Results for: First Amendment

Dems Called Out by VA Supreme Court Justices Over Brazen Gerrymander Power Grab
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/04/27/dems-skewered…ia-supreme-court-over-brazen-gerrymander-power-grab-n2201761
– Justices didn’t like that early voting had started prior to the first passage of the amendment by the general assembly. … the first time, because they did it “before” the election. … general assembly did NOT pass the amendment language before the intervening election.…
Still Broken: Journos Demand DC Hacks Protest Trump's Appearance at WH Correspondents' Dinner
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/04/20/journalists-deman…appearance-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner-n2201505
– Totally wrong," Trump said.— Julia Manchester (@JuliaManch) April 20, 2026So, who, exactly, is a threat to the First Amendment? … Amendment. … That same Nick Shirley has done the work of helping to expose corruption and further the First Amendment, yet he has to hire personal…
Skinny on SCOTUS: Cops, Copyright, and Counseling - the Late March Decisions
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/04/20/skinny-on-scotus-n2201485
– The cases cover qualified immunity, copyright infringement, criminal procedure/supervised release, and the First Amendment in the context … Chiles filed suit in federal court seeking a preliminary injunction, raising a First Amendment challenge to the law as it applies to … This Court granted certiorari to resolve a circuit conflict over how the First Amendment interacts with laws like Colorado’s when those…
320,000 ‘Anchor Baby’ Births Now at Center of Supreme Court Fight Over Citizenship
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/04/18/320000-anchor-baby…w-at-center-of-supreme-court-fight-over-citizenship-n2201438
– Barbara, stems from an executive order Trump signed on his first day back in office, restricting birthright citizenship to children … when 325,000 anchor babies were born, and the trend is moving in the wrong direction.Trump attended the arguments in person, the first … Ratified in 1868 to guarantee citizenship to freed slaves, the 14th Amendment was not written to hand automatic citizenship to the…
Trump Calls Out ABC, FCC Drops Early License Review as Kimmel Controversy Erupts
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/04/28/trump-calls-out-ab…s-early-license-review-as-kimmel-controversy-erupts-n2201802
– The "joke" did not age well.President Trump and the First Lady called on ABC to act. … Amendment is on Disney's side.She may be right about the legal outcome. … Lady JokeJimmy Kimmel and Others Continue Their Dehumanization Campaign Against ConservativesBut the First Amendment does not exempt…
Sunday Gun Day Vol. III Ep. XXXVIII - How 2nd Amendment Friendly Is Your State?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/12/sunday-gun-day-vol…ep-xxxviii-how-2nd-amendment-friendly-is-your-state-n2201182
– Look, I’m a Second Amendment absolutist. What does that mean? …  But this argument, and its comparison to the First Amendment, has one flaw: There are those among the Left who don’t care much … for the First Amendment, either.…
Harmeet Dhillon Comes After Colorado: No, You Can't Force AI Companies to Belch Out DEI Drivel
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/04/27/harmeet-dhillon-come…you-cant-force-ai-companies-to-belch-out-dei-drivel-n2201741
– prevent Colorado from requiring AI companies to alter their algorithms & advance CO’s woke DEI goals.It’s illegal under the 14th Amendment … AI companies to alter their algorithms to comply with Colorado's crazy woke DEI goals.There’s a little thing known as the 14th Amendment … Constitution, Dhillon reminded the wokesters in the Centennial State:This is illegal under the 14th Amendment.…
THE ESSEX FILES: Another Threat, Same Pattern - How Many Warnings Does It Take?
