Results for: First Amendment

Biden-Appointed Judge Neuters ICE — You Can't Use Non-Lethal Weapons or Arrest 'Peaceful' Agitators
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/01/17/biden-appointed-judg…use-non-lethal-weapons-or-arrest-peaceful-agitators-n2198235
Amendment rights. … Were they just exercising their First Amendment rights? … Amendment protects speech and peaceful assembly — not rioting,” DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.…
Vance Goes Scorched Earth on Indiana Republicans Over Looming Midterm Disaster - 'You Did Nothing'
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/01/17/vance-torches-indiana-gop-for-looming-midterm-disaster-n2198247
– The Virginia House had just voted to advance an amendment to the state constitution that would allow a new congressional map to be … Kiggans' is one of those seats that would be lost for Republicans.The redistricting amendment would first have to pass a voter referendum … That amendment passed with about 65.7 percent of the vote statewide.…
Asst. US Attorney Bill Essayli's Perfect Response to Dem Rep Who Asked People to Report ICE Activity
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/01/18/us-attorney-bill…ho-who-wants-people-to-call-and-report-ice-activity-n2198274
–  A friendly reminder that the public has a First Amendment right to call the number below and provide inaccurate information.It … United States Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) January 18, 2026A friendly reminder that the public has a First Amendment right…
Trump and Walz Both Make Moves on Chaos in Minneapolis, As MN National Guard Post Raises Eyebrows
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/01/18/minnesota-national-guard-posts-n2198261
– serve in our state, and are focused on protecting life, preserving property, and ensuring Minnesotans can safely exercise their FirstAmendment rights.— Minnesota National Guard (@MNNationalGuard) January 17, 2026Members of the Minnesota National Guard are on standby … Amendment rights.That reads like: We know we might look like ICE to you folks who can't distinguish things, but we're not, so don't…
Venezuela and the Horrific World History of Gun Control
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/01/05/venezuela-and-the-horrific-world-history-of-gun-control-n2197794
– Every time a totalitarian government has seized control, one of its first acts is to disarm the population. Always. … On January 9th his forces began seizing all privately owned firearms, first in Havana, then nationwide. … That's why I'm a Second Amendment absolutist. That's why you should be, too.…
Minneapolis Is Not Even a Close Call - a Lawsplainer on Officer-Involved Shootings
https://redstate.com/shipwreckedcrew/2026/01/11/minneapolis…se-call-a-lawsplainer-on-officer-involved-shootings-n2198004
– The Fourth Amendment requires that seizures be “reasonable” in order to comply with the Fourth Amendment.The use of deadly force is … Connor — 1989.Four years after Garner, the Supreme Court addressed the question of “reasonableness” under the Fourth Amendment with … An officer's evil intentions will not make a Fourth Amendment violation out of an objectively reasonable use of force; nor will an…
Border Patrol Chief Reminds 'Anarchists' What Will Determine When Agents Might Leave Minneapolis
https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/01/17/border-patrol-chi…what-determines-when-agents-might-leave-minneapolis-n2198245
– keeping angry activists back — and are prohibited from arresting any “peaceful” demonstrators who are supposedly exercising their FirstAmendment rights. … want to "get ahead" of any decisions POTUS or Noem might make about insurrection, but stressed that they are getting all of the first-hand…
Wild: Anti-ICE Activists Disrupt Church Service Because They Think One of the Pastors Is an ICE Agent
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/01/18/anti-ice-agitators-storm-church-n2198275
– … pic.twitter.com/jAwFGCvBI9— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 18, 2026Meanwhile, Lemon insisted to him that there was a "FirstAmendment right to free speech and protest."…
Trump Reportedly Poised to End the Left’s Most Chilling Gender Tactic: Taking Kids From Their Parents
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/01/06/trump-reported…protect-parents-who-reject-child-gender-transitions-n2197823
–  On his first day in office nearly a year ago, the president signed an executive order (EO) called “Defending Women from Gender … the administration to promulgate an executive order that would include provisions that affirm parents’ rights as recognized by the FirstAmendment to raise their children in a manner reflecting their religious beliefs; eliminate regulations that discriminate against…
Incroyable! French Court Punishes 10 for Insulting First Lady Brigitte Macron
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/01/07/encroyable-french-co…unishes-10-for-insulting-first-lady-brigitte-macron-n2197885
– Some people said some mean things on social media about French First Lady Brigitte Macron, wife of President Emmanuel Macron. … Mais non, they do not have the First Amendment in La France, and freedom of expression isn’t guaranteed.…
This Is Big: Trump Admin Fights Back, Now Challenging D.C.'s Assault on Gun Rights
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/12/22/this-is-big-trump…ghts-back-now-challenging-dcs-assault-on-gun-rights-n2197380
– Those words, of course, come from the Second Amendment, which states in part that the "...right of the people, to keep and bear arms … time the District has been sued over Second Amendment issues. … But any case that reinforces the protections of the Second Amendment right is worth fighting.…
