Results for: First Amendment

Strange Bedfellows: Liberal Group Steps up to Defend Chick-fil-A After Buffalo Airport Snub
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2019/04/04/strange-bedfe…al-group-steps-defend-chick-fil-buffalo-airport-snub-n104368
– “The First Amendment does not permit the NFTA to base its contracting decisions on the political views of a vendor.” … In the San Antonio case, the Texas-based First Liberty Institute legal group sent a formal request last week to DOT Secretary Elaine … Chao and US Attorney General William Barr to investigate whether the actions of the San Antonio City Council violated the First Amendment
Bring It: Freshman NY Dem Slams AOC's Green New Deal Lies, Dares Justice Dems to Primary Him
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2019/04/04/bring-freshma…aocs-green-new-deal-lies-dares-justice-dems-primary-n104360
– He also was one one of the first Democrats in the House to criticize Rep. … I was the first to criticize her in the Democratic party and we’ll continue to work though to make sure these comments don’t continue … list” of Democrats that will face a primary challenge from progressive Democrats for siding with Republicans in the House on an amendment
House Democrats Mount an Actual Attack On Press Freedom
https://redstate.com/streiff/2019/04/03/house-democrats-mount-actual-attack-press-freedom-n104314
– Over the past two years there has been a lot of talk about President Trump’s alleged attack on the First Amendment. … All of what the media has billed as “chilling” the First Amendment has been Trump and his White House calling out no-talent and highly … what an actual assault on the First Amendment looks like. ========= ========= Like what you see?…
Gorsuch Death Penalty Decision Causes Soiled Undies on the Left
https://redstate.com/streiff/2019/04/01/gorsuch-death-penalty-bucklew-missouri-n104143
First, the time lag from conviction to execution is typically one or more decades. … And Bucklew could represent far more than a turning point in the Supreme Court’s understanding of just one amendment. … Nor did the later addition of the Eighth Amendment outlaw the practice.…
CNN's April Ryan Says Sarah Sanders' Head Should Be "Lopped Off"
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2019/04/19/cnns-april-ryan-says-sarah-sanders-head-lopped-off-n105397
– Anything said against them is incitement and a threat to the 1st amendment. … This is not even her first encounter with suggesting violence against Sanders.…
Texas' Excuses for Cronyism Are Just as Lame As Everyone Else's
https://redstate.com/setonmotley/2019/04/17/texas-excuses-cronyism-just-lame-everyone-elses-n105227
– The solution isn’t to curtail our First Amendment rights to speak and lobby.  … “Legalese-to-English translation: Any company that wants to provide (electricity transmission) service – must first play Mother May … A government place where its myriad agencies all have long names – shortened to just their first letters.…
Alyssa Milano Tweets Out Breaking News That Happened Before She was Born
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2019/04/16/alyssa-milano-humiliates-tweeting-breaking-news-happened-born-n105196
– Here’s a video of the revelation:  For the first time in 36 years, Congress will hold a hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment. … But in terms of having any impact on already-existent law, ERA may as well stand for Empty Rhetoric Amendment.…
Pelosi Demands Trump Remove 9/11 Video From Twitter To Save Omar's Life (Or Something)
https://redstate.com/slee/2019/04/14/pelosi-demands-trump-remove-911-video-twitter-save-omars-life-something-n105063
– called out over her beheading video of Trump and responds by calling the person insane and claims the person is ignorant about the FirstAmendment pic.twitter.com/4ry06pa4oR — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 13, 2019 There’s nothing rational or logical to … hang onto here — Kathy lecturing on the 1st Amendment while Pelosi demands Trump remove a Tweet — and it’s getting to the point that…
Why John Roberts Is So Frustrating
https://redstate.com/davenj1/2019/04/14/john-roberts-frustrating-n105048
– . ========= ========= John Roberts’ path to Chief Justice took a circular path in 2005 when he was first appointed to the Supreme … For example, the Roberts Court has given us the Heller and McDonald decisions regarding the Second Amendment, Citizens United in the … Amendment, he appears to consistently take the conservative side.…
Jim Acosta Wins the NY Press Club's 'Truth to Power' Award...Yes, Really
https://redstate.com/elizabeth-vaughn/2019/04/13/jim-acosta-wins-ny-press-clubs-truth-power-award-yes-really-n105023
– former United States Solicitor-General Theodore Olson, issued a statement: “The Supreme Court has held in no uncertain terms that the FirstAmendment protects ‘robust political debate,’ including ‘speech that is critical of those who hold public office.”…
Is CBS Inciting Violence in the Latest Episode of "The Good Fight"
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2019/04/13/cbs-inciting-violence-latest-episode-good-fight-n105027
– I was always taught never to throw the first punch, never to instigate. Defend, but don’t attack. … Perhaps DiPersia, or those who write his lines, should read some First Amendment case law.…
Pushing the Boundaries on Abortion
https://redstate.com/davenj1/2019/04/13/pushing-boundaries-abortion-n105008
– . ========= ========= First and foremost, let me state upfront that I am decidedly pro-life.   … At the national level, we have the Hyde Amendment and a partial birth abortion ban.  …
University of Missouri-Kansas City Chancellor Responds to Michael Knowles Assault, & It's Pathetic
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2019/04/12/university-missou…chancellor-responds-michael-knowles-assault-pathetic-n104989
– As a taxpayer-funded public university, UMKC is also required by law to strictly enforce the First Amendment right to free speech for … As a taxpayer-funded public university, UMKC is also required by law to strictly enforce the First Amendment right to free speech for…
Bring Back Hanging!
