Results for First Amendment

  1. SCOTUS Chastises Lower Courts in Online Speech Law Cases, Sends Them Back https://redstate.com/jimthompson/2024/07/01/scotus-chastises…r-courts-in-online-speech-law-cases-sends-them-back-n2175965
    Amendment merits, because neither Court of Appeals properly considered the facial nature of NetChoice’s challenge. … In a facial challenge, that could well matter, even when the challenge is brought under the First Amendment. … But that work must be done consistent with the First Amendment, which does not go on leave when social media are involved.As background…
  2. Newsom's 'Hail Mary' Proposition to Neuter the Reform Prop 47 Ballot Initiative Goes to the Legislature https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2024/07/01/newsoms-hail-mary…e-prop-47-ballot-initiative-goes-to-the-legislature-n2176215
    measure on the ballot that would counter the reform prop 47 measure that has already qualified.The counter measure “would be the first … Proposition 47 needed change and neither has commented yet on the effort to put together the competing initiative, which KCRA 3 first …   Here’s Election Code section 9040: “Every constitutional amendment, bond measure, or other legislative measure submitted to…
  3. Federal Judge Slams Department of Education's Bizarre Interpretation of Title IX and Transgenderism https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/07/03/federal-judge-slams…zarre-interpretation-of-title-ix-and-transgenderism-n2176327
    the rule because of the Major Questions Doctrine, 3) the rule violates the Constitution's spending clause 4) the rule violates the FirstAmendment because it is impermissibly vague and overbroad, and, finally, 5) the rule violates the Administrative Procedure Act because …  Speech First, Inc. v.…
  4. Meanwhile in Delaware: The Battle of 'Supplemental Authority' Rages On in Hunter Biden's Gun Case https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/07/04/meanwhile-in-delawa…mental-authority-rages-on-in-hunter-bidens-gun-case-n2176371
    The June conviction of First Son Hunter Biden on gun charges in federal court in Delaware came as a surprise not because the evidence …  Supreme Court Declines to Toss 2nd Amendment Restrictionsin Certain Domestic Violence CasesOpinion: SCOTUS Once Again Ignores … that several other "GVRs" issued by the Court on the same day involved lower court decisions that had, in fact, rejected Second Amendment
  5. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Has Been a Massive Failure https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/06/28/the-bipartisan-safer-communities-act-has-been-a-massive-failure-n2176062
    First, do we know they were truly prevented from buying a firearm or did they go to the black market and get one after being denied … passed, it was abundantly clear that it was not going to save lives, nor would it respect the Second Amendment. … Sure, it wasn’t the sweeping gun restrictions President Joe Biden wanted when he first came into office, but it was something.The law…
  6. The Supreme Court Firebombs the Administrative State and Tells Congress to Get Off Its Butt and Work https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/06/28/the-supreme-court-fi…ate-and-tells-congress-to-get-off-its-butt-and-work-n2176118
    The first of these was Snyder vs. US. … social media outlets to censor content the government doesn't like was disappointing.BACKGROUND: BREAKING: Supreme Court Deals FirstAmendment Blow in Murthy v.…
  7. The Skinny on SCOTUS - 6-28-24 Edition: On Chevron, J6, and Unhappy Campers https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/06/28/the-skinny-on-scotus-6-28-24-edition-n2176123
    Circuit, First Circuit Basic Facts:The Court granted certiorari in these cases limited to the question whether Chevron U. S. … behalf of homeless people living in Grants Pass, claiming that the city’s ordinances against public camping violated the Eighth Amendment … generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property constitute "cruel and unusual punishment" prohibited by the Eighth Amendment
  8. Supreme Court Rules Homeless Do Not Have a Right to Camp on Public Property https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/06/28/supreme-court-rules…less-do-not-have-a-right-to-camp-on-public-property-n2176108
