Constitutional Amendments

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Education
What President Trump's executive order on campus free speech is really meant to do
theconversation.com - Brendan Cantwell
The much anticipated executive order that President Donald Trump issued March 21 to protect free speech on campus is about politics, not policy. The …
Fox News
Eric Trump
Roger Stone invokes 5th Amendment, refuses to turn over documents for top Dem's probe
Fox News - Brooke Singman
Former Trump political adviser Roger Stone has invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to turn over documents requested by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, saying he will not appear on
USA TODAY
First Amendment
1 in 7 Americans can't tell the difference between 'fake' and real news
USA TODAY
Americans believe that their First Amendment rights are at risk. The Samuel Hubbard Shoe Company worked with OnePoll to study the issue.
Chris Murphy
Who Needed an AR-15 Rifle? These Folks
ammoland.com - Harold Hutchison
Who Needed an AR-15? These Folks.Connecticut/United States – -(AmmoLand.com)- Recently, anti-Second Amendