Results for: First Amendment
Senator Mike Lee Drops New National Constitutional Carry Bill
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carry permits, fees and criminal penalties for people who want to carry a firearm in public.Lee’s National Constitutional Carry Act, first … That's a plain reading of the Second Amendment, which in a sane world would be the only permitting required. … But that's not the world we live in, unfortunately.Read More: Veterans' New Second Amendment Victory: VA Halts Fiduciary-Based…
Fists Fly in NYC Park As Sickos Hold Vigil for the Murderous, Dead Ayatollah Khamenei
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Islamic extremist in the city that saw over 3,000 die in the 9/11 tragedy was almost certainly going to provoke a reaction.We have a First … Amendment that allows these Ayatollah acolytes to demonstrate, but that same amendment allows me to say that I find it disgusting.NYC…
Uh-Oh: New Poll Could Spell Doom for Democrats’ Shameless Gerrymander Scheme in Virginia
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However, since this is the first polling that captures the sentiment around the Democrats' attempt at an extreme gerrymander in Virginia … panel and replace it with a new amendment giving boundary-redrawing responsibilities to state lawmakers – and Democrats control both … An April 21 referendum on the new amendment has been halted as a Republican lawsuit against the state Board of Elections works its…
Virginia Supreme Court Hands Dems Huge Win, Allows Outrageous Gerrymander to Move Forward
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publish the amendment three months before the election, as required by law." … will go forward before the Court decides the merits.In short: Virginians will vote first. … approved by Virginians in 2020 – with an amendment that gives that power, instead, to lawmakers.…
Don Lemon Pleads Not Guilty After Calling Minnesota Church Protest a ‘Clandestine Mission’
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“For more than 30 years, I’ve been a journalist, and the power and protection of the First Amendment has been the underpinning of my … The First Amendment, the freedom of the press, the bedrock of our democracy.”Federal prosecutors allege Lemon was not simply observing … If they believe he crossed the line, the First Amendment defense is not going to do the heavy lifting for him.…
'Horsefeathers!': Judge Steps in, Freezing Pentagon Move Against Sen. Kelly Over Military Speech
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In the accompanying 29-page opinion, Leon concluded that Kelly is likely to succeed on his First Amendment retaliation claim, … be required to go through the military appeals process so the military can have the first crack at adjudicating his First Amendment … The First Amendment "is a limitation on the power of Congress," NLRB v. Cath.…
Morning Minute: In the Shadow of History's Giants
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No exceptions.Safety FIRST, America FIRST 🇺🇸 https://t.co/XvxVgC5PFp— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) February 27, 2026Full Court … motions to dismiss (for lack of standing).The Supreme Court continues hearing oral argument on Monday, this time in a key Second Amendment … the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance," violates the Second Amendment…
New: Trump DOJ Drops the Hammer on Anti-ICE Activists Who Invaded Minnesota Church
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That this was a "peaceful protest" and that the invaders had a "First Amendment right" to take over a worship service, block exits,…
Iran's Regime Is an Unspeakable Evil, and These Protestors Support It
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Look, these people, in the United States, enjoy the same First Amendment freedoms as the rest of us.…
5th Circuit: Texas Can Now Enforce Drag Show Law
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panel said only one plaintiff in the case had standing and sent the lawsuit back to the lower court to reevaluate the plaintiff’s First … Amendment claim.The key point seems to rest in the term "sexually illicit content."…
NYC Mayor Hosts Anti-Israel Activist at Gracie Mansion Days After Oct. 7 Praise Controversy Hits
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“All of this for exercising his First Amendment rights in protesting the ongoing genocide in Palestine.”That framing turns a polarizing…
Morning Minute: America Is Winning...and the Dems Won't Stand for It
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are going to remember exactly what they saw: a chamber full of Democratic lawmakers who, when asked point-blank to put Americans first … home to satisfy a debt to the government, and keeping the surplus value as a windfall, violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment … more than needed to satisfy a tax debt but sold for fraction of its real value constitutes an excessive fine under the Eighth Amendment…
Shocking New Report: CFPB Adds $160-253 Per Loan in Consumer Costs
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money that could be put to better use, or better still, not spent at all.I've been writing in opposition to this boondoggle since it first … That would take a long legal battle to prove, though, despite what seems to me to be the very clear wording of the Tenth Amendment.…
Appeals Court: Trump Now Allowed to Oust Public-Sector Unions
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reasons.Six unions representing about 800,000 federal civilian employees sued the administration last year, alleging violations of the First … Amendment.…
Is the SAVE America Act Worth Nuking the Filibuster? Signs Now Point to Yes.