    The question this case presents is whether the Eighth Amendment grants federal judges primary responsibility for assessing those causes … The Constitution’s Eighth Amendment serves many important functions, but it does not authorize federal judges to wrest those rights … homeless people from Grants Pass, OR, contending that city's ordinance forbidding camping on public property violated the Eighth Amendment
  9. Identity Politics Biting Dems As Harris Allies Bristle Over Possible 'White' Biden Replacement Candidates https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2024/07/02/identity-politics…le-over-possible-white-biden-replacement-candidates-n2176261
    .— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) July 1, 2024After the debate, Newsom was one of the first to come out and defend Joe Biden. … know.The Harris inner circle may be getting as big a dose of reality, just like many Americans who saw Joe Biden's condition for the first … If they jettison Joe via the 25th Amendment, Kamala Harris loses to Donald Trump handily.…
  10. Opinion: SCOTUS Once Again Ignores the Second Amendment by Opting for Inaction on 13 Cases https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2024/07/02/scotus-once-again-i…the-second-amendment-by-taking-inaction-on-12-cases-n2176279
    Officially, the Supreme Court took action today on 13 cases regarding the Second Amendment. … Whether “the people” must convince government officials of their “good moral character” before exercising their Second Amendment right … California's "large capacity magazine" ban was first signed into law almost 24 years ago, yet the several lawsuits that challenged…
  11. Hunter Biden's Legal Team Makes Swift Use of Supreme Court Decision https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/06/30/hunter-bidens-legal-team-makes-swift-use-of-supreme-court-decision-n2176184
    Court the last week of June, but Hunter Biden's legal team is already availing itself of one of the rulings in an effort to have the First … In the first place, unlike Snyder where nobody has a right to give or accept a gratuity, Mr. … Biden’s conduct implicates his constitutional Second Amendment rights. Nevertheless, Mr.…
  12. Monday Morning Minute https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/07/01/monday-morning-minute-n2176214
    There's a pair of cases involving the First Amendment and the states of Texas and Florida's attempts to restrict content moderation … by online platforms (the NetChoice cases), one involving when a claim first accrues under the Administrative Procedure Act (Corner…
  13. AOC UNLEASHED: Socialist Firebrand to File Impeachment Articles Against... The Supreme Court? https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/07/01/aoc-unleashed-soci…file-impeachment-articles-against-the-supreme-court-n2176236
    First of all, I would say to the Congresswoman, "Alexandria, please, America is not and never has been a democracy; find someone who … has the final say in these matters by design; they judge laws against the Constitution and, excepting only the constitutional amendment
  14. The Skinny on SCOTUS - 7-1-24 Edition: Immunity Has Entered the Chat https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/07/01/the-skinny-on-scotus-7-1-24-edition-n2176221
    Amendment challenges against the two laws. … The court held that the State’s restrictions on content moderation trigger First Amendment scrutiny under this Court’s cases protecting … In that court’s view, the platforms’ content-moderation activities are “not speech” at all, and so do not implicate the First Amendment
  15. Can't Make This Stuff Up: Hunter Biden Is Suing Fox Over 'Revenge Porn' https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/07/01/cant-make-this-stuff-up-hunter-biden-is-suing-fox-over-revenge-porn-n2176247
    Nevertheless, the First Son is, indeed, suing Fox News Channel over a 2022 miniseries streamed by the network.In a lawsuit filed Monday … Consistent with the First Amendment, FOX News has accurately covered the newsworthy events of Mr.…
  16. Oklahoma's Supreme Court Bans Catholic Charter School in Seeming Defiance of the Supreme Court https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/07/05/oklahomas-supreme-co…ter-school-in-seeming-defiance-of-the-supreme-court-n2176428
    Oklahoma's Supreme Court has declared what would have been the nation's first religious charter school unconstitutional. … Relying upon Oklahoma's constitution, which contains an anti-Catholic Blaine Amendment, the court found that a charter granted by the … House of Representatives, took up the charge: Within days, he introduced an amendment to the U.S.…
