Results for: First Amendment

Alyssa Milano Uses Protection at NRA Convention
https://redstate.com/tladuke/2018/05/07/alyssa-milano-uses-protection-nra-convention-n89223
– Which is the whole reason for the existence of the Second Amendment. … I’m glad an actress who has enjoyed much success reading other peoples scripts, is using her First Amendment rights to discuss our … Second Amendment rights.…
Pregnant Gun Owner Is Serving Two Years In Prison For Defending Herself -- in a Stand-Your-Ground State
https://redstate.com/sarahquinlan/2018/05/07/pregnant-gun-ow…on-for-defending-herself-in-a-stand-your-ground-state-n89220
– defend or protect themselves from perceived threats, Ra was seen as the aggressor because Harvey provided her account to the police first … Surprisingly, the NRA does not yet appear to be rallying to Ra’s side to defend her Second Amendment right and to fight on her behalf…
Ted Cruz Rips Banks Refusing To Do Business With Gunmakers
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/05/05/ted-cruz-rips-banks-refusing-business-gunmakers-n89149
– And this: Citigroup is setting restrictions on the sale of firearms by its business customers, making it the first Wall Street bank … “I’m a strong supporter of the Second Amendment,” said Dallas Rep. … But if a business decides to modify federal laws governing the exercise of the Second Amendment, we conservatives are supposed to be…
What if There's a 'Red Wave' in November?
https://redstate.com/gbenton/2018/05/04/theres-red-wave-november-n89152
– For my first diary, I’m going to attempt to explain why November could turn into a nightmare for Democrats. … At first glance, 2012 was an exception to the anti-incumbent trend. … When it comes to a hot-button issue like the 2nd Amendment, do voters support declaring the NRA a terrorist organization and stripping…
Donald Trump Continues To Play The Press: NRA Edition
https://redstate.com/slee/2018/05/04/donald-trump-continues-play-press-nra-edition-n89146
– Friday’s address was his first to a guns rights group since the Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in … But anti-gun activists (many of whom are in the media profession) no longer seem to think the 2nd Amendment is worthy of protecting … The NRA’s response has been to double down on promoting Second Amendment rights.…
Viva La Resistance?
https://redstate.com/davenj1/2018/05/20/viva-la-resistance-n89909
– The first time I heard of a resistance movement against Donald Trump’s Presidency was about 48 hours after the election when the … We’ll get to that story in a minute, but first this bombshell from Stormy Daniels’ lawyer…” With every bombshell and smoking gun, … Personally, I find the display of their vulgarity and stupidity uplifting since it shows we have a vibrant First Amendment- something…
Santa Fe Tragedy and the Mind of the Left: a Primer
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2018/05/18/santa-fe-tragedy-mind-left-primer-n89851
– The Second Amendment was written in 1791.#GunControlNow — JRehling (@JRehling) May 18, 2018 And why? … That would eliminate, for self-defense purposes, the need of good people to have guns in the first place.…
The Media's Week of Lies Reinforces Every Criticism They Receive
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2018/05/18/medias-week-lies-reinforces-every-criticism-receive-n89842
– Am I saying that the government should shut these institutions down or that the 1st Amendment isn’t important? Nope. … The 1st Amendment is not formally ensconced as The Washington Post. … The first step in that is no longer assigning them the perch they claim to sit on.            …
Trump Administration Will Use a Reagan-Era Rule To Strike at Planned Parenthood's Federal Gravy Train
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/05/18/trump-administration…a-rule-strike-planned-parenthoods-federal-gravy-train-n89807
– This rule was first imposed under Ronald Reagan. … The regulations do not violate the First Amendment free speech rights of private Title X fund recipients, their staffs, or their patients … The regulations do not violate a woman’s Fifth Amendment right to choose whether to terminate her pregnancy.…
Robert Mueller's Latest Courtroom Stunt May Cost the Taxpayers Plenty
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/05/17/robert-muellers-latest-courtroom-stunt-may-cost-taxpayers-plenty-n89762
– When Mueller first announced the indictment, my gut feeling was that it was a public relations scam being run on a credulous media … They’ve responded to their first discovery request: While the legal teams picked at one another in and out of court, Mueller’s office … The 1997 Hyde Amendment allows the court to order the federal government to pay attorneys fees and costs “where the court finds that…
Senate Republicans Should Stand With Ted Cruz and Ben Sasse, Reject Mark Bennett's 9th Circuit Nomination
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2018/05/17/senate-republicans…ben-sasse-reject-mark-bennetts-9th-circuit-nomination-n89731
– The first is Citizens United, in which he joined an amicus brief as Hawaii’s attorney general. … That brief ran counter to what the Supreme Court ultimately ruled – that corporations had First Amendment rights. … Bennett also signed onto an amicus brief in the Heller case, a major Second Amendment case before the Supreme Court.…
Sugar Subsidies Should Go—Consumers and Candy Manufacturers Would Benefit
https://redstate.com/heartlandinstitute/2018/05/17/sugar-subsidies-go-consumers-candy-manufacturers-benefit-n89732
– For instance, Virginia Foxx (R-NC) has offered an amendment to the farm bill to eliminate the production limits keeping sugar prices … By way of compensation for the loss of their historic ill-gotten but legal gains at the public’s expense, Foxx’s amendment would exempt … If adopted, Foxx’s amendment would represent the first substantial reform to the Sugar Program in more than 80 years.…
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Counters Oliver North's Incendiary Language With Some Stupidity of Her Own
https://redstate.com/kimberly_ross/2018/05/16/schultz-counters-norths-stupidity-own-n89719
