Results for First Amendment

  1. 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.…
  2. 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…
  3. 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.…
  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. Massie Takes One Last Shot at Trump Administration, Moves to Force Hegseth Impeachment Vote https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/11/09/massie-takes-one-last-shot-at-trump-administration-n2209208
    civilians; and, improperly using military force in Venezuela and the Caribbean.Massie is also accusing Hegseth of violating the First … Amendment when he took disciplinary action against Sen.…
  6. 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.…
  7. 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.…
  8. Is Money Everything in Politics? https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/11/09/is-money-everything-in-politics-n2209222
    to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.Freedom of speech, most especially political speech, is a First … Amendment issue. … The First Amendment doesn't grant this right. It only acknowledges it.…
  9. 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…
  10. 9th Circuit Hands Trump Administration Two Wins in Portland ICE Protest Cases — With a Dobbs Twist https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/11/10/9th-circuit-hands-t…ns-in-portland-ice-protest-cases-with-a-dobbs-twist-n2209256
    Trump, protesters and independent journalists alleged that officers were deliberately targeting them for exercising their First Amendment … by Judge Kenneth Lee (Trump), concluded that the apartment residents hadn't established a likelihood of success on their Fifth Amendment … It found the constitutional claim deficient without reaching that question.And Then There's the First AmendmentThe second decision,…
  11. 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.…
  12. When in Rome: Missouri Judge Tells St. Louis Archbishop He Can't Skip Court-Ordered Mediation https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/11/10/missouri-judge-tell…he-cant-skip-court-ordered-mediation-even-from-rome-n2209233
    The judge explained that Rozanski is personally asserting violations of his First Amendment rights.…
  13. 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.…
  14. 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.…
  15. 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…
  16. From Concentration Camps to Guillotines: The Left’s Revenge Wish https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/11/09/from-concentration-camps-to-guillotines-the-lefts-revenge-wish-n2209204
    Well, that generally doesn't end well; there's another old saying that goes, "When you set out for revenge, first, dig two graves." … worse.Fifty-six percent said they’d be happy learning that Trump had died overnight in his sleep, while 84% would be pleased if the 25th Amendment … It's the first of the three waves of leftist thought that is the most hateful in their actions and rhetoric.One was the loosely knit…
  17. 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.…
  18. 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…
  19. 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.…
  20. 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.…
  21. 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…
  22. 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…
  23. 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.…
  24. 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…
  25. 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…