Results for: First Amendment

Letitia 'No One Is Above the Law' James Sued for Threatening School Board Members Over Trans Athletes
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/12/09/letitia-no-one-is-ab…hreatening-school-board-members-over-trans-athletes-n2196980
– There’s something called the First Amendment:"The First Amendment here reigns true, and so whether or not you have these state laws … , a state cannot come in and just erase the First Amendment out of the Constitution," Hermann said.…
Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship? Supreme Court Says It Will Decide
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2025/12/06/supreme-court-trump-birthright-citizenship-order-n2196876
– This marks the first time the court will address the merits of Trump's birthright citizenship policy.READ MORE: Trump Administration … The 14th Amendment was passed after the Civil War in 1868. … attorneys argue that parents in the country temporarily aren't "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States, so the 14th Amendment
Mic Drop: Scott Bessent Demolishes Media to Their Faces Over Narrative About Trump's Health
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/12/03/mic-drop-scott-be…a-to-their-faces-over-narrative-about-trumps-health-n2196776
–  First, Bessent told them he'd stopped reading the paper, hitting them right where they lived, because they were "just this fever … How are you going to invoke the 25th Amendment if the cabinet secretaries never see the president? … "How are you going to invoke the 25th Amendment if the Cabinet secretaries never see the president?” Bessent asked. Exactly!…
Civil Rights Division Goes on Offense, Eliminates 'Disparate Impact' From Title VI
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2025/12/10/civil-rights-divi…n-offense-eliminates-disparate-impact-from-title-vi-n2196987
– violations, which DOJ CR previously steered clear of, are now on the table.Civil Rights Division Files the First Department of Justice … Affirmative Lawsuit in Support of Gun Owners“The Second Amendment is not a second-class right,” said @AAGDhillon. … Department of Justice Affirmative Lawsuit in Support of Gun Owners “The Second Amendment is not a second-class right,” said …
GOP Probes Biden CFPB Data Security Fail: Consumers' Data Leaked to Personal Email
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/12/04/gop-probes-biden-c…curity-fail-consumers-data-leaked-to-personal-email-n2196819
– That would seem to be the first question investigators should ask.Read More: The Schumer Shutdown Is On - Why Is the CFPB Still … But the big problem is one I've been pointing out since the CFPB was first stood up in 2011, and that is simply this: There is no constitutional … authorization for the CFPB, and the 10th Amendment would, or at least should, then prohibit its existence.…
SCOTUS Justice Thomas Makes State Attorney Reveal 'Fishing Expedition' Against Pro-Life Organization
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/12/02/justice-thomas-g…it-states-fishing-expedition-against-pro-life-group-n2196747
– with zero probable cause, and zero complaints lodged against the group, no less.During oral arguments over a subpoena targeting FirstAmendment rights.Platkin’s team countered that First Choice was not yet required to turn over the donor names, but most of the justices …  A decision by SCOTUS in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Platkin is expected by the end of June 2026.…
DOJ Steps in After Boys Get Punished for Telling the Truth
https://redstate.com/eli-shepherd/2025/12/10/doj-steps-in-after-boys-get-punished-for-telling-the-truth-n2196979
– Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon put it plainly: “Students do not shed their First Amendment rights at the schoolhouse gate … Not because the boys shouldn’t have needed defending in the first place, but because someone in government actually remembered that…
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Announces Resignation From Congress
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2025/11/21/congresswoman-marj…e-taylor-greene-announces-resignation-from-congress-n2196453
– November 22, 2025"I ran for Congress in 2020 and have fought every single day believing that Make America Great Again meant America First … "I have one of the most conservative voting records in Congress defending the 1st amendment, 2nd amendment, unborn babies because I…
Taiwan Update: POTUS Reaffirms Support, Recent KMT Legislative Actions Add to Defense Budget Uncertainty
https://redstate.com/erik-durneika/2025/12/07/taiwan-update…gislative-actions-add-to-defense-budget-uncertainty-n2196880
– review and report its guidelines concerning relations with Taiwan to various federal agencies not less than every five years, an amendment … unilateral change to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait.We will build a military capable of denying aggression anywhere in the First … America’s diplomatic efforts should focus on pressing our First Island Chain allies and partners to allow the U.S. military greater…
Morning Minute: Choose Joy
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/12/12/morning-minute-n2197055
– Charlie Kirk's Alleged Assassin Makes First In-Court Appearance, Shows Why Cameras Are NecessaryAfter Robinson's first physical appearance … Woman's Lawsuit Gives SCOTUS a Chance to Establish National ReciprocityThe Supreme Court has explicitly stated that the Second Amendment
Federal Judge Pauses Trump Admin's Cutting Funding for the University of California Over Civil Rights
https://redstate.com/beccalower/2025/11/15/federal-judge-pau…for-the-university-of-california-over-civil-rights-n2196243
Amendment and 10th Amendment” based on “overwhelming evidence” argued by members of UC faculty and labor unions that their free speech … The visits were just the first step, in other words.As we wrote back in Aug., Team Trump told UCLA to pay up with "a cool $1 billion … RedState has been on top of covering the extensive signs that the First Amendment rights of students on UC campuses are not being applied…
Why the Supreme Court May Reject Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2025/12/06/supreme-court-vs-trump-birthright-citizenship-n2196875
– For the first time, the Supreme Court will directly confront the legality of Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright … is much quieter, and far more consequential: Can any president, Republican or Democrat, unilaterally reinterpret the Fourteenth Amendment
Morning Minute: Give a Little Bit
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/12/02/morning-minute-n2196725
– Platkin — Where the subject of a state investigatory demand has established a reasonably objective chill of its First Amendment rights … , is a federal court in a first-filed action deprived of jurisdiction because those rights must be adjudicated in state court?…
Watch: Anti-ICE Protester Finds Out Fast After Allegedly Throwing Drink at Cop
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/11/24/anti-ice-protester-allegedly-throws-drink-at-cop-n2196502
– “We believe in every individual’s First Amendment rights, but if any person’s actions become illegal in situations such as these, we…
Morning Minute: What Will the Day Bring?
