Results for First Amendment

  1. Morning Minute: Cats Don't Care If You're MAGA or Woke https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/09/24/morning-minute-n2207326
    It includes:8:00 AM — THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time — The White House10:00 AM — THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY greet … — and just weeks after launching our Ranchers First Initiative, our team and partners across the Trump administration and across the … Amendment; VACATES universal injunction under Trump v.…
  2. Trust Anonymous Sources? MSNOW Did. The Man on the Call Didn’t. https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/19/trust-anonymous-sources-msnow-did-the-man-on-the-call-didnt-n2207121
    But that doesn't mean that any administration has to let them in the White House; their First Amendment freedoms don't extend to that.Now …  First Assistant U.S. … Attorney with a pretty solid reputation.Here's the thing: This isn't the first time this network has been tripped up.…
  3. No Tax, No NFA: Trump Opts to Let Suppressor and SBR Ruling Stand https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/18/no-tax-no-nfa-trump-now-lets-suppressor-and-sbr-ruling-stand-n2207089
    pushing since they filed on the same day Trump signed the OBBBA.That was a pretty clever back-door means of enforcing the Second Amendment … The initial intent, when the law was first in debate in Congress, was to regulate handguns — any handguns — in the same way as fully … weapon so equipped still makes a substantial bang.For now, though, we can celebrate this win for American shooters and the Second Amendment…
  4. Watch: Former Press Sec Sarah Huckabee Sanders Stymies Media Over Trump Banning 'Fake News' https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/09/18/watch-former-pres…nders-shuts-down-media-over-trump-banning-fake-news-n2207103
    Back during the first Trump administration, Sarah Huckabee Sanders handled the daily press briefings after masterfully serving as the … opportunity to stand here in the Oval Office and ask questions to the leader of the free world […]The president is right to support the First … Amendment.…
  5. Illinois Assisted Suicide Law Now Paused for Catholic Nuns, Doctors https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/15/illinois-assisted-suicide-law-now-paused-for-catholic-nuns-doctors-n2206945
    The first, primarily for physicians, was Aug. 21, with both cases overseen by U.S. … That gag order would seem to violate the First Amendment not only in its interference with the Catholic caregivers' freedom to practice … Circuit Court of Appeals ruled it would likely lose a First Amendment challenge.Not taking a chance that it would lose in the 2nd Circuit…
  6. Rules for Thee, Not for Me: Watch Stelter’s White House Access Flip-Flop https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/19/rules-for-thee-not-for-me-stelters-white-house-access-flip-flop-n2207133
    CNN team was also traveling Friday as the assigned television pool reporters with Vice President JD Vance.The country’s leading First … Amendment groups said that if Trump tries to implement a ban, it would be unconstitutional and rejected by the courts.There's just…
  7. Team Trump Releases the List CNN Wishes Didn't Exist: A Staggering Tally of Failure and Deception https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/09/19/team-trump-releases…t-exist-a-staggering-tally-of-failure-and-deception-n2207113
    covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America,” he wrote.Expect lawsuits and First … Amendment arguments and plenty of hyperventilating drama from those outlets; they’re simply not used to facing consequences (except…
  8. Skinny on SCOTUS: Drawing Lines, Crossing Lines, and Staying in Your Lane https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/09/17/skinny-on-scotus-late-may-n2206940
    association of such judges (respondent here) challenged the policy in federal district court, asserting violations of its members' First … and Fifth Amendment rights. … Years later, Congress passed the First Step Act of 2018, which eliminated the 25-year stacking requirement for first-time offenders…
  9. Trump Ties the Press in Knots During Visit With Mamdani at Gracie Mansion https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/09/21/trump-ties-th…n-knots-during-visit-with-mamdani-at-gracie-mansion-n2207210
    ," the purported news networks banded together to sue the Trump White House on First Amendment grounds in an attempt to regain access.The…
  10. Reagan Freed Talk Radio From DC Red Tape. It’s Time to Do It Again. https://redstate.com/redstate-guest-editorial/2026/09/18/rea…talk-radio-from-dc-red-tape-its-time-to-do-it-again-n2207039
    declaring that government policing of broadcasters’ editorial judgment was “antagonistic to the freedom of expression guaranteed by the First … Amendment.”…
  11. Morning Minute: Do You Remember? https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/09/21/morning-minute-n2207172
    Mullin (immigration enforcement/Operation Metro Surge), Judge Katherine Menendez (Minnesota) GRANTS admin's motion to dismiss First … and Fourth Amendment claims arising from Operation Metro Surge.COMING ATTRACTIONSOn Tuesday, President Trump will address the United…
  12. Boom: RFK Jr. Torches the Democrat Party in Epic Convention Speech https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/09/10/rfk-convention-speech-n2206776
    , probably only because there IS a 2nd Amendment!" … (@EricLDaugh) September 11, 2026When it came to the First Amendment, they censored Americans who spoke out against COVID tyranny. … "The only right they left unscathed was the Second Amendment," he stated. "And probably because there is a Second Amendment."…
  13. One More Try: Trump Proposes Limiting Census to Citizens, Permanent Residents https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/09/one-more-try-trump…ses-limiting-census-to-citizens-permanent-residents-n2206707
    would also eliminate parts of the questionnaire that seek information on race or ethnicity, which have been included since the ⁠first …  Here's the thing: When the 14th Amendment was written, nobody anticipated two things about our modern world: First, the ease … kind of advantage of our taxpayers, that alone would make this worth doing.Enacting this vital reform may take a constitutional amendment…
