Results for: First Amendment

Is It Now Time to Take Another Look at the Riot Act?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/09/04/is-it-now-time-to-take-another-look-at-the-riot-act-n2193566
– themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first … We have the First Amendment, which protects political speech and peaceful (in the literal, not the Democrat, sense) protests. … But the First Amendment doesn't protect rioters, looters, or organized street takeovers.…
Violence Against Conservatives Is Nothing New; After the Murder of Charlie Kirk, It Must Be Stopped
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2025/09/10/violence-against…w-after-the-murder-of-charlie-kirk-it-needs-to-stop-n2193806
–  Shapiro wrote about when the change in the calculus first hit him. … I refused to accede to that clear breach of First Amendment rights, and I announced that I would show up anyway.My business partner … For them, the illogical end is that if they cannot silence our voices, then they will silence us permanently.This is not the first…
Alaska May Seize Pilot's Airplane Over a Six-Pack
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/09/03/alaska-may-seize-pilots-airplane-over-a-six-pack-n2193526
– First-time offenders who transport smaller amounts are subject only to a class A misdemeanor. Id. § 04.16.200(e)(1)-(3). … First-time offenders are also subject to a minimum sentence of three days’ imprisonment and a fine of $1,500. … If that’s not an Eighth Amendment violation, I don’t know what is.This case isn't over yet.…
Morning Minute: Judges As Referees, Not Kings
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/09/04/morning-minute-n2193558
– Trending Across Townhall MediaUS Virgin Islands Apparently Thinks Second Amendment Doesn't Apply ThereThey can try to pass this measure … (We wouldn't want them to overexert themselves the first week back!) … The first was from 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Andrew Oldham in his 130-page dissent on the Alien Enemies Act/Tren de Aragua…
Federal Judge Grants Summary Judgment, Burns Newsom's 'Anti-Parody' Law to the Ground
https://redstate.com/jimthompson/2025/09/01/federal-judge-gr…judgment-burn-newsom-anti-parody-law-to-the-ground-n2193468
– through counsel, were justifiably happy with the ruling:  "Making fun of politicians and criticizing the government is a core First … Amendment right.…
GOP Lawmakers Sponsor Resolution to Recognize Sept. 12 As 'The Day of the Bible'—Here's the Backstory
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/08/29/gop-lawmakers-sp…sept-12-as-the-day-of-the-bibleheres-the-backstory-n2193367
– Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, officially endorsed the “Aitken Bible,” also known as “The Bible of the Revolution,” the first … Congress in Philadelphia approved the first English Bible printed in America in 1782. … Amendment, which bars the government from endorsing or instituting any "official religion" of the United States.…
Just Not Right: Sen. Tina Smith Sinks Democrat Politics to New Lows in Aftermath of MN Mass Shooting
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2025/08/29/sen-tina-smit…politics-to-new-lows-after-minnesota-mass-shooting-n2193373
– shooting, Democrats and their MSM allies will try to blame the horrific incident on Republicans and their support for the Second Amendment … It was the first week of school, they were in a church."…
Bishop Hammers ‘Asinine’ Democrats for Mocking Prayer, Wrecks Their Argument With One Simple Truth
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2025/08/29/bishop-hammers-a…prayer-wrecks-their-argument-with-one-simple-truth-n2193358
– "It was the first week of school, they were in a church."" … In this case, to push their anti-Second Amendment agenda.It's a shame Bishop Barron won't get the same run as that woke bishop who…
Trump Executive Order: Burn the American Flag, Go to Jail
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/08/25/trump-burn-the-american-flag-go-to-jail-n2193199
– Trump acknowledged that issue in his order:Notwithstanding the Supreme Court’s rulings on First Amendment protections, the Court has … advocated for jail time as a punishment.Trump during the 2024 campaign season even floated the idea of introducing a constitutional amendment…
Medical Workers Interfered With ICE, Now Face Federal Charges
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/08/27/medical-workers-interfered-with-ice-now-face-federal-charges-n2193288
– The First Amendment guarantees this.But they are not free to physically interfere with federal officers in the legal conduct of their…
Foretelling the Death of Free Speech
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/08/28/foretelling-the-death-of-free-speech-n2193334
–  Our founders saw fit to enshrine freedom of speech in the very first item of the Bill of Rights, and there's a reason for that … The nutbar left thinks this is a good idea, and they don't give an ounce of rodent excrement what the First Amendment has to say about…
The Flag of Our Fathers Is Greater Than Banners of the False Gods
https://redstate.com/chase-spears/2025/08/30/the-flag-of-our-fathers-is-greater-than-banners-of-the-false-gods-n2193410
– had throughout my life, I perceive that most who share my visceral reaction to seeing old glory in flames believe that the 1st Amendment …  Ruslan Turko was charged with first-degree malicious mischief for the same kind of expression in the state of Washington, where…
Morning Minute: Gorsuch's Not-So-Subtle Message May Be Getting Through
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/08/29/morning-minute-n2193359
– In this case, to push their anti-Second Amendment agenda.They Tried to Emaciate a Beloved Brand and Awakened a GiantThe cultural revolutionaries … Shop With $62 Million Verdict in 'Ghost Gun' LawsuitCrime was a big problem in Baltimore long before Polymer80 ever distributed its first…
The Downfall of America's Cities: The Defacing of New York by Hamas Supporters
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/08/27/the-downfall-of-am…cities-the-defacing-of-new-york-by-hamas-supporters-n2193285
