Results for: First Amendment

Massachusetts City Seeks to Compel Crisis Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortion
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2022/07/27/massachusetts-city-see…compel-crisis-pregnancy-centers-to-promote-abortion-n602301
– Opponents of the measure argue that it is akin to compelling speech, which is a violation of the First Amendment. … The lawsuit argues: “The First Amendment’s Free Speech Clause protects Care Net’s rights to speak, to publish speech, to be free … The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects Care Net’s rights to operate, publish, speak, and not speak, in accordance…
Republicans Formally Investigating Biden Admin for Selling Strategic Reserve Oil to China
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2022/07/22/republicans-formally…den-admin-for-selling-strategic-reserve-oil-to-china-n600142
– When I first read about it, I thought, “what in the world is going on?” … At first, it seems as if he’s saying that these sales never happened—but that’s not what he’s saying at all. … House Democrats Block Legislative Amendment To Prevent US Oil Sales To China https://t.co/IwEoFWuAuv — zerohedge (@zerohedge) July…
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Has Too Much Authority Over the Citizens
https://redstate.com/levon/2022/07/21/the-los-angeles-county…supervisors-has-too-much-authority-over-the-citizens-n599524
– Villanueva finished in first place during the June primary. … According to KABC-TV, in 2020, the Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to put a charter amendment on the ballot. … The amendment was whether a minimum of 10 percent of Los Angeles County’s unrestricted general funds be set aside annually for housing…
The Self-Defense Issue Shows How out of Touch Progressives Have Become
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2022/07/21/the-self-defense-issue-shows-how-out-of-touch-progressives-have-become-n599332
– AR-15 after he already killed three people and wounded others is not a ringing endorsement of our implementation of the Second Amendment … Nevertheless, it was clear from the video that Alba had acted in self-defense and should never have been charged in the first place…
Jonathan Turley Calls for Government to Take Action to Protect Free Speech
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2022/07/21/jonathan-turley…for-government-to-take-action-to-protect-free-speech-n598999
– titled Harm and Hegemony: The Decline of Free Speech in the United States, in which he defended limited government action to protect FirstAmendment rights. … Amendment Rights…
Cancel Culture Strikes Again, This Time Due to Jim Harbaugh's Views on Abortion
https://redstate.com/levon/2022/07/20/cancel-culture-strikes…ain-this-time-due-to-jim-harbaughs-views-on-abortion-n598520
– Following his remarks, the left began to attack him because anyone that goes against their beliefs should not have a First Amendment … on a topic that the extremists disagree with, they will be called out, criticized, and canceled, all because they exercise their FirstAmendment rights.…
Biden's Bike Fall Gets Humorous Recognition as Lawmaker Raises Questions About Mental Capacity
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/07/20/bidens-bike-fall…n-as-lawmaker-raises-questions-about-mental-capacity-n598303
– He then raised the more serious question that Nehls had with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about the 25th Amendment and Joe … And I thought it was a very fair question to ask Mayor Pete about the 25th [Amendment].” … During the hearing, an agitated Buttigieg shot back at Nehls, criticizing Trump in the process: “First of all, I’m glad we have a president…
OPINION: The Alex Jones Verdict Is Wrong and Dangerous
https://redstate.com/streiff/2022/08/07/opinion-the-alex-jones-verdict-is-wrong-and-dangerous-n607521
– The lawsuit should have been summarily dismissed as a blatant violation of the First Amendment.…
Scientists and Doctors Join Massive Lawsuit Claiming Biden Admin., Big Tech Violated Free Speech Rights Over COVID
https://redstate.com/beccalower/2022/08/06/scientists-and-do…dmin-big-tech-violated-free-speech-rights-over-covid-n608074
Amendment rights of Americans. … This sort of censorship, which strikes at the heart of what the First Amendment to the U.S. … Moreover, this state action deprives Americans of their right to hear the views of those who are being silenced, a First Amendment
LA County Health Department Doesn't Want to Hear From You, Turns off Social Media Comments
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2022/08/05/la-county-health-dep…ant-to-hear-from-you-turns-off-social-media-comments-n607737
– department, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in July on an unrelated case that such acts by public entities “violated the FirstAmendment by creating publicly accessible social media pages related to their official duties and then blocking certain members of…
Biden Administration Getting Sued for Instructing Social Media Companies to Censor Opposing Views
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2022/08/05/biden-administration-g…ting-social-media-companies-to-censor-opposing-views-n607762
– documents establish that the President of the United States and other senior officials in the Biden Administration violated the FirstAmendment by directing social-media companies to censor viewpoints that conflict with the government’s messaging on Covid-19.”…
Senator Rand Paul's First Gain-of-Function Hearing Highlights Top-Secret Research Committee
https://redstate.com/brutalbrittany/2022/08/04/senator-rand…ion-hearing-highlights-top-secret-research-committee-n607118
– On Wednesday, Senator Rand Paul held the first congressional hearing focused on gain-of-function research and oversight. … The hearing comes on the heels of the Senator attempting to pass an amendment that would have ended all US funding of gain-of-function … Well, first Fauci denied to Congress the NIH ever funded any GOF research in Wuhan, when specifically questioned about it, by Paul…
'Morning Joe' Ridiculously Accuses Republicans of Supporting 'Rapists' Over Women's Rights
