Results for First Amendment

  1. Former AG Bill Barr Makes Bold Prediction: Trump Will Be Indicted for J6 Riot https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/06/18/former-ag-bill-barr-ma…s-bold-prediction-trump-will-be-indicted-for-j6-riot-n763696
    Barr acknowledged the challenges of the case due to First Amendment interests but expressed his expectation that charges would be brought … And I’ve always said, I think the January sixth case will be a hard case to make because of First Amendment interest. … The former attorney general continued, “Because of the First Amendment interests, we don’t want to get in a position where people can…
  2. Barr Unloads on Trump (Again), Thinks He's in Serious Trouble in Classified Docs Case https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2023/06/18/barr-unloads-on-trum…hinks-hes-in-serious-trouble-in-classified-docs-case-n763652
    First, he said that although The Donald has been the subject of an overzealous Department of Justice in the past, that doesn’t mean … Again, because of the First Amendment interests.…
  3. Former Trump Impeachment Counsel Alan Dershowitz Says 'Nefarious Group' Seeks to Destroy Any Lawyer Who Defends Trump https://redstate.com/beccalower/2023/06/17/former-trump-impe…group-seeks-to-destroy-any-lawyer-who-defends-trump-n762805
    Now Dershowitz, one of Trump’s attorneys during the first impeachment trial, is giving an insider view of what he says is intense pressure … Dershowitz notes that this isn’t the first time he’s written about the group — an action that placed him on their “target” list, he … says: When these threats first emerged, I wrote an op-ed offering to defend pro bono any lawyers that The 65 Project goes after.…
  4. 'The View' Spew: Whoopi and Sunny Demand Constitutional Amendment to Bar 'Jailed' Trump Presidency https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2023/06/16/the-view-spew-wh…stitutional-amendment-to-bar-jailed-trump-presidency-n762452
    First: Trump will be found guilty after his recent federal indictment on 37 felony counts related to his alleged mishandling of classified … Next up, Mensa member Joy Behar weighed in, doubting that the amendment thingy would work, for which she promptly blamed… wait for … [yes, sarc] But the amendment will change how we deal with people who come up like this. That’s what I want.…
  5. Federal Judge Blocks Seattle Police From Arresting Vandals, Cites Ridiculously Mind-Numbing Reason https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2023/06/15/federal-judge-bl…sting-vandals-cites-ridiculously-mind-numbing-reason-n762070
    and 14th Amendment rights, among other claims, “by being both vague and overbroad.” … According to Braden Pence, an attorney representing the plaintiffs, the first person was arrested after writing “peaceful protest” … Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, no less.…
  6. Republican Senator Wants to Ban Flag Burning. Is He Right? https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/06/14/republican-senator-wants-to-ban-flag-burning-is-he-right-n761673
    Steve Daines (R-MT) reintroduced a constitutional amendment to ban the burning of the American flag, marking the occasion on Flag Day … Depriving someone of their freedom or property for engaging in this behavior is precisely why the First Amendment was created in the … first place.…
  7. The White House Shamelessly Announces It Will Keep Violating the Law Regarding the Hatch Act https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/06/14/the-white-house-sham…will-keep-violating-the-law-regarding-the-hatch-act-n761631
    That’s not the world we live in any longer, and any real legal challenge of the Hatch Act would probably succeed on First Amendment…
  8. Flag Day News: Detroit-Area Community Bans LGBTQ+ Pride Flags on Public Property https://redstate.com/brutalbrittany/2023/06/14/flag-day-news…community-bans-lgbtq-pride-flags-on-public-property-n761390
    A letter from the organization to Council members condemned the policy as “Hasty attacks on the First Amendment in public spaces,”…
  9. Student Loans - Pay Your Own Debts! https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/06/14/student-loans-pay-your-own-debts-n761378
