Results for: First Amendment
Paul Ryan Vouches for Donald Trump's Understanding of the Constitution
https://redstate.com/jimjamitis/2016/12/04/paul-ryan-vouches-donald-trumps-understanding-constitution-n64631
https://redstate.com/jimjamitis/2016/12/04/paul-ryan-vouches-donald-trumps-understanding-constitution-n64631
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First, they’re discussing a man who only months ago demonstrated little to no understanding of the Constitution. … Only days ago he suggested revoking the citizenship of people exercising their 1st Amendment rights.…
The Anti-Free-Speech Left Gets Hoisted By Its Own Petard... And It Doesn't Like It
https://redstate.com/streiff/2016/12/03/anti-speech-left-gets-hoisted-petard-doesnt-like-n64589
https://redstate.com/streiff/2016/12/03/anti-speech-left-gets-hoisted-petard-doesnt-like-n64589
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the Department of Education were to enforce this definition by restricting student speech critical of Israel, it would violate the First … Amendment,” said Jackson.…
Sean Hannity Suggests Shutting Out the Press and Letting Trump Tweet Govt News
https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2016/11/29/sean-hannity-suggests-shutting-press-letting-trump-tweet-govt-news-n64366
https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2016/11/29/sean-hannity-suggests-shutting-press-letting-trump-tweet-govt-news-n64366
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While his idol tweets about punishing those who exercise their First Amendment rights, his toady advocates shutting out the press.…
Guess Who Else Wanted to Punish Flag Burners?
https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2016/11/29/guess-else-wanted-punish-flag-burners-n64364
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Clinton, then a senator from New York, reportedly opposed a constitutional amendment that would criminalize the desecration of the … Evan McMullin, the Independent candidate for the presidency, called out Trump’s maniacal, anti-First Amendment tweet, earlier today…
Trump Breaks With Antonin Scalia; Suggests Jail or Loss Of Citizenship For Flag Burning
https://redstate.com/jaycaruso/2016/11/29/trump-breaks-antonin-scalia-suggests-jail-loss-citizenship-flag-burning-n64318
https://redstate.com/jaycaruso/2016/11/29/trump-breaks-antonin-scalia-suggests-jail-loss-citizenship-flag-burning-n64318
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realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2016
Once this tweet went out, people responded by pointing to the Supreme Court decision, the first … amendment in general and the absurdity of stripping people of their citizenship for burning a flag. … Due to the Supreme Court decision, it would take a constitutional amendment to make it illegal.…
GOP Wants To Defund Planned Parenthood In 2017; They Have No Excuses Not To
https://redstate.com/jaycaruso/2016/11/28/gop-wants-defund-planned-parenthood-2017-excuses-n64311
https://redstate.com/jaycaruso/2016/11/28/gop-wants-defund-planned-parenthood-2017-excuses-n64311
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They are quick to point out none of the money goes to pay for abortions because of the Hyde Amendment. … the story:
If successful, this latest push would be the single biggest victory for anti-abortion groups in years, and likely the first…
Avoid the Distractions of Trump and the Left Behaving Badly. Focus on Making Government Smaller.
