Results for: First Amendment

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.…
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.…
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.…
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…
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.…
'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…
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…
Whoa: Deep Blue State Deals Massive Blow to Trans Agenda, Axes LGBTQIA+ Mandate
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2025/12/17/trans-agenda-t…e-state-axes-lgbtqia-non-discrimination-requirement-n2197238
–  The case will remain open until we are confident that Massachusetts is fully committed to respecting the First Amendment and … policies and developments are deeply troubling, clearly contrary to the purpose of child welfare programs, and in direct violation of FirstAmendment protections," wrote Andrew Gradison, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families.Despite…
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…
'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.…
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…
Letitia 'No One Is Above the Law' James Sued for Threatening School Board Members Over Trans Athletes
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/12/09/letitia-no-one-is-ab…hreatening-school-board-members-over-trans-athletes-n2196980
– There’s something called the First Amendment:"The First Amendment here reigns true, and so whether or not you have these state laws … , a state cannot come in and just erase the First Amendment out of the Constitution," Hermann said.…
We Have the Power
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2025/12/22/we-have-the-power-n2197389
– MORE: 'Frauds and Grifters': Ben Shapiro Torches 'Charlatans' of Conservative Movement in Fiery AmFest SpeechMy focus is not on the first … Because I am opinionated (shock), my first thought was, "Newsflash, Scooter: we ALL have a microphone." … It is a glorious smorgasbord of the First Amendment. Included in that smorgasbord is the podcast universe.…
EU Melts Down After Rubio Sanctions Foreign Agents Who Colluded With Big Tech to Censor Americans
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2025/12/24/eu-gives-mind…sanctions-on-foreign-actors-who-censored-americans-n2197452
– We take the First Amendment very seriously around these parts, and the EU would do well to remember that when thinking about messing…
Court Okays Silencing of Parents Who Asked Questions After Student With MS-13 Ties Brought Gun to School
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2025/12/26/federal-appeal…ules-its-okay-for-public-schools-to-silence-parents-n2197446
– small body that is ran [sic] by seven or eight men and women should regulate what the general public can and cannot say based on our FirstAmendment rights."…
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.…
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…
Bat Viruses, Beagle Torment: Rand Paul's New Grievance Airing
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/12/23/bat-viruses-beagle-torment-rand-pauls-new-grievance-airing-n2197411
First, the summary:We discovered cash going toward experiments teaching ferrets to binge drink alcohol and dosing dogs with cocaine … We could point to the Constitution and the Tenth Amendment, demanding someone identify where almost anything mentioned in this report…
Rubio Targets Five Foreign Operatives Who Conspired With Big Tech to Censor Americans
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2025/12/23/rubio-announce…gners-who-conspired-to-stifle-free-speech-in-the-us-n2197436
– With Sanctions and a Big, Big WarningFinally Shutting the Barn Door, Marco Rubio Freezes All Visas for Truck DriversThis isn't the first … willingness to call them out and punish them sends an unmistakable message: foreign meddling, especially when it interferes with the FirstAmendment, will not be tolerated, and those who try will find the doors to the United States firmly shut to them.…
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.…
Atlas Shrugging? California Tech Moguls Threatening to Leave Over Wealth Tax
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/12/29/atlas-shrugging-ca…ia-tech-moguls-threatening-to-leave-over-wealth-tax-n2197572
– At the federal level, the ravings of Democrats like Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) aside, this would require a constitutional amendment … I made my money from my first company, paid hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes on it, used the remainder to start a second company…
Antisemitic Australia Attack Sparks New, Useless Firearm Surrender Scheme
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/12/19/antisemitic-austra…attack-sparks-new-useless-firearm-surrender-scheme-n2197293
– But, we must remember, there is no Second Amendment in Australia.Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a national … cause of the Bondi Beach massacre - and by the way, how can the Australian government "buy back" anything they didn't own in the first
Is France Now Presaging the Death of the West?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/12/23/is-france-now-presaging-the-death-of-the-west-n2197429
– Yes, the First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, but it does not allow anyone to impose their religion, their theocratic basis … This Islamic law lies outside the protection of the First Amendment.That's our advantage.…
Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship? Supreme Court Says It Will Decide
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2025/12/06/supreme-court-trump-birthright-citizenship-order-n2196876
– This marks the first time the court will address the merits of Trump's birthright citizenship policy.READ MORE: Trump Administration … The 14th Amendment was passed after the Civil War in 1868. … attorneys argue that parents in the country temporarily aren't "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States, so the 14th Amendment
Ignored Warnings: Australian Government Now Blamed for Beach Massacre
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/12/15/ignored-warnings-australian-government-now-blamed-for-beach-massacre-n2197152
– joins the entire Australian Jewish community in mourning the tragic loss of lives in the terrorist attack at Bondi Beach on the first … particular sect of Islam any particular goblin might adhere to, they want to kill you or subjugate you.The very concept enshrined in our FirstAmendment, freedom of conscience, is alien to these people.…
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