Results for First Amendment

  1. Minnesota Gets Another Big, Beautiful First Amendment Smackdown https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/08/27/minnesota-gets-another-big-beautiful-first-amendment-smackdown-n2206142
    on that very subject.Minnesota is a leader among states testing First Amendment limits on regulating speech and expression in the … But that's not the issue; there is a First Amendment issue involved, and Minnesota appears to be trying to stomp on the free speech … The government cannot endorse one view and criminalize the other without implicating the First Amendment.…
  2. Judge Deals Trump Admin a First Amendment Setback in Foreign Student Crackdown https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/08/30/judge-deals-trump-a…irst-amendment-setback-in-foreign-student-crackdown-n2206258
    Amendment. … Wise held that when those powers are used because of constitutionally protected speech, they violate the First Amendment. … Ultimately, Wise's decision frames the case not primarily as an immigration dispute, but as a First Amendment case about whether immigration…
  3. Judge Sides With Pentagon, Rejects Fired Stars and Stripes Employees' Injunction Request https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/09/05/judge-sides-with…ired-stars-and-stripes-employees-injunction-request-n2206549
    Amendment rights. … “They are thus unlikely to succeed on the merits of their First Amendment claim and do not demonstrate irreparable harm.”There's more … "The court applied settled Supreme Court law: public employees do not receive First Amendment protection when they speak with the government…
  4. New: Politico's Press Corps Reporter Denied WH Access, Trump Names Two Who Could Be Next https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/09/19/politico-white-ho…reporter-denied-access-more-whining-about-1a-ensues-n2207129
    Democracy and the First Amendment are on the line, people.No, not really. … Access Denied," blared the morning Politico Playbook newsletter's headline, with its first news item reading: POLITICO EIC Jonathan … As we said yesterday, we will vigorously defend our First Amendment rights.”This breathless violation of free speech rights has been…
  5. Alaska Man Monday: Concealed Carry, Fat Bears, and Moose Hunts https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/21/alaska-man-monday-concealed-carry-fat-bears-and-moose-hunts-n2207151
    Now then: We’ve seen some significant Second Amendment wins on the national level lately. … Alaska’s a pretty Second Amendment-friendly state; even our short-term at-large Democrat Representative Mary Peltola, now running for … directing the district to move forward with the policy only if officials could secure outside funding.That amendment was ultimately…
  6. 'Fiction and Lies': Trump Kicks Out Three Legacy Media Outlets From WH, Then Doubles Down https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/18/white-house-ban-trump-kicks-out-cnn-msnow-and-politico-n2207099
    TRUMPThis likely won't do these legacy media outlets' ratings any good.Now, brace yourselves for the rapid repetition of "but muh FirstAmendment" outcries. … But the First Amendment doesn't guarantee any news outlet a spot in the White House briefing room, or anywhere else.…
  7. Boom: RFK Jr. Torches the Democrat Party in Epic Convention Speech https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/09/10/rfk-convention-speech-n2206776
    , probably only because there IS a 2nd Amendment!" … (@EricLDaugh) September 11, 2026When it came to the First Amendment, they censored Americans who spoke out against COVID tyranny. … "The only right they left unscathed was the Second Amendment," he stated. "And probably because there is a Second Amendment."…
  8. Illinois Assisted Suicide Law Now Paused for Catholic Nuns, Doctors https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/15/illinois-assisted-suicide-law-now-paused-for-catholic-nuns-doctors-n2206945
    The first, primarily for physicians, was Aug. 21, with both cases overseen by U.S. … That gag order would seem to violate the First Amendment not only in its interference with the Catholic caregivers' freedom to practice … Circuit Court of Appeals ruled it would likely lose a First Amendment challenge.Not taking a chance that it would lose in the 2nd Circuit…
  9. One More Try: Trump Proposes Limiting Census to Citizens, Permanent Residents https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/09/one-more-try-trump…ses-limiting-census-to-citizens-permanent-residents-n2206707
