Tag: constitutional rights

Courts Must Decide Whether Government Pressured Twitter to Ban Donald Trump: Attorney

August 11, 2022
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Former President Donald Trump is appealing the dismissal of his lawsuit against Twitter for violating his First Amendment rights by banning him from the platform, and one of his attorneys said the key issue is whether Twitter was acting at the behest of government officials to censor him. Alex Kozinski, who is representing the former…

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‘Weaponized’ DOJ Undermines Citizens’ Faith in American Institutions: Rep. Mike Johnson

August 9, 2022
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The news about the FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property rung vivid imageries of déjà vu in the mind of Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.). It is a replay of what Johnson saw as a member of the defense during U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2019 impeachment trial. But in Johnson’s eyes, the issue…

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‘Only ‘Misconduct’ Was Being a Christian’: Officer Relieved of Command for Refusing Vaccine Mandate Speaks Out

August 8, 2022
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Thousands of veterans are facing separation from the U.S. military for refusing to abide by the government-imposed vaccine mandate. Many who’ve had their requests for religious accommodation rejected are pressing forward, arguing that the Pentagon’s actions have violated the Constitution and the law. Relieved of command in 2021, one such example is military officer Corey…

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After Supreme Court Win, Camp Constitution Raises Christian Flag at Boston City Hall Plaza

August 5, 2022
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BOSTON, Mass.—After five years of legal battles, Camp Constitution was finally allowed to raise its Christian flag at the Boston City Hall Plaza. The flag-raising ceremony was held on Wednesday morning with about 200 people in the audience. Harold Shurtleff, co-founder of Camp Constitution, together with Mathew Staver, chairperson of the Liberty Counsel, raised the…

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‘They Were Trying to Force Him to Violate His Religious Beliefs’: Marine Punished For Refusing Vaccine Mandate

August 5, 2022
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A Marine Corps major selected for promotion to lieutenant colonel recently went through a Board of Inquiry process and was found guilty of “conduct unbecoming of an officer” for maintaining his religious conviction and refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19. The Epoch Times spoke with Meghan Harwood, the wife of the officer in question, Major…

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Big Tech, Pharma, Banks Urge SCOTUS to Uphold Race-Based Discrimination in College Admissions

August 1, 2022
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A large cross-section of corporate America filed briefs with the Supreme Court on Aug. 1 urging the court to allow colleges to continue using race as a factor in student admissions. The court is poised to hear challenges to these racially discriminatory policies in its new term that begins in October. The challengers say so-called…

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Big Tech, Pharma, Finance Urge SCOTUS to Uphold Race-Based Discrimination in College Admissions

August 1, 2022
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A large cross-section of corporate America filed briefs with the Supreme Court on Aug. 1 urging the court to allow colleges to continue using race as a factor in student admissions. The court is poised to hear challenges to these racially discriminatory policies in its new term that begins in October. The challengers say so-called…

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‘Resist, Wake Up, Stop Obeying:’ Holocaust Survivor Draws Parallels in Current Society to Nazi Germany

August 1, 2022
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Vera Sharav was only 3 years old when her world collapsed. She and her family were chased out of Romania and herded into a concentration camp in Ukraine during World War II, where they were left to wait, and starve. “The cloud of death was always there,” Sharav told The Epoch Times. Weekly, a list…

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Kansas Aug. 2 ‘Value Them Both’ Vote First of at Least 6 Abortion Measures on 2022 Ballots

July 30, 2022
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The Kansas ‘Value Them Both’ amendment goes before Sunflower State voters as a special election on their Aug. 2 primary ballots. The ballot measure asks voters to remove access to abortion as a right guaranteed under the Kansas Constitution in a 2019 state Supreme Court ruling. It is the nation’s first public referendum on abortion…

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House Passes ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Along Party Lines, Likely Doomed in the Senate

July 29, 2022
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The House of Representatives on July 29 passed legislation that would ban so-called “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines. The bill, sponsored by Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) and dubbed the “Assault Weapons Ban Act,” passed in a mostly party-line 217–213 vote. Though the definition of “assault weapon” has long been contested, the bill defines such weapons as…

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