    Cole and Johnson, I would first say this: Even if we take your statement at face value, where, in the Constitution, is it an enumerated … I would then ask them to read the Tenth Amendment. … But that’s a futile exercise, as the Federal Government has been ignoring the concept of enumerated powers and the Tenth Amendment…
  10. Proposed California Law Gets Government and Insurance Companies Involved in Surrogate Pregnancies for Gay Men. What Could Go Wrong? https://redstate.com/streiff/2023/06/14/proposed-california…urrogate-pregnancies-for-gay-men-what-could-go-wrong-n761244
    The bill, an amendment to the state’s health insurance called SB 729, redefines infertility as “a person’s inability to reproduce either … This isn’t California’s first move in this direction.…
  11. Donald Trump Scores Minor Legal Victory as Case Against Niece Mary Trump Proceeds https://redstate.com/brutalbrittany/2023/06/13/donald-trump…al-victory-as-case-against-niece-mary-trump-proceeds-n760743
    Mary Trump has argued that her work is protected by the First Amendment and free speech rights, claiming the former President’s lawsuit … was previously successful when Trump sued the NYT, where Judge Reed dismissed the case ruling that the story was protected by the First … Amendment and ordered the former President to pay the paper’s legal fees.…
  12. Biden's ATF Just Turned 29 Million Law Abiding American Gun Owners Into Felons Overnight https://redstate.com/brutalbrittany/2023/06/12/bidens-atf-ju…aw-abiding-american-gun-owners-into-felons-overnight-n760042
    Pratt said: Americans cherish their Second Amendment rights, so it’s not surprising that very few gun owners registered their pistols … Americans know that registration is the first step to confiscation — hence the reason gun owners have a history of refusing to comply … I will never stop fighting to protect Americans’ Second Amendment freedoms. pic.twitter.com/4Iu5LMLCyb — Rep.…
  13. REPORT: Fox News Sends Tucker Carlson 'Cease-and-Desist' Over Twitter Show https://redstate.com/joesquire/2023/06/12/report-fox-news-se…ds-tucker-carlson-cease-and-desist-over-twitter-show-n759923
    Carlson is making a First Amendment argument for posting on Twitter, and asserts that Fox has committed material breaches of his contract … Behind the scenes: Carlson’s first two Twitter episodes were straight-to-camera monologues.…
  14. California Lawmakers Want to Lock You in a Cage for Not Bending to Their 'Gender-Affirming Care' Agenda https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/06/10/california-lawmakers-w…or-not-bending-to-their-gender-affirming-care-agenda-n759090
    law: gender identity” bill, passed California’s State Assembly on May 3, but radical state Senator Scott Wiener (D-SF) added an amendment … In 2022, he introduced a first-in-the-nation law enshrining California as a “haven” where out-of-state minors can obtain sex changes…
  15. EXCLUSIVE: California’s Civil Rights Division's Cisco Lawsuit Is the Father of the Caste Discrimination Bill SB 403 https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2023/06/10/exclusive-califor…s-the-father-of-the-caste-discrimination-bill-sb-403-n758442
    It would be the first statewide measure of its kind in the nation, although Seattle passed a similar ordinance in February. … female Afghani Muslim to serve as an elected official in the state, and she is a first-term senator looking to make her mark in a … First few such tensions have expression thru a bill called #SB403 (mostly sponsored by Muslim groups) in California.…
  16. Gascon's LA District Attorney's Office Leaves Twitter, Alarmed Over Constitutionally Protected Speech https://redstate.com/brutalbrittany/2023/06/10/gascons-la-di…itter-alarmed-over-constitutionally-protected-speech-n759233
    While we respect the principles of the First Amendment, we also recognize that the comments regularly posted on our Twitter page have…
  17. Beto O’Rourke Inserts Foot Directly Into Mouth During Remarks on Migrant Crisis https://redstate.com/jeffc/2022/03/09/beto-orourke-inserts-f…directly-into-mouth-during-remarks-on-migrant-crisis-n533835
