Tag: constitutional rights

IN-DEPTH: J6 Attorney Says Feds Using Military Counterterrorism Tactics Against Americans

May 10, 2023
constitutional rightsDefending AmericaDepartment of Justice (DOJ)FBIFeatured TopicsJan. 6 CoverageJanuary 6JudiciaryUS
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An attorney has called on House Republicans to investigate and defund the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) efforts to prosecute defendants being treated as domestic terrorists for their presence at the Jan. 6, 2021, rally at the U.S. Capitol. “This could go on for two or three more years unless House Speaker Kevin McCarthy takes the…

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Texas Lawmakers Advance Bill to Raise Age for Buying Semiautomatic Rifles to 21

May 10, 2023
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Texas state lawmakers advanced a bill on Tuesday that seeks to raise the minimum age to purchase a semiautomatic rifle to 21, just days after a mass shooting in Allen. Two Republicans on the House Select Committee on Community Safety joined the committee’s Democrats to approve moving House Bill 2744 to the full chamber for a…

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Brandon Straka: Tucker Carlson ‘One of the Few People’ Who Helped Him Tell His Story of Jan. 6

May 9, 2023
Big Tech, Censorship, and SocialismBrandon Strakaconstitutional rightsFeatured TopicsJan. 6 CoveragePoliticsTucker CarlsonUSUS News
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Brandon Straka, the founder of the WalkAway campaign, credited former Fox News primetime host Tucker Carlson with giving him a voice and being someone he could talk to at a time when no one else would, while he was under house arrest for his involvement in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,…

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Brandon Straka: Tucker Carlson ‘One of the Few People’ Who Helped Him Tell His Jan. 6 Story

May 9, 2023
Big Tech, Censorship, and SocialismBrandon Strakaconstitutional rightsFeatured TopicsJan. 6 CoveragePoliticsTucker CarlsonUSUS News
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Brandon Straka, the founder of the WalkAway campaign, credited former Fox News primetime host Tucker Carlson with giving him a voice and being someone he could talk to at a time when no one else would, while he was under house arrest for his involvement in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,…

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Illinois Defends Assault Weapon Ban at Supreme Court

May 9, 2023
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The state of Illinois has filed a brief with the Supreme Court defending its ban on assault weapons, insisting that such a ban does not violate Second Amendment rights. The case revolves around an ordinance passed by the Naperville City Council in August last year that was set to come into effect Jan. 1. The…

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Tennessee Governor Sets Date for Special Session on Public Safety and Gun Legislation

May 9, 2023
Bill Leeconstitutional rightsERPOFeatured TopicsGun ControlPolicies & Impactsred flag lawRegional & State NewsSocial IssuesState NewsTennesseeThe Covenant SchoolUSUS News
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced on Monday a date for convening a special session of the Legislature, which is currently adjourned, in order to discuss possible gun legislation and public safety, will begin Aug. 21. The Republican leader has decided to call in all lawmakers for the special session, even after his proposal for an…

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Jim Jordan Presses Alphabet on Subpoena Compliance Related to Censorship Collusion Concerns

May 9, 2023
Big Tech, Censorship, and Socialismconstitutional rightsDefending AmericaDemocratsDr. Anthony FauciFeatured TopicsFirst AmendmentHouse Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim JordanPoliticsRepublicansUSUS News
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House Judiciary Committee Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent a letter on May 8 to Alphabet—the corporate parent of Google and YouTube—stating that the company has not fully complied with a subpoena that the committee issued in early mid-February and demanding that it turn over all the information the subpoena ordered in relation to censorship concerns. The…

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Texas Democrat Rejects Calls for Stricter Gun Laws, Says Shootings Also Happen in Blue States

May 7, 2023
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A Texas Democrat on Sunday said that stricter gun control measures likely would not have curbed the mass shooting at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, on Saturday that left eight people dead. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), whose district includes areas near the Texas-Mexico border, said that officials should first determine what led to the…

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IN-DEPTH: Iowa Law Allowing Pipeline Companies to Inspect Private Property Ruled Unconstitutional

May 6, 2023
45Q; CO2carbon captureconstitutional rightsFeatured TopicsIowaPolicies & ImpactsRegional & State NewsState NewsUS
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With three separate projects in the works, thousands of miles of carbon capture pipeline are planned across Iowa. As maps of these pipelines come into focus, landowners are resistant to allowing pipeline companies to survey their private property, a first step to seizing easement rights through eminent domain. Summit Carbon Solutions envisions building the Midwest…

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Rep. Gaetz, Sen. Mullin Introduce National ‘Stand Your Ground’ Self-Defense Bill

May 5, 2023
congressconstitutional rightsDemocratsFeatured TopicsMarkwayne MullinPoliticsRep. Matt GaetzRepublicansSelf-DefenseStand Your GroundUSUS News
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The legal standard known as “stand your ground”—which allows people to use deadly force to defend against a violent attacker—could become the law of the land under a new bill introduced by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.). On Thursday, Gaetz and Mullin announced legislation (pdf) called the Stand Your Ground Act…

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