White House Shreds Democrats' Jan. 6 Narrative With New 5th Anniversary Website
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/01/06/white-house-savages…ts-jan-6-narrative-with-new-5th-anniversary-website-n2197828
– the REAL Jan. 6 story 👀📲 https://t.co/GBL2EyiCB3 pic.twitter.com/oJ1m7auV8S— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 6, 2026In the first … They were punished to cover incompetence.On his first day back in office, January 20, 2025, President Trump issued sweeping blanket … Amendment rights.REMEMBER: Promise Kept: With the Stroke of a Pen, President Trump Issues Mass Pardons for J6 DefendantsRAGING…
Skinny on SCOTUS - (2025 Term - November-December)
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/12/26/skinny-on-scotus-2025-term-november-december-n2197503
– There's been so much attention paid in recent months to lower court rulings and to the Supreme Court's emergency docket that the first … Here, to remedy that, is our first Skinny on SCOTUS installment for this term. … , but the court must first make specific findings regarding the necessity of doing so.…
'Strains Credulity': News Outlet Threatened With Defamation Lawsuit for Report on MN Autism Center
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2025/12/31/bring-it-on-alpha…defamation-suit-after-reporting-on-mn-autism-center-n2197626
– Alpha News’ Autism Story is clearly protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution as well as Article I, Section … Despite the left's best efforts to erode free speech rights when it suits their purposes, First Amendment protections for journalists…
'Tis the Season for Finding Out: Pete Hegseth Comes for Sen. Mark Kelly Over 'Seditious' Video
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/01/05/tis-the-season-for-f…gseth-comes-for-sen-mark-kelly-over-seditious-video-n2197772
– thirty-nine combat missions, and four missions to space, I risked my life for this country and to defend our Constitution – including the FirstAmendment rights of every American to speak out.…
Morning Minute: Live, From Jefferson City...
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/01/07/morning-minute-n2197838
– is calling out California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) for his revisionist history on the LA wildfires.With receipts, from the very first … nbsp;🚨 The 7th Circuit has ruled that the Satanic Temple does NOT have standing to challenge Indiana's ban on abortion under the FirstAmendment. pic.twitter.com/ziKz819dtw— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) January 6, 2026MORNING MUSINGThe musing will be relatively brief…
THE ESSEX FILES: Jimmy Kimmel's Christmas Lecture on Tyranny Rings Hollow
https://redstate.com/brad-essex/2025/12/28/the-essex-files-n2197516
– Political speech, no matter how sharp — and sometimes cruel and hateful — enjoys strong protection under the First Amendment.Contrast … On the flip side, the First Amendment in the U.S. gives robust protection to speech — even speech many people find offensive, hateful…
The Bad Blood Between Rob Reiner and Donald Trump
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/12/21/that-history-between-rob-reiner-and-donald-trump-n2197342
– taken from them, and we have to do everything we can to make people understand that … if they lose that democracy, all of these [FirstAmendment rights] will be taken away from them.” [....] … “The Hollywood community is very much aware of their First Amendment rights being impinged.…
To Those Raving About Journalism Excellence at CBS News, a Question: Have You Even Watched It Lately?
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2026/01/02/to-those-raving-a…cbs-news-a-question-have-you-even-watched-it-lately-n2197690
First, the excuse was that the interview was chopped up due to time constraints. But this was belied by reality. … The controversy emerged because CBS first ran promotional snippets of the interview on the Sunday morning talk shows, but when the … Amendment as free speech.…
Eric Swalwell's Backward Priorities: Arrest ICE Agents, Keep Illegal Aliens in California's Farm Fields
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/12/31/swalwell-waxes-i…do-to-ice-agents-if-he-becomes-california-governor-n2197634
– While Swally laughably pretends to be a defender of "democracy," the First Amendment, and various other virtuous causes, the guy's … Constitution).As the inimitable Jonathan Turley wrote about Swalwell's scheme:The first tiny barrier to Swalwell’s antebellum policies…
New: Sen. Rand Paul Exposes Biden Admin's No-Fly Nightmare for Jan. 6 Dissenters
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/01/06/new-biden-admins-no-fly-nightmare-for-jan-6-dissenters-n2197799
– FBI)’s 23-month investigation into Christine Crowder, a Texas Catholic school teacher who was in Washington, D.C. to exercise her FirstAmendment rights and attend President Trump’s rally on the Ellipse on January 6, 2021.…
Angry Wisconsin Business Owner Finds Out: Leave Politics at Home
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/12/31/angry-wisconsin-business-owner-finds-out-leave-politics-at-home-n2197639
– He has a First Amendment right to wear a piece of outerwear expressing a political opinion, and while his employer has every right…
Morning Minute: Leadership Doesn't Look Like This
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/01/08/morning-minute-n2197896
– Maike has his Second Amendment rights and lives in a state that respects them. When he was needed, he took up arms and assisted. … Now, a bad guy has been arrested, no one was injured, and all is right with the world.Mamdani's First Test: He's Sticking By His Racist…
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