Tag: constitutional rights

VIDEO: Christian Man Arrested While Preaching at Pennsylvania Pride Event

June 7, 2023
constitutional rightsCrime & Public SafetyfaithFeatured TopicsPennsylvaniaprideRegional & State NewsState NewsUSUS News
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Police in Reading, Pennsylvania, arrested street preacher Damon Atkins for speaking briefly at a pride event at Reading City Hall. The arrest was caught on video on June 3 by Matthew Wear of Reading, another street preacher. For the last three years, the city of Reading has flown a pride flag at city hall during…

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Supreme Court Overrules Local Governments for Seizing Homes

June 5, 2023
constitutional rightsFeatured TopicsFifth Amendmenthome equity theftJudiciaryNebraskaPolicies & ImpactsSupreme CourtUSUS News
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The U.S. Supreme Court reversed court rulings in which local governments seized two homes over unpaid tax debts and kept sale proceeds that far exceeded the tax owed. Critics call the practice “home equity theft.” The case came after Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), which represented the homeowners in both cases, released a report late last year saying…

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Protesters Push for Colorado Governor to Sign Executive Order Banning All Guns, Impose Mandatory Buyback

June 5, 2023
buybackColoradoconstitutional rightsFeatured TopicsGovernor Jared PolisGun ControlPoliticsRegional & State NewsState NewsUS
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A group of gun control activists has gathered at the Colorado state capitol in Denver in a long-shot bid to convince Democratic Gov. Jared Polis to ban all guns in the state for at least 30 days. The group, known as Here 4 The Kids, organized an all-day sit-in with the stated goal of getting…

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Supreme Court to Decide If Insult Against Trump Can Be Trademarked

June 5, 2023
constitutional rightsDonald TrumpFeatured TopicsFirst AmendmentIntellectual property (IP)JudiciaryLanham ActPolicies & ImpactsPoliticsSupreme CourtUSUS News
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The Supreme Court decided June 5 to consider whether a progressive activist can trademark a belittling phrase targeting former President Donald Trump for use on T-shirts. The ruling puts the administration of President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in the unusual position of defending the interests of Trump, who is again seeking the Republican Party’s presidential…

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Marijuana Use Still Disqualifies Gun Ownership Under Federal Law, ATF Says

June 4, 2023
Big Tech, Censorship, and Socialismconstitutional rightsFeatured TopicsMinnesotaUSUS News
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Americans who smoke marijuana are still prohibited from owning guns under federal law, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said in a cautionary statement. Shortly after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on May 30 signed a bill legalizing recreational marijuana across the state, the ATF reminded Minnesotans that federal law still prohibits anyone…

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IN-DEPTH: Attorneys General, Legal Groups Supporting Parents Who Sued School Over Daughter’s Gender Transition

June 2, 2023
constitutional rightsFeatured TopicsFloridagender transitionJudiciaryparental rightsPolicies & ImpactsUS
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A coalition of 22 state attorneys general has joined in one of multiple amicus briefs filed in support of two Florida parents who sued a Florida school district for holding secret meetings with their daughter on gender transitioning. The attorneys general are asking the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Florida to reverse the Northern…

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Liberty Is Messy’: Founder of True the Vote Gears Up for 2024

June 2, 2023
2024 electionconstitutional rightselection integreityElection IntegrityFeatured TopicsFederal-State RelationsLIBERTYPolicies & ImpactsPoliticsTrue the VoteUSUS News
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The lights are never off in prison, so Catherine Engelbrecht lost her sense of time; she thinks it was the early morning hours when she stood in line at the Montgomery Processing Center, a Conroe, Texas immigration detention prison, awaiting an uncomfortable medical assessment. Engelbrecht founded the election-monitoring organization True the Vote in 2010, and…

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Federal Judge Grants Request to Block Biden Admin’ AR Pistol Brace Rule in Texas

June 1, 2023
Big Tech, Censorship, and Socialismconstitutional rightsFeatured TopicsfirearmsKen PaxtonRegional & State NewsSecond AmendmentState NewsTexasUSUS News
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The Biden administration’s pistol brace rule, which critics warn could turn millions of Americans into felons overnight, has been dealt another blow by a federal judge in Texas. The rule in question was finalized in January by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which mandates gun owners across the nation to register…

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Second Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks ATF Pistol Brace Rule Ahead of Registration Deadline

May 26, 2023
Arm Brace RuleATFconstitutional rightsFeatured TopicsPolicies & ImpactsPoliticsSecond Amendment FoundationUSUS News
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A second federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of a new Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) rule that makes pistol stabilizing braces subject to the National Firearms Act of 1934. According to a statement on the Second Amendment Foundation website, U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle granted a preliminary injunction…

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Supreme Court Sides With 94-Year-Old Woman Whose Home Equity Was Seized by County

May 25, 2023
constitutional rightsFeatured Topicshome equity theftJudiciaryMinnesotaPolicies & ImpactsSupreme CourtUSUS News
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The Supreme Court ruled that a Minnesota county wronged a grandmother when it forced the sale of her condominium over an unpaid tax debt and kept the sale proceeds that far exceeded the tax she owed. Critics call such a practice “home equity theft.” The case came after Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) released a report late last…

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