Tag: First Amendment

Thank Goodness Merrick Garland’s Not on the Supreme Court

Commentary Mitch McConnell is not always the most popular guy among conservatives or Republicans in general. Just today he’s taking incoming for caving on the short-term debt ceiling. But we can certainly score one solid A+ for him during his tenure. Back when he was majority leader, near the end of the Obama administration, he…


Ostracizing University Faculty With Nonconforming Opinions Has Become a Common Trend: Constitutional Lawyer

Having a dissenting view within the prevailing orthodoxies of many universities today can lead to “a death by a thousand cuts,” according to a lawyer who specializes in constitutional law. Samantha Harris, with Allen Harris Law in Connecticut, represents Stephen Porter, a professor at North Carolina State University (NCSU). Porter filed a lawsuit on Sept….


Colorado Web Site Designer Asks Supreme Court to Affirm Religious Freedom

A Colorado web site designer is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to accept her appeal of a lower court decision depriving her of the right to conduct her business according to her religious beliefs. Attorneys for Lorie Smith, the owner and sole employee of 303 Creative, submitted a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court…


Colorado Website Designer Asks Supreme Court to Affirm Religious Freedom

A Colorado website designer is asking the Supreme Court to accept her appeal of a lower-court decision depriving her of the right to conduct her business according to her religious beliefs. Attorneys for Lorie Smith, the owner and sole employee of 303 Creative, submitted a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court on Sept. 24,…


Texas Attorney General Leads 10-State Coalition Supporting Florida Ban on Big Tech Censorship

Texas Attorney General Paxton announced on Sept. 20 that he is leading a coalition of 10 states in filing an amicus brief with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Florida’s law that attempts to regulate censorship on Big Tech social media platforms. Paxton signed on behalf of Texas, joining the states of…


Citing First Amendment, Private Investigator Asks Supreme Court to Review License Denial

A private investigator is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision by the Maine Department of Public Safety denying him a license to practice his profession because he criticized a Maine State Police officer’s conduct in a fatal shooting. The investigator, Joshua Gray, claims that the denial of license constitutes a violation of…


Epoch TV Review: How Americans Can Wield Their Rights to Fight Censorship and Bring Down Big Tech

Commentary The latest episode of “Counterculture” with Danielle D’Souza Gill entitled “Unfree Speech” dives into the current state of censorship in America, the disturbing leftist ideologies behind it, and how Americans can fight back. It’s no secret that Democrats have been having a hay day with censorship for quite some time now, and many now…


Two Videographers Concern Yorba Linda Church Goers in First Amendment Stunt

Two men allegedly harassed local Yorba Linda churchgoers Aug. 22, although police say they were within their First Amendment rights to do so and no arrests were made.   The men could be seen on opposite sides of the driveway leading into St. Martin De Porres Catholic Church, holding video cameras and filming parishioners while yelling…


U.S. Attorney General Curbs Seizure of Journalists’ Phone, Email Records

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday reversed a long-standing Department of Justice (DOJ) policy by formally banning federal prosecutors from seizing the records of journalists in most leak investigations. The policy change addresses the issue first brought up by Garland in June when he said the DOJ would stop the practice of seizing reporters’ records…


US Attorney General Curbs Seizure of Journalists’ Phone, Email Records

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday reversed a long-standing Department of Justice (DOJ) policy by formally banning federal prosecutors from seizing the records of journalists in most leak investigations. The policy change addresses the issue first brought up by Garland in June when he said the DOJ would stop the practice of seizing reporters’ records…