  14. Judge Sides With Pentagon, Rejects Fired Stars and Stripes Employees' Injunction Request https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/09/05/judge-sides-with…ired-stars-and-stripes-employees-injunction-request-n2206549
    Amendment rights. … “They are thus unlikely to succeed on the merits of their First Amendment claim and do not demonstrate irreparable harm.”There's more … "The court applied settled Supreme Court law: public employees do not receive First Amendment protection when they speak with the government…
  15. Here for It: Enes Kanter Freedom Makes His Next Move After WNBA Game Ejection https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/09/03/enes-kanter-freedom-makes-his-next-move-after-wnba-game-ejection-n2206486
     I’m taking legal action over my ejection from the @chicagosky game while peacefully exercising my First Amendment rights … Here's what the ADF wrote at the time:While the WNBA and its teams are private entities that are not typically bound by the First Amendment … When that happens, the private actors must abide by First Amendment rules and allow speakers to express their views consistent with…
  16. Kimmel, Talarico Cry 'Censorship' Over Their Interview - but There's a Small Problem With That Claim https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/09/10/jimmy-kimmel-remarks-on-talarico-interview-n2206768
    “That, again, should be a concern to everyone who believes in the First Amendment and believes in the freedom of speech.…
  17. Judge Deals Trump Admin a First Amendment Setback in Foreign Student Crackdown https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/08/30/judge-deals-trump-a…irst-amendment-setback-in-foreign-student-crackdown-n2206258
    Amendment. … Wise held that when those powers are used because of constitutionally protected speech, they violate the First Amendment. … Ultimately, Wise's decision frames the case not primarily as an immigration dispute, but as a First Amendment case about whether immigration…
  18. Nick Shirley Takes Action, and He's Coming for CA's Soviet-Style Effort to Muzzle Journalists https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/09/05/nick-shirley-takes-a…cas-soviet-style-new-law-aimed-at-hiding-corruption-n2206568
    sponsored by CHIRLA, the NGO that allegedly sponsored last summer's riots in Los Angeles, that seems to fly directly in the face of the First … Amendment, and while it certainly affects Shirley, it’s also targeting other investigative reporters like our own Jennifer Van Laar … These legal battles may take years so hang tough and never compromise on the 1st amendment.— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) September…
  19. Three Stabbed in Crown Heights Ahead of Brooklyn J'Ouvert Festival https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/07/three-stabbed-in-crown-heights-ahead-of-brooklyn-jouvert-festival-n2206609
    First, the stabbings themselves.Three men were stabbed in Crown Heights, Brooklyn early Monday morning — just before the notoriously … People have rights under the First Amendment; that much is certain.…
  20. New: Talarico Mourns Failure to Wipe Out Texas Oil and Gas Jobs https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/07/new-talarico-mourns-failure-to-wipe-out-texas-oil-and-gas-jobs-n2206607
    to his anti-Second Amendment stances, this guy just plain doesn't know how to read the room.Now, as the Republican National Committee's … And as you know, when covering the legislature, bills, when they are first introduced, are a rough draft.…
  21. Minnesota Gets Another Big, Beautiful First Amendment Smackdown https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/08/27/minnesota-gets-another-big-beautiful-first-amendment-smackdown-n2206142
    on that very subject.Minnesota is a leader among states testing First Amendment limits on regulating speech and expression in the … But that's not the issue; there is a First Amendment issue involved, and Minnesota appears to be trying to stomp on the free speech … The government cannot endorse one view and criminalize the other without implicating the First Amendment.…
  22. Morning Minute: Time to Grow Up https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/09/07/morning-minute-n2206601
    Brief Urging Supreme Court to Strike Down Semi-Auto BanI'm sure the anti-gunners are aghast at DOJ's recognition that the Second Amendment … pleasantly surprised to see that acknowledgement, which the Supreme Court has seemed to minimize in its previous decisions in Second Amendment … Illegal VotingJudge Once Again Blocks Trump's Effort to Secure Mail-in Ballots As Early Voting BeginsCOMING ATTRACTIONSAs noted, the first-of-its-kind…
  23. GOP Getting Democrats to Cut Campaign Commercials for Them Over Boycotting Israel Vote https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2026/09/03/gop-getting-dems…gn-commercials-for-them-over-boycotting-israel-vote-n2206467
    federal money to declare that students "are not unreasonably obstructed" from studying in Israel.Democrats tried to frame it as a First … Amendment issue. … Jerry Nadler (NY-10) said in a statement:"The First Amendment right to free speech does not apply only to agreeable speech.…
  24. Why James Talarico Is Wrong for Texas - and America https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/05/why-james-talarico-is-wrong-for-texas-and-america-n2206554
    This is corral litter of the first water.While running for reelection in 2022, he boasted that his “campaign has officially become … consuming some Texas barbecue.Here's a real howler:Talarico argues for gun control from the “well regulated” language of the Second Amendment … been asleep for the last couple of decades, as there are no fewer than three Supreme Court decisions affirming that the Second Amendment…
  25. Morning Minute: The Limits of Compassion https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/09/09/morning-minute-n2206677
    That seems like a Catch-22 to me, as well as a violation of our Second Amendment rights.HotAir — Mothers Aren't Just Embracing Lindsay … COMING ATTRACTIONSAs noted, the first-of-its-kind GOP midterm convention is happening this week in Dallas, and President Trump will…