Results for: First Amendment

RedState Weekly Briefing: 'No Kings,' No Answers, and No Good Week for Biden
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/06/21/redstate-weekly-briefing-n2203562
– LaDukeThe lady who penned this piece goes right for the jugular.As protesters gather for "No Kings" gatherings, rallies and even a FirstAmendment concert in New York City on President Donald Trump's 80th birthday, I can't help but snicker.…
‘No Kings’ Crowd Gets Wrecked by One Brutally Honest Media Column
https://redstate.com/tladuke/2026/06/15/no-kings-crowd-gets-wrecked-by-one-brutally-honest-media-column-n2203367
– nbsp;The lady who penned this piece goes right for the jugular.As protesters gather for "No Kings" gatherings, rallies and even a FirstAmendment concert in New York City on President Donald Trump's 80th birthday, I can't help but snicker. … something and then, if the court overturns it, that's fine, but he would rather act first, ask for permission later.…
Morning Minute: Cloudy With a Chance of Idiocy
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/06/16/morning-minute-n2203379
– Student Over Charlie Kirk TributeThis settlement is a vindication not just for young Gabby Stout, but for all who truly stand for the FirstAmendment. …  Across the country, community bankers serve as the first line of defense in our financial infrastructure.In Houston, I spoke…
Newsom's Latest FOIA Stunt Ignores One Problem: His Own Secret Communications
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2026/06/16/newsom-latest-foia-stunt-secret-communications-n2203387
– asks the DOJ to do so.And, the California Constitution was amended in 2004 by the voters (Proposition 59) to add the "Sunshine" amendment …  This isn't the first time Newsom's office has refused to provide records to the press.…
Trump's New CFPB Nominee Brian Johnson: Insider with Conservative Edge
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/16/trumps-new-cfpb-nominee-brian-johnson-insider-with-conservative-edge-n2203408
– He later served on the first Trump transition team before joining the CFPB, where he was the no. 2 to Mick Mulvaney and Kathleen Kraninger … unconstitutional; the Constitution is mute on the notion of government meddling in consumer finance rules, and therefore, under the 10th Amendment
Sunday Gun Day Vol. III Ep. XLVII - Early Japanese Firearms
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/14/sunday-gun-day-vol-iii-ep-xlvii-early-japanese-firearms-n2203311
– There is some debate about how the very first guns, matchlock muskets, came to be in Japan. … The first matchlock guns were called tanegashima. … There’s no Second Amendment.…
Best Job I Ever Had: Three Years at RedState
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/15/best-job-i-ever-had-three-years-at-redstate-n2203360
– I've always been a tub-thumper and a street corner shouter, exercising my First Amendment rights to the maximum. … Here, just for fun, are the first two articles I wrote for RedState as a newly minted contributor.Read More: Student Loans - Pay…
America at 250: Why Freedom of Speech Is More Important Than Ever
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/13/why-freedom-of-speech-is-more-important-than-ever-n2203321
– I’d add that there is one other effectual guardian, which is why, when the Bill of Rights was drafted, the Second Amendment followed … the First Amendment.John Stuart Mill provided what I still think of as the best rationale behind the importance of free speech in … Regimes with censorship always turn that censorship first on minority views and perspectives.Finally, free speech is a safety valve…
Blue Wall of Silence: Democrats' Online ATM Clams Up When Asked About Taking Foreign Cash
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/06/10/actblue-ceo-pleads-the-fifth-n2203223
– "On the advice of my counsel, I respectfully decline to answer this question pursuant to my Fifth Amendment rights under the Constitution … an organization that processed $3.5 billion in contributions in 2024, with an average donation amount of $50 or less — many from first-time … The Fifth Amendment is the right tool for this moment.…
NJ Rep. Tom Kean, the Absentee Congressman Has Scheduled His Return
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/06/19/nj-tom-keane-the-absentee-congressman-has-scheduled-his-return-n2203508
– Claiming that Respondent cannot raise a facial constitutional challenge in an administrative proceeding such as this in the first place … American Constitutional Law Foundation (1999), “Petition circulation, we agree, is ‘core political speech,’ for which First Amendment
What Does It Mean to Be a Second Amendment Absolutist?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/04/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-second-amendment-absolutist-n2203032
– One of them is, still, to this day, something unique among the nations of the world: The Second Amendment. … The Second Amendment says I should be able to do this. … No, I'll never see a return to the pre-1934 world, back to what I see as the ideal for a Second Amendment absolutist.…
FBI Brain Trusts Behind The 'Catholic Weaponization Memo' Are Looking for New Jobs
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/06/06/another-one-gone…ind-the-catholic-weaponization-memo-have-been-fired-n2203097
– This was a terrible action that had First Amendment implications, yet they went ahead and did it anyway. … This is the first FBI Richmond domain product to focus on the interest of RMVEs in the RTC movement. … A search of FBI databases indicated this is also the first FBI finished intelligence product to specifically address this environmental…
Skinny on SCOTUS: Deadlines, Donors, and District Maps
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/05/31/skinny-on-scotus-n2202899
