Results for First Amendment

  1. Illinois Supreme Court Upholds 'SAFE-T Act,' Eliminates Cash Bail https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2023/07/18/illinois-supreme-court-upholds-safe-t-act-eliminates-cash-bail-n778301
    monetary bail, effectively requiring the “amount” of bail to be zero for every criminal proceeding in this state, the legislature must first … Rosen, 895 F.3d 272, 279-80 (3d Cir. 2018) (noting that both the new legislation and the constitutional amendment took effect on January … , to abolish monetary bail and the corresponding judicial determination of the “amount of bail,” the legislature must, likewise, first…
  2. Zuckerberg's 'Threads' Already in Big Trouble: House Investigating Censorship, Demanding Answers https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/07/17/zuckerbergs-threa…ble-house-investigating-censorship-demanding-answers-n778057
    Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) July 17, 2023 “Given that Meta has censored First Amendment-protected speech as a result of government … agencies’ requests and demands in the past,” Jordan wrote, “the Committee is concerned about potential First Amendment violations…
  3. Tucker Carlson Is Still Getting the Last Laugh as He Launches an Ad Deal With PublicSq. https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2023/07/17/tucker-carlson-is…e-last-laugh-as-he-launches-an-ad-deal-with-publicsq-n777867
    It markets itself as a patriotic, America-first alternative to Amazon. … Carlson’s lawyers, however, claim the network is violating Carlson’s First Amendment right to Free Speech.…
  4. Half of Millennials Want to Criminalize Misgendering: Are We Heading Towards Authoritarianism? https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/07/16/half-of-millennials-wa…misgendering-are-we-heading-towards-authoritarianism-n777627
    The First Amendment has traditionally prevented the state from regulating what people say in the public square and elsewhere.…
  5. The Double Standard: 'Colored People' vs. 'People of Color' - Which Should Be More Offensive? https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/07/15/the-double-standard-co…le-vs-people-of-color-which-should-be-more-offensive-n777092
    The incident occurred on Thursday during a floor debate over a proposed amendment to the annual defense bill: Rep. … “My amendment has nothing to do with whether or not colored people or Black people or anybody can serve,” said Crane, who is in his … first term.…
  6. Fifth Circuit Stays Injunction Forbidding Government Censorship via Social Media Platforms https://redstate.com/streiff/2023/07/15/fifth-circuit-stays…ing-government-censorship-via-social-media-platforms-n776928
    Injunction in Landmark Free Speech Case, Federal Judge Destroys the Government’s Argument in Favor of Censorship and Educates Them on the First … Amendment, Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Censorship Case Against Fauci and Other Biden Officials, ‘This Is Not About Truth — It’s…
  7. FBI Director Wray Stands Firm: No Regrets for Targeting Parents Based on Political Affiliations https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/07/14/fbi-director-wray-stan…or-targeting-parents-based-on-political-affiliations-n776497
    Amendment activity, the right of citizens to speak and petition their government on the most important of issues: the education of … WRAY: Well, I want to be clear, we, the FBI, as I said, were not and did not investigate people for exercising their First Amendment … Amendment rights without fear of being investigated or labeled as threats for no valid reason.…
  8. Hunter Biden's Attorney Doesn't Like What Trump Has to Say About Hunter https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/07/14/hunter-bidens-attorney-doesnt-like-what-trump-has-to-say-about-hunter-n776459
    Is he saying that Trump shouldn’t be allowed to speak and doesn’t have a First Amendment right?…
  9. Congressman Kiley Holds Christopher Wray's Feet to the Fire on the DOJ Targeting of Parents https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2023/07/13/congressman-kiley…ays-feet-to-the-fire-on-the-doj-targeting-of-parents-n775850
    Amendment rights. … Amendment activity,” House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. … WRAY: Well, I want to be clear, we, the FBI, as I said, were not and did not investigate people for exercising their First Amendment…
  10. Biden FTC Effort to Go After Elon Musk's Twitter Exposed, Elon and GOP Demanding Answers https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/07/13/biden-ftc-effort…musks-twitter-exposed-elon-and-gop-demanding-answers-n775836
    said that the FTC was demanding to know what journalists Twitter had been in contact with, which seems to be tripping all over the First … Amendment.…
  11. Politics, Political Parties, and Modern Whigs https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/07/12/politics-political-parties-and-modern-whigs-n775319
    At the founding, the American polity was likewise bipolar, at first divided between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans. … they are missing positions on some key issues that are very much at the forefront of American politics right now, such as Second Amendment…
  12. January 6 Figure Ray Epps Sues Fox News for Defamation for Claiming He Was a Federal Provocateur https://redstate.com/streiff/2023/07/10/january-6-figure-ray…defamation-for-claiming-he-was-a-federal-provocateur-n774350
    First Amendment experts say Mr. … First, he is shown talking to the Capitol Police before the sign is used as a weapon. … At first, Epps was on the FBI’s most wanted list. Here is the original bulletin.…