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2022/08/04/morning-joe-ridi…republicans-of-supporting-rapists-over-womens-rights-n606865
– As we reported, on Wednesday, Kansas voters this week rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have overturned a state … Related on RedState: KS Primary: First State to Vote on Abortion Since Roe Overturned Brings Leftist Violence, Vandalism WH Tries…
Newsom, Like Biden, Believes Selling out to Unions Is His Path to the Presidency
https://redstate.com/freedom-foundation/2022/08/03/newsom-li…selling-out-to-unions-is-his-path-to-the-presidency-n605896
– AFSCME, which affirmed that mandatory union membership, dues, and fees in the public sector are a violation of the workers’ First Amendment … The enactment of the nation’s first state tax credit for union dues comes just a few months after Democrats in Congress attempted to … July, workers in eight offices of progressive legislators filed petitions with the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, the first
Kansas Pro-Life Constitutional Amendment Beaten by 20 Points Sends a Lesson to the Pro-Life Movement and a Life Line to the Left
https://redstate.com/streiff/2022/08/03/kansas-pro-life-cons…to-the-pro-life-movement-and-a-life-line-to-the-left-n606302
– The proposed amendment, which was defeated by a 59%-41% margin, read: § 22. Regulation of abortion. … It marked the first time since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. … It is the fact that prospects of abortion bans into the early first trimester are just not that popular.…
Parents Defending Education Is Showing Us How to Push Back Against Groomer School Districts
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2022/08/03/parents-defending-educ…us-how-to-push-back-against-groomer-school-districts-n606372
– The lawsuit alleges that the district is violating students’ First and 14th Amendment rights with its “Transgender and Students Nonconforming…
Democrats Declare Total Victory After Tuesday's Primary Results
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/08/03/democrats-declare-total-victory-after-tuesdays-primary-results-n606305
– The amendment in question had several problems. For starters, it was incredibly badly written. … (namely, that a majority want to preserve first trimester abortions), that still misses the most important factor at play. … With the amendment in question, a subset of abortion protections were on the ballot.…
KS Primary: First State to Vote on Abortion Since Roe Overturned Brings Leftist Violence, Vandalism
https://redstate.com/brutalbrittany/2022/08/02/ks-primary-fi…nce-roe-overturned-brings-leftist-violence-vandalism-n605770
– They are the first state in the nation to vote on the issue after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. … The Value Them Both amendment would grant the legislature broader powers to regulate abortion by overriding a 2019 Kansas Supreme Court … At least two churches in Lawrence were vandalized overnight with messages opposing the constitutional amendment on abortion.…
Joe Manchin Plays Tough Guy, Delivers Mock-Worthy Threat to Chuck Schumer
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/07/31/joe-manchin-plays-tough-guy-delivers-mock-worthy-threat-to-chuck-schumer-n605018
– Isn’t that exchange the first red flag, though? … Schumer originally promised Republicans that he would allow an amendment to the bill that would remove hundreds of billions in unrelated…
Post-Roe Florida Follows Its Laws, Yet the Death Merchants Still Have Conniption Fits
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2022/08/18/post-roe-florida…s-yet-the-death-merchants-still-have-conniption-fits-n614317
– Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2004 that cleared the way for the state Legislature to pass a law requiring that … The one dissenting judge on the First District Court of Appeals panel, Judge Scott Makar, is also curious. Scott Makar, states. … First, Jane Doe 22-B indicated to Frydrychowicz that she was open to having the child; somewhere in this process (unclear of when)…
California Church That Withstood COVID Restrictions Wins Court Battle
https://redstate.com/levon/2022/08/18/california-church-that-withstood-covid-restrictions-wins-court-battle-n614038
– McClure told host Ainsley Earhardt: “It’s a blessing for the First Amendment.” … “The Supreme Court has been very clear over the last year that these orders violated the First Amendment. … This win for McClure is also a win against tyranny and a win for the First Amendment.…
Red States Continue Pushing Back on ‘Woke’ Corporations
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2022/08/17/red-states-continue-pushing-back-on-woke-corporations-n613580
– The Washington Times reported: West Virginia was the first state to give some of the world’s biggest banks the boot, barring five … The ESG movement also pushes for anti-Second Amendment causes and gun control along with social justice issues related to racial justice…
The Queen of Bad Takes Is Back With Incredible Attack on Trump for Invoking the Fifth Amendment
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2022/08/17/the-queen-of-bad-t…ble-attack-on-trump-for-invoking-the-fifth-amendment-n613540
– Donald Trump invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 400 times in New York’s investigation into his business’s finances. … AP Photo/Chris Seward She continues to undermine herself while calling for Trump to be punished for invoking the Fifth Amendment further … As Norman Eisen, who served as co-counsel for the House Judiciary Committee during Trump’s first impeachment hearings, puts it, there…
Ever Think the System Is Rigged? Unfortunately—You’re Right
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2022/08/17/ever-think-the-system-is-rigged-unfortunately-youre-right-n613267
– During Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial, Democrats and media pundits endlessly shouted the phrase, “Our democracy is risk! … The Trump impeachment trials, especially the first one, were partisan farces and were quite simply staggering to watch, as Schiff and … First Amendment, anyone? “But wait, there’s more!” as those infamous RonCo ads used to say.…
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