    would also eliminate parts of the questionnaire that seek information on race or ethnicity, which have been included since the ⁠first …  Here's the thing: When the 14th Amendment was written, nobody anticipated two things about our modern world: First, the ease … kind of advantage of our taxpayers, that alone would make this worth doing.Enacting this vital reform may take a constitutional amendment
  10. 'My Badge Did Not Work': Humiliated MS NOW Reporter Forced to Report From the Street After Trump Ban https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/09/19/watch-my-badge-d…er-forced-to-report-from-the-street-after-trump-ban-n2207120
    And although she made it through the first two gates to the grounds, the third was a different story." … The president is right to support the First Amendment. But he’s also right to ask that you be honest and fair," she said. … Amendment.…
  11. Here for It: Enes Kanter Freedom Makes His Next Move After WNBA Game Ejection https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/09/03/enes-kanter-freedom-makes-his-next-move-after-wnba-game-ejection-n2206486
     I’m taking legal action over my ejection from the @chicagosky game while peacefully exercising my First Amendment rights … Here's what the ADF wrote at the time:While the WNBA and its teams are private entities that are not typically bound by the First Amendment … When that happens, the private actors must abide by First Amendment rules and allow speakers to express their views consistent with…
  12. CNN, MS NOW, Politico Announce Lawsuit Over Being Booted From WH Briefings, Trump Has Quick Response https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/09/21/cnn-ms-now-politi…wsuit-over-their-booting-from-white-house-briefings-n2207179
    Communications (@CNNPR) September 21, 2026“This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our FirstAmendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes,” the three news…
  13. No Tax, No NFA: Trump Opts to Let Suppressor and SBR Ruling Stand https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/18/no-tax-no-nfa-trump-now-lets-suppressor-and-sbr-ruling-stand-n2207089
    pushing since they filed on the same day Trump signed the OBBBA.That was a pretty clever back-door means of enforcing the Second Amendment … The initial intent, when the law was first in debate in Congress, was to regulate handguns — any handguns — in the same way as fully … weapon so equipped still makes a substantial bang.For now, though, we can celebrate this win for American shooters and the Second Amendment
  14. Trust Anonymous Sources? MSNOW Did. The Man on the Call Didn’t. https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/19/trust-anonymous-sources-msnow-did-the-man-on-the-call-didnt-n2207121
    But that doesn't mean that any administration has to let them in the White House; their First Amendment freedoms don't extend to that.Now …  First Assistant U.S. … Attorney with a pretty solid reputation.Here's the thing: This isn't the first time this network has been tripped up.…
  15. Watch: Former Press Sec Sarah Huckabee Sanders Stymies Media Over Trump Banning 'Fake News' https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/09/18/watch-former-pres…nders-shuts-down-media-over-trump-banning-fake-news-n2207103
    Back during the first Trump administration, Sarah Huckabee Sanders handled the daily press briefings after masterfully serving as the … opportunity to stand here in the Oval Office and ask questions to the leader of the free world […]The president is right to support the FirstAmendment.…
  16. The Essex Files: Josh Shapiro’s Medicaid Red Tape Hurts Pennsylvania’s Truly Disabled https://redstate.com/brad-essex/2026/09/21/the-essex-files-j…edicaid-red-tape-hurts-pennsylvanias-truly-disabled-n2207105
    2026When eligibility rules tighten, or documentation demands grow without corresponding improvements in accuracy, the people who suffer first … Pure tyranny and it goes against a Constitutional Amendment voted in by the people.— 𝕵𝖔𝖘𝖍𝖚𝖆 (@JDP_PTL) September 16, 2026Fraud … People with real disabilities and the families who care for them deserve a system that puts their needs first rather than treating…
  17. Nick Shirley Takes Action, and He's Coming for CA's Soviet-Style Effort to Muzzle Journalists https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/09/05/nick-shirley-takes-a…cas-soviet-style-new-law-aimed-at-hiding-corruption-n2206568