https://redstate.com/kentucky_dana/2019/04/11/bring-back-hanging-n104967
– . ========= ========= That I am opposed to capital punishment is well known to both my readers on The First Street Journal and those … Justice Neil Gorsuch noted in his majority opinion, capital punishment is contemplated and permitted by the Constitution, and the First … My personal website, The First Street Journal, includes articles not necessarily in Red State’s paradigm.…
The "Justice Democrats": An Organization of Fools
https://redstate.com/kentucky_dana/2019/04/26/justice-democrats-organization-fools-n105790
– So, I decided to do a little research, and the first thing I found about the Justice Democrats was their website logo: On the … They advocate restrictions on our Second Amendment rights, and support a ‘federal jobs guarantee’ for ‘anyone who wants to work.’² … My personal website, The First Street Journal, includes articles not necessarily in Red State’s paradigm.…
Democrat Plan to Let Incarcerated Felons Vote Even Shocks CNN
https://redstate.com/streiff/2019/04/25/democrat-plan-let-incarcerated-felons-vote-even-shocks-cnn-n105727
– the currently unindicted felon Saikat Chakrabarti, equated the right of incarcerated felons to vote with the exercise of Second Amendment … Listen, I’m glad we asked the question, I’m glad you asked the question first to Bernie and then we talked to the other candidates,…
STELTER: Trump Is ATTACKING The Media...By Choosing Not To Be Around Them
https://redstate.com/slee/2019/04/23/stelter-trump-attacking-media-by-choosing-not-around-n105616
– press but now we’re learning the White House is actually telling the administration officials so boycott the dinner celebrating the FirstAmendment,”  Burke said, before bringing media analyst Stelter on to affirm her opinion. … Amendment
Incitement: The Progressive Left’s New Anti-Free Speech Tactic
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2019/04/21/incitement-lefts-new-anti-free-speech-tactic-n105492
– The First Amendment does not protect incitements to violence, so by using this label, they are attempting to get the public to connect … Two years ago, the Brookings Institute conducted a study of college students analyzing their understanding of the First Amendment and … Four in ten students believed that the First Amendment does not protect “hate speech.”…
BOOM: Police Report Filed Against PA Democratic State Rep. Over His Harassment of Pro-Life Teenagers
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2019/05/10/boom-police-r…a-democratic-state-rep-harassment-pro-life-teenagers-n106740
– Because not only has he not been apologetic, Sims is an elected official and he was very clearly trying to infringe on the First Amendment
CBS Censors Scene About Chinese Censorship, Revealing Hollywood's Shift in Artistic Ethics
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2019/05/09/cbs-censors-scene…ensorship-revealing-hollywoods-shift-artistic-ethics-n106622
– The First Amendment would commonly be invoked, and the cry of “censorship” would follow, and most of the time that was all that was … Within the next couple of years, the Chinese annual box office gross is expected to exceed that of North America for the first time…
Student Artwork that Portrayed Police Officers as Pigs Removed from a City Building in Ohio After Outcry
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2019/05/08/student-artwo…lice-officers-pigs-removed-city-building-ohio-outcry-n106621
– news reports to the artwork and the decision to remove it, local residents and community leaders are torn between believing in the FirstAmendment rights of the student and understanding why the police department would be upset and concerned.…
The Idiocy of Fighting Against Chicken Nuggets Is a Symptom of the Celebrity Activist Syndrome Afflicting Alyssa Milano
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2019/05/08/idiocy-fighting-c…celebrity-activist-syndrome-afflicting-alyssa-milano-n106568
– As detailed last week, fellow thespian Patricia Arquette was before Congress to testify on behalf of pushing the Equal Rights Amendment … “It is time for the constitution to reflect the powerful principles of its first three words: We the People’.”…
Ted Cruz: Why Is the Democratic Party Being Silent on Brian Sims Bullying Women?
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2019/05/08/ted-cruz-democratic-party-silent-brian-sims-bullying-women-n106545
– You can best believe that if this had been a Republican state representative harassing liberal women and infringing on their FirstAmendment rights, it would be on the front pages of the NY Times and the Washington Post.…
A Writer's Reflection on #Borderline, 6 Months Later
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2019/05/07/a-writers-reflection-on-borderline-6-months-later-n106327
– Because of my work in media, and because I somewhat specialize in Second Amendment issues, I’m quite familiar with how social media … “They were one of the first out and are shaken up but safe.…
Rob Schneider Reminds Us Again of the Importance of Liberty - and Why Hollywood Needs More Like Him
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2019/05/06/rob-schneider-rem…ds-us-importance-liberty-hollywood-needs-people-like-n106430
– Look no further than his character in Adam’s 50 First Dates. … And we are not protecting our 1st Amendment. … He was great in 50 First Dates and Click, and I enjoyed The Hot Chick. …
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