  13. Media's New Nickname for Angry Biden Is Going to Make Him Melt Down https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/07/10/medias-new-nickname-for-angry-biden-is-going-to-make-him-melt-down-n774317
    Biden’s been losing it on people in public for a long time, at least since his first run for president in the 1988 race. … WATCH: "You’re full of sh*t," @JoeBiden tells a man who accused him of "actively trying to end our Second Amendment right." … "I support the Second Amendment," Biden adds while vising under-construction auto plant in Detroit.…
  14. Federal Judge Denies Government's Motion to Stay Injunction in Landmark Free Speech Case https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2023/07/10/federal-judge-denie…tion-to-stay-injunction-in-landmark-free-speech-case-n774312
    , posts that delegitimized or questioned the results of the 2020 election, and other content not subject to any exception to the First … Amendment.…
  15. Religious Freedom Is the Main Threat to Progressives and They Know It https://redstate.com/streiff/2023/07/10/religious-freedom-is-the-main-threat-to-progressives-and-they-know-it-n774105
    I would argue that freedom of conscience (First Amendment) and freedom from government overreach (Second through Tenth Amendments)…
  16. Pro-Life Advocates Sue Vermont Over Laws Targeting Crisis Pregnancy Centers https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/07/29/pro-life-advocates-sue…vermont-over-laws-targeting-crisis-pregnancy-centers-n784511
    This week the Green Mountain State joined them in getting sued for alleged First and Fourteenth Amendment infringements.…
  17. Wisconsin Officials Try to Force Catholic Healthcare System to Perform 'Gender-Affirming' Surgeries https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/07/29/dane-county-officials…ce-gender-affirming-care-on-catholic-health-facility-n784547
    that a county’s government would try to pressure the organization into violating these beliefs certainly violates the spirit of the First … Amendment, if not the letter of the law.…
  18. DeSantis Cracks Joke About Cocaine at the WH, Bashes Bidenomics at Iowa GOP Lincoln Dinner https://redstate.com/beccalower/2023/07/28/desantis-cracks-j…the-wh-bashes-bidenomics-at-iowa-gop-lincoln-dinner-n784088
    He continued, bringing up an idea that was just revived in a new bill by Rep.Nathaniel Moran (R-TX): a balanced budget amendment. … We’re going to end the woke agenda, and we are going to restore the military to mission first.…
  19. Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act Places Warrantless Surveillance in the Crosshairs https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/07/28/fourth-amendment-is-no…ct-places-warrantless-surveillance-in-the-crosshairs-n783924
    ’s ranking member, Jerry Nadler, who first introduced it alongside California’s Zoe Lofgren in 2021. … data protected by the Fourth Amendment. … To begin with, it would go a long way toward protecting our Fourth Amendment rights.…
  20. Politics: You Can't Always Get What You Want. https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/07/28/politics-you-cant-always-get-what-you-want-n783799
    The Second Amendment is very clear – “shall not be infringed.” … Oh, and just for fun: A constitutional amendment restoring tar and feathers as an authorized punishment for government officials, … Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes.”…
  21. Facebook Email Leaks Show Massive Pressure by Biden's Regime to Censor COVID Information https://redstate.com/streiff/2023/07/28/facebook-email-leaks…ressure-by-bidens-regime-to-censor-covid-information-n783736
    companies to censor online speech; see Federal Judge Destroys the Government’s Argument in Favor of Censorship and Educates Them on the First … Amendment.…
  22. Should Citizens Be Allowed to Film Inside Police Stations? It’s a Conversation Worth Having https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/07/27/should-citizens-be-all…side-police-stations-its-a-conversation-worth-having-n782628
    This has brought about the advent of the First Amendment auditor movement, which seeks to challenge rules prohibiting filming inside … He’s part of a growing movement of so-called constitutional activists, also known as First Amendment auditors, who film in government … buildings to test whether officials will allow them to exercise their First Amendment rights.…
  23. The Facebook Files: How the Biden Administration Cracked Down on Free Speech https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/07/27/the-facebook-files…the-biden-administration-cracked-down-on-free-speech-n783066
    There is no qualification in the First Amendment stating the speech must be approved as accurate by some bureaucrat or elected official … at least, appears to have just given in to the pressure when the correct response would be to direct federal bureaucrats to the First … Amendment and tell them to butt the hell out.…
  24. When Gun Control Fails Unarmed Women https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/07/27/when-gun-control-fails-unarmed-women-n782526
    Whether they choose to exercise their Second Amendment rights is up to each individual, of course. … The first is simple: These people don’t care about the safety of women despite their virtue-signaling claims to the contrary.…
  25. House Judiciary Committee Prepares to Recommend Holding Mark Zuckerberg in Contempt https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2023/07/25/house-judiciary-com…res-to-recommend-holding-mark-zuckerberg-in-contempt-n782059
    efforts of the government to censor U.S. citizens, coordinating with social media and tech companies in an effort to sidestep the First … Amendment. … Congress has an important interest in protecting and advancing fundamental free speech principles consistent with the First Amendment…