https://redstate.com/brad-essex/2026/04/27/the-essex-files-t…trump-era-exposes-risks-of-heated-political-climate-n2201700
– President Donald Trump, attending the event for the first time in either term, was evacuated unharmed along with the first lady and … The dinner, intended to celebrate journalism and the First Amendment, was abruptly canceled. … The First Amendment protects robust debate, including sharp criticism of the press when it deserves scrutiny.…
Neon-Haired Congresswoman Reveals Democrats’ Near-Religious View of Climate Change
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2026/04/28/neon-haired-co…rats-view-of-climate-change-is-borderline-religious-n2201794
– The First Amendment is pretty clear about being able to speak our peace about every issue under the sun, which includes calling out …  What bugs me is the fact that DeLauro is so immersed in the church of climate change that she believes our First Amendment rights … Understand that it's that level of zealotry that led her to tell Zeldin to commit suicide via herbicide in the first place.…
Truth Gets Cadet Booted: Mentioning 'Islamism Threat' Now a Crime in RAF
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/20/truth-gets-cadet-booted-mentioning-islamism-threat-now-a-crime-in-raf-n2201483
–  This all led to the First Amendment enshrining freedom of speech here in the United States, but in Britain, there was still no … That's why freedom of speech is among the very first rights that our Constitution recognizes, in the First Amendment. … And, unlike Americans, the British lack the advantage we have here, in the amendment that follows the first.…
Virginia Dems May Have Gerrymandered Themselves Straight Into a Legal Buzzsaw - Former AG Explains It All
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/04/24/ken-cuccinelli-on-scova-n2201638
– So the two in the Supreme Court both relate to the first passage of the amendment through the General Assembly. … So they passed this proposed amendment for the first time on Halloween appropriately, last year, 2025. … So the 2025 election began September 19th.So people had been voting for six weeks when they passed this first passage of the amendment
Morning Minute: Widows Don't 'Glow'
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/04/28/morning-minute-n2201770
– : Examining ATF’s Relationship to the Tiahrt Amendment”They were, in theory, setting up to vote on the extension of FISA today, but … schedule is packed: 8:00 AM — THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time — The White House10:35 AM — THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST … LADY participate in a Receiving Line — Blue Room8:05 PM — THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY participate in a Dinner with His Majesty…
SecWar Pete Hegseth Faces New, and Senseless, Democrat Impeachment Effort
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/15/secwar-pete-hegset…ces-new-and-senseless-democratic-impeachment-effort-n2201320
– She's not serious about impeaching Pete Hegseth, any more than she is about 25th Amendment proceedings against President Trump - yes … Pete Hegseth is complicit.I’ve called for the 25th Amendment and am introducing… https://t.co/TzsTrb3m3E— Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari … the House in this year's midterms, just watch, because it will be a veritable Impeach-a-Palooza that will make President Trump's first
Pentagon Blacklists US AI Firm Anthropic and Court Refuses to Stop It
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/04/09/pentagon-blacklists-us-ai-firm-anthropic-and-court-refuses-to-stop-it-n2201109
– management of how, and through whom, the Department of Defense secures vital AI technology during an active military conflict.”Anthropic first … The company argues the government crossed a constitutional line on two fronts: that the designation violates the First Amendment by … retaliating against its publicly stated views on AI safety, and that it violates the Fifth Amendment by denying Anthropic any opportunity…
Skinny on SCOTUS: A Pretzel-Knot Split and Three Unanimous Calls - the Early March Decisions
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/04/12/skinny-on-scotus-n2201212
Amendment), but kicks off with a somewhat wonky one involving parental rights.March 2026 Decisions — Part OneMarabelli v. … C. §1983, alleging that the city ordinance violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment by consigning him and other speakers … The complaint seeks, as a remedy, a declaration that the ordinance infringes the First Amendment and an injunction preventing city…
'Progressive' (Liberal) Tries to Run As Republican - Is This the New Democrat Strategy?
