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  1. Obama Wants To Do Something, ANYTHING, About Gun Crimes (Except Prosecute Them) https://redstate.com/absentee/2016/01/02/obama-wants-something-anything-gun-crimes-except-prosecute-n55775
    As we saw with the New York Daily News, it is not considered out of bounds to call those who support the second amendment terrorists … The first instinct of every democrat on every issue is to create a new law.…
  2. Why Twitter's new 'hateful speech' policy will detonate in their faces. https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2015/12/31/twitter-hateful-speech-n55749
    Now, let’s be clear about something: Twitter is not shutting down your First Amendment rights by doing this. … You do not, in point of fact, have the right under the First Amendment to go onto private property – which is what Twitter is – and … Amendment is there to prevent the State from shutting down inconvenient or contentious speech.…
  3. Ted Cruz Is Not the Social Conservative Rick Santorum Is Looking For https://redstate.com/streiff/2015/12/29/ted-cruz-social-conservative-rick-santorum-looking-n55727
    First, he’s fated to ever be a Jeremiah or Cassandra. He’s been right a lot but no one really cares. And why does no one care? … conservative (danger BuzzFeed link that may or may not include nude dancing cats): …Ted Cruz takes the position, very much a 10th Amendment…
  4. Watercooler (12/29) Open Thread: BlackberryGate, Voting Games and Ad Wars https://redstate.com/checkmate2012/2015/12/29/watercooler-1229-open-thread-n55728
    First they retract CCL reciprocity laws and now they want Primary voters to pledge they are Republicans?  … In September, North Carolina passed House Bill 373 to change their Primary from May to March 15th, which of course is the first date … The threadjack rules don’t apply here, so feel free to exercise your First Amendment. Happy Tuesday!…
  5. The Conficting Views Of Marco Rubio and Trey Gowdy Makes For Strange Bedfellows https://redstate.com/streiff/2015/12/27/conficting-views-marco-rubio-trey-gowdy-makes-strange-bedfellows-n55695
    He has repudiated the Gang of Eight bill and adopted a new stance… one very much like the “poison pill” amendment proposed by Ted Cruz … First, those here illegally must come forward and be registered.…
  6. The January Docket for the Supreme Court https://redstate.com/davenj1/2015/12/27/january-docket-supreme-court-n55694
    this demotion, which is based on a supervisor’s perception of Heffernan’s alleged political support, violates the police officer’s First … Amendment rights.  …
  7. Tech at Night: Kay Bailey Hutchison and Marsha Blackburn fight, LightSquared defends itself, Obama robs us of spectrum, PROTECT IP as Kill Switch https://redstate.com/neil_stevens/2011/09/27/tech-at-night-k…f-obama-robs-us-of-spectrum-protect-ip-as-kill-switch-n40545
    T-Mobile deal, which would increase spectrum investment and national 4G wireless competition in America, but the power grab comes first … The bill would threaten America’s tech leadership, as well as basic First Amendment liberties, so I also oppose the bill strongly.…
  8. Hold the Line Against Venture Eco-Socialism in the CR https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/09/25/hold-the-line-against-venture-eco-socialism-in-the-cr-n40527
    Under Senate rules, once a senator has forced a roll call, that senator proposing the amendment cannot change the text without unanimous … And $1.4 billion went to Nissan to help it crank out the Leaf, the all-electric car that’s had a grand total of 6,187 sales in its first … 2011 CR, the Ryan budget, the defunding of Obamacare, Planned Parenthood, the EPA, and NPR, the debt ceiling, a balanced budget amendment…
  9. California gun-grabber bill on Jerry Brown's (D, CA) desk. https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/09/18/california-gun-grabber-pill-on-jerry-browns-d-ca-desk-n40451
    The measure, aimed at an increasingly popular tactic used by 2nd Amendment activists, would make California the first state since 1987…
  10. WATCH: John Kirby Just Nails It When Asked About Anti-Israel Mobs Calling Biden ‘Genocide Joe’ https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2023/11/20/watch-john-ki…d-about-anti-israel-mobs-calling-biden-genocide-joe-n2166609
    In his response, Kirby first noted that though they were free to call Joe Biden whatever they wanted to because they have First Amendment … That’s what the First Amendment is about.But this word “genocide” is getting thrown around in a pretty inappropriate way by lots of…
  11. Could California Send Another Republican to Congress? Craig DeLuz Aims to Get That Done https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2023/11/20/firearm-policy-coal…ard-members-craig-de-luz-running-for-congress-in-ca-n2166446
    new laws and being happy with that, Congress needs to either replace them with effective laws, or preferably to repeal them in the first … Craig DeLuz is also known for being an outspoken and ardent advocate for the Second Amendment rights we all enjoy in this country.…
  12. What Is the Alaskan Independence Party? https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/11/29/what-is-the-alaskan-independence-party-n2166964
    The State of Alaska declares that the alleged Amendment 14, the alleged Amendment 16 and the alleged Amendment 17 of the Constitution … The only way those two amendments will be overturned is with another amendment. Anyway. Read the whole thing. … That’s what caught my attention in the first place. What do they have to say about Alaskan Independence?…
  13. Here’s How Desperate Elissa Slotkin Is to Avoid Questions About Her Indefensible Defense of Rashida Tlaib https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2023/11/29/heres-how-des…avoid-questions-about-her-defenses-of-rashida-tlaib-n2166957
    she voted against censuring Tlaib, with the only defense provided at the time being one where she proclaimed that it was Tlaib's First … Amendment right to be able to say what she did:  Over the weekend, I made my concerns clear about the language she was promoting,…