https://redstate.com/jdrucker/2016/11/28/avoid-distractions…p-left-behaving-badly-focus-making-government-smaller-n64263
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First, the left isn’t showing a single sign of growing up. They’ve apparently decided to double-down in every possible way. … The first is focus. … The Federalist mentality of balance between the state and federal governments hinges on the 10th Amendment.…
With Rumors of ICE Raids "Swirling," CA Attorney General Threatens Employers, Feds
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2018/01/19/rumors-ice-raids-swirling-ca-attorney-general-threatens-employers-feds-n83190
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2018/01/19/rumors-ice-raids-swirling-ca-attorney-general-threatens-employers-feds-n83190
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If privacy rights are so important, why would the AG’s office seek to gain the private information of people exercising their First … Amendment rights and contributing to conservative causes?…
No, Virginia, Tom Cotton Is Not a Snowflake
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/01/18/no-virginia-tom-cotton-not-snowflake-n83182
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/01/18/no-virginia-tom-cotton-not-snowflake-n83182
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express my strong thoughts and opinions about their actions and thought this to be not only my duty as an American citizen but my First … Amendment right granted all U.S. citizens by our U.S. … who’d received such a letter…
Tommy Vietor, who used the mad skilz he acquired driving a campaign bus for Obama when he made his first…
The Trump Administration Follows Through on a Pledge to Protect Religious Freedom
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/01/18/trump-administration-follows-pledge-protect-religious-freedom-n83172
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anniversary of Virginia’s General Assembly adopting Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom which inspired the First … Amendment to the U.S. … When President Trump came into office, one of his first acts was to sign an executive order requiring the federal government to respect…
Russia Probe Looks at NRA Connection
https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2018/01/18/new-twist-russia-p…obe-looks-nras-connection-russian-money-2016-election-n83159
https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2018/01/18/new-twist-russia-p…obe-looks-nras-connection-russian-money-2016-election-n83159
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Trump said all the right words on the Second Amendment, whether they were genuine or just slogans. … My first question is why is a Russian citizen and official a member of the NRA, to begin with?…
RedState's Watercooler, 1/17 Open Thread: Shameless Clickbait Weird News
https://redstate.com/diamondback/2018/01/17/redstates-watercooler-117-open-thread-shameless-clickbait-weird-news-n83097
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This Week In History
Sunday, 1/14: Connecticut adopts first written constitution, 1639; Treaty of Paris ratified, 1784; Casablanca … shipboard aircraft landing, 1911; Boston Strangler convicted, 1967; DC mayor Barry busted for drugs, 1990
Friday, 1/19: First major … Jan. 20 (20th Amendment) inauguration, 1937; MLK Day first observed as Federal holiday, 1986
Today’s Birthdays: Founding father…
John McCain Defends the Free Press in a New Op-Ed on the Day of Trump's "Fake News Awards"
https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2018/01/17/john-mccain-defend…press-new-op-ed-on-the-day-of-trumps-fake-news-awards-n83088
https://redstate.com/sweetie15/2018/01/17/john-mccain-defend…press-new-op-ed-on-the-day-of-trumps-fake-news-awards-n83088
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The fact that we have a First Amendment that limits how far Trump can take his control of the media does not negate the fact that he … I promise you – repeal the First Amendment today, and Jim Acosta would be in a federal prison by tomorrow.…
Democrat Claims About the Sexism and Racism of the Republican Party Shattered in New Video
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2018/01/16/democrat-claims-sexism-racism-republican-party-shattered-new-video-n83030
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the first black congressman were sworn in—both Republicans. … For that matter, the first female member of Congress was a Republican; the first Hispanic governor and senator were Republicans. … The first Asian senator? You get the idea.
Republicans also kept their pledge to defend women’s rights.…
Bannon Lawyers Up: Is Sloppy Steve Plotting His Revenge?
https://redstate.com/patterico/2018/01/11/bannon-lawyers-sloppy-steve-plotting-revenge-n82832
https://redstate.com/patterico/2018/01/11/bannon-lawyers-sloppy-steve-plotting-revenge-n82832
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subjects—or more—because it looks like they’re controlling the story,” said Ken White, a former federal prosecutor who specializes in First … Amendment issues, speaking of investigators’ targets. … So while the “fully cooperate” phrase sounds intriguing at first glance, it’s probably just plain vanilla-speak for “he will answer…
FULL TEXT: President Donald Trump's State Of The Union Speech
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2018/01/30/full-text-president-donald-trumps-state-union-speech-n83850
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2018/01/30/full-text-president-donald-trumps-state-union-speech-n83850