– Too many on the Left yell “repeal the Second Amendment!” … I strongly support the Second Amendment and believe it should be protected. … I also support the First Amendment even when someone utters the kind of lunacy we see above.…
Importing Big Government Is Even Dumber than Domestic Big Government
https://redstate.com/setonmotley/2018/05/15/importing-big-government-even-dumber-domestic-big-government-n89632
– And just like any other organism – its first instinct is self-preservation. … And looking to add an amendment thereto: some variation of The Sugar Policy Modernization Act (H.R. 4265). … There’s a bit of a problem with this amendment. The rest of the world – is doing nothing resembling anything similar.…
The Sports Betting Case: What It Means and Does Not Mean
https://redstate.com/davenj1/2018/05/15/sports-betting-case-means-not-mean-n89621
– Under the Tenth Amendment, the Constitution does not give a particular power to the federal government or take away that power from … First, New Jersey does not get any competitive advantage (other than timing) since the decision affects about 25 states.  … The first major area is marijuana legalization efforts in various states. …
Stormy Daniels' Lawyer Threatens Daily Caller With Lawsuit for Exposing Him
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/05/14/stormy-daniels-lawyer-threatens-daily-caller-lawsuit-exposing-n89592
First was President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, who had been revealed to be a prolific hustler selling influence he does … That doesn't mean it's defamatory or otherwise outside the protection of the First Amendment.…
North's Inflammatory Rhetoric Is Not What the NRA Needs
https://redstate.com/jimjamitis/2018/05/14/norths-inflammatory-rhetoric-not-nra-needs-n89580
– exactly the wrong type of rhetoric to achieve the organizations goals, assuming those goals involve more than just whipping Second Amendment … Is I’ve said before, I am a firm believer in the Second Amendment but I’ve never been a member of the NRA. … Fighting to defend the Second Amendment is a political task and requires carefully crafted messaging.  …
Killer Mike on 'Real Time with Bill Maher': Gun Laws Affect Us Worst and First
https://redstate.com/kiradavis/2018/05/12/killer-mike-real-time-bill-maher-gun-laws-affect-us-worst-first-n89513
– Killer Mike continued his mission to blow up the  white left-wing extremist paradigm on guns and Second Amendment rights over the … As Killer Mike says:   These laws or going to affect us worse and they’re going to affect us first. … The entire point of the Second Amendment is to prevent such tyranny!…
University of Michigan Sued Over Unfair Speech Code
https://redstate.com/ameliahamilton/2018/05/11/university-of-michigan-sued-over-unfair-speech-code-n89479
First Amendment advocacy group Speech First has taken the University of Michigan to court over their “highly subjective” policies … In a press release, Speech First said: Speech First asserts that the lack of clear and meaningful standards in both the school’s … “Speech codes like Michigan’s flagrantly violate the First Amendment,” said Speech First President Nicole Neily.…
Supreme Court Hands Down Another Pro-Fourth Amendment Ruling
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/05/29/supreme-court-hands-another-pro-fourth-amendment-ruling-n90311
– The Supreme Court handed down what I think will end up being considered a significant defense of the Fourth Amendment. … AutomobileException #Curtilage https://t.co/NjEMsFxDKc — Shawn Curry (@ShawnCurryLaw) May 29, 2018 Justice Sotomayor has the first … Virginia, a Fourth Amendment case.…
Three Reasons the Anti-Gun Crowd Remains Quiet About the Oklahoma Restaurant Shooting
https://redstate.com/kimberly_ross/2018/05/27/three-reasons-anti-gun-quiet-oklahoma-n90234
– Good Guys With Guns Stopped a Bad Guy With a Gun When you’re eager to take away Second Amendment rights, this kind of real-life aspect … they’ll receive commendation from those who believe they should not have been in possession of those filthy killing tools in the first … We can’t possibly be for the Second Amendment while children are being gunned down in hallways and classrooms, right?…
Sweet Win For Religious Freedom as California Judge Rules in Favor of Christian Baker
https://redstate.com/kimberly_ross/2018/05/26/win-religious-freedom-favor-baker-n90193
– Judge Lampe explained his decision as follows: “The right to freedom of speech under the First Amendment outweighs the State’s interest … “The right of freedom of thought guaranteed by the First Amendment includes the right to speak, and the right to refrain from speaking…
Tomi Lahren Attacked at Minneapolis Restaurant, and You'll Be Shocked by her Supporters
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2018/05/23/tomi-lahren-attacked-minneapolis-restaurant-youll-shocked-supporters-n90077
– The first amendment is a beautiful thing – use it. https://t.co/Yx8obh0aH0 — Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 23, 2018 Lahren…
Federal Judge: Trump Blocking Twitter Accounts Is Unconstitutional
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/05/23/federal-judge-trump-blocking-twitter-accounts-unconstitutional-n90062
– Trump's blocking of critics on Twitter is unconstitutional, court rules. https://t.co/8fZ6cdKbAL pic.twitter.com/47a0yNYYkb — Knight FirstAmendment Institute (@knightcolumbia) May 23, 2018 https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/999343143022747648 The future of technology…
Gun Grabbing Houston Police Chief Threatens Dana Loesch With Legal Action Over NRA Video
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/05/23/gun-grabbing-houston…ce-chief-threatens-dana-loesch-legal-action-nra-video-n90043
– Kevin Williamson has this to say: The Second Amendment, like the First Amendment [editor’s note: Williamson was prescient in this … because Acevedo hadn’t attacked the First Amendment at this point], is a constitutional provision that says, in effect: “You idiots … The First Amendment says what it says, no matter how much that may annoy Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren.…
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