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2026/04/10/progressive-liber…run-as-republican-is-this-the-new-democrat-strategy-n2201157
– Ronan then filed a federal lawsuit claiming a violation of his First Amendment rights. However, Chief U.S. … Amendment is implicated.Ronan then tried his luck at the Supreme Court, which, on Thursday, denied his application for an injunction … This is no doubt not the first time a candidate has misrepresented their party affiliation, but for someone who was once dedicated…
Now The Left Wants to Normalize Violence? They Won't Like What Happens Next
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/27/now-the-left-wants…normalize-violence-they-wont-like-what-happens-next-n2201742
– Correspondents' Dinner, when a far-left nutcase targeted not only the President of the United States but also the vice president, the first … And consider also that this encompasses first responders as well: fire, police, and emergency medicine personnel. …  Third, Second Amendment supporters and gun owners are, again, overwhelmingly people of the right.…
SCOTUS Deals Major Blow to Colorado Conversion Therapy Ban
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/03/31/scotus-deals-major-blow-to-colorado-conversion-therapy-ban-n2200816
– But the High Court did hand down a significant decision on Tuesday, this one having to do with free speech/the First Amendment. … But the First Amendment stands as a shield against any effort to enforce orthodoxy in thought or speech in this country. …  Either way, this is a solid First Amendment victory.…
California School Suspends Pro-ICE Student While Teachers Union Funds Anti-ICE Walkouts
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/04/california-school…tudent-while-teachers-union-funds-anti-ice-walkouts-n2200967
– When students express themselves non-disruptively, the First Amendment guarantees their right to freedom of speech, regardless of what … But there can be little doubt that his First Amendment rights were attacked here. … Any student has the right to express himself, and while the First Amendment doesn't require him to be provided with an audience, neither…
A Loss for Trump in the Birthright Citizenship Case Doesn’t Have to Be a Loss for America
https://redstate.com/redstate-guest-editorial/2026/04/20/a-l…tizenship-case-doesnt-have-to-be-a-loss-for-america-n2201403
– Congress can close loopholes that our adversaries exploit (such as birth tourism) and that most Americans agree are problematic.In the first … scenario, the Court engages in an extensive constitutional analysis and concludes that the Citizenship Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment
This Is How Virginia Loses Its Gun Rights – An Interview With Cam Edwards
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/04/15/cam-edwards-on-spanbergers-gun-grab-n2201305
– Abigail Spanberger's shameless trampling of the Second Amendment. … The first magazine bans came about in the late 1980s. … And next Tuesday, the first real chance for Virginia to stand up and say no.…
Why Does Bernie Sanders Keep Lying About Billionaire's Tax Rates?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/05/why-does-bernie-sanders-keep-lying-about-billionaires-tax-rates-n2200983
– enumeration.So, Senator Sanders, I'm sorry, you can emit gaseous substances on this all you like, but without a constitutional amendment … And you aren't going to get that amendment. … First, it's a stupid idea; second, in our hotly divisive political environment today, no constitutional amendment is happening.…
There May Be Hope Yet for That Iryna Zarutska Mural in Providence, RI
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/04/01/there-may-be…yet-for-that-iryna-zarutska-mural-in-providence-ri-n2200876
Amendment is first for a reason. … Call the Mayor’s office today and ask him to apologize for intruding on the First Amendment rights of an artist and a business. … - Mayor Smiley objected.The First Amendment is first for a reason.…
As WHCA Hosts Its Big Gala, a Reminder of the Journalist It Quietly Erased
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2026/04/24/on-the-weekend-of…a-look-when-whca-erased-one-of-their-un-woke-heroes-n2201646
– Hundreds of alleged journalists signed a letter, pleading to have attendees get in Trump’s face and lecture him about the 1st Amendment … (Please keep your chortling to a minimum, thank you.)The intention of the event is to have the WHCA promote the First Amendment, a … What he was seen reading were the wire dispatches filed by Merriam Smith.Smith was able to get the first wire service reports out about…
RedState Weekly Briefing: Media Myth Busted, ICE Fight Ignites, Swalwell Falls Apart
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/04/19/redstate-weekly-briefing-n2201449
– But you had people like former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-11) calling on the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment because of Trump's … Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. — with two felony counts of second-degree assault for actions he committed… while on duty.Moriarty, the first … "#4 - Iran Sounds Like It's Scrambling to Save Face in Response to Trump's Action in the Strait — by Nick AramaWell, first, they weren't…
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