– Granted, any nut has protections under the First Amendment, but they do not have the right to incite violence, to commit vandalism,…
Foreign-Born Biden Judge Halts Federal Probe of Alleged Illegal Activity by Media Matters
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/08/19/foreign-born-biden-j…probe-of-alleged-illegal-activity-by-media-matters-n2193001
– Amendment activity." … “[T]he law is settled that . . . the First Amendment prohibits government officials from subjecting an individual to retaliatory actions … To prevail on a retaliation claim, a plaintiff must show: “(1) he engaged in conduct protected under the First Amendment; (2) the defendants…
Pirro Announces End of Felony Charges for Carrying Rifles, Shotguns in D.C.—Democrats Hardest Hit
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/08/20/pirro-announces…carrying-rifles-shotguns-in-dcdemocrats-hardest-hit-n2193017
– on, with the above code words and phrases perched atop the Democrat Party's list of scaremongering attacks against the Second Amendment …  As first reported by the Washington Post on Tuesday, Pirro announced that registered rifle and shotgun owners may no longer face … D.C. also does not recognize out-of-state permits, a frequent point of contention for Second Amendment advocates.The D.C. attorney…
French President Macron Breaks Silence on His Suit Against Candace Owens
https://redstate.com/katie-jerkovich/2025/08/19/french-presi…on-breaks-silence-on-his-suit-against-candace-owens-n2192995
– silence about his defamation lawsuit against controversial media personality Candace Owens, who has repeatedly claimed that the First …  A spokesperson for Owens reacted to the suit by claiming it was a violation of her First Amendment rights. … The person claimed it was a "foreign government attacking the First Amendment rights of an American independent journalist."…
Will a Parody Response to Sydney Sweeney's Ad Help Amy Klobuchar Impose Online Censorship?
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/08/22/will-a-parody-respon…neys-ad-help-amy-klobuchar-impose-online-censorship-n2193125
– First and foremost, it was a major national brand going back to a classically beautiful, young, heterosexual woman to sell a product … have died by suicide recently because of the threat of explicit images being shared without their consent.That bill was only the first … This seems to me to be an effort to, dare I say, "chill" First Amendment speech by opening publishers to liability and thus convincing…
America’s Generals Should Strive to Conserve America, Not for Coup
https://redstate.com/chase-spears/2025/08/22/americas-generals-should-strive-to-conserve-america-not-for-coup-n2193093
– The communist revolutionaries who overthrew the Russian monarchy for totalitarian oligarchs in 1917 had to first win over the military … It was not unusual to find some among them speaking contemptuously of President Trump during his first term without consequence, in … Amendment protection and is free to express his views, even those I consider unwise.…
This Is Bonkers: Two Boys Suspended From VA School After Complaining About Girl Using Boys' Locker Room
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2025/08/18/lcps-suspends…ho-complained-about-bio-girl-using-boys-locker-room-n2192948
– Abortions for Underage Girls—and Taxpayers May Have Footed the BillIan Prior, a Loudoun County resident and senior advisor at America First … girls' and boys' sports teams based on biological sex determined at birth; and (2) whether the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment…
'Fat Activists' Are a Thing, and They Want to Promote Obesity
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/08/18/fat-activists-are-a-thing-and-they-want-to-promote-obesity-n2192939
– justified in doing what needs to be done to deal with their own weight problems.These are facts.Now, the fat activists are within their First … Amendment rights to oppose these weight-loss drugs for any reason they see fit.…
The Defense Secretary Is Right: All of Christ for All of Life
https://redstate.com/chase-spears/2025/08/16/the-defense-secretary-is-right-all-of-christ-for-all-of-life-n2192841
– another round of condemnation—something they have done routinely since his nomination for the Pentagon’s top role in November.His first … Apparently, we must destroy the First Amendment in order to save it, but only in the context of expression aligned to millennia of…
Inside the Machine: Unpacking Newsom and Company’s Plan to Steal Congressional Seats
https://redstate.com/steve-williams/2025/08/09/inside-the-ma…wsom-and-companys-plan-to-steal-congressional-seats-n2192644
– behind closed doors.They’re also rushing to stage a $250 million special election to give themselves the power to do this for the first … his allies can’t simply wave it away; they have to rewrite the rules at the highest level.That means passing a constitutional amendment … This amendment would have to appear on the ballot, hence the special election, and be approved by a simple majority.…
Camelry? That Time the US Army Tried Camels in the Southwest.
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/08/13/camelry-that-time-the-us-army-tried-camels-in-the-southwest-n2192773
– It was with this rather simple suggestion, however, that Crosman first introduced the concept for what would later become the most … In 1855, Congress passed an amendment to an appropriations bill, allotting $30,000 to the purchase and importation of camels for the…
'Fair Share Amendments' and Other Wealth Tax Schemes—Are They Constitutional?
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/08/08/fair-share-amend…and-other-wealth-tax-schemesare-they-constitutional-n2192598
–  This brings us to the socialist notion of a wealth tax, and the so-called "fair share amendment." … Previously, the state passed a constitutional amendment to place a 4 % tax on income above $1 million. … First, all duties, imposts, and excises “shall be uniform throughout the United States.”…
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