Category: First Amendment

Elon Musk Says Some Twitter Bans Violated First Amendment

December 3, 2022
Big Tech, Censorship, and SocialismBusiness & MarketsCompaniesconstitutional rightsDefending AmericaDonald TrumpElon MuskFeatured TopicsFirst Amendmentfree speechMedia & Big TechPoliticsUS
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Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk said that internal company correspondence points to possible First Amendment violations, with his remarks coming hot on the heels of the release of a trove of documents that lift the lid on some of the social media platform’s censorship machinations around the 2020 presidential election. “Twitter acting by itself to…

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Musk Says Twitter Suppressed Free Speech Under Orders From Government

December 3, 2022
Big Tech, Censorship, and SocialismBusiness & MarketsCompaniesconstitutional rightsDefending AmericaDonald TrumpElon MuskFeatured TopicsFirst Amendmentfree speechMedia & Big TechPoliticsUS
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Elon Musk suggested that Twitter was acting under government orders to suppress free speech, with his remarks coming hot on the heels of the release of a trove of documents that lift the lid on some of the social media platform’s censorship machinations around the 2020 presidential election. “Twitter acting by itself to suppress free…

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Lawyers for Colorado Christian Web Designer Told to Accept Same-Sex Project Look to SCOTUS for Ruling

December 1, 2022
Coloradoconstitutional rightsFeatured TopicsFirst AmendmentJudiciaryPolicies & ImpactsRegional-Local Newsreligious freedomSocial IssuesSupreme CourtUSUS News
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The legal team for a Christian website designer whom Colorado wants to compel to create sites that celebrate same-sex marriage is “very hopeful” that the Supreme Court will rule in their client’s favor. The case is of interest to many because the Supreme Court has become increasingly protective of religious freedoms in recent years as…

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Senate Rejects Religious Freedom Protections, Approves ‘Respect for Marriage Act;’ Biden to Sign

November 29, 2022
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A bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate approved the Respect for Marriage Act on Tuesday after rejecting on close votes a trio of detailed amendments that sponsors claimed were required to protect the right of religious freedom of practice and expression. On a count of 61 to 36, the majority—including 49 Democrats and 12 Republicans—adopted…

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Senate Moves Closer to Passing ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ That Critics Say Threatens Religious Freedom

November 28, 2022
Alliance Defending Freedomcongressconstitutional rightsFeatured TopicsFirst AmendmentPolicies & ImpactsPoliticsreligious libertyRespect for Marriage ActSen Mike Leesen. susan collinsSen. Tammy BaldwinSenateSenate Majority Leader Chuck SchumerSocial Issuesthe heritage foundationUSUS News
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Senate Democrats—aided by 12 Republicans—took a giant step on Nov. 28 toward the final passage of the “Respect for Marriage Act” that many civil liberties experts say will seriously damage Americans’ freedom of religious practice and expression. The 61 to 35 vote came on a cloture motion to limit debate on the Senate floor to…

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Federal Judge Grants Alabama Conservative Nonprofit’s Motion to Quash ‘Overly Broad, Unduly Burdensome’ DOJ Subpoena

October 29, 2022
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A federal judge has granted an Alabama conservative nonprofit’s motion to quash a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoena that demanded all information related to the nonprofit’s efforts to promote a bill prohibiting puberty blockers and gender-reassignment surgery on people under 19 years of age. The Eagle Forum of Alabama filed the motion in U.S….

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Judge ORDERS Fauci To Testify (Under Oath) in Collusion Case; Roman Gets Censored By Big Tech | Facts Matter

October 26, 2022
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What if giant private companies are actually colluding with the government in deciding what information to censor? What if officials within the government are working hand-in-glove with these companies to censor free speech? Is that a violation of the First Amendment? That’s the exact question that’s being worked out right now in a massive lawsuit…

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Justice Alito: Leak of Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision Made Conservative Justices ‘Targets for Assassination’

October 25, 2022
cancel cultureFirst AmendmentJudiciaryjustice samuel alitoPoliticsRoe v. Wade OverturnedSupreme CourtUSUS News
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said the leak earlier this year of a draft opinion reversing Roe v. Wade made conservative justices “targets for assassination” and changed the atmosphere at the court. Alito’s comments came during a moderated conversation at the Heritage Foundation in the nation’s capital on Oct. 25. At the end of the…

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Pro-Life Group Wins as NC City Admits 1st Amendment Protects Public Prayer at Abortion Clinic

October 10, 2022
Abortion ClinicsAlliance Defending FreedomFirst Amendmentfreedom of religionfreedom of speechGreensboroNorth CarolinaPolicies & ImpactsSocial IssuesUSUS News
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Officials in Greensboro, North Carolina, agreed that a group of pro-life citizens praying outside a local abortion clinic had been illegally arrested for their “exercise of constitutionally protected First Amendment rights,” according to Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). Eight members of the Love Life Christian ministry were arrested outside a Greensboro abortion clinic on March 28,…

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‘DOJ Will Come After You’ If It Disagrees With Your Position, Says Subpoenaed Nonprofit

October 9, 2022
constitutional rightsCrime and IncidentsEagle Forum of AlabamaExecutive BranchFeatured TopicsFirst Amendmentfree speech concernsPoliticsSocial IssuesUSWeaponizing DOJ / Weaponizing FBI
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a subpoena to Alabama-based conservative non-profit Eagle Forum for exercising its constitutionally protected free speech rights in a case involving transgender treatments for children. Eagle Forum had lobbied the Alabama legislature to pass a law that blocks children from treatments that alter their gender. Earlier this year, the…

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