    sponsored by CHIRLA, the NGO that allegedly sponsored last summer's riots in Los Angeles, that seems to fly directly in the face of the FirstAmendment, and while it certainly affects Shirley, it’s also targeting other investigative reporters like our own Jennifer Van Laar … These legal battles may take years so hang tough and never compromise on the 1st amendment.— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) September…
  18. Birth Tourism Doctor Has One Answer for Congress' CCP and MS-13 Questions: The Fifth https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/09/02/birth-tourism-doct…swer-for-congress-ccp-and-ms-13-questions-the-fifth-n2206389
    The founder of a Miami company that markets maternity services to foreign nationals invoked the Fifth Amendment eleven times Tuesday … Gill first asked whether Have My Baby in Miami marketed itself to foreign nationals who wanted to enter the United States, give birth … to answer the question on the grounds that a truthful answer may tend to incriminate me, and I invoke my rights under the Fifth Amendment
  19. GOP Getting Democrats to Cut Campaign Commercials for Them Over Boycotting Israel Vote https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2026/09/03/gop-getting-dems…gn-commercials-for-them-over-boycotting-israel-vote-n2206467
    federal money to declare that students "are not unreasonably obstructed" from studying in Israel.Democrats tried to frame it as a FirstAmendment issue. … Jerry Nadler (NY-10) said in a statement:"The First Amendment right to free speech does not apply only to agreeable speech.…
  20. Gender Transition Happening in the Heartland: DOJ Civil Rights Says, 'Not on Our Watch' https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/09/02/gender-transition…the-heartland-doj-civil-rights-says-not-on-my-watch-n2206399
    materials and teachings, in violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment … suit,” alleging violations of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment ( …  KCKPS’s conduct violates the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (…
  21. Skinny on SCOTUS: Drawing Lines, Crossing Lines, and Staying in Your Lane https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/09/17/skinny-on-scotus-late-may-n2206940
    association of such judges (respondent here) challenged the policy in federal district court, asserting violations of its members' First … and Fifth Amendment rights. … Years later, Congress passed the First Step Act of 2018, which eliminated the 25-year stacking requirement for first-time offenders…
  22. Katie Hobbs’ Campaign Amended Its Filing 10 Times. $1.4 Million Still Vanished. https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/09/01/katie-hobbs-campai…ended-its-filing-10-times-14-million-still-vanished-n2206373
    The first amended report carried the same number.Then the number went to zero.It stayed at zero in the third amended report. … The fourth amendment brought $394,785 back onto the books. … The first amendment put that at $3.1 million. The second cut it to $1.68 million.…
  23. Rules for Thee, Not for Me: Watch Stelter’s White House Access Flip-Flop https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/19/rules-for-thee-not-for-me-stelters-white-house-access-flip-flop-n2207133
    CNN team was also traveling Friday as the assigned television pool reporters with Vice President JD Vance.The country’s leading FirstAmendment groups said that if Trump tries to implement a ban, it would be unconstitutional and rejected by the courts.There's just…
  24. Reagan Freed Talk Radio From DC Red Tape. It’s Time to Do It Again. https://redstate.com/redstate-guest-editorial/2026/09/18/rea…talk-radio-from-dc-red-tape-its-time-to-do-it-again-n2207039
    declaring that government policing of broadcasters’ editorial judgment was “antagonistic to the freedom of expression guaranteed by the FirstAmendment.”…
  25. Team Trump Releases the List CNN Wishes Didn't Exist: A Staggering Tally of Failure and Deception https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/09/19/team-trump-releases…t-exist-a-staggering-tally-of-failure-and-deception-n2207113
    covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America,” he wrote.Expect lawsuits and FirstAmendment arguments and plenty of hyperventilating drama from those outlets; they’re simply not used to facing consequences (except…