Tag: U.S. Constitution

A staggering 40 percent of Americans could not name a single First Amendment right, according to a recent survey on the First Amendment.

NBC News’ Katy Tur on Wednesday questioned whether the Supreme Court should take an originalist view of the Constitution — because we are living in the current year.

Sen. Susan Collins said on Tuesday that “it’ll be very difficult for anyone to argue” that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh “is not qualified.”

President Donald Trump reacted to the ruling of the Supreme Court affirming the constitutionality of his order to restrict travel from Muslim-majority countries.

A divided Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Friday that the Constitution does not permit the government to get cell phone records from service providers without a search warrant. The 114-page decision was comprised mostly of dissents from conservative justices criticizing the Court majority for ignoring the original meaning of the Fourth Amendment.

President Donald Trump should make history by using his constitutional power to recall the Senate (but not the House) in August, canceling the August recess, and force the Senate to stay in session five (or six?) days per week until the Senate confirms a record number of federal judges and fills key positions in his administration to enact his America First agenda.

A student in California’s South Pasadena High School was questioned and accused of promoting “violence” by wearing a “Come and Take It” shirt to school.

Tuesday’s Supreme Court’s Oil States decision showcases Justice Neil Gorsuch as contemplating a major judicial role in limiting government power, perhaps providing a glimpse of where conservatives could take the Constitution in years ahead.

While experts can debate whether striking Syria is good policy, the legal reality should not be open to debate: President Donald Trump’s strikes against Syria were fully authorized by the U.S. Constitution.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said at CPAC on Thursday that taking guns away from law-abiding American citizens would cause crime to soar.

Bunker Hill Community College has retracted a policy that prohibited a Navy veteran from handing out copies of the Constitution on campus.

An Islamic charter drafted by Islam’s Mohammad is consistent with the religious freedom provisions enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, a senior official from the terror-affiliated Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) argued before a House panel.

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is incensed that President Donald Trump may be able to nominate and confirm 11 conservative federal California judges without her permission.

12 Democratic members of the California’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives have warned the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) that they may risk violating their fiduciary duty unless they divest themselves of assets associated with the President Trump.

The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) issued a detainer request on the Sonoma County Jail for Jesus Fabian Gonzalez, who was arrested Sunday on suspicion of arson in Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents.

The United States Bishops have denounced the faith-based harassment of judicial nominee Amy Coney Barrett for her Christian beliefs as “anti-Catholic bigotry.”

On the Jennifer Fulwiler Show on Sirius XM’s Channel 129 Thursday, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan falsely characterized Breitbart Executive Chairman Steve Bannon’s comments to CBS’s Charlie Rose about why Catholic bishops “have been terrible” in their support of the unconstitutional Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals [DACA] program President Obama enacted by fiat in 2012.

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) discussed Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Senate health care debate, multiple immigration bills recently passed by the House, and the Debbie Wasserman Schultz controversy with Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Thursday.

The Supreme Court of Texas held that the U.S. Supreme Court opinion recognizing the right of same-sex couples to marry does not automatically entitle them to spousal employment benefits. The unanimous court held that the 2015 opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges did not address the right to tax, insurance, or other benefits–only the right to marry.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law House Bill 45, more commonly known as “American Laws for American Courts,” or ALAC. It prohibits the use of any foreign law in the state’s courts, specifically in family cases that involve marriage or parent-child relationship matters.

The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature passed a Convention of States Resolution, becoming the eleventh. Article V of the U.S. Constitution allows for a Convention of States to restrict the power of the federal government.

The Supreme Court of Texas heard oral arguments today in a case where Houston taxpayers sued urging that subsidizing employment benefits for the spouse of a same-sex couple is illegal. Lawyers for the taxpayers describe the case as “the only one of its kind in the nation.”

“For decades, the federal government has grown out of control. It has increasingly abandoned the Constitution, stiff-armed the states and ignored its citizens,” Texas Governor Greg Abbott told legislators and those gathered for his State of the State address on Tuesday. He declared legislation supporting an Article V Convention of States to be an emergency item for the session.

The Supreme Court of Texas decided to hear a Texas case fighting taxpayer-funded employment benefits for gay spouses.

Sen. Jeff Sessions, attorney general nominee, answered questions during the January 10 confirmation hearing about the Second Amendment, making clear that the right to bear arms is “historic” and constitutionally protected.

A Texas school board has ignored the advice of the state attorney general and voted to back the ban on a Charlie Brown Christmas display because it contains the word “Christ.”

A Texas school district is standing by its decision to remove a Charlie Brown Christmas display from a classroom.

A petition currently trending on the website of the George Soros-funded MoveOn.org activist group calls for the electoral college to be abolished.

Breitbart Texas was in Livingston, Texas, approximately 74 miles north of Houston, when we spotted a Cajun seafood restaurant just loaded with Trump/Pence placards and some local county political race signs.

Two taxpayers filed a motion for rehearing with the Texas Supreme Court on Monday to reconsider their order denying review of a case against the openly gay former Houston Mayor and the City of Houston. They urge that Mayor Annise Parker violated the Texas Constitution and state statutes when she gave spousal benefits to gay employees in 2013 and 2014. Parker issued these benefits to employees prior to the U.S. Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling.

A Texas Supreme Court Justice has issued a dissenting opinion stating that while the U.S. Supreme Court has declared that same-sex couples may marry, the U.S. Constitution does not necessarily require cities to offer benefits to same-sex spouses of employees. While marriage may be a fundamental right, spousal benefits are not. He says that the same constitutional strict scrutiny does not apply to employment benefits.

When a veteran started offering traditional remarks at a military flag-folding ceremony, several uniformed airmen assaulted him, dragging him out of the room because his remarks mentioned God. Now First Liberty Institute lawyers representing retired Senior Master Sergeant Oscar Rodriguez are demanding that the U.S. Air Force apologize and punish those responsible or face a federal civil-rights lawsuit.

Democrat Louisiana state representatives launched an attack against the phrase “all men are created equal” in the Declaration of Independence Wednesday in response to the state House’s consideration of an education bill

In a powerful social media post in favor of God and tradition, celebrated evangelist Franklin Graham has blasted the campaign of “41 atheists” to have America’s motto, “In God We Trust,” expurgated from U.S. bills and coins, appealing to American history and the faith of the nation’s heroes.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently called on the Lone Star State to join other states in calling for an Article V Convention of States.