Results for First Amendment

  1. Boom: White House Drops a Mountain of Receipts After CNN, MS NOW, Politico Sue Over Press Ban https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/09/21/white-house-to-media-its-a-privilege-not-a-right-remember-that-n2207196
    The First Amendment protects their right to publish; it does not entitle them to a hard pass, briefing room seat, or place in the press … Amendment rights because it objected to their reporting." … This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle…
  2. President Trump Sets Off More Fireworks, Mocks MS NOW and CNN Hacks for Skipping Xi Visit https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/09/24/president-trump-ms-now-and-cnn-during-china-visit-n2207353
    Amendment rights. … That is viewpoint discrimination, and a clear violation of the First Amendment," she continued." … They sat home while both the president and first lady entertained the Chinese presidential couple.Pres.…
  3. Judge Tosses Trump Lawsuit Over Wildly Misleading 2024 Poll: ‘Erroneous Statements Are Inevitable’ https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/09/24/judge-tosses-tru…ading-2024-poll-erroneous-statements-are-inevitable-n2207323
    Moines Register’s final 2024 poll and declared that even a wildly off election-eve survey is the kind of “erroneous statement” the First … Amendment must protect.RedState readers will surely remember the poll in question. … The rights protected by the First Amendment are not a word game.”That does not mean the poll was good, honest, or harmless.…
  4. 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…
  5. 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…
  6. Skinny on SCOTUS: Green Cards, Government Strings, and ‘See You in Court, Commies!’ https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/09/30/skinny-on-scotus-mid-late-june-n2207551
    When detectives first questioned Hernandez about the crime at the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office (CCPO), they did so without first … New York’s intermediate appellate court (the Appellate Division, First Department) affirmed. … the rule under the Fifth Amendment.…
  7. '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 First … Amendment" outcries. … But the First Amendment doesn't guarantee any news outlet a spot in the White House briefing room, or anywhere else.…
  8. '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.…
  9. 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…
  10. Media Outlets May Be Gnashing Their Teeth After Court Hearing on Media Ban https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/09/23/media-outlets-hav…ashing-their-teeth-after-court-hearing-on-media-ban-n2207312
    their access restored.The media outlets argued on Wednesday in a court hearing that Trump's action was a "direct assault on the First … Amendment" and a "blatant violation of our most fundamental constitutional principles."…
  11. 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 First … Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes,” the three news…
  12. 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…
  13. 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.…
  14. Skinny on SCOTUS - Time Travel, Skinny Labels, and Ill-Gotten Gains https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/09/28/skinny-on-scotus-early-june-n2207207
    First, it may seek review in the court of appeals under the Hobbs Act. See 28 U. S. C. § 2342(1). … They argued that requiring forfeiture without the opportunity for a jury trial violates the Seventh Amendment. … The court thus held that the Commission does not violate the Seventh Amendment when it issues forfeiture orders without a jury.…
  15. Senate Democrats Block Immunity for Fauci's Aide Over Destroyed Docs https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/23/senate-democrats-block-immunity-for-faucis-aide-over-destroyed-docs-n2207289
    immunity from prosecution in exchange for their testimony; it's a sort of an end-run around having them constantly invoking the Fifth Amendment …  The unnamed former Fauci assistant previously pleaded the Fifth Amendment before the committee and refused to answer any questions … our kids locked out of their schools for months, about the people who were behind those lockdowns, and why it all happened in the first…
  16. 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."…
  17. TV Networks Suspend Pool Coverage After CNN Ban; White House Teases What’s Next https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/09/21/white-house-media-suspends-pool-reporting-of-trump-events-n2207185
    Then they announced this morning they would be suing to get access back and "to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle…
  18. 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…
  19. 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…
  20. 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…
  21. 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.…
  22. 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…
  23. 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 First … Amendment.…
  24. Hilarious: Trump Demolishes CNN Reporter on 'Ban' on Air at UN https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/09/22/trump-demolishes…whining-about-their-ban-right-to-their-faces-at-un-n2207233
     First, the media claimed they were "suspending" pool coverage of Trump events in support of CNN, Politico, and MS NOW. … This is evidence there is NO 1st amendment issue at all. https://t.co/BHEFbMLvz4— NWGA Storm Dawg ✝️ (@NWGAStormDawgwx) September 22…
  25. 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…