  17. WATCH: Joe Biden's Big Interview With George Stephanopoulos Is Out, and It's an Absolute Trainwreck https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/07/05/watch-the-first-clip…ns-big-interview-with-george-stephanopoulos-are-out-n2176427
    BIDEN: *incoherent rambling*"It seemed like you were having trouble from the first question in..." …  STEPHANOPOULOS: But it seemed like you were having trouble from the first question in, even before he spoke. … It's 25th Amendment time.Editor's Note: This article was edited post-publication for clarity. …
  18. NEW: Frightening Report Paints an Even Worse Pic of Biden Behind the Scenes - 'Lost All Independence' https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/07/05/new-report-paints…ic-of-biden-behind-the-scenes-lost-all-independence-n2176415
    They should be talking about the 25th Amendment. … The aides mentioned are Deputy Chief of Staff Annie Tomasini, the first lady's top adviser Anthony Bernal, and longtime aide Ashley…
  19. The 25th Amendment: It's Not Just a Good Idea - It's the Law https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/07/07/the-25th-amendment-its-not-just-a-good-idea-its-the-law-n2176486
    cycle has been dominated by President Joe Biden's decline, which was made inarguable to even the most partisan Democrats after the first … The 25th Amendment has been mentioned time and again as a possible tool to remedy this embarrassing situation, and that's not without … proceedings.Section 3 of that amendment describes the voluntary stepping-down of the president:Whenever the President transmits to…
  20. NY Gov. Hochul Finds an Acorn, Shuts Down CUNY 'Palestinian Studies' Job Posting https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/02/26/ny-gov-hochul-find…orn-shuts-down-cuny-palestinian-studies-job-posting-n2186041
    Oh, the proponents of the non-nation of "Palestine" and Jew hatred have the same First Amendment rights as anyone else, and they are…
  21. Friday Morning Minute: Morning in America https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/02/21/friday-morning-minute-n2185832
     The first was from Sen. Sullivan on protecting medicare/medicaid. The second was from Sen. … State - Marco Rubio — Rubio shared the State Department highlights of Trump's first month in office.Sec. … We've seen so many steps in the right direction in just this first month.…
  22. Associated Press Sues Trump Admin Over Access https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/02/22/associated-press-sues-trump-admin-over-access-n2185877
    Amendment rights and due process protections under the Fifth Amendment, the lawsuit asks a federal judge to restore the AP’s access … To a layman, it's hard to see how this is a First Amendment issue. … But the First Amendment does not guarantee them a place in the White House press pool.In fact, this issue arose over the AP's refusal…
  23. Flag Burning, Free Speech, and the Heckler's Veto: The Collapse of Liberty and Individual Rights https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/02/24/flag-burning-free…veto-the-collapse-of-liberty-and-individual-rights-n2185966
    There's a reason that freedom of speech is contained in the very first amendment in our Bill of Rights; because it's that important … It even comes ahead of the amendment that guarantees the right that guarantees the other, the Second Amendment.…
  24. Round One Goes to the White House As Judge Rules on AP's Request for TRO https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/02/24/round-one-goes-to-t…e-white-house-as-judge-rules-on-aps-request-for-tro-n2185976
    return, the White House has revoked the AP's access to the Oval Office and Air Force One, which the AP claims is a violation of its First … and Fifth Amendment rights.…
  25. In His Joint Address, Trump Touts Common Sense Government, Which Is What Small Business Needs Right Now https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2025/03/04/in-his-joint-addr…on-sense-which-is-what-most-americans-want-and-need-n2186283
    Along with an examination of all regulations to see if they infringe on Second Amendment rights, Trump signed an executive order on … pic.twitter.com/3Q9nFdK0cW— RSC (@RepublicanStudy) March 5, 2025This was a policy point Trump set in motion during his first term, … and along with America's prosperity, he is bringing it back.In his first term, President Trump asked the agencies to eliminate two…