Results for: First Amendment

Supreme Court: Public Funding Is Out for Oklahoma Religious Schools
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/05/22/supreme-court-public-funding-is-out-for-ok-religious-schools-n2189447
– an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision that found the public funding of a religious charter school to be unconstitutional under the First … Oklahoma has argued that providing state funds for a religious charter school violates the First Amendment. … Amendment.…
When Democrats Aren't Yelling About Gun Control, Does It Tell You What They Support?
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2025/05/23/when-democrats-ar…bout-gun-control-does-it-tell-you-what-they-support-n2189510
– If there is one concept Democrats and the left can't seem to comprehend, it's the Second Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms … Ask any Democrat or leftist what they think the Second Amendment is for, and they will start blathering on about militias and muskets … The first in July of 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania, and the other in September at his golf course in Florida.…
In Honoring America’s War Dead This Memorial Day, Be a Person, Tribe, Nation Worthy of Their Sacrifice
https://redstate.com/chase-spears/2025/05/24/in-honoring-ame…a-person-tribe-and-nation-worthy-of-their-sacrifice-n2189550
– The hallowed grounds of Arlington National Cemetery held deep reverence for me long before I first walked them as a young adult two … fatherless homes, or to protect destructive industries like pornography and gambling that profit from addiction under the guise of the First … Amendment.…
The American Liars Have a Responsibility to Shut Up Now, Because People Are Dying
https://redstate.com/adam-turner/2025/05/23/the-american-lia…ponsibility-to-shut-up-now-because-people-are-dying-n2189514
– Usually, in the context of “Don't blame me,” the pontificators pontificate because I have the First Amendment right as an American … American gentleman is responsible for the violence that occurs because another American commits a crime or act of violence because the first … person was outrageously lying to incite about a controversial matter, or even if that first person was just telling something he (…
That Didn't Take Long—Obama-Appointed Judge Leaps in to Rule on Trump's Actions Against Harvard
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/05/23/that-didnt-take-long…leaps-in-to-rule-on-trumps-actions-against-harvard-n2189521
– policy will affect more than 7,000 visa holders — nearly a quarter of the student body — and is a "blatant violation of the First … Amendment, the Due Process Clause, and the Administrative Procedure Act," per its court filing.The Department of Homeland Security…
Antifa Violently Attack a Christian Worship Service, and Then the Story Gets So Much Worse
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2025/05/25/antifa-violently-att…rvice-who-the-seattle-mayor-blamed-will-disgust-you-n2189570
–  While there are broad First Amendment requirements around permitting events under free speech protections, I am directing the…
Sen. Kennedy Gives Media a Dressing Down As Only He Can After Release of Book on Biden's Decline
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2025/05/24/sen-kennedy-on-the-media-after-release-of-book-on-bidens-decline-n2189558
– help President Trump, and it's this persistence in practicing advocacy journalism that is destroying freedom of the press and the First … Amendment in America today.There's either no self-awareness among many members of the media, or they're lying.…
Second Place Is the New First Place
https://redstate.com/dan-zoernig/2025/05/21/second-place-is-the-new-first-place-n2189376
– When it was over and the other athletes had left the podium, she hopped up on the first-place block and remained there for a few seconds … There needs to be a new movement in the sports world called Second Place Is the New First Place.A trophy or a medal is just a symbol … Then, sooner or later, a First Amendment suit would be filed. It would be a battle and a long one at that.…
Skinny on SCOTUS - The Early May Edition
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/05/21/skinny-on-scotus-the-early-may-edition-n2189259
– Two seconds passed between the moment Felix stepped on the doorsill and the moment he fired his first shot.Barnes’s mother sued Felix … on Barnes’s behalf, alleging that Felix violated Barnes’s Fourth Amendment right against excessive force. … and remanded.A claim that a law enforcement officer used excessive force during a stop or arrest is analyzed under the Fourth Amendment…
Warning: California Is About to Gamble Billions on Another Housing Financial Sinkhole
https://redstate.com/redstate-guest-editorial/2025/05/22/war…mble-billions-on-another-housing-financial-sinkhole-n2189421
– First, there’s the matter of financial liability. … alone underwriting risk — is not just questionable, it’s reckless.Moreover, SB 750 can’t even proceed without a constitutional amendment…
President Trump Signs 'Take It Down Act' - and Invites Someone Else to Do Likewise
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/05/19/president-trump-si…it-down-act-and-invites-someone-else-to-do-likewise-n2189306
– As first ladies do, she took on a cause, that being cyber-bullying; being married to President Trump, she has come in for no small … major legislative success.For a first lady to add her signature is highly unusual - it is the president that signs bills into law … The bill conforms to current First Amendment jurisprudence by requiring that computer-generated NCII meet a “reasonable person” test…
Heads Explode As Pete Hegseth Hosts an Evangelical Prayer Meeting in the Pentagon Auditorium
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/05/22/heads-explode-as-pet…angelical-prayer-meeting-in-the-pentagon-auditorium-n2189441
– “This is a blatant violation of the First Amendment and its proscription of religion in government,” says FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie…
New Interview With Authors of Biden Book Reveals More Shocking Info, Who They Hold to Blame
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/05/20/new-more-revelations-from-tapper-book-and-new-cbs-interview-n2189324
–  📚 Axios' Alex Thompson and CNN's Jake Tapper joined @CBSMornings for their first joint interview on "the book everyone is talking … They already have something in place - the 25th Amendment, but Democrats didn't have the honesty to employ it.…
Trump Admin to Allow Forced-Reset Triggers Sales. As Usual, Legacy Media Gets It Wrong.
