Results for: First Amendment
Mr. 1st Amendment: Mamdani Claims He Fêted Hamas Sympathizer Because Suddenly Free Speech Is Important
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No, according to him, he was just standing up for the American Constitution and its First Amendment. … “The only charge that was levied against him [Khalil] was the exercising of his First Amendment rights,” Hizzoner insisted during an … “And I have long maintained that he and any New Yorker should be able to exercise their First Amendment rights in this city without…
Senator Mike Lee Drops New National Constitutional Carry Bill
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carry permits, fees and criminal penalties for people who want to carry a firearm in public.Lee’s National Constitutional Carry Act, first … That's a plain reading of the Second Amendment, which in a sane world would be the only permitting required. … But that's not the world we live in, unfortunately.Read More: Veterans' New Second Amendment Victory: VA Halts Fiduciary-Based…
Fists Fly in NYC Park As Sickos Hold Vigil for the Murderous, Dead Ayatollah Khamenei
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Islamic extremist in the city that saw over 3,000 die in the 9/11 tragedy was almost certainly going to provoke a reaction.We have a First … Amendment that allows these Ayatollah acolytes to demonstrate, but that same amendment allows me to say that I find it disgusting.NYC…
Hamas Pleads With Tehran to Stop the Gulf State Strikes Now
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First, let's employ some plain and accurate language here, instead of this outpouring of legacy media horse squeeze: Hamas isn't a … Read More: Mr. 1st Amendment: Mamdani Claims He Fêted Hamas Sympathizer Because Suddenly Free Speech Is ImportantThere's some…
Uh-Oh: New Poll Could Spell Doom for Democrats’ Shameless Gerrymander Scheme in Virginia
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However, since this is the first polling that captures the sentiment around the Democrats' attempt at an extreme gerrymander in Virginia … panel and replace it with a new amendment giving boundary-redrawing responsibilities to state lawmakers – and Democrats control both … An April 21 referendum on the new amendment has been halted as a Republican lawsuit against the state Board of Elections works its…
Gunman Dead After Opening Fire on VA College Campus That Prohibits Students and Faculty From Carrying
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The first wave of cops rushing to the scene on the lamberts point side of campus by the football stadium. pic.twitter.com/bnpldp0r4d … Dems Plot Serious Retributions on Trump Supporters (VIP)Veterans' New Second Amendment Victory: VA Halts Fiduciary-Based Firearm BansA…
Morning Minute: In the Shadow of History's Giants
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No exceptions.Safety FIRST, America FIRST 🇺🇸 https://t.co/XvxVgC5PFp— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) February 27, 2026Full Court … motions to dismiss (for lack of standing).The Supreme Court continues hearing oral argument on Monday, this time in a key Second Amendment … the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance," violates the Second Amendment…
Virginia Supreme Court Hands Dems Huge Win, Allows Outrageous Gerrymander to Move Forward
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publish the amendment three months before the election, as required by law." … will go forward before the Court decides the merits.In short: Virginians will vote first. … approved by Virginians in 2020 – with an amendment that gives that power, instead, to lawmakers.…
Don Lemon Pleads Not Guilty After Calling Minnesota Church Protest a ‘Clandestine Mission’
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“For more than 30 years, I’ve been a journalist, and the power and protection of the First Amendment has been the underpinning of my … The First Amendment, the freedom of the press, the bedrock of our democracy.”Federal prosecutors allege Lemon was not simply observing … If they believe he crossed the line, the First Amendment defense is not going to do the heavy lifting for him.…
NYC Mayor Hosts Anti-Israel Activist at Gracie Mansion Days After Oct. 7 Praise Controversy Hits
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“All of this for exercising his First Amendment rights in protesting the ongoing genocide in Palestine.”That framing turns a polarizing…
'Horsefeathers!': Judge Steps in, Freezing Pentagon Move Against Sen. Kelly Over Military Speech
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In the accompanying 29-page opinion, Leon concluded that Kelly is likely to succeed on his First Amendment retaliation claim, … be required to go through the military appeals process so the military can have the first crack at adjudicating his First Amendment … The First Amendment "is a limitation on the power of Congress," NLRB v. Cath.…
Iran's Regime Is an Unspeakable Evil, and These Protestors Support It
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Look, these people, in the United States, enjoy the same First Amendment freedoms as the rest of us.…
New: Trump DOJ Drops the Hammer on Anti-ICE Activists Who Invaded Minnesota Church
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That this was a "peaceful protest" and that the invaders had a "First Amendment right" to take over a worship service, block exits,…
5th Circuit: Texas Can Now Enforce Drag Show Law
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panel said only one plaintiff in the case had standing and sent the lawsuit back to the lower court to reevaluate the plaintiff’s First … Amendment claim.The key point seems to rest in the term "sexually illicit content."…
Morning Minute: Three Times Is a Pattern...
