wray's FBI: First They Came for the Catholics
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2023/08/10/christopher-wrays-fbi-first-they-came-for-the-catholics-n790077
– Since the leak made headlines, FBI headquarters rescinded the report, claiming it does not “open an investigation based solely on First … Amendment protected activity.” … That suggests the FBI already has been investigating Americans based on “First Amendment protected activity.”…
BREAKING: Multiple FBI Field Offices Targeting Catholics as Domestic Terrorists
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/08/09/breaking-multiple…d-offices-targeting-catholics-as-domestic-terrorists-n790076
– This new information suggests that the FBI’s use of its law enforcement capabilities to intrude on American’s First Amendment rights … Amendment. … amendment, alongside freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly.…
Why Is Jack Smith Doing Battle With Twitter Over Donald Trump?
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2023/08/09/why-is-jack-smith-doing-battle-with-twitter-over-donald-trump-n790071
– In this appeal, Twitter argues that the nondisclosure order violated the First Amendment and the Stored Communications Act; that the … The district court assumed without deciding that Twitter’s First Amendment challenge to the nondisclosure order should be analyzed … The district court properly rejected Twitter’ s First Amendment challenge to the nondisclosure order.…
Ohio Republican-Backed Issue 1, Which Would Make It Harder to Alter the State Constitution, Is Roundly Rejected
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2023/08/09/ohio-republican-b…to-alter-the-state-constitution-is-roundly-rejected-n789937
– Should Issue 1 be approved, it would require 60 percent voter approval in order to pass a constitutional amendment. … Brian Stewart first introduced the measure in November of 2022. … mandates on small businesses, prevent law abiding citizens from protecting their families and remove critical protections for our first…
'I Am Antifa': Wild Scene in Portland Courtroom as Jury Reaches Verdict in Andy Ngo Assault Case
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2023/08/09/i-am-antifa-w…oom-as-jury-reaches-verdict-in-andy-ngo-assault-case-n789910
– wearing typical Antifa attire, with coverings on their faces to shield themselves from being able to be definitively identified: First … this process, issued the following statement after the verdict was announced: When we started @Liberty_Ctr to stand up for the first … amendment and other civil rights of clients who would otherwise have gone unrepresented, @MrAndyNgo’s case was the first one we took…
Jonathan Turley: That Trump Indictment Could End up Backfiring on Joe Biden
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/08/09/jonathan-turley-t…rump-indictment-could-end-up-backfiring-on-joe-biden-n789803
– Turley notes, it’s based on “little new evidence and even less established law” and it “faces a major threshold challenge under the First … Amendment.”…
Disarming Black People Isn't the Way to Protect Them From Racist Mass Shooters
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/08/28/disarming-black-people…t-the-way-to-protect-them-from-racist-mass-shooters-n2163161
– Sounds like he’s not a fan of the First Amendment either.…
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.…
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