Category: constitutional rights

New Jersey College Suspended Student for Preaching From the Bible on Campus

College student and street preacher Kombe Sefelino was suspended from the County College of Morris (CCM) in Randolph, New Jersey, for quoting the Bible and condemning homosexuality as a sin. But after he filed a federal lawsuit in March citing his First Amendment right to free speech, he is now allowed back on campus. The…


DeSantis Denounces Weaponization of Federal Bureaucracy, Says President Should ‘Clean House’

During an April 1 appearance in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis denounced the weaponization of the federal bureaucracy and called for a president to “clean house” of federal bureaucrats. Since retaking the House, Republicans have mounted investigations into the ways that the federal law enforcement apparatus has allegedly been weaponized against political enemies. Speaking…


US Now a Majority Permitless Carry Country After DeSantis Signs Gun Rights Law

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a “permitless carry” bill into law on April 3, making Florida the 26th state to do so, according to pro-Second Amendment groups. The legislation, passed by the Florida Legislature, allows people to carry a concealed weapon without a permit and without state-mandated training. It will go into effect starting July…


Judge Strikes Down Carry Permit Restriction in Minnesota

A federal judge ruled Friday that Minnesota’s carry permit age restriction is unconstitutional. “The court declares that Minn. Stat. §624.714, subd. 2(b)(2)’s requirement that a person must be at least 21 years of age to receive a permit to publicly carry a handgun in Minnesota violates the rights of individuals 18–20 years old to keep…


Pro-Trump Influencer Found Guilty of Using Memes to Interfere With 2016 Election

A man who posted memes about the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 presidential election was found guilty of one charge of conspiring against the right to vote on Friday. “Douglass Mackey, also known as ‘Ricky Vaughn,’ was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights stemming from his…


Man Who Posted Hillary Clinton Meme Found Guilty of Interfering in 2016 Election

A man who posted memes about the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 presidential election was found guilty of one charge of conspiring against the right to vote on Friday. “Douglass Mackey, also known as ‘Ricky Vaughn,’ was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights stemming from his…


Online Influencer Who Posted Hillary Clinton Meme Found Guilty of Interfering in 2016 Election

A man who posted memes about the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 presidential election was found guilty of one charge of conspiring against the right to vote on Friday. “Douglass Mackey, also known as ‘Ricky Vaughn,’ was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights stemming from his…


COVID Pandemic Measures Practically Suspended the Bill of Rights: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the key element of the response to the pandemic in America was to essentially take away the Bill of Rights, says Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling it a “coup d’etat against democracy by the military-medical-industrial complex.” At that time, the government began censoring speech for the first time in American…


North Carolina to End Pistol Purchase Permit System After GOP Lawmakers Override Democrat Governor’s Veto

Republican North Carolina lawmakers overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill repealing the state’s pistol purchase permit system, enabling the repeal effort to proceed. The Republican-controlled North Carolina House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 41 earlier this month. The bill, which passed in both the House and Senate on party-line votes, repeals a…


White House Stonewalls on IRS Agent’s Visit to Home of ‘Twitter Files’ Journalist Matt Taibbi

The White House on Wednesday remained silent when asked whether a visit by an IRS agent to “Twitter Files” journalist Matt Taibbi’s home on the day he was testifying in Congress on government abuse of power was politically motivated. Taibbi, who’s been a journalist for decades, was one of several reporters to be granted exclusive…