‘I’m A First Amendment Zealot’: College President Tells CNN How He Stopped Anti-Israel Protests At Graduation
University of Florida (UF) President Ben Sasse told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday’s “State of the Union” how he stopped anti-Israel protesters from disrupting the school’s graduation ceremony. Tapper said most parents and students celebrate their accomplishments rather than graduation ceremonies that focus on foreign conflicts in the Gaza Strip after the Oct. 7, 2023, […]
Trump veep contenders running into 12th amendment restrictions
An unclear clause in the constitution could exclude several candidates from a public vote on former President Trump’s 2024 running mate. The Twelfth Amendment, adopted in 1803, prohibits Electoral College voters from voting for president and vice president from their home state. According to , the idea was originally intended to weaken the power of […]
House-passed antisemitism bill may violate First Amendment warn critics: ‘Misguided and harmful’
Anti-Semitism on campus worsens FOX News reporter Brian Lenas reports that a Columbia University student has been suspended indefinitely and kicked out of his residence following anti-Israel protests. Critics have blasted a bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives aimed at cracking down on anti-Semitism, arguing that it goes too far and would […]
Gag Order ‘Biggest Assault’ on First Amendment in 50 Years
The gag order against former President Donald Trump is the “greatest attack” on the First Amendment in at least the past 50 years, Trump’s lawyer Jesse Vinal said in an interview. Breitbart News Daily. New York County Judge Juan Marchan caused a stir when he ruled that Trump violated a gag order during his trial, […]
‘I’m Not Gonna Be Able’: Former Biden Official Stumped When GOP Rep Asks Him To Explain ‘Tenets’ Of First Amendment
Former White House Director of Digital Strategy Robert Flaherty on Wednesday was unable to state the “five tenets of the First Amendment” when Florida Republican Rep. Kat Cammack asked him at a hearing on government censorship. Flaherty joined President Joe Biden’s White House in Jan. 2021, and was involved in efforts to influence social media companies […]
Sen Tim Scott slams ‘disgusting’ court gag order restricting Trump’s ‘First Amendment rights’
Sen. Tim Scott, R.S.C.; He watered down a New York judge’s decision to fine former President Trump thousands of dollars for violating a gag order, calling the move “disgusting.” A judge who is one of President Trump’s top supporters and potential vice presidential nominee says the judge is “taking away his First Amendment rights.” “It’s […]
There is no Eighth Amendment right to vagrancy
Oral argument before the Supreme Court this week showed why it is nonsense to claim that anti-vagrancy laws violate the Constitution‘s Eighth Amendment provision against “cruel and unusual punishment.” Indeed, in the vernacular sense, what is cruel and unusual is a judicial edict that says law-abiding citizens must put up with public spaces featuring major […]
EXCLUSIVE: Matt Gaetz Files Amendment For Ukraine Loan Repayment To Fund Border Wall Construction
Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz filed an amendment to the Ukraine aid bill Thursday that would make money, allocated for Ukraine in the form of a loan, be repaid and used by the DHS secretary for the construction of a physical barrier at the U.S. southern border. “Funds repaid by Ukraine pursuant to an agreement […]
Squad members push for amendment to deny aid to Israel
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mich., unsuccessfully introduced amendments to the bill that would have blocked Hamas from providing aid to Israel unless the hostages are released and a ceasefire is reached. It ended in location, a measure that the terrorist group has repeatedly rejected. The House Rules Committee refused to consider […]
VP Kamala Harris Visits Nevada in Push for Abortion Amendment
Vice President Kamala Harris continued her abortion tour on Monday, stopping in Las Vegas, Nevada, to promote a ballot measure that would create a constitutional right to abortion in the state. Campaign officials said the Biden-Harris campaign will help gather signatures for the initiative while on the ground. Said CBS News.This measure is being led […]