Results for: First Amendment

Morning Briefing for November 17, 2011
https://redstate.com/erick/2011/11/17/morning-briefing-for-november-17-2011-n41200
– Cornyn on Balanced Budget Amendment, Obama’s Failure to Lead, Fast and Furious   5. … First, he is showing us just how irresponsible the House Republicans are. … Cornyn on Balanced Budget Amendment, Obama’s Failure to Lead, Fast and Furious Sen.…
Cloture vote today on gun-grabbing, pro-lifer-hating Caitlin Halligan.
https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/12/06/cloture-vote-today-on-gun-grabbing-pro-lifer-hating-caitlin-halligan-n41389
– judicial appointment to the US Circuit Court of Appeals for DC, and she’s… well, read [for some reason, the link didn’t work the first … Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which the National Rifle Association described as providing “essential protection…for the Second Amendment
'It's Time To Close The NLRB For Renovations'
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/11/27/its-time-to-close-the-nlrb-for-renovations-n41292
– Constitution’s First Amendment and calling, in an open letter, for a government official to resign is what you consider “improper influence…
Jerry Nadler picks Occupy Wall Street over NY-08's constituents.
https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/12/07/jerry-nadler-picks-occupy-wall-street-over-ny-08s-constituents-n41402
– incessant drum circles, rampant drug use, rape coverups, and of course defecating on police cars should all fall under the category of “FirstAmendment rights” – and that the cops should take seriously the complaints of a bunch of illegal squatters with Mommy/Daddy issues…
RedState Interview with Jon Huntsman
https://redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2011/12/19/redstate-interview-with-jon-huntsman-n41557
– That, I think, is a logical first step. … I think that’s a first step. And ultimately from that, I think you could go to a true flat tax. … Uh, I’m gonna stand true to who I am and putting my country first and foremost.…
The Truth about the New Detainee Policy
https://redstate.com/justinamash/2011/12/17/the-truth-about-the-new-detainee-policy-n41541
– NDAA proponents sometimes point to an amendment to sec. 1021, added by Sen. … Feinstein offered another amendment to sec. 1021 that stated the section “does not include the authority to detain a citizen of the … That amendment was rejected 45-55.  Sen. Feinstein’s other amendment, which does nothing to protect U.S. citizens, passed 99-1.…
Another Awkward Rick Santorum Vote
https://redstate.com/erick/2012/01/05/another-awkward-rick-santorum-vote-n41726
First, states already had that right. Second, this is facially not true. … Amendment 2879, sponsored by Senators Harry Reid, Russ Feingold, and Arlen Specter — the very amendment Santorum voted for — established … , said on the floor of the Senate, “Basically what this amendment does is ensure that ex-felons, people who have fully served their…
Occupy Charlotte burns the American flag.
https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/12/31/occupy-charlotte-burns-the-american-flag-n41661
– given the way that the knuckle-dragging fascists running it have consistently declared burning the flag to be protected under the FirstAmendment.…
Oh, by the way, ethanol subsidies are dead.
