Results for First Amendment

  1. NPR’s Katherine Maher Called the First Amendment a ‘Challenge’ — Now Comes the Trophy https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/10/14/nprs-katherine-mah…he-first-amendment-a-challenge-now-comes-the-trophy-n2208115
    NPR CEO Katherine Maher once called the First Amendment the "number one challenge" to regulating online information. … the First Amendment in the United States. … They can judge the First Amendment credentials without waiting for the acceptance speech.…
  2. Are Democrats Planning an Electoral College Workaround? The Constitution Would Like a Word. https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/11/06/are-democrats-plan…llege-workaround-the-constitution-would-like-a-word-n2209108
     First, this plan is a political compact between states that arguably amounts to a de facto constitutional amendment, bypassing … the amendment process. … political climate, the chance of any constitutional amendment being ratified is essentially zero.…
  3. October NICS Checks Jump — Did Gun Owners See the Blue Wave Coming? https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/11/04/october-nics-checks-jump-did-gun-owners-see-the-blue-wave-coming-n2209029
    Kansas elected its first Democrat Senator in almost a century and it was a blue bloodbath here in Texas.The polls and the prediction … background check.It's belaboring the obvious to say that we will soon see a Congress seated that is very unfriendly to the Second Amendment … And, given that this time, there was a blue wave, it would seem that this buying trend was justified.Second Amendment advocates are…
  4. Who Says You Can't Bring a Knife to a Gunfight? 5th Circuit Delivers Big Second Amendment Win https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/10/22/switchblades-protected-arms-under-2a-5th-circuit-rules-n2208480
    First body armor, now knives; the Second Amendment wins are really coming in this week. … federal law restricting the interstate manufacture, transportation, and distribution of switchblade knives violates the Second Amendment … principles of the Second Amendment and its regulatory tradition.…
  5. This Latest Statement From El-Sayed on the Second Amendment Should Be Disqualifying https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/10/22/el-sayed-on-the-second-amendment-n2208466
     Abdul El-Sayed on the Second Amendment: "When they promised the right to bear arms, they had muskets. … Constitution has a Second Amendment," El-Sayed said. … First, that's ahistorical on the facts because there were more weapons than muskets.…
  6. DOJ Looking Into Women's Sports Supporters in XX-XY Shirts Being Ejected From Portland Thorns Game https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/10/24/doj-looking-into-womens-sports-incident-at-portland-thorns-n2208578
    DOJ spokesperson also told me, "Based on what is known so far, the conduct described appears to raise viewpoint discrimination and First … Amendment questions rather than sex discrimination. … Amendment questions, but they would have to review it.…
  7. Judge Upholds Trump's Firing of NTSB Official, Rejects Racial Discrimination Claim https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/11/02/judge-upholds-trump…f-ntsb-official-rejects-racial-discrimination-claim-n2208924
    Biden appointee who was fired from the NTSB in 2025, before his five-year term expired.Brown challenged his removal on two grounds: First … another intriguing aspect to this ruling, found in a footnote near the very end.The Trump administration argued that the Fifth Amendment … provision.Friedrich declined to address that sweeping proposition because Brown hadn't adequately alleged discrimination in the first…
  8. James Talarico Is Lying About His Radical Anti-Family Agenda, and New Supercut Has Receipts https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/10/22/james-talarico-is…xposing-his-radical-transgender-agenda-in-new-video-n2208505
    "Jo" Jones speaking on the House floor about her amendment, which Talarico voted for in 2025." … My amendment makes it clear: rejecting a child's gender identity or sexual orientation is abuse. … This amendment ensured that the law reflects [that]," she said.…
  9. Photographs and Memories: 1980 and My First Election https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/11/03/photographs-and-memories-1980-and-my-first-election-n2208964
    This was Reagan's first of two great landslide election wins, wins by a margin we haven't seen since. … We watched Reagan win, and we watched the Republicans win control of the Senate for the first time since 1954. …  First, Iran: He promised to deal harshly with Iran if they didn't release our people.…
  10. COVID Was Just the Beginning: New Docs Reveal Biden's Bigger Censorship Plans https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/10/20/covid-was-just-the…ning-new-docs-reveal-bidens-bigger-censorship-plans-n2208356
    Missouri without touching the First Amendment questions at its core. … pandemic.For an administration that spent so much time warning about threats to democracy, it certainly had an interesting approach to the First … Amendment.…
  11. Shocking New Survey: One in Five College Students Say America Deserved 9/11 https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/10/13/shocking-new-survey-1-in-5-college-students-say-america-deserved-911-n2208077
    Belief in the continued importance of the Constitution (73%) and First Amendment (87%) remained at or near all-time highs, with little … The numbers of these young skulls full of mush who assert continued importance of the Constitution and the First Amendment is an encouraging … So, they support the First Amendment, unless the "hate speech" is something they disagree with.…
  12. Abortion Abolitionist Fights Back Against a College's So-Called 'Free Speech Zones' https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/10/17/abortion-abolitio…back-against-a-colleges-so-called-free-speech-zones-n2208245
    Amendment lawsuit claims.Describing Newton as a "disabled veteran who is medically retired" from the Army and has "committed himself … "The First Amendment means very little if public officials can have someone arrested simply because others would rather not hear his … Amendment rights.…
  13. Morning Minute: You Can Check Out Any Time You Like but You Can Never Leave https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/11/02/morning-minute-n2208910
