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  1. James Comer Launches Investigation Into Major Censorship Operation https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/06/14/james-comer-launches-investigation-into-major-censorship-operation-n2175483
    The aim is to ascertain the “impact of NewsGuard on protected First Amendment speech and its potential to serve as a non-transparent…
  2. The Skinny on SCOTUS https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2023/06/23/the-skinny-on-scotus-n766174
    confession in a way that eliminated Samia’s name while avoiding any obvious indications of redaction.Issue: Whether Samia’s Sixth Amendment … induce unlawful immigration.Issue: Whether a federal law that prohibits “encouraging or inducing” illegal immigration violates the First … Amendment due to being overly broad.Holding: Because the law forbids only the purposeful solicitation and facilitation of specific…
  3. The Skinny on SCOTUS (2023 Term - March) https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/04/23/the-skinny-on-scotus-2023-term-march-n2172907
    I'm playing a bit of catch-up with these first few installments. Let's move on to March, in which there were six decisions issued. … C. § 1983, alleging that Freed had violated his First Amendment rights. … C. § 1983, alleging a violation of their First Amendment rights.…
  4. The Skinny on SCOTUS (2023 Term - April - Part 2) https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/04/25/the-skinny-on-scotus-2023-term-april-part-2-n2173234
    The Fifth Circuit reversed, holding “that the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause as applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment … S. 180, 192 (quoting First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale v. County of Los Angeles, 482 U. S. 304, 315). … He became entitled to Montgomery Bill benefits as a result of his first period of service.…
  5. The Skinny on SCOTUS (2023 Term - December-February) https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/04/17/the-skinny-on-scotus-2023-term-december-february-n2172873
    Amendment, the prosecution of J6 defendants, and more. … To that end, I'm going to break them down chronologically, with this first batch covering December 2023 through February 2024. … LauferDate: December 5, 2023Author: Barrett Split: 9-0Dissent: N/AAppeal From: First Circuit Basic Facts: The Court…
  6. Soros DA Pamela Price Being Sued for Wrongful Termination Amid Allegations of Racial Discrimination https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2024/06/14/soros-da-pamela…rmination-amid-allegations-of-racial-discrimination-n2175466
    Reporters, press freedom groups, and First Amendment organizations were understandably troubled by this cartoonish violation of the … First Amendment, content-based restriction of reporting, and the arbitrary exclusion of a reporter from the conference organized by … Price issued a press release on December 2, 2023, “reaffirming her commitment to the First Amendment” and declaring Raguso would be…
  7. The Skinny on SCOTUS - 5/30/24 Edition: 1A Saves the NRA? https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/05/30/skinny-on-scotus-53024-edition-the-nra-and1a-n2174842
    The Court granted certiorari to address whether the NRA’s complaint states a First Amendment claim. … Does such coercion violate a clearly established First Amendment right?Holding: Vacated and remanded. …  The NRA plausibly alleged that respondent violated the First Amendment by coercing regulated entities to terminate their business…
  8. One Rarely-Discussed Reason Why Gun Control Is Dangerous https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/06/19/a-rarely-discussed-reason-why-gun-control-is-dangerous-n2175697
    nation’s leaders in household gun ownership.He also acknowledges that Mississippians “consistently and strongly support the Second Amendment … organizations in the country rates Mississippi.At the same time, liberal or “progressive” entities supporting limits on Second Amendment … Crime guns may change hands a number of times after that first retail sale, and some of those transactions may be a theft or violate…
  9. The Media Is Seizing on SCOTUS 'In-fighting' Between Barrett, Thomas https://redstate.com/joesquire/2024/06/20/the-media-is-seizing-on-scotus-in-fighting-between-barrett-thomas-n2175701
    thinking - or, perhaps, hoping - for a schism between the conservatives who make up the majority on the nation's highest court.In a First … Amendment case regarding a trademark and an insult about Trump's.... hands, the majority ruled that the California man who wanted … to trademark "Trump Too Small" but was restricted from doing so was not being denied his First Amendment right to free speech.The majority…
  10. Lawfare Is Killing the Corrupt Censorship-Industrial Complex https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/06/17/the-censorship-industrial-complex-is-dying-and-lawfare-is-killing-it-n2175587
    generally rates left-leaning sources as far more reliable than right-leaning sources, could be the next to fall under defamation and First … Amendment litigation and a new House Oversight Committee investigation about its business relationships with government entities, … Amendment grounds.…
  11. Now You See It, Now You Don't: Hunter Biden Legal Team Files Motion for New Trial Then Abruptly Rescinds https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/06/17/now-you-see-it-now…m-files-motion-for-new-trial-then-abruptly-rescinds-n2175588
    After First Son Hunter Biden was found guilty by a Delaware jury on federal gun charges last Tuesday, there was talk of an appeal, … on Monday morning was unremarkable...except for the fact that they promptly turned around and requested that it be undocketed.The first …  There was a fourth motion to dismiss on constitutional (Second Amendment) grounds which Noreika denied on May 9.…
  12. New York Politicians Are Considering a Mask Ban to Curb Crime. It’s a Stupid Idea. https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/06/17/new-york-politicians-a…sidering-a-mask-ban-to-curb-crime-its-a-stupid-idea-n2175608
    The First Amendment protects the right to free speech and peaceful assembly. … The right to free speech and peaceful assembly are protected under the First Amendment.…