https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/12/29/oh-by-the-way-ethanol-subsidies-are-dead-n41643
– here: the short version is that the Senate back in June kicked off opposition to continued ethanol subsidies via a bipartisan amendment … Removing the subsidies and tariffs – which is another way of saying ‘picking winners and losers’ – is a good first step towards coming…
The Chickens of Debt Ceiling Deal Have Come Home to Roost
https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/12/27/the-chickens-of-debt-ceiling-deal-have-come-home-to-roost-n41623
– That was our time to push for Cut, Cap, Balance, or at the very least, a plain balanced budget amendment. … After enjoying a free ride on the first $900 billion of debt, Obama now has the authority to issue another $1.2 trillion of debt.  … He has blown through the first ‘tranche’ of the debt ceiling increase at a rate of almost $6 billion per day. …
Reforms, Not Just Cuts, Needed Before Debt-Ceiling Increase
https://redstate.com/sen_mike_lee/2011/05/05/reforms-not-just-cuts-needed-before-debt-ceiling-increase-n38895
amendment requiring a balanced budget—to end its perpetual expansion. … Now is the time to pass a balanced budget amendment. … The only way to do that is through a balanced budget amendment.…
Secretary Geithner, spending is not a problem of the past
https://redstate.com/senator_jim_demint/2011/05/18/secretary-geithner-spending-is-not-a-problem-of-the-past-n39051
– trying to solve a real problem with new rhetorical spin while advocating for more of the same policies that caused the problem in the first … All Senate Republicans support passage of a balanced budget amendment. … Geithner should be one of the top supporters of the balanced budget amendment; it would mean he’d never have to ask Congress for a…
Cut, Cap, and Balance
https://redstate.com/erick/2011/05/27/cut-cap-and-balance-n39170
– In the letter, they first state unequivocally that they will not vote for a debt-ceiling increase without accompanying cuts and reforms … fundamentally and permanently reform the way that Washington budgets and spends, we must send to the states a Balanced Budget Amendment … (BBA) with strong protections against federal tax increases and including a Spending Limitation Amendment (SLA) like the statutory…
Senator Jim DeMint Talks About Union Thugs and their Attack on Boeing
https://redstate.com/tex_whitley/2011/05/27/senator-jim-demint-talks-about-union-thugs-and-their-attack-on-boeing-n39165
– , I think we would eventually get the balanced budget amendment passed. … passed, that would mean next year the states would be debating ratifying that amendment. … But unless we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution this government will bankrupt our country.…
Jon Kyl and Mitch McConnell Are Whipping Colleagues to Oppose Gun Protections
https://redstate.com/erick/2011/05/26/jon-kyl-and-mitch-mcco…ell-are-whipping-colleagues-to-oppose-gun-protections-n39159
– “Senator Kyl wanted your boss to be aware of a possible firearms amendment that could be voted on today as part of an amendment agreement … Paul USA Patriot Act Gun Records Amendment? … Paul amendment prevents this hypothetical scenario from becoming reality.…
Morning Briefing for May 26, 2011
https://redstate.com/erick/2011/05/26/morning-briefing-for-may-26-2011-n39146
– “Dirty Harry” Moves To Shut Out Pro-Gun Rand Paul Amendment ———————————————————————- 1. … Koch Brothers.Today Fang attacked the freshman Republican from Arizona’s First Congressional District, Paul Gosar. … The “amendment tree” used to block Republicans from offering amendments on the floor?…
“Dirty Harry” Moves To Shut Out Pro-Gun Rand Paul Amendment
https://redstate.com/mikehammond/2011/05/24/dirty-harry-moves-to-shut-out-pro-gun-rand-paul-amendment-n39132
– The “amendment tree” used to block Republicans from offering amendments on the floor? … In order to circumvent Kentucky Senator Rand Paul’s pro-gun amendment to the bill, Reid has now scuttled the Senate version of the … As you know, Rand Paul’s amendment would exempt 4473’s and other gun records from the blanket information demands which BATF can make…
The Time for Action is Now
https://redstate.com/pat_toomey/2011/03/31/the-time-for-action-is-now-n38506
– That’s why I am very pleased that today, the Senate Republican Conference will roll out a balanced budget amendment, cosponsored by … The new, consensus balanced budget amendment is exactly what our country needs. … The balanced budget amendment is the first major step this Congress can take to impose a straitjacket on government spending, restore…
On Ethanol, Conservatives Should Stand With Tom Coburn
https://redstate.com/erick/2011/03/29/on-ethanol-conservatives-should-stand-with-tom-coburn-n38467
– He points out: Unfortunately, this is not the first time your organization has defended distortions in the tax code. … You opposed my amendment on the grounds that it was a “tax increase.” … As CCAGW President Tom Schatz wrote in support of my amendment, “At a time when the nation’s debt has ballooned to more than $14.2…
Where This Is Headed
https://redstate.com/mikehammond/2011/03/24/where-this-is-headed-n38404
– Instead, says the Republican leadership, this is only the first of a series of battles. First, there will be the debt limit. … A balanced budget constitutional amendment? … sound bite, that this is different from the “18% of GDP, subject to sequestration, with supermajority and emergency escape valves” amendment
When Will the Real Fight Finally Commence?
https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/04/10/when-will-the-real-fight-finally-commence-n38628
– They propose an awesome Balanced Budget Amendment as a concession for raising the debt limit. … The amendment would force Congress to pass a balanced budget; the President to submit a balanced budget; the capping of spending at … Boehner has already punted on the first one. …
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