first amendment

High School Student Pays Ultimate Price for Sitting During Pledge
A California high school student sat during the Pledge because of her American Indian heritage. An act that seems to be sweeping the nation after Kaepernick took a knee during an NFL game in protest. People are clearly in an uproar over the current state of our government. Leilani Thomas has been doing this since the …

Student Sues Texas College After Being Told Gun Rights Sign Needs Special Permission
Blinn College student Nicole Sanders filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the public institution near Houston today after being told by an administrator last February that she would need “special permission” to display a gun rights sign and collect signatures for her student group on campus. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) assisted …

Big Loss for Big Brother: Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Government on Mass Surveillance
On May 7, 2015, in a significant victory for Americans’ right to privacy and the rule of law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in the case of ACLU v. Clapper, which challenged the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of telephone metadata under Section 215 of …

SAY WHAT?! The Obama admin attempted to intimidate Fox News into not covering Benghazi?
Obama is a tyrant. We get that. He believes the universe revolves around his sorry ass. He is corrupt. He is narcissistic. He would rather lie than tell the truth when the truth would do just as well. He has alienated America’s allies and strengthened those would would do us harm. The world is in …
Oklahoma Sued Over Execution Viewing Procedures
Oklahoma prison officials violated the First Amendment when they prevented reporters from viewing portions of the botched execution of a death row inmate earlier this year, two news organizations claim in a federal lawsuit filed Monday. The lawsuit follows the April 29 death of inmate Clayton Lockett, who writhed, moaned and clenched his teeth before …
So long, First Amendment. It was nice knowing ya’. Two journalists arrested in Ferguson, MO for no reason.
by Thomas Madison Journalists Wesley Lowery, of The Washington Post, and Ryan Reilly, of The Huffington Post, were arrested Wednesday in a Ferguson, Missouri McDonald’s, which they were using as an operating base because of its WiFi and recharging outlets. There was no reason given for the arrests, no charges were placed, and the two …