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/05/17/trump-admin-to-all…t-trigger-sales-as-usual-legacy-media-gets-it-wrong-n2189208
– Justice Department, as part of the settlement of a lawsuit by the National Association for Gun Rights, is reversing a policy from the first … “This Department of Justice believes that the 2nd Amendment is not a second-class right,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement … Assault Weapon' Ban Ruled Unconstitutional in Federal CourtSenator Chris Murphy: Wrong on Bump Stocks, Wrong on Guns, Wrong on 2nd Amendment…
OPINION: Erin Nealy Cox Is the Swamp’s Favorite Candidate, and Texas Patriots Should Say No
https://redstate.com/redstate-guest-editorial/2025/05/16/opi…favorite-candidate-and-texas-patriots-should-say-no-n2189191
– the savior the Establishment wants you to believe she is—she’s just another cog in the corrupt political machine that the America First … Adolf Hitler.Let’s be clear: anyone who thinks it’s acceptable to call Trump voters “anarchists,” who walks away from the America First … wants the prestige of a federal judgeship without the loyalty to the values that made this country great.This is why the America First…
SNL Actually Knocks Another One Out of the Park, This Time With the Founding Fathers
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2025/05/13/snl-actually-k…out-of-the-park-this-time-with-the-founding-fathers-n2189015
– After they complete the First Amendment, they start asking which right they should move onto next.Enter Walton Goggins' character " … The Founding Father at the desk asks what posterity will say if they simply enshrine "guns" as the Second Amendment. … You know... what it was supposed to be doing in the first place.…
Thursday Morning Minute: Setting SCOTUS Expectations
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/05/15/thursday-morning-minute-n2189111
– in this case.After Blaming Trump, Pete Buttigieg Implicated in Washington National Air Traffic Control ScandalWas putting "safety first … repeating: The issue before the court today is NOT the merits of birthright citizenship and whether it's guaranteed by the 14th Amendment…
Conservative WV US Senate Candidate Makes Mincemeat of Claim by Elitist Ex-NPR CEO on Rural Red Staters
https://redstate.com/beccalower/2025/05/11/gop-wv-us-senate…elitist-claim-by-ex-npr-ceo-about-rural-red-staters-n2188957
– What Happened When PBS Met With Him Over Funding ConcernsMommy Needs a Valium: NPR CEO Says Trump Defunding Order a Violation of First … Amendment RightsBut that wasn't all Schiller said, and what she went on to bloviate about will likely lose any credibility for her…
When Media Defenders Behind the World Press Freedom Index Also Deliver Misinformation, You Need to Laugh
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2025/05/10/when-media-defend…index-also-deliver-misinformation-you-need-to-laugh-n2188904
– Unsurprisingly the European countries dominate their list, with the first non-Euro entrant seen at #16, New Zealand. … this idiocy:_________After a century of gradual expansion of press rights in the United States, the country is experiencing its first … That is a detail we are never told, nor are we told of this other jeopardy.The First Amendment to the US Constitution provides broad…
'Botched' South Carolina Execution Draws Scrutiny
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/05/10/botched-south-carolina-execution-draws-scrutiny-n2188906
–  First, anti-death penalty lawyers have pushed hard to create a doctrine that says executions must produce instantaneous, painless … The Supreme Court ruled that the Eighth Amendment did not apply and the state was entitled to another go, and this time, it was successful …  Things change, and our imperial judiciary has expanded the clear meaning of the Eighth Amendment into something no one would…
In a Public Broadcasting Paradox, PBS, NPR Demand to Be Both Independent and Government-Subsidized
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2025/05/08/public-broadcast…owance-in-the-call-to-be-left-alone-and-independent-n2188853
–  But what Capehart is leaning on is the vacuous claim that this call to defund is a First Amendment violation, while it is nothing … That is an affront to the First Amendment. We have an independent newsroom, and we will always have an independent newsroom. … From my perspective, part of the separation of the First Amendment offers is to keep government out.…
The DOJ Goes to War As Washington State Declares War on Confession, the First Amendment
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2025/05/05/the-doj-goes-to-wa…tate-declares-war-on-confession-the-first-amendment-n2188727
– Tomorrow, it could be worship services, hiring practices, or religious speech.Why the First Amendment Comes FirstThis trend is something … That’s why the First Amendment doesn’t just protect free speech—it protects the free exercise of religion. … , Protestant, Jew, Muslim, or none of the above—to speak up.The First Amendment is not a suggestion.…
Mommy Needs a Valium: NPR CEO Says Trump Defunding Order a Violation of First Amendment Rights
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2025/05/04/trump-eo-defunding-npr-has-its-ceo-in-a-twist-n2188681
– Then Maher, who could not have cared less about the First Amendment when NPR whistleblower Uri Berliner pulled back the curtain on … the news organization, now cares about First Amendment rights being violated.This is not about balancing the federal budget. …  As our sister site Townhall wrote:Of course, NPR responded by making it a free speech and First Amendment issue. It’s not.…
Friday Morning Minute: 'A New Pope'
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/05/09/friday-morning-minute-n2188868
– of Trump AppearanceThis is exactly how Republicans need to handle this sort of childish wokeness from the "resistance" to America First … We didn't know what Francis' would be like when he first assumed the role. … the world is on viewing things through a left-right lens these days), I just want to take a moment to note my appreciation for: first…
Essex Files: Trump’s Gulf Gambit - 'Persian' to 'Arabian,' a Name Change to Sweeten Saudi Soirée
https://redstate.com/brad-essex/2025/05/07/essex-filestrumps…an-to-arabian-a-name-change-to-sweeten-saudi-soiree-n2188772
– in favor of the outlet, affirming that media outlets are protected from government retaliation over editorial choices under the First … Amendment.…
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