Amendment rights. … A divided panel of the Third Circuit affirmed.Issue: Whether a nonprofit organization suffers a sufficient First Amendment injury … Amendment associational rights sufficient to confer Article III standing.Skinny: The First Amendment chill itself is the injury.…
Second Time Lucky? DC Media's 'Nerd Prom' Rescheduled After Would-Be Trump Assassin Wrecked First One
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/06/02/whca-announces-new-date-for-dinner-n2202966
– Trump, who was attending the "nerd prom" for the first time as president, was accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, White House … Our first dinner is part of history, as will be the WHCA’s response. … Amendment.…
Minnesota Gonna Minnesota: Prosecutors Say No Evidence Against Church Protesters Despite the Videotape
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/04/minnesota-gonna-minn…nce-against-church-protesters-despite-the-videotape-n2203038
– Lemon told viewers that "the freedom to protest" is what the First Amendment is all about, but Justice Department officials have been…
Spanberger Signed the Gun Ban, but Virginia Prosecutors Say It Can't Be Enforced
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/03/spanberger-signed…un-ban-virginia-prosecutors-say-it-cant-be-enforced-n2202985
– , plus a three-year ban on buying or possessing firearms.Spotsylvania County Commonwealth's Attorney Ryan Mehaffey was among the first … separate challenges.In Spotsylvania County, the Board of Supervisors has already passed a resolution declaring the county a Second Amendment … The law takes effect July 1 unless a court steps in first.…
Another Legacy Media Writer Gets Caught Journalisming, Has It All Wrong on SCOTUS' Alabama Maps Decision
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/06/06/shocker-another-s…lyst-gets-the-scotus-decision-for-alabama-all-wrong-n2203101
– The Northern District Court of Alabama did not like this and essentially defied SCOTUS in using the same precepts they did the first … appears the three-judge panel only paid attention to what the unwise Latina: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, wrote in her dissent to the first … noted, “the District Court remains free on remand to decide for itself whether Callais has any bearing on its Fourteenth Amendment
America First Victory? Proposed New Amendment Bars Foreign-Born From Power
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/21/america-first-vict…proposed-new-amendment-bars-foreign-born-from-power-n2202560
– They can be repealed; the 18th Amendment, which made Prohibition part of the Constitution, was repealed by the 21st Amendment. … Ilhan Omar is a prime example of why this amendment is necessary. The American people deserve leaders who put America first. … The Constitutional amendment process was made difficult on purpose, to prevent capricious amendments (although, yes, the 18th Amendment
Trump Endorses for South Carolina Governor Primary; Nancy Mace Hardest Hit
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/05/29/trump-endorses-fo…th-carolina-governor-primary-nancy-mace-hardest-hit-n2202852
–  Highly Respected and very popular Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, Pam Evette, is an America First Patriot who has been … (@TrumpTruthOnX) May 29, 2026Highly Respected and very popular Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, Pam Evette, is an America First … SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Strengthen our Military/Veterans, Safeguard our Elections, and Protect our always under siege Second Amendment
How It's Done: NY Giants QB Defies Haters in Directly Addressing Trump Introduction Nontroversy
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/05/30/ny-giants-qua…art-responds-to-controversy-over-trump-introduction-n2202871
– There apparently was a nontroversy involving New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart, who had the unmitigated gall to express his FirstAmendment rights by introducing President Donald Trump at an event at Rockland Community College in Suffern, New York, last Friday…
Former Trump Attorney Says Government Targeted Him Over Election Fraud Case
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/05/28/former-trump-attor…ys-government-targeted-him-over-election-fraud-case-n2202781
– Conservative radio host Vicki McKenna first made the letter public, and legal commentator Margot Cleveland later amplified it.In the … A Dane County judge rejected his motion to dismiss, writing that Troupis had not shown the First Amendment protects forgery.…
Corporations Have Given Birth to a Professional Grievance Culture, but Are Times Changing?
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2026/05/27/corporations-h…ofessional-grievance-culture-but-are-times-changing-n2202746
–  City Journal recently reported on one such instance where a school's HR department in Springfield, Missouri, violated FirstAmendment rights by demanding teachers take "equity training" where they were effectively forced to say things that pleased the department…
Oil-Rich Alberta Now Preparing Vote on Leaving Canada
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/25/oil-rich-alberta-now-preparing-vote-on-leaving-canada-n2202682
– The referendum is only the first step. … The last legal step actually requires a constitutional amendment, which requires a majority of the Parliament to approve, as well as…
Judge With Notorious Sister Muzzles Watchdog in GA Supreme Court Race
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/19/judge-with-notorious-sister-muzzles-watchdog-in-ga-supreme-court-race-n2202480
Amendment. … Amendment. … Gardner also said Rankin and Jordan would suffer 'immediate and irreparable' injury from this information.The First Amendment guarantees…
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