  14. Take Down: Dan Goldman Gets Thoroughly Embarrassed by Michael Shellenberger During Hearing https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/11/30/take-down-dan-goldma…embarrassed-by-michael-shellenberger-during-hearing-n2167013
    SHELLENBERGER: Does the First Amendment say that the government can censor 35 percent?  GOLDMAN: They're not censoring! … SHELLENBERGER: Do we have 35 percent of a First Amendment? GOLDMAN: It's not the First Amendment. … That is not the First Amendment. That is the terms of service.  SHELLENBERGER: Congressman, you are an attorney.…
  15. The Government Is Still Monitoring Your Phone Calls https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/11/29/the-government-is-still-monitoring-your-phone-calls-n2166967
    information on Americans’ phone conversations and raises concerns about government agencies using the data to violate people’s Fourth Amendment … It appears to be highly problematic from a Fourth Amendment perspective and flouts the reforms of the USA Freedom Act of 2015, which … Former President Barack Obama reportedly suspended the funding for the program in 2013 after The New York Times exposed it for the first…
  16. Noted Presidential Historian Monica Lewinsky Has Some Suggestions for New Constitutional Amendments https://redstate.com/tladuke/2023/11/28/noted-presidential-h…y-has-some-suggestions-on-constitutional-amendments-n2166891
    Her first suggestion is barring the President from pardoning themselves. As she gleefully writes. … She wants an amendment to get rid of the Electoral College. … We shall dub this the Abortions on Demand Amendment.…
  17. The Left Has Done More to Bring Down Elon Musk's X than China's TikTok and That Should Tell You Something https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2023/11/25/the-left-has-d…an-chinas-tiktok-and-that-should-tell-you-something-n2166793
    “Our First Amendment gives us the right to speak freely and to communicate freely, and TikTok as a platform has created a community…
  18. Pro-Hamas Activists Swarm Los Angeles on Black Friday, Declaring 'No Business As Usual' https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/11/24/pro-hamas-activists-sw…ng-no-business-as-usual-until-palestinians-are-free-n2166774
    The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is closely monitoring the situation, focusing on maintaining safety while respected the First … Amendment rights of those protesting peacefully.…
  19. Former Obama Diplomat Arrested for 'Hate Crime' of Using Mean Words Against Muslim Food Cart Worker https://redstate.com/streiff/2023/11/23/former-obama-diploma…t-for-hate-crime-against-muslim-food-truck-operaton-n2166746
    That said, the First Amendment gives us the right to be an ass.…
  20. Air Force Backtracks From Warning Members to Avoid a Conservative Political Rally https://redstate.com/streiff/2023/11/22/air-force-backtracks…ing-members-to-avoid-a-conservative-political-rally-n2166722
    While you give up some First Amendment rights on joining the military, you aren't stripped of them. … updated message communicated there were no issues with military members participating in their personal capacity – in line with their First … Amendment rights.…
  21. New York Appeals Court Reinstates Draconian Public Health Quarantine Rule https://redstate.com/streiff/2023/11/22/new-york-appeals-cou…t-reinstates-draconian-public-health-quarantine-law-n2166719
    rule repeatedly says that everything will be conducted "consistent with due process of law," the fact is that you are imprisoned first … electronic monitoring of individuals in the home and access to your home by health department employees without any sort of Fourth Amendment … and that the trial court failed to adequately rule on the merits of whether the petitioners had a right to bring the case in the first…
  22. Trump Remains on the Ballot in New Hampshire, and Progressives Need to Get a Life https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2023/11/22/trump-remains-on…n-new-hampshire-and-progressives-need-to-get-a-life-n2166687
    We defeated a challenge to @realDonaldTrump’s being on the ballot in New Hampshire, and the First Circuit court of appeals agreed w … Colorado is back in play, as the Colorado Supreme Court has decided to hear an appeal from the lower court's ruling on the 14th Amendment … District Judge Issues Complicated Ruling: Trump Can't Be Barred by 14th Amendment From Colorado Ballot BREAKING: Minnesota Supreme…
  23. HOT TAKES: Adam Schiff Makes Disturbing Post Against Elon Musk and X, the Internet Responds https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/11/22/hot-takes-adam-sc…post-against-elon-musk-and-x-the-internet-responds-n2166674
    You have to wonder if Schiff or his fellow representatives have ever heard about the First Amendment or their obligation to protect…
  24. Fourth Circuit Court, Citing 'Bruen,' Strikes Down Maryland Handgun Qualification License Law https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/11/21/fourth-circuit-cou…kes-down-maryland-handgun-qualification-license-law-n2166662
    Before one can exercise their Second Amendment right to own a handgun, they must first get an HQL. … This decision comes at a time when Second Amendment advocates are rightly worried about their rights being under attack. … This is a win, but it's a won battle; meanwhile, the larger fight for our Second Amendment rights will continue, the anti-Second Amendment…
  25. Bill Burr Reacts to His Wife Flipping off Trump at UFC 295, and Free Speech Still Rules the Day https://redstate.com/tladuke/2023/11/21/bill-burr-comments-o…rump-at-ufc-295-and-free-speech-still-rules-the-day-n2166618
    comedy and specific comics — of breaking down the walls of protection and even, in some cases, good taste to make sure that the First … Amendment is honored in the way that the founders intended. … The First Amendment and the protections that it was meant to provide are truly a beautiful thing, and I'm glad that after a brief hibernation…