    pass because our rights depend on these, even if it's just about hunting, because hunting might not be mentioned in the Second Amendment … restarting of Michigan's Palisades nuclear plant last week.Michigan’s Palisades nuclear plant is set to make history as America's first … The question for this Court is whether disputes regarding the calculation of an inmate's earned First Step Act time credits, enabling…
  14. When Political Speech Meets Restroom Privacy: The 5th Circuit Leaves a Troubling Question Unanswered https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/10/12/when-political-spee…5th-circuit-leaves-a-troubling-question-unanswered-n2208052
    The First Amendment protects images, not merely words. …  Ho also stressed that the First Amendment must protect unpopular viewpoints regardless of ideology, invoking the 5th Circuit's … While the First Amendment question and the 5th Circuit's 10-7 en banc split, accompanied by rather strongly worded dissents, make it…
  15. This New El-Sayed Ad With Fox News Personalities Tells You How Desperate He Must Be https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/10/23/this-new-el-sayed…tells-you-how-desperate-he-must-be-its-truly-funny-n2208550
    But he also doesn't even seem to understand basic concepts when it comes to things like the Second Amendment - a vital thing he would … Not one of them believes he is "America First." …  No, he's not a "capitalist and a patriot" or America First when he's hanging out with Hasan Piker, can't condemn the Islamic…
  16. Democrats Love to Talk About Black Representation, Except When It's a Republican https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/10/31/democrats-love-to…tation-except-when-the-representation-is-republican-n2208851
    Should they win their races, they will be the first Blacks in their state to ascend to the governorship. … But it is still historic that McCaney, a Black man, is the first of his race to serve in this seat. … Paschal was the first Black representative elected to the Alabama legislature since Reconstruction.…
  17. Is It Wrong to Be Wary of Muslims? https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/11/08/is-it-wrong-to-be-wary-of-muslims-n2209172
    opposed to the best thing; the best thing for the United States is the Bill of Rights, and what he proposes is forbidden by the very first … In the previous statement, I cited the First Amendment as forbidding what Farooq described; there's another item in the Bill of Rights…
  18. Kaylub Giamanco, the Hero Father Who Saved Lives in the OR Elementary School Shooting, Speaks Out https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/10/24/kaylub-giamanco-t…er-who-saved-lives-at-railway-elementary-speaks-out-n2208566
    He went out of the classroom to look for the teacher who’d fled, then laid his gun on the ground and held up his hands as the first … His grandfather bought him his first gun when he was 7, a shotgun they took bird hunting in the Ochoco Mountains. … First, Kaylub Giamanco ran into his daughters’ school and killed a school shooter by himself.…
  19. A Video of a Smug Immigrant Student Making Fun of Charlie Kirk's Murder Has Me Thinking About Rights https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2026/11/02/a-video-of-a-s…f-charlie-kirks-murder-has-me-thinking-about-rights-n2208929
     But what gets me is that this happened in the first place. … The First Amendment protections that American citizens enjoy are effectively reduced for immigrants until they are fully naturalized…
  20. The Fight of a Lobsterman Against the Creepy Encroachment of the Government https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/10/11/lobsterman-has-a…eepy-encroachment-of-the-government-on-your-actions-n2208000
    This is totally against the Fourth Amendment, and somebody's got to hear it one way or another," Thompson told Fox News Digital. … Thompson's attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation, Matthew Gilliam, argued the requirement infringed on the Fourth Amendment "because … He said, "That forced trespass was a violation of the Fourth Amendment because it's an unreasonable search and seizure."…
  21. Sunday Gun Day Vol. IV Ep. XIII — The Sounds of Silence https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/10/18/sunday-gun-day-vol-iv-ep-xiii-the-sounds-of-silence-n2208256
    It’s a New Day in Second Amendment LandAlaska is now one of those lucky states where shooters can legally purchase short-barreled rifles … That’s an interesting development and one of the greatest Second Amendment wins of my lifetime. … They came in a range of barrel lengths, including 14-, 15-, 16- and 18-inch barrels, the first two of which would have fallen under…
  22. Pay Close Attention to What Happens in North Carolina Over the Next Two Years https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/11/05/post-election-talk-in-north-carolina-turns-to-redistricting-n2209070
    Carolina are already lining up in agreement:The best path forward for independent redistricting will require a state constitutional amendment … a 2028 presidential run.Making a purportedly independent redistricting commission happen would be a multi-step process, with the first…
  23. Slotkin Slapped With Ethics Complaint Over Plot to Scare Young Conservatives From Working for Trump https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/10/21/slotkin-slapped…to-scare-young-conservatives-from-working-for-trump-n2208410
    It argues that the comments threaten the fundamental First Amendment right of free association."…
  24. Uh-Oh: Freezing Out Trump May Have Just Landed These Five Networks in Legal Hot Water https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/10/12/doj-investigating-possible-antitrust-violation-by-networks-n2208043
    Those three outlets, in turn, sued the Trump administration on claims that their First Amendment rights were being violated.The courts…
  25. Skinny on SCOTUS: Birthrights, Campaign Cash, and Girls’ Sports https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/10/05/skinny-on-scotus-last-of-the-june-decisions-n2207779
    In 2001, this Court upheld those coordinated-expenditure limits as consistent with the First Amendment. … Amendment, arguing that Colorado II is no longer good law. … Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected petitioners’ First Amendment challenge.…