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DEA demanding warrantless access to millions of health records to combat prescription drug abuse

Lawmaker introduces bill to repeal Fourth Amendment violations of the unconstitutional Patriot Act

Supreme Court rules in favor of national DNA database, allowing police to forcibly seize DNA without a warrant

Fourth Amendment victory: Warrantless blood test, unreasonable search and seizure in ...

FBI’s safe deposit box searches and seizures violated owners’ Fourth Amendment rights, appeals court rules

January 31, 2024 -

The incident involved a Beverly Hills safe deposit box company known as U.S. Private Vaults, who offered the boxes for rent to clients who value privacy and anonymity. While some may argue this attracted parties involved in illegal activities such as drug dealing, it also drew in customers who do not trust banks and wanted an alternative place to keep their most valuable possessions and documents.

Agents raided the business, believing that criminals were using it. Although ...

Gov. Newsom of California wants to SCRAP the Second Amendment by pushing new 28th Amendment

June 14, 2023 -

In a press release, Newsom claimed that his 28th Amendment plan will "leav[e] the 2nd Amendment unchanged" while "respecting America's gun-owning tradition," even though it would impose sweeping new "common sense constitutional protections and gun safety measures that Democrats, Republicans, independent voters and gun owners overwhelmingly support."

What do these "common sense constitutional protections and gun safety measures" entail? According to Newsom, they include ...

RFK Jr. is pro-Second Amendment, pro-First Amendment, anti-war and pro-border security

June 08, 2023 -

Unlike most other Democrats, Kennedy supports free speech and the First Amendment, for one. He expressed gratitude to Musk for at least starting the difficult job of rooting out censorship, even if he has made some questionable decisions as of late.

"Free speech and the free flow of information is the water, the sunlight, the fertilizer, and the soil of democracy – without it, democracy withers and dies," Kennedy said, still mischaracterizing the United States as a democracy, ...

Republicans launch attack on First Amendment

November 13, 2023 -

(Article republished from Revolver.news)

The Hill:

Lawler, alongside Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Max Miller (R-Ohio) and Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), introduced the Antisemitism Awareness Act in late October, which they hope will enable universities and law enforcement to go after antisemitic speech, which he described as hate speech.

Let’s face it, many Republicans have stumbled into the left’s “hate speech” trap. They may not see it, but they’re effectively ...

At least one fourth of Gazans are facing famine as food scarcity is weaponized against the innocent

2 months ago -

Most Gazans need food aid now, as their agricultural operations are annihilated

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), most of the population in Gaza is in desperate need of food aid. The Israeli military has barred the delivery of essential goods into Gaza. Israel’s restrictions have shuttered agriculture and food production across Gaza.

The Director of the OCHA coordination division, Ramesh Rajasingham, addressed the UN Security ...

Arkansas pro-lifers mobilize to defeat radical pro-abortion constitutional amendment

February 20, 2024 -

Abortion is currently illegal in Arkansas for any reason except when the mother's life is in physical danger. But activists in the Natural State have successfully forced Attorney General Tim Griffin to certify the Arkansas Abortion Amendment of 2024 as a ballot measure to be voted on in November.

The proposed amendment to be enshrined in the state constitution would prevent the state from banning abortion within the first 18 weeks of the pregnancy. Abortion procedures ...

Facebook Files show more government collusion to destroy the First Amendment

August 02, 2023 -

In a lengthy social media thread, Jordan unpacked the so-called Facebook Files, which, like the Twitter Files, are loaded with once-internal documents showing that Facebook broke the law and conspired with the federal government to overrule Americans' First Amendment right.

"Never-before-released internal documents subpoenaed by the Judiciary Committee PROVE that Facebook and Instagram censored posts and changed their content moderation policies because of unconstitutional ...

MSNBC openly attacks First Amendment, says free speech leaves American democracy “vulnerable”

2 months ago -

In a recent segment on "The Rachel Maddow Show," the University of Michigan law professor complained that it is precisely America's "deep commitment to free speech" that makes the country susceptible to "misinformation."

The author of a new book we will not bother to mention here, McQuade says her "goal" in attacking the First Amendment in her new book is to spark a "national conversation about truth and our commitment to it."

"I hope that by dissecting it, explaining ...

ABSURD: Washington Post calls for abolition of First Amendment to stop “antisemitism”

December 18, 2023 -

An op-ed piece written by University of Pennsylvania law professor Claire Finkelstein and published in the Post attempts to make the case for the abolition of free speech in America, all so Jews do not have to deal with "antisemitism" on campus.

Ironically, Finkelstein is a member of Penn's Open Expressions Committee. She is also chair of the law school's committee on academic freedom.

In Finkelstein's view, it is a problem that students have the First Amendment ...

Foes using 14th Amendment to try to derail Trump’s 2024 presidential bid

September 14, 2023 -

Advocacy groups and individuals are attempting to have Trump's name removed from state ballots, claiming he violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which disqualifies from running for office again the individuals who "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" after taking an oath to support and protect the Constitution.

Secretaries of state, who often decide a candidate's eligibility to run for president, have also faced calls to block Trump from the ballots due to allegations ...

News site sues NewsGuard and U.S. government for defamation and First Amendment violations

November 21, 2023 -

The suit was filed by Consortium News against NewsGuard and the U.S. government. It accuses the parties of colluding to censor their foreign policy reporting, defaming them and violating the First Amendment. They are seeking $13 million in damages, along with an injunction deeming the partnership between NewsGuard and the government unconstitutional.

The complaint said that NewsGuard is “acting jointly or in concert with the United States to coerce news organizations ...