Court rebukes Newton, Iowa, officials for retaliatory arrests after citizen called them “fascists” [More]
[Via Michael G]
Category: First Amendment
Never Saw a Freedom They Didn’t Want to Eviscerate
Colorado Bill Criminalizing Computer Code Sparks Constitutional Battle Over Gun Rights and Free Speech [More]
Well, they are Democrats...
The Bully Pulpit
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Yes, I know she had another account tied in with her office, but as the linked article notes:
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that public officials who post about topics relating to their work on their personal social media accounts are acting on behalf of the government, and therefore can be held liable for violating the First Amendment when they block their critics, only when they have the power to speak on behalf of the state and are actually exercising that power.
She always was good at “allegedly” gaming the system. Why that can’t be nailed down by a seemingly omnipotent fedgov is a mystery to me.
Might be worth some pushback…
A Fine Madness
Big Brother is Watching You
California’s New Bill Requires DOJ-Approved 3D Printers That Report on Themselves [More]
That report on you…
I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen legislation that abrogates so many of the amendments in the Bill of Rights in one edict.
But…but…but it’s for the greater good…
[Via TactiCool Memes]
You Can’t Stop the Signal?
CTRL+PEW Sues California in Federal Court Over 3D-Printed Gun Files [More]
Who else aims to misbehave?
[Via WiscoDave]
Disparaging Armed Citizens Undermines Trump Administration’s Credibility
Maybe it’s time to stop dousing the fire in gun owner bellies, especially with top administration officials making inane comments that spit in the faces of Second Amendment activists — the very people Republicans need to win. [More]
In what reality is making core constituents feel like they’re being used smart politics?
Stopping the Signal
Making Lemonade Out of Lemons
Just before Christmas, the even more radical California State Bar imperiously advised the state’s 200,000 lawyers “Read it, declare it, mean it.” That ominous warning introduced the California Supreme Court’s Orwellian Rule 9.7 which requires every lawyer to attest that: “As an officer of the court, I will strive to conduct myself at all times with dignity, courtesy and integrity.” The license of any lawyer who fails or refuses to acquiesce will be invalidated, and any lawyer who violates the oath is subject to “appropriate fees and penalties” to be set by the Bar. [More]
“…dignity, courtesy and integrity”?
So… we can report Eric Swalwell…?
[Via Michael G]
What Can Brown Do to You?
Washington State AG Warns Citizen Journalists to Stop Investigating Somali Daycares or Face Potential Hate Crime Charges [More]
Only “Authorized Journalists” are allowed to do that!
Which side are the fascists, again…?
[Via Michael G]
Meanwhile, Across the Pond
In these documents, in particular the fining decision issued on Monday, October 13th, 2025, the UK’s Internet regulator claims that its powers have supremacy over the U.S. Constitution, including the First Amendment, and U.S. law for U.S. companies and citizens engaged in constitutionally protected speech and conduct occurring exclusively on U.S. soil. [More]
I note all the extortion attempts are signed “Yours faithfully, Ofcom Enforcement,” meaning “Yours facelessly,” with the indignant martinet who has spent untold hours compiling “hamster bedding” failing to see how personally cowardly, impotent and absurd he is.
I wonder, if the client ever travels within UK jurisdiction, if he’d be subject to arrest and prosecution, and if the U.S. State Department would come to his defense.
I also wonder how I can get on the list, maybe by inviting anyone from the UK to leave a forbidden comment here…
[Via Michael G]
It’s Time for Commonsense Thought Safety Laws!
New York City has filed a lawsuit against major social media companies, accusing them of contributing to a youth mental health crisis through the design and operation of their platforms. [More]
Not that I give a damn about any of those platforms, but I notice no one is saying anything about the portion shared by the Democrat government the yutes live under, the compulsory Democrat school systems that put them through 12+ years of standardized indoctrination, and the Democrat parents who vote for more of it.
Here’s what else is missing: What an acceptable platform and information would look like, especially after they elect the commie.
[Via bondmen]
Do You Come from a Land Down Under?
Australia Police Seize Guns from Dozens of Owners Over Personal “Sovereign Citizen” Statements [More]
True, they don’t have a First or a Second Amendment, but contrary to popular opinion, Australians have a right to free speech and a right to keep and bear arms. Everyone does.
What most don’t have is the will to keep violence monopolists from denying them.
Selective Outrage
Speaking of Tolerance…
A Christian worship leader will hold a concert in Seattle this weekend, even as LGBTQ activists urge city leaders to revoke his permit. [More]
Did anybody really believe vengeful totalitarians would stop at the Second Amendment?
Tangentially related, now that he’s self-destructed, is it OK to call Robert Westman by his “deadname”?
Meanwhile, Across the Pond…
My objective is to remind the UK that the Battle of Yorktown had political consequences, as they seem to have forgotten. [More]
The Office of Communication has threatened to fine 4chan, a U.S. company, for tyrannical censorship laws violations.
Sounds like a Streisand effect opportunity to me…
[Via Michael G]
A Trump Judge
This week in Washington, D.C., a federal judge made a ruling so shocking, so unprecedented, that it flips the First Amendment on its head. Judge Trevor N. McFadden declared that the Israeli flag — with the Star of David at its center — is not a political symbol at all, but a racial one. [More]
But have at Old Glory…
And what happened to “Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion…”?
A Win– For Now
A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld an earlier preliminary injunction against a section of the California Business & Professional Code which had been used by the state to stifle gun-related advertising in Junior Sports magazine, in a case brought by the Second Amendment Foundation and others. [More]
Now we see if the en banc court reverses that.
Welcome to California, where advertising a “swell vacation gift from Dad” is verboten and LGBTQ affirming picture books for kids are mandatory.
Killers Anonymous
Why Are Authorities STILL Hiding Social Media Profiles After High-Profile Crimes? [More]
So much for government censorship being a First Amendment violation…
Which makes the advocacy by some on “our side” not to name names a self-defeating gift to the controllers, ever eager to seize the opportunity to blame opponents of Democrats with headlines like “Domestic terrorist groomed by MAGA parents.”
I’d like to see a bill putting constraints on disabling profiles, requiring a judge to determine which specific pieces of information must necessarily be withheld because they could jeopardize investigations.
[Via Michael G]
Spider & the Fly
Communism: Independent Thinkers Need Not Apply – – ACAT Speaker Lilia Slavova on the Luxury of Thinking for Yourself After Growing Up in a System Where Telling a Joke Could Land You in Prison [More]
They weren’t free like the West.
Like here in the land of the First Amendment.
