Results for: First Amendment

There Was No Overturned Assault Weapons Ban in Florida on Saturday
https://redstate.com/prevaila/2018/03/04/no-overturned-assault-weapons-ban-florida-n85695
– On Saturday, the Florida Senate voted against adding an amendment to SB 7026 which would’ve added an assault weapons ban to the bill … The Florida Senate first held a voice-vote on the assault weapons ban amendment, where it initially and unofficially passed.  … Voice votes are useful when an amendment will likely have few supporters or detractors.…
Liberal Courts Are Actively Dismantling the Second Amendment
https://redstate.com/joshkimbrell/2018/03/04/liberal-courts-actively-dismantling-second-amendment-n85689
– Writing for the majority, Judge Robert King wrote “Put simply, we have no power to extend Second Amendment protections to weapons of … Nationalizing an unconstitutional state law in Maryland is the first step toward judicially imposed gun control, and the brakes must … Heller that the Second Amendment protects arms that are ‘in common use at the time for lawful purposes like self-defense.'”…
Rubio Shows How to Take the Lead on the Guns Debate
https://redstate.com/sarahquinlan/2018/03/02/rubio-shows-how-to-take-the-lead-on-the-guns-debate-n85639
First, though, Rubio pointed out how unproductive it is to “hold hostage a piece of legislation that would work and that we all support … effective reforms that keep guns out of the hands of those who would harm innocents, but that also don’t infringe upon the Second Amendment
Dear Conservative Parents: Stop Raising Politicians and Pundits
https://redstate.com/kiradavis/2018/03/02/dear-conservative-parents-stop-raising-politicians-pundits-n85642
– shut down people like Benjamin because they’re evil despots rubbing their hands together with glee at the thought of ending the FirstAmendment.…
One Gun Seller Demolishes Dick's Sporting Goods for Spreading False Info and Caving to Anti-Gun Hysteria
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2018/03/02/one-gun-seller…g-goods-spreading-false-info-caving-anti-gun-hysteria-n85640
– placing all the blame on the wrong thing: Palmetto State Armory would like to go on record stating that we support the Second Amendment … Palmetto State Armory also strongly supports the First Amendment which enables individuals to voice their opinions, even those in contrast … We believe that a primary purpose of the Second Amendment is actually to protect the First Amendment.…
The 17 Parkland Families Are United in Support of the STOP School Violence Act
https://redstate.com/sarah-rumpf/2018/03/20/parkland-families-united-support-stop-school-violence-act-n86557
– Kasky (@JeffKasky) March 19, 2018 Naysayers like Kasky aside, Petty is optimistic about the bill, calling it “a strong first step … Kyle Kashuv, a Stoneman Douglas student who has stood out for his conservative support for Second Amendment rights, also went to D.C…
California's Crisis Pregnancy Center Law Gets Beaten to Rags By the Supreme Court
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/03/20/californias-crisis-pregnancy-center-law-gets-beaten-rags-supreme-court-n86536
– Others said it violated the 1st Amendment by requiring these private clinics put out the state’s message. Justice Anthony M. … state has “other means to provide messages. … It’s pretty unusual to force a private speaker to do that for you under the 1st Amendment … This is what a danger to the First Amendment looks like. It involves the state requiring speech and prohibiting speech.…
Crucial Case: CA Abortion Law Hits SCOTUS Today
https://redstate.com/kiradavis/2018/03/20/crucial-case-ca-abortion-law-hits-scotus-today-n86500
– The National Institute of Family Advocates (NIFA) immediately launched a lawsuit, claiming the law violates First Amendment rights.…
NRA Takes Aim at Speaker of Florida House Over New Gun Bill
https://redstate.com/sarah-rumpf/2018/03/19/nra-takes-aim-speaker-florida-house-new-gun-bill-n86452
– Hammer blasted Corcoran for calling the bill “one of the greatest Second Amendment victories we’ve ever had,” denouncing it as “adding … engineer” the bill, wrote Hammer, and then “tried to justify his betrayal” by claiming the school marshal provision as a Second Amendment … Politico quoted a Republican lawmaker as calling Corcoran “the first casualty” of the bill and the NRA’s opposition to it: “For Richard…
Adam Rippon May Be Getting a Reality Show -- Why His "15 Minutes" Aren't Up
https://redstate.com/sarahquinlan/2018/03/14/adam-rippon-may-getting-reality-show-15-minutes-arent-n86231
first openly gay male athlete to win a medal in a Winter Olympics. … He is free to exercise his First Amendment rights — just as Bob Kuechenberg, Manny Fernandez, Jim Langer, Matt Birk, or Tim Thomas … exercised their First Amendment rights when they chose not to visit Barack Obama’s White House due to political differences (though…
Yes, They DO Want to Take Your Guns Away. They Do.