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/12/03/morning-minute-n2196758
– Judiciary, Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee — “Balancing the Federal Budget: Examining Proposals for a Balanced Budget Amendment … affordability crisis left behind by Democrats"Under Joe Biden, the avg American family lost over $3,000 of household income and over the first … Humphrey bars § 1983 claims by plaintiffs even where they never had access to federal habeas relief.The argument on Tuesday in First
'Free Tina Peters' Gains More Traction With DOJ's CO Prison Investigation and Judge's Block of Release
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2025/12/10/free-tina-peters…raction-as-judge-refuses-transfer-to-federal-prison-n2196998
– important constitutional questions concerning whether the trial court improperly punished her more severely because of her protected FirstAmendment speech," Varholak wrote.…
Morning Minute: There Goes My Heart
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/12/09/morning-minute-n2196945
– . § 30116 violate the First Amendment, either on their face or as applied to party spending in connection with "party coordinated communications…
GOP Senate Majority Whip Unloads on Dem 'Illegal Order' Complainers
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/11/23/gop-senate-majority-whip-unloads-on-dem-illegal-order-complainers-n2196491
– The First Amendment, of course, gives them the right to speak their minds, but it sure doesn't seem to grant them even a nodding acquaintance…
New: SCOTUS Won't Touch Landmark Same-Sex Marriage Decision
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/11/10/new-scotus-wont-touch-landmark-same-sex-marriage-decision-n2196043
–  Though Davis's appeal centered largely on First Amendment issues and questions of religious protection, her lawyers also requested … beliefs, which are protected under the First Amendment. …  Her conditions of employment, however, are not protected under the First Amendment.…
7th Circuit Clips District Court's Wings on Chicago Immigration Enforcement
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/11/19/7th-circuit-clips-d…ict-courts-wings-on-chicago-immigration-enforcement-n2196373
– Those findings may support entry of a more tailored and appropriate preliminary injunction that directly addresses the First and Fourth … Amendment claims raised by these plaintiffs.Still, this is a win for the administration and yet another example of a district court…
Morning Minute: Mr. Mamdani Goes to Washington
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/11/21/morning-minute-n2196421
– We Messed Up': Cracker Barrel CEO Answers Questions for the First Time Since Rebrand DisasterMasino said the logo, the most infamous … Why was your first thought to sue, instead of WANTING to make certain this program is preserved for those in need — not criminals. … Rubio (First Amendment - non-citizens) — Judge Noël Wise (Northern District of California) DENIES parties' cross motions for summary…
Sen. Majority Leader Thune Signals End to Further Democrat Shutdown Shenanigans With ‘Old Fashioned' Move
https://redstate.com/katie-jerkovich/2025/11/19/senate-major…democrat-shutdown-shenanigans-with-old-fashion-move-n2196374
– So three of the 12 are now law, and those three we got across the floor of the Senate before August, which is the first time that's … To let us get on them and have an amendment process, and try and process them in a way that enables us to fund the government through…
THE ESSEX FILES: The Cost of Speaking Truth in Women's Sports
https://redstate.com/brad-essex/2025/11/18/the-essex-files-the-cost-of-speaking-truth-in-womens-sports-n2196266
– Only after Anderson and Eckard sued the Oregon School Activities Association, alleging a First Amendment violation, did the medals … arrive, quietly forwarded to their lawyers at the America First Policy Institute.…
I Voted for This
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2025/11/28/i-voted-for-this-n2196635
– that is cast for President of the United States of America should be a vote for someone who is going to put America's interests first … Large swaths of our population actually fantasize about an invasion because it means we get to practice our Second Amendment rights…
Newsom Finally Releases Statement--Through a Spokesperson--on the Violence at Berkeley TPUSA Event
https://redstate.com/katie-jerkovich/2025/11/12/newsom-breaks-silence-on-violence-at-tpusa-event-n2196137
– arrests.In a statement on Wednesday, Newsom's spokesperson told Fox News Digital that "Violence is not a legitimate exercise of FirstAmendment rights. … We exercised the First Amendment in a place that claims to celebrate free expression. The irony writes itself.…
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