May 14, 2013 – organizations received word of audits on the same day – not long after they ran full –page ads supporting North Carolina’s Marriage amendment … Mark Demoss, a spokesman for Graham, told Fox News it was the first time the ministry had been audited in its history.…

May 30, 2013 – started posting her pro-gas views on local websites under the name “Proud American,” she was soon shocked at how nasty things got…First … However, using government resources to harass folks for exercising their first amendment rights certainly ups the sleaze factor.…

May 30, 2013 – Won’t Attend Off-The-Record Eric Holder Meeting Durbin: Let’s Have Government Create a Journalist Guild That Exclusively Enjoys First … Amendment Protections Aaron Blake at the Washington Post Follow Brad on Twitter Follow Aaron on Twitter Subscribe to The Transom…

May 24, 2013 – Now the unconstitutionality of this has sparked no small amount outrage among those who value the First Amendment. … Citizens who value the First Amendment and their right to expression would be well served to pay attention and remain vigilant as these…

May 21, 2013 – “While I will defend crisis centers’ First Amendment rights even though I disagree with their view of abortion, those that practice…

Jun 7, 2013 – reforms, a good amendment by Scott Garrett to block TSA-style searches outside of an airport setting, and a King amendment to defund … The amendment passed 281-144 with 94 GOP votes. Garrett (R-NJ).   … Heritage Action supports this amendment, and will be including it as a vote on their scorecard. The amendment passed224-201. …

Jun 7, 2013 – One week Senator Graham wants to debate the rights granted in the Second Amendment and another he questions the First Amendment rights … In Senator Graham’s world, he says we’re fighting for freedom but is the first to surrender all of them. … Maybe Senator Graham has been living in a world of his own for too long. ### Nancy Mace is the first woman to graduate from The…

Jun 5, 2013 – Enter the Rubio-Cornyn amendment that will be offered next week.  … On the surface, this amendment sounds like everything we have asked for.  … The floor amendment revisits language that Cornyn proposed during the bill’s Judiciary Committee markup.…

Jun 5, 2013 – With this story in mind, Grassley proposed an amendment to immigration reform that would require amnesty-seeking illegals to hand over … He called it “the first step to helping clean up the mess that’s been created for the victim of identity theft.” … Grassley’s amendment went down to defeat on a party-line vote.…

Jun 5, 2013 – The drug’s manufacturer had the drug in what are called Phase I trials — the first part of the labyrinthine approval process for a … It is about the failure of people who think the First Amendment was crafted for their personal use not bothering to exercise it.…

Jun 5, 2013 – First of all, this is another example of an international organization attempting to dictate policy to sovereign nation-states, which … Second of all, truly comprehensive bans of this sort could easily fall afoul of free speech rights, such as those protected by our First … Amendment, and infringe on intellectual property rights, too. …

Jun 4, 2013 – “Such selective private censorship over our public airwaves violates not only the First Amendment . . . but also the Zapple Doctrine…

Jun 4, 2013 – Here’s hoping Verizon strikes a blow for the first amendment liberty and for prosperous innovation in the Net Neutrality case.…

Jun 3, 2013 – Detroit Hit The Far Right of The Curve First In ancient societies that I studied, for example the Roman Empire, the great problem … A smaller government that believes in the 10th Amendment and relies upon Federalism to power down decisions to a lower, less complex…

Jun 19, 2013 – The so-called Cornyn amendment, though touted by some as a “poison pill” to the Gang of 8’s S. 744, is little more than a fig leaf … Cornyn’s amendment requires “situational awareness” (meaning having surveillance in place) and a 90% “apprehension rate.” … The Cornyn amendment makes no changes whatsoever to the Gang of 8’s plan with regard to fencing.…

Jun 17, 2013 – His amendment to the Parental Consent Act warned that psychiatrists might “label a person’s disagreement with the psychiatrist’s political … One amendment would have nullified the congressional authorization to invade Iraq; another sought “to end mailbox use monopoly.” … positions; a good percentage would be for two; and that a measurable proportion would be willing to back the trifecta if they got the first…

Jun 14, 2013 – Marco Rubio told Sean Hannity yesterday that he had wanted border security before amnesty, but now thinks we need amnesty first … On top of that, Peter King and Lindsey Graham want to amend the First Amendment to silence dissent and Republicans in Congress have…

Jun 13, 2013 – If these people really want amnesty, they would implement the laws on the books first and demonstrate that the circuitous cycle of … Yet, they made it clear that enforcement-first is a dealbreaker.  … No border security amendment that is being proposed (after amnesty is granted) is more definitive and more specific than the 2006 Secure…

Jun 11, 2013 – Nathan Sommers until the military first files a report for Congress to review. … The amendment would also allow service members to sue in the event their First Amendment rights are violated. … Huelskamp said the legislation will “unblock the courthouse door so that service members whose First Amendment rights have been violated…

Jun 11, 2013 – By the way, and for the record: IRS Agent Sherry Wan is full of… is incorrect in her understanding of the First Amendment to the Constitution … Again: the federal government officially agrees with me on this, so complain to them first.…

Jun 10, 2013 – affirmative vote for the Patriot Act and claimed he’s “glad” that the NSA is collecting data on Americans because apparently the Fourth Amendment … What came first, the chicken or the egg? The government’s illegal abuse of power of the whistleblower who rats them out?…

Jun 10, 2013 – Most of the first week will be consumed by opening statements and speeches from individual members.  … Similar to the first point, if Democrats perceive that there is broad support for a legalization-first bill sans the path to citizenship … Marco Rubio has already admitted that any final deal will be predicated on legalization first. …

Jun 27, 2013 – voted to roll back portions of Coloradans Second Amendment rights, Magpul filed suit to fight and pulled up its roots to relocate. … Before Colorado’s anti-Second Amendment laws kick in, Magpul will sell 20 and 30 round standard capacity magazines, in limited supply … at the event, and the first 1500 through the gate will receive a  free Magpul Gen M2 MOE 30 round magazine featuring either the Free…

Jun 27, 2013 – The problem is that he said he would support the final bill if it contained the Cornyn amendment.  … While the Cornyn amendment was better than the current iteration, it granted complete amnesty first with just stronger promises of … Hence, it was also legalization first.  And that is exactly what McConnell supports.…

Jun 26, 2013 – It should never have been regulated by government in the first place, and government shouldn’t have an expanded reach in further regulating … Do not people of faith retain their First Amendment liberty of freedom of religion?…