Results for: First Amendment

If You Feel Like Your First Amendment Rights Are Being Trampled On, This Could Be Why
https://redstate.com/jon-street/2017/09/12/feel-like-first-amendments-trampled-n76666
– If you feel like your First Amendment rights as an American are being trampled on, it might be because a staggering number of people … Fourteen percent, for example, correctly named freedom of the press as one of the First Amendment rights. … Meanwhile, five percent of respondents thought the Second Amendment was actually part of the First Amendment.…
Supreme Court Docket: October Sitting
https://redstate.com/davenj1/2017/09/29/supreme-court-docket-october-sitting-n77481
– Most eyes will be on Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s first nominee to the Court, as this will be his first full term on the bench.   … Dimaya was convicted for first degree burglary and ordered to be deported by the government.   … This is a bizarre Fourth Amendment case where some innocent party-goers may have been caught up in a bad decision by the non-present…
Chuck Todd Attacks Roy Moore and Beclowns Himself in the Process
https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/09/28/chuck-todd-attacks-roy-moore-n77446
First off, he doesn’t appear to believe in the Constitution as it’s written. … It is made doubly clear in the Tenth Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited…
A HUGE Pro-Life Victory Might Just Be Around the Corner; Trump Fully On Board
https://redstate.com/kimberly_ross/2017/09/28/pro-life-victory-trump-on-board-n77427
– She first pointed to election pressure. … Making the Hyde Amendment permanent law to protect taxpayers from having to pay for abortions.…
Could This be the First 2A Case Justice Gorsuch Hears?
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2017/09/27/first-2a-case-justice-gorsuch-hears-n77398
– San Diego would be the first Second Amendment case heard by the new court, pertaining to concealed carry permits. … Ishii agreed and ruled that the waiting period violated Plaintiffs’ Second Amendment rights. … to prior restraints on speech, which courts have said violate the First Amendment.…
Watch: Trump's Latest Comments On NFL Protests
https://redstate.com/prevaila/2017/09/27/watch-trumps-latest-comments-nfl-protests-n77402
– (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Trump spoke with reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday and was asked about NFL players First Amendment … When asked if he opposed the First Amendment, Trump said, “Not at all, no.…
Megyn Kelly Opines on NFL National Anthem Controversy --- and She's Dead On
https://redstate.com/jon-street/2017/09/27/megyn-kelly-opines-nfl-national-anthem-controversy-shes-dead-n77371
– Trump recently said that he respects the First Amendment and free speech, but the president’s appreciation for the bedrock of America … Kelly, who has also been on the receiving end of Trump’s insults, voiced her support for the First Amendment on Tuesday — but without … “I am a lover of the First Amendment,” Kelly said Tuesday, “and I think in a way this whole situation underscores some of the beauty…
Mike Rowe Weighs in on the NFL Controversy and as Usual His Take is Spot On
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2017/09/25/mike-rowe-weighs-nfl-controversy-usual-take-spot-n77299
– in this scenario, be it the president or the team owners, remember that they answer to us, the reason they have these jobs in the first … comments of many of the players themselves – were perfectly reasonable, perfectly understandable, and perfectly in keeping with their firstamendment rights.…
Steve Bannon Paints Republicans as the Enemies of Trump at Sunday Rally
https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/09/25/steve-bannon-paints-republicans-enemies-trump-sunday-rally-n77278
– “But the first thing you’ve got to get through is a corrupt and incompetent Republican establishment,” he told the crowd to cheers. … Louis, was the driving force behind defeat of the pro-feminist Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s.…
Just Want to Enjoy Some Dang Pigskin and Nachos
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2017/09/24/just-want-enjoy-dang-pigskin-nachos-n77252
– up or suggest they should be fired if they don't. 6/ — Susie Moore (@SmoosieQ) September 24, 2017 It's antithetical to the FirstAmendment and it's demeaning to the office & to the principles which make our country great. 7/ — Susie Moore (@SmoosieQ) September…
ACLU Wastes No Time; Files Suit Against the City of St. Louis Following Stockley Protests
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2017/09/22/aclu-wastes-no-time-files-suit-city-st-louis-following-stockley-protests-n77151
– Louis on behalf of two city residents, alleging violations of the First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments, “for retaliating against … persons engaging in First Amendment-protected activity; for interfering with the right to record police officers in public places;…
The University of Louisville attacks the Freedom of Speech
https://redstate.com/kentucky_dana/2017/09/22/university-louisville-attacks-freedom-speech-n77152
– Regardless of what one thinks about the “U of L Identitarians,” they were simply exercising their freedom of speech under the FirstAmendment. … The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States says: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion…
Trump Doubles Down on Threats to Pull Licenses of News Networks He Deems "Fake News"
https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/10/11/trump-doubles-threats-pull-licenses-news-networks-deems-fake-news-n78141