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Ashlee was aboard one of the first helicopters on the scene in Houston during Hurricane Harvey. … Now, the first $24,000 earned by a married couple is completely tax-free. We also doubled the child tax credit. … We are defending our Second Amendment, and have taken historic actions to protect religious liberty.…
After Twelve Years This History-Changing Secret a Journalist Knew About Barack Obama Is Finally Revealed
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/01/26/twelve-years-history…secret-journalist-knew-barack-obama-finally-revealed-n83640
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/01/26/twelve-years-history…secret-journalist-knew-barack-obama-finally-revealed-n83640
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President Barack Obama gestures for the crowd to keep quiet about his visit to the O&H Danish Bakery to buy kringle pastries so that First … AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
While I am in complete agreement with the First Amendment … The press knew that JFK not only had health problems but he also was a horndog of the first magnitude.…
RedState's Watercooler, 1/24 Open Thread: Travels
https://redstate.com/diamondback/2018/01/24/redstates-watercooler-124-open-thread-n83501
https://redstate.com/diamondback/2018/01/24/redstates-watercooler-124-open-thread-n83501
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This Week In History
Sunday, 1/21: First Battle of Sabine Pass, 1863; Alger Hiss convicted, 1950; Siege of Khe Sanh begins, 1968; … Wade, 1973
Tuesday, 1/23: Georgetown University founded, 1789; Marias Massacre, 1870; first Frisbees, 1957; 24th Amendment bans poll … first alcohol prohibition, 18938; First Battle of Seattle, 1856; Burnside relived and Hooker takes command, 1863; first WWII US forces…
I Stand with Rand: The Time to Rein in Spending Was Last Night
https://redstate.com/patterico/2018/02/09/stand-rand-time-rein-spending-last-night-n84333
https://redstate.com/patterico/2018/02/09/stand-rand-time-rein-spending-last-night-n84333
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He was trying to get a vote on an amendment to reduce spending — and the leadership was having none of it. … I’ve taken the liberty of transcribing the first three minutes or so below. … My amendment says this simply — we should obey the budget caps. What are budget caps?…
The Memo, Mueller and a Secret Court
https://redstate.com/davenj1/2018/02/04/memo-mueller-secret-court-n84133
https://redstate.com/davenj1/2018/02/04/memo-mueller-secret-court-n84133
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First, this writer believes the whole thing should be kept in perspective. … Or, is the FISA system a convenient way to get around Fourth Amendment protections under the guise of “national security?” …
RedState's Watercooler, 1/31 Open Thread: Weird News
https://redstate.com/diamondback/2018/01/31/redstates-watercooler-131-open-thread-n83899
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, 1865; Scotch Tape first sold, 1930; Apollo 14 launched, 1971; McDonald’s opens in Moscow, 1990
Thursday, 2/1: Texas secedes, 1861 … ; Edison builds first movie studio, 1893; Voice of America starts broadcasting, 1942; Penn Central merger, 1968; Columbia disaster, … 2003
Friday, 2/2: New Amsterdam (now NYC) incorporated, 1653; first Groundhog Day, 1887; Ex-Im Bank established, 1934; ABSCAM hits…
5 Things the NRA DOESN'T Do
https://redstate.com/kiradavis/2018/02/19/5-things-nra-doesnt-n84908
https://redstate.com/kiradavis/2018/02/19/5-things-nra-doesnt-n84908
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Whenever the gun control issue comes up (as it will again and again as long as evil exists in this world), the NRA is the first … Named Creedmoor, the range opened a year later, and it was there that the first annual matches were held. … In 1949, the NRA, in conjunction with the state of New York, established the first hunter education program.…
A Response to Chuck Todd (Wherein I Violate the First Rule of Arguing With Idiots)
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/02/16/response-chuck-todd-wherein-violate-first-rule-arguing-idiots-n84735
https://redstate.com/streiff/2018/02/16/response-chuck-todd-wherein-violate-first-rule-arguing-idiots-n84735
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This was Todd’s reaction:
If you work in American politics or in the Gov’t on any level and your first reaction to today’s Mueller … Let’s start with the second one first. We’ve already hit Russia with sanctions over this escapade. … Now let’s get to the first part.
Democracy is messy. This was not the first election the Russians have mucked about in.…
Facebook Caves to Putin Censorship -- With Bonus COLLUSION Connection!
https://redstate.com/patterico/2018/02/16/facebook-caves-putin-demands-removal-opposition-leaders-posts-n84678
https://redstate.com/patterico/2018/02/16/facebook-caves-putin-demands-removal-opposition-leaders-posts-n84678
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inconceivable that Facebook would close down its service in Germany just because the government asks for more censorship than the First … Amendment would permit.…
I Fired a Handgun For the First Time on the Same Day Nikolas Cruz Shot and Killed 17 People in Florida
https://redstate.com/slee/2018/02/15/fired-handgun-first-time-day-nikolas-cruz-shot-killed-17-people-florida-n84599
https://redstate.com/slee/2018/02/15/fired-handgun-first-time-day-nikolas-cruz-shot-killed-17-people-florida-n84599
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The first day I ever fired a handgun, a lunatic shot and killed 17 people at a Florida school. … As mentioned, I fired a handgun for the first time yesterday as part of a concealed-carry training course I’m finishing up. … My first day at the range — where I learned I’m a pretty good natural shot — was exciting and euphoric because I found out I was good…