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2018/03/14/yes-want-take-guns-away-n86217
– Every time the issue of gun control comes up and America goes to war with itself over the preservation of the Second Amendment, I … They’re covering it like it’s our first alien contact. … First, it was the AR-15’s because they’re dangerous and “nobody needs that kind of firepower.”…
RedState's Watercooler, Pi Day Open Thread - RIP Hawking; Dispatches
https://redstate.com/diamondback/2018/03/14/redstates-watercooler-pi-day-open-thread-rip-hawking-dispatches-n86219
– The first “halfway there” was in 1934 The second “halfway there” was in 1968 The third “halfway there” was in 1986 The chair has been … Most Wanted,” 1950 Thursday, 3/15: Battle of Guilford Court House, 1781; Pershing expedition dispatched against Pancho Villa, 1916; first … Internet domain name registered, 1985 Friday, 3/16: Union forces take Alexandria, LA, 1864; Goddard launches first liquid-fuel rocket…
Stop Whining About Trump's Disdain for the Media... It's a Good Thing
https://redstate.com/kiradavis/2018/03/12/stop-whining-trumps-disdain-media-its-good-thing-n86078
– It may even be considered a “right” if you finesse the purpose of the first amendment enough. … The first amendment is in no danger of suddenly being overturned by the first “reality tv” president, and Trump is in no danger of … He is who he is and frankly, who he is (and is not) is what got him elected in the first place.…
Dear Mainstream Media: Stop Allowing David Hogg to Say Whatever He Wants Without Challenge
https://redstate.com/arbogast/2018/03/12/dear-mainstream-med…owing-david-hogg-say-whatever-wants-without-challenge-n86065
– He first says DeVos “paid for her position” and that she “doesn’t support public schools.” … First of all, DeVos herself donated about $115,000 to Republicans since 1980. … He says, “The CDC isn’t allowed to do research into these areas because of the Dickey amendment.”…
Dear Parkland Parents: It’s Time For You To Step In
https://redstate.com/kimberly_ross/2018/03/31/parkland-parents-time-to-step-in-n87208
– I have a problem with their lack of basic knowledge about guns and gun laws while chiding Second Amendment supporters for possessing … remarked on Hogg’s worries about college acceptance, Hogg should not have taken to social media and displayed his emotions there in the first … And their murders are the reason we’re here, discussing this issue, squabbling over it online in the first place.…
Ted Nugent Wades Into the Fray With Parkland Survivors (Just Stop)
https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2018/03/31/ted-nugent-wades-fray-parkland-survivors-just-stop-n87206
– Hogg has been a willing tool of the left, an impressionable mind being used to batter the pro-Second Amendment crowd. … First of all, I don’t think he was that pained to say it. Second of all, they’re not soulless. No one is.…
The Amazing Story of a Medal of Honor Delayed By 73 Years
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/03/30/amazing-story-medal-honor-delayed-73-years-n87134
– he was swept up in the pre-World War II peacetime draft that began in November 1940 (I’m using November because that is when the first … By 1945, Private Conner was First Lieutenant Conner and had won four Silver Stars, four Bronze Stars, and seven Purple Hearts in 28 … McConnell attached an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 that cleared the way to legally recognize Conner,…
Chelsea Handler Just Clowned Herself on Gun Control and Exposed Her Own Elitism in One Tweet
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2018/03/29/chelsea-handler-just-clowned-gun-control-exposed-elitism-one-tweet-n87106
– Trump took to Twitter to announce that the Second Amendment will never be repealed and that more Republicans should be elected to protect … We are. https://t.co/JjvpnVNXjL — Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) March 28, 2018 First off, I’d like to thank Handler for … Repealing the 2nd Amendment is nearly impossible to do thanks to all the rules and regs that prevent it from going down so easily.…
The Mis-Education of David Hogg and Others
https://redstate.com/davenj1/2018/03/29/pimping-david-hogg-n86925
– About 200,000 people gathered to exercise their First Amendment rights of free speech, assembly, and petitioning the government for … the bawdy nature, it was a peaceful affair where speaker after speaker rose to the dais and argued for abrogation of the Second Amendment … Does the Left honestly believe the Second Amendment was written to protect the rights of hunters?  …
At Least Stevens Was Honest: Repealing the Second Amendment is the Goal of Liberal Activists
https://redstate.com/joshkimbrell/2018/03/28/least-stevens-h…est-repealing-second-amendment-goal-liberal-activists-n87042
– measures that unilaterally disarm the innocent shapes a balance of power in favor of those intent on committing violent crimes in the first … Following the advice of former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens that we repeal the Second Amendment, which he calls “a relic…
Dear Killer Mike: You Do You, No Matter What
https://redstate.com/kiradavis/2018/03/28/dear-killer-mike-no-matter-n87033
– I’m sure you can remember the first time you heard your favorite artist or celebrity or someone you admired speak your own experience … unique issues black Americans face in their everyday lives and how the protection of our civil rights (and don’t forget, the Second Amendment
Justice Stevens' Dishonest Attack on the Second Amendment Must Be Taken Seriously
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/03/27/justice-stevenss-dishonest-attack-second-amendment-must-taken-seriously-n86966
– today where he agrees that the case against firearms made by a crew of ill-bred cretinous teens is so powerful that the Second Amendment … Another of the early laws of which we have spoken is the first militia law, which was passed in 1792 at the first session of the second … Stevens’s wishcasting and hand-waving aside, there is damned little chance that the Second Amendment will be repealed.…
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