– asked that he has no plans to seek limits on what the press writes or reports, but his comments have increasingly drawn concern from FirstAmendment advocates.…
Trump's Wish to Strip NBC's License Conflicts with the Ongoing War for Free Speech
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2017/10/11/trump-found-boundary-war-media-nbc-comment-n78096
Amendment rights from those that report news disagreeable to the highest office in the land. … Furthermore, Trump does not have the power to pull a license, a challenge first has to be made to the FCC by local residents. … We need to put free speech first. It’s where it is in the Constitution, and it’s where it needs to stay in our minds.…
The Left is Trashing Pence for Walking-Out After Defending the NFL for Taking a Knee
https://redstate.com/joshkimbrell/2017/10/08/left-trashing-pence-walking-defending-nfl-taking-knee-n77991
– Now, the very same “warriors for the First Amendment,” who vigorously defended the right of NFL players to take a knee are outraged…
Jeff Sessions Issues Epic Guidance to Department of Justice on Religious Liberty
https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/10/07/jeff-sessions-issues-epic-guidance-department-justice-religious-liberty-n77930
– This is all great stuff and it is a shame that the Attorney General has to spell out in detail what the First Amendment takes for granted…
Dear University Students, Anti-Free Speech Brigades are Why White Supremacist Richard Spencer is Still a Thing
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2017/10/06/florida-police…shelling-big-bucks-richard-spencer-can-speak-shouldnt-n77877
– They believe that because Spencer’s speech is so disagreeable to them, that the 1st Amendment rights we all enjoy should not apply … Department, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Florida Highway Patrol and other agencies providing first
NRA Issues a Statement on Bump Stocks
https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/10/05/nra-issues-statement-bump-stocks-n77814
First, you should never negotiate with yourself and unless and until the gun grabbers offer up some kind of concession, f*** them and … Unfortunately, the first response from some politicians has been to call for more gun control. … In an increasingly dangerous world, the NRA remains focused on our mission: strengthening Americans’ Second Amendment freedom to defend…
New York Times: Republicans Open to Banning Bump Stocks
https://redstate.com/patterico/2017/10/05/new-york-times-republicans-open-banning-bump-stocks-n77793
– I saw someone compare the Second Amendment’s relation to machine guns with the First Amendment’s relation to child pornography. … Just because an amendment protects a right we love, and just because people are always trying to chip away at the freedoms protected … by that amendment, does not mean we must automatically oppose any restrictions whatsoever.…
Organizations Seeking Visitor Logs from Mar-a-Lago Will Be Disappointed
https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/10/05/organizations-seeking-visitor-logs-mar-lago-will-disappointed-n77795
– Act lawsuit brought by the National Security Archive, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and the Knight FirstAmendment Institute at Columbia University, Secret Service officials are reporting that keeping track of visitors to President Trump…
Michael Moore Proposes a New Amendment Empowering Criminals and Making People Defenseless
https://redstate.com/jimjamitis/2017/10/04/michael-moore-pro…ndment-empowering-criminals-making-people-defenseless-n77773
– Michael Moore wants to repeal the 2nd amendment and replace it with a 28th amendment which would infringe upon rights that the founding … and written a new amendment that codifies the bogus interpretations they’ve disingenuously pushed for years. … (The race to see who can be the first to address his use of the word “clip” begins….NOW.)…
We Don't Need More Gun Control, We Need Politician Control
https://redstate.com/jimjamitis/2017/10/04/dont-need-gun-control-need-politician-control-n77761
– They talk about the second amendment as if its intent was to protect hunting and target shooting sports. … Progressivism has led us so far into unreality that many have given up on making arguments from first principles and some have even … Others pay lip service to the second amendment while actively working against it in their quest to say that they have “done something…
Steve Scalise: Getting Shot Strengthened My Stances Against Gun Control
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2017/10/04/steve-scalise-getting-shot-strengthened-stances-gun-control-n77731
– of all you’ve got to recognize that when there’s a tragedy like this, the first thing we should be thinking about is praying for the … We shouldn’t first be thinking of promoting our political agenda,” Scalise said. … He currently holds an A+ rating from the NRA for his legislative efforts to keep our 2nd Amendment rights secure.…
Jimmy Kimmel Now Blaming 2nd Amendment Supporters for Las Vegas
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2017/10/04/jimmy-kimmel-blames-2nd-amendment-supporters-las-vegas-n77728
– Jimmy Kimmel once again used his platform Tuesday night to rage against gun owners and 2nd Amendment supporters during his late night … can go and do your dirty business as usual, but it’s not too soon for us because we’re Americans and the last time I checked, the FirstAmendment is at least as important as the Second Amendment.…
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