Tag: First Amendment

"What about the First Amendment right of these protesters?” the left asks. “What of the rights of the press of Don Lemon?” Interestingly, no one is asking about the First Amendment right to worship, which protesters violated. But let’s look at it.

Public discourse is only a conversation if it goes two ways. It is actually possible to have a solid, conservative, well-intentioned, cogent, thoughtful, authoritative voice without resorting to the crimes and crazy antics we see on the left. Those of us on the right cannot be silent.

Confining speech to an area in which there are few if any listeners is akin to prohibiting speech entirely.

We don’t need social media companies or the government to police our speech. We need the courage to defend the right of every American to speak their mind, even when we disagree.

If you value your First Amendment rights, it’s time to speak up (pun intended). Liberals want to obliterate our right to speak openly and honestly about the government. Their plan is to outlaw the free speech of their political opponents. Don’t let them take Festivus from the rest of us.

The recent resignation of Ethics Commissioner Stan McDonald has shone a glaring light on the potential constitutional frailty of the ethics law that compelled him to resign after admitting to donating to political candidates.

Although the First Amendment did not grant an unrestricted license to speak anything, anywhere, it certainly protects the fundamental right to outwardly disagree with or question the government’s point of view.

The Christmas Wars – at root a worldview conflict between those who want to celebrate Christmas as a Christian holiday and those who want to secularize or ignore it – continued this year.

The Alabama State Capitol is colloquially known as “Goat Hill” because the building was constructed on a pasture where goats once grazed. In recent weeks, however, the Iowa State Capitol took that pet-name for itself after allowing the Satanic Temple of Iowa to display a statue of Baphomet.

In what's being hailed as a victory for the First Amendment, the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) has updated its rules to accommodate religious requests following controversy over a group of students being compelled to choose between the tenets of their faith and a state basketball tournament.