Tag: constitutional rights

Texas Judge’s Ruling Upholds Second Amendment Rights for 18-to-21-Year-Olds

A federal court in Texas on Thursday struck down a ban on 18-to-21-year-olds carrying a handgun outside the home, ruling it violated the constitutional right to keep and bear arms for self-defense. The lawsuit was brought by two adult plaintiffs within that age group and the Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc. The ban prevented the plaintiffs…


Frontline Workers Form New Political Coalition, Call on Biden to End the COVID Public Health Emergency

WASHINGTON—Big cities and hospitals that mandated vaccines for frontline workers during the pandemic have unwittingly become the impetus for a new opposition force. A group of leaders from police and fire departments, EMS, and other related healthcare professions, created a new coalition to empower frontline workers to fight back against public policies that hurt their…


Unvaccinated Soldier Who Was Barred From Official Travel Says Career ‘Basically at a Halt’

The U.S. Army has barred unvaccinated soldiers from official travel without the under secretary’s approval, according to U.S Army fragmentary orders (FRAGOs) published by Fox News. The directives also apply to those in the process of learning the fate of their request for religious accommodation from the vaccine mandate. One FRAGO dated June 16 read:…


Constitutional Rights Group Files Legal Challenge Against Health Minister Over Use of ArriveCan App

A constitutional rights advocacy group has launched a legal challenge against federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos over the government’s use of the ArriveCan app, saying the app’s collection and use of private health information is a breach of Canadians’ Charter rights. The Democracy Fund (TDF) announced its legal challenge, filed with the Federal Court on behalf…


Pentagon’s Vaccine Mandate is Illegal, Military Whistleblowers Allege in Memo to Members of Congress

In opposition to the continued military vaccine mandate, a group of military whistleblowers delivered a 41-page memorandum to members of Congress on Aug. 16. Captain Joshua “Hippity” Hoppe, a Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey pilot, wrote to various Congressmen, explaining that he and other signatories of the memo have attempted to bring their concerns about the…


FBI Mar-a-Lago Warrant Had ‘No Legal Basis’: Constitutional Lawyers

Two constitutional lawyers who worked in the Bush and Reagan administrations say that the warrant used to search former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence had no legal basis. A former president’s right under the Presidential Records Act supersedes the statutes the Department of Justice and FBI used to carry out the raid earlier this month,…


Mastriano Says He’d Model Desantis-Style Governorship for Pennsylvania

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was in Pittsburgh, Pa. Friday for a rally in support of Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano. Before the rally, Mastriano spoke with The Epoch Times about the powers governors have and do not have. “My goal is to model my leadership as governor of the state in the fashion of Ron…


Rep. Gohmert on FBI Raid: ‘This Is Just the Start of the Snowball Rolling’

According to many on the right, the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago was just another attempt by Democrats to prevent former President Donald Trump from running again in 2024. But according to Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), it was just the beginning. The Equal Protection Clause The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment prohibits states from…


EXCLUSIVE: Marine Faces Court Martial for Not Taking COVID-19 Vaccine, Refuses to Be Sent Back to US for Trial

Lance Corporal Catherine Arnett is on the brink of court martial for decisions made in opposition to what she considers an “unlawful order” to take a COVID-19 vaccination shot. Immediately following the secretary of defense’s order to vaccinate against COVID-19 on Aug. 24, 2021, Arnett sought religious exemption—which was denied the following month. Having submitted…


California’s Proposed Vaccine Laws Will Circumvent Parental Rights: Medical Freedom Group

Laura Sextro is the CEO of the Unity Project, an umbrella organization that connects groups across America that are fighting against vaccine mandates for children and for medical freedom and parental rights. The Unity Project is trying to prevent several California vaccine bills from becoming law. Sextro said these measures should alarm all parents because…