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more volatile House of Representatives, although that role as a "cooling saucer" was in part nullified by the ill-advised 17th Amendment … all, was supposed to represent the various state governments, not the population; another notion that got whacked by the 17th Amendment … The Democrats are going to hit us with this at the first opportunity. Let's hit them back first.…
To the Surprise of No One, U.S. Catholic Bishops Stake Out a Misguided Position on Birthright Citizenship
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Supreme Court argument on that issue scheduled for April 1.One of President Trump's first acts was to sign the Executive Order titled … This claim is not supported by the debates on the Fourteenth Amendment and is a subject of abuse.BACKGROUND:Stopping Trump's Birthright … At its core, this case is not solely a question about citizenship status or the 14th Amendment.…
Believe It! An Historic Housecleaning of Congress Is Coming This Fall
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Congress.Today, things have changed – a lot.We have a president who was a political rookie and a DC outsider when he won his very first … He’ll be 69 in 2029.As commonsensical as a political age limit seems, setting one would require a constitutional amendment. … The actual amendment itself was initially proposed in 1789 by the very first Congress.…
Newsom’s $450 Million 911 Debacle Reminds Why We Oppose Federal Welfare
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By Seton MotleyYet again - here is the Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution:Tenth: “The powers not delegated to the United States … “The same week he was first sworn in as governor, Newsom said, ‘The idea that it's 2019, and we are using analog systems designed decades … “That's the fancy way of saying that the next-generation system gets more information to first responders even faster, while allowing…
Shiite Firebrands Now Predict Iran's Triumph in Prophetic Battle
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Here's the great irony: Here in the United States, these people, these preachers of hatred and death, are sheltered by our First … Amendment.…
'You Disgust Me!' Ron Johnson Unloads on Smirking MN AG for Encouraging Violent Anti-ICE Protesters
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But you'll never find me being against the First Amendment. … I'll always be for the First Amendment," Ellison responded.ELLISON: "Sir, that never happened!…
Following Charges, Officials Detail Terrorist Explosive and Rapid Timeline in NYC Bomb Plot
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“Our job is to ensure New Yorkers can exercise their First Amendment rights safely.”Officials said the investigation remains ongoing…
Sunday Gun Day Vol. III Ep. XXX - Great GunTubers: 6 Shooting-Related YouTube Channels
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Now this here is a range-time channel with some social and 2nd Amendment commentary added in. … I won’t go into that, other than to say I hope they are getting their Anatidae linear, because they are still the one 2nd Amendment … First, here’s an example of Kentucky Ballistics’ work.…
Big Win for Trump Admin. on DEIA Initiatives As 4th Circuit Puts Kibosh on Lower Court Injunction
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and Fifth Amendment grounds. … and Fifth Amendment grounds, and Judge Adam Abelson of the U.S. … Further, the court found that the Certification Provision does not violate the First Amendment, because while it requires grantees…
Seventh Circuit Takes a Blowtorch to Order Issued by Abusive, Anti-ICE Chicago Judge
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and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) violated their First … and Fourth Amendment rights by using tear gas and other chemical agents to break up protests without justification.…
Federal Workforce Now Hits 60-Year Low – Time for More Cuts
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supported the swamp.I've often said and written that, in the wildly unlikely event I were ever elected president (hoo boy), one of my first … cut the federal employment needs to continue, and spending has to be slashed.I would point out that the second follows from the first … A plain reading of the 10th Amendment, then, would indicate to Washington, "You can't do these things.…