First Amendment Rights

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump moved Monday to formally request a judge throw out the 2020 election criminal racketeering case against him in Georgia.

InfoWars host Owen Shroyer was sentence to 60 days in federal prison on Tuesday over the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, despite not stepping foot inside the Capitol building itself. 

Six United Airlines employees are suing the company for its “draconian” Chinese coronavirus vaccine mandate.

Nigel Farage has criticised Prince Harry for his “ludicrous remark” about the U.S. First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of the press, saying that the woke royal should adopt the title the “Prince of Cancel Culture”.

A minister filed a lawsuit against Nancy Pelosi and Kamala Harris claiming the fence surrounding the Capitol is preventing him from holding a prayer vigil.

Teachers have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing Massachusetts law allows a union to require membership for a say in work conditions.

Teachers’ unions are continuing to see a decline in membership and revenue since the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME in June 2018.

GOP Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) announced his intention to introduce a bill that would force arrested protesters to pay for police overtime.

National pro-life leader Lila Rose announced that Twitter has again banned both of her accounts and that of her organization from all ads.

Chick-fil-A has been banned from operating as a food vendor in the Buffalo Niagara International Airport after a Democrat New York assemblyman tweeted the restaurant supports “anti-LGBTQ organizations.”

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Thursday he plans to investigate whether the San Antonio City Council violated the First Amendment when it banned Chick-fil-A from participating as a vendor at the city’s airport because of the restaurant’s support for Christian values:

Turning Point USA founder and Executive Director Charlie Kirk told Breitbart News that President Donald Trump “recognizes the importance of the culture war” and that when the president sees his supporters — as well as constitutional liberties — under attack, he “has an obligation to have their backs.” Kirk offered his remarks in a Saturday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Matt Boyle.

A Columbus, Ohio, city employee filed a federal class action lawsuit last week against the Communication Workers of America (CWA) Local 4502 for continuing to collect union dues from her paycheck despite her objections.

A group of Ohio public sector employees has won in a settlement with union officials who attempted to block workers from exercising their First Amendment right to refrain from paying dues that support the union.

A federal lawsuit filed by New Hampshire state workers claims union officials illegally compelled them to pay union dues as a condition of their employment.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, challenging a state law which requires government contractors to verify they do not and will not boycott Israel.

The Daily Mail’s David Martosko is demanding the White House “discourage” the American people’s right to protest against the powerful.

Black continued, “If we get to the point where we no longer have an ability to claim the protection of our rights of conscience – and our civil authority can take that away from us – we’re in a really bad place, and so there are people who are stronger about saying, ‘This is a First Amendment right that we have.’”

YouTube states that, when viewers have “Restricted Mode” turned on, “potentially mature content will not be shown,” and provides examples of such “mature content,” including “drugs and alcohol;” “sexual situations;” “violence;” “profane and mature language;” and “incendiary and demeaning content.”

In the ongoing wave of silencing conservative voices on college campuses, Texas can add Representative Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park) to the list. Last week, the freshman lawmaker found his speaking engagement at Texas Southern University (TSU) shut down by Black Lives Matter protesters.

An Oregon-based free speech group, Patriot Prayer, has been granted a permit by the National Park Service to hold a rally at Crissy Field in San Francisco on Saturday, sparking outrage and name-calling by liberals, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the city’s Mayor Ed Lee.

Southern Methodist University (SMU) announced late Wednesday it reinstated the 9/11 flag memorial to its prominent place on campus, reversing a decision to relocate lawn displays.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s office has refiled charges against the video journalists who exposed alleged profiteering from the sale of body parts of aborted babies within Planned Parenthood and its partners in the biomedical procurement industry.

A fan of former Breitbart senior editor Milo Yiannopoulos is suing UC Berkeley for $23 million, claiming routine abuse against conservative students on campus.

A high school in Allentown, Pennsylvania has received a demand letter from the Thomas More Society on behalf of students who claim they were denied permission to form a pro-life club at the school.

California prosecutors have charged the two undercover journalists who produced videos of Planned Parenthood officials allegedly selling the harvested body parts of aborted babies for a profit with 15 felonies.

A candidate expelled from the race for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for criticising Islam tells Breitbart News he intends to sue for a breach of his First Amendment rights.

Barack Obama is threatening to veto the NDAA over the Russell Amendment, a measure that simply restates what is currently law in the United States because of the First Amendment.

A leading Dallas police officers association will be able to provide substantial financial support to the families that lost loved ones during the Black Lives Matter protest in early July with the help of a veteran-founded apparel company.

Only weeks after the executions of five Dallas area police officers at a Black Lives Matter protest, local social justice activists are set to continue demonstrations against “police brutality” in memory “of those who have fallen”.