    comments come after more than 2 million migrants crossed the border illegally into the United States under President Joe Biden’s first … Indeed, when the crisis first emerged, there was at least some reporting detailing the lack of transparency coming from the White House … O’Rourke has already proven to be out of touch with Texans, especially when it comes to the Second Amendment.…
  18. Two Democrat Redistricting Wins at SCOTUS Might Turn out to Be Pyrrhic Victory for the Left https://redstate.com/streiff/2022/03/08/two-democrat-redistr…us-might-turn-out-to-be-pyrrhic-victory-for-the-left-n533238
    (The long dormancy of a constitutional provision did not stop him from adopting a novel reading of the Second Amendment in 2008.) … right to carry firearms might be about to go away (Supreme Court Conservatives Maul New York’s Restrictive Concealed Carry Law in First … Major Second Amendment Case in a Decade).…
  19. Here’s How We Know They Don’t Actually Care About ‘Lynchings’ https://redstate.com/jeffc/2022/03/03/heres-how-we-know-they-dont-actually-care-about-lynchings-n531031
    Indeed, the first gun control laws were specifically designed to ensure that black people did not possess the means to defend themselves … Meanwhile, they continue making sure that only certain people can exercise their Second Amendment rights.…
  20. Big Tech YouTube Asks Big Gov to Erase the Censorship Line https://redstate.com/setonmotley/2022/03/02/big-tech-youtube-asks-big-gov-to-erase-the-censorship-line-n530426
    It is to them the First Amendment applies.  Not to Big Tech’s private platforms. Except when this starts to happen. … “This is anti-Fourteenth Amendment un-equal protection before the law — that no one else in the history of the country has ever received…
  21. Fauci's Latest Interview Sounds More Like a Swan Song Than a Prelude to a New Fake Crisis https://redstate.com/streiff/2022/03/20/faucis-latest-interv…like-a-swan-song-than-a-prelude-to-a-new-fake-crisis-n538602
    Anthony Fauci, made his first major television appearance in several weeks. … GREAT NEWS: Rand Paul Introduces Amendment To Eliminate Fauci’s Position As NIAID Director https://t.co/9QXbJbQoMM — Brigitte Gabriel … FAUCI: Well, first of all, he’s a very competent person.…
  22. Missouri's Attempt to Outlaw Out-of-State Abortions Is Not an Idea We Should Get Behind https://redstate.com/streiff/2022/03/20/missouris-attempt-to…state-abortions-is-not-an-idea-we-should-get-behind-n538468
    For the first time since Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton became the law of the land, we have the legions of Moloch on the run. … In the first instance, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a defense of a new Mississippi law that prohibits abortion after 15-weeks. … The first-of-its-kind proposal would allow private citizens to sue anyone who helps a Missouri resident have an abortion — from the…
  23. EXCLUSIVE: San Diego County Board of Supervisors' Nathan Fletcher Continues to Skirt Ethics and Credulity With Questionable Behested Payments https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2022/03/18/exclusive-san-die…cs-and-credulity-with-questionable-behested-payments-n535596
    Nathan Fletcher, Lorena Gonzalez herself, fails to understand the purpose of that part of the first amendment where citizens can petition…
  24. DC Circuit Judge Nails Response to ‘Woke’ Yale Mob That Tried to Shout Down Free Speech Event https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2022/03/18/d-c-circuit-j…yale-mob-that-tried-to-shout-down-free-speech-event-n537438
    Both groups had taken the same side in a 2021 Supreme Court case involving legal remedies for First Amendment violations.…
  25. Kyrsten Sinema Mocked Joe Biden, Praised GOP at Fundraiser https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/03/16/kyrsten-sinema-mocked-joe-biden-praised-gop-at-fundraiser-n536786
    First and foremost, she dared to praise Rep. Andy Biggs, not necessarily politically, but as a person. … In the spring of 2021, “she became the first-ever lawmaker to argue with White House aides when they asked her to wear a face mask … Cipollone and told him that if President Trump didn’t act more aggressively to denounce the mob “we’ll be asking you for the 25th Amendment…