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First, we must have a country. Only then can we argue about how to govern it," Rincón says, and he's right about that, too. … Tim Scott’s substitute amendment to H.R. 6644 (Housing for the 21st Century Act) in an 84–10 vote before invoking cloture on the housing … a Policy Meeting — Oval Office3:15 PM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting — Oval Office4:00 PM — THE PRESIDENT and FIRST…
9th Circuit Judge Comes Out Swinging (Ahem)...in Spicy Dissent Over Women-Only Nude Spa
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right to challenge the agreement and statutes/regulations constitutionally, which it subsequently did, contending they violated its First … Amendment rights.…
Morning Minute: America Is Winning...and the Dems Won't Stand for It
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are going to remember exactly what they saw: a chamber full of Democratic lawmakers who, when asked point-blank to put Americans first … home to satisfy a debt to the government, and keeping the surplus value as a windfall, violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment … more than needed to satisfy a tax debt but sold for fraction of its real value constitutes an excessive fine under the Eighth Amendment…
Appeals Court: Trump Now Allowed to Oust Public-Sector Unions
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reasons.Six unions representing about 800,000 federal civilian employees sued the administration last year, alleging violations of the First … Amendment.…
Shocking New Report: CFPB Adds $160-253 Per Loan in Consumer Costs
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money that could be put to better use, or better still, not spent at all.I've been writing in opposition to this boondoggle since it first … That would take a long legal battle to prove, though, despite what seems to me to be the very clear wording of the Tenth Amendment.…
To the Surprise of No One, U.S. Catholic Bishops Stake Out a Misguided Position on Birthright Citizenship
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Supreme Court argument on that issue scheduled for April 1.One of President Trump's first acts was to sign the Executive Order titled … This claim is not supported by the debates on the Fourteenth Amendment and is a subject of abuse.BACKGROUND:Stopping Trump's Birthright … At its core, this case is not solely a question about citizenship status or the 14th Amendment.…
Is the SAVE America Act Worth Nuking the Filibuster? Signs Now Point to Yes.
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more volatile House of Representatives, although that role as a "cooling saucer" was in part nullified by the ill-advised 17th Amendment … all, was supposed to represent the various state governments, not the population; another notion that got whacked by the 17th Amendment … The Democrats are going to hit us with this at the first opportunity. Let's hit them back first.…
Following Charges, Officials Detail Terrorist Explosive and Rapid Timeline in NYC Bomb Plot
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“Our job is to ensure New Yorkers can exercise their First Amendment rights safely.”Officials said the investigation remains ongoing…
Shiite Firebrands Now Predict Iran's Triumph in Prophetic Battle
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Here's the great irony: Here in the United States, these people, these preachers of hatred and death, are sheltered by our First … Amendment.…
Newsom’s $450 Million 911 Debacle Reminds Why We Oppose Federal Welfare
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By Seton MotleyYet again - here is the Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution:Tenth: “The powers not delegated to the United States … “The same week he was first sworn in as governor, Newsom said, ‘The idea that it's 2019, and we are using analog systems designed decades … “That's the fancy way of saying that the next-generation system gets more information to first responders even faster, while allowing…
Believe It! An Historic Housecleaning of Congress Is Coming This Fall
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Congress.Today, things have changed – a lot.We have a president who was a political rookie and a DC outsider when he won his very first … He’ll be 69 in 2029.As commonsensical as a political age limit seems, setting one would require a constitutional amendment. … The actual amendment itself was initially proposed in 1789 by the very first Congress.…