  13. The Skinny on SCOTUS - 6-20-24 Edition: Of Mental States, Taxes, and Malicious Prosecution https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/06/21/the-skinny-on-scotus-6-20-24-edition-n2175756
    The parties, and the United States as amicus curiae, all agree with this conclusion, which follows from both the Fourth Amendment and … The District Court dismissed the suit, and the Ninth Circuit affirmed.Issue:Whether the Sixteenth Amendment authorizes Congress to … Her first act in office was to help gather signatures for a petition seeking Rapelye’s removal.…
  14. What We Can Do Now That the Government Can Pressure Social Media to Display 'Their Truth' https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2024/06/26/what-we-can-do…nt-can-pressure-social-media-to-display-their-truth-n2175994
     (READ: Supreme Court Deals First Amendment Blow in Murthy v. Missouri)That fact can't be overstated.…
  15. The Skinny on SCOTUS - 6-26-24 Edition: Gratuities Aren't Bribes and Standing Is Tricky https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/06/26/the-skinny-on-scotus-6-26-24-edition-n2175992
     BREAKING: Supreme Court Deals First Amendment Blow in Murthy v. MissouriIn Snyder v. … Amendment. … From a practical (and First Amendment-revering) standpoint, I'm still a big fan of District Judge Terry Doughty's July 4, 2023, ruling…
  16. OOOPS. Supreme Court Posts Idaho Abortion Decision by Accident https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/06/26/ooops-supreme-court-posts-idaho-abortion-decision-by-accident-n2176005
    Bloomberg first reported the rogue posting.While the decision posted is undoubtedly legitimate, there is a small possibility that it … Roberts doesn't want highly political decisions floating around during an election year.RELATED: BREAKING: Supreme Court Deals First … Amendment Blow in Murthy v.…
  17. Thursday Morning Minute https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/06/27/thursday-morning-minute-n2176034
     BREAKING: Supreme Court Deals First Amendment Blow in Murthy v. MissouriMORNING MUSINGToday is a BIG day. BIG, BIG day.…
  18. The Skinny on SCOTUS - 6-27-24 Edition: The Sleepers https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/06/27/the-skinny-on-scotus-6-27-24-edition-the-sleepers-n2176049
    The Fifth Circuit vacated the order on the ground that adjudicating the matter in-house violated the defendants’ Seventh Amendment … Sotomayor (in dissent): "Today, for the very first time, this Court holds that Congress violated the Constitution by authorizing a … Confession: I had to look up the Seventh Amendment last night.…
  19. Appeals Court Upholds School That Prohibited Student From Wearing Shirt Saying There are Two Genders https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/06/10/appeals-court-upholds…ent-from-wearing-shirt-saying-there-are-two-genders-n2175288
    sued a Massachusetts public middle school for prohibiting him from wearing a T-shirt that read, “There are only two genders.”The First … conservative Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom argued that officials violated his rights under the Constitution’s First … Amendment, which protects against government interference with speech, by deeming the shirts a violation of a hate speech provision…
  20. Biden Campaign Has a Very Revealing Response to Pro-Hamas Mob's Actions at White House https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2024/06/10/biden-campaig…g-response-to-pro-hamas-mobs-actions-at-white-house-n2175291
    Israel, were "weighing on" the Biden campaign.Elrod's answer was pretty incredible for reasons I'll explain in just a moment:"Well, first … Amendment. … We just get told that they have a First Amendment right to protest, and that Biden "supports" it:Charlottesville come to Biden’s literal…
  21. Game On: Jury Seated in Hunter Biden Gun Case, Opening Statements Set for Tuesday https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/06/03/game-on-jury-seated…r-biden-gun-case-opening-statements-set-for-tuesday-n2175019
     The First Son faces some serious charges:COUNT 1: False Statement in Purchase of a FirearmFaces a maximum of 10 years’ imprisonment … So are the Democrats now fully supporting the second amendment? … first criminal trial against a sitting U.S. president’s child.…
  22. OPINION: As a Black Man, I’ll Take Ann Coulter’s Racism Over Kathy Hochul’s https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/05/09/as-a-black-man-ill-take-ann-coulters-racism-over-kathy-hochuls-n2173982
    First was New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who bizarrely claimed that Black children in the Bronx don’t know what computers are. … people into supporting the actual progressive agenda, which is aimed at limiting lawful gun ownership and attacking the Second Amendment…
  23. Colorado Passes Law Requiring Teachers to Use Student's Preferred Pronouns, Cuts Parents Out of the Loop https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/05/07/colorado-passes-la…nts-preferred-pronouns-cuts-parents-out-of-the-loop-n2173866
    this, never mind notify them that their child has gone off the woke deep end.Not only that, but this law directly contradicts the First … Amendment. … Dhillon (@pnjaban) May 6, 2024This law is, of course, a First Amendment lawsuit just waiting to happen.…
  24. Mike Johnson Meets With Marjorie Taylor Greene to Hash Out Their Differences Amid Ouster Threats https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/05/07/mike-johnson-meets-wit…e-to-hash-out-their-differences-amid-ouster-threats-n2173874
    and cast the tiebreaking vote in favor of legislation reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) without an amendment … While it is not clear whether Johnson and Greene have come closer to finding common ground after their first meeting, Greene did not…
  25. New: U of Florida’s Ben Sasse Shows the Way With Powerful Blueprint on the Handling of Campus Protests https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2024/05/06/florida-gator…t-on-how-campus-protests-should-be-handled-in-op-ed-n2173846
    free speech perspective and the perspective of making sure the campus is kept safe and welcoming for all students:To cherish the First … Amendment rights of speech and assembly, we draw a hard line at unlawful action. … Amendment violations" are nearing fever pitch.…