Tag: constitutional rights

UN Education Agency Launches War on ‘Conspiracy Theories’ 

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, better known by its acronym, UNESCO, is escalating its global war on ideas and information it considers to be “misinformation” and “conspiracy theories.” According to the Paris-based U.N. education agency, which released a major report on the subject for educators this summer, conspiracy theories cause “significant harm” and form…


Convicted Mass Murderer Dylann Roof Asks Supreme Court to Consider His Death-Penalty Appeal

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the Supreme Court to refuse to hear a death-penalty appeal by an avowed white supremacist who gunned down nine people at a black church in South Carolina in 2015 in an effort to spark a race war. Dylann Storm Roof, now 28, is the first individual in the…


Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Boulder County Gun Ban Targeting Semiautomatic Rifles, Handguns

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against a county-level ordinance in Colorado that bans the manufacture, sale, and transfer of several types of semiautomatic rifles and handguns, which gun rights groups say violates the Second Amendment protection of the right to keep and bear arms. The Boulder County Board of Commissioners…


Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court Not to Take Up ‘Insular’ Citizenship Cases

The Biden administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pass over the opportunity to overrule a series of century-old rulings called “Insular Cases.” Insular Cases deny residents of U.S. territories full constitutional rights by stating that the Constitution applies in full to incorporated territories and only in part to unincorporated territories. In a brief…


Tough New York Gun Law Takes Effect Sept. 1

A new law making huge sections of New York State “gun-free” takes effect Sept. 1, after the state’s Legislature doubled-down on gun control policies following the Supreme Court expanding Second Amendment rights two months ago. The sweeping New York law, called the Concealed Carry Improvement Act (CCIA), is already under challenge in the courts by…


If Voters Keep Believing Gun Control Lies, It Will Lead to Communism: Black Guns Matter Founder

Maj Toure is a Philadelphian and founder of “Black Guns Matter,” a movement that advocates for protecting the Second Amendment and promoting responsible gun ownership in Black and urban communities. He believes that the gun control movement has been and continues to be racist. He began his gun rights work after seeing people he knew…


Yeshiva University Asks Supreme Court to Block Order Forcing It to Recognize LGBTQ Club on Campus

New York City-based Yeshiva University filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 29 asking the court to stay a lower court order forcing it to recognize an LGBTQ student club. The application comes as the high court has become increasingly protective of constitutionally protected religious rights in recent years. Last year…


Pentagon is ‘Misleading’ Service Members by Promoting Novavax as ‘Ethical’ Vaccine Option, Attorney Alleges

An Air Force veteran and attorney is calling into question the Pentagon and Air Force’s promotion of Novavax as a vaccine that doesn’t have links to fetal-derived cell lines, saying that this is not the case. With nearly 20 years of military service, Lt. Col. Davis Younts currently serves as an Air Force Reserve Judge…


Legal Challenges to Pentagon’s Vaccine Mandate Just Getting Started, Military Insiders Say

News Analysis The Department of Defense’s (DoD) requirement that all members of the Armed Forces receive COVID-19 vaccinations, even if they’ve already had the virus to developed immunity, has had a severely disruptive effect within military ranks, resulting in the denial of promotions and assignments to those who refused vaccination and in thousands of service…


Federal Court Strikes Down Texas Ban on Young Adults Carrying Guns in Public

A federal judge has struck down a Texas law preventing individuals aged 18 to 20 years from carrying handguns in public, in the first major court ruling on Second Amendment rights since the Supreme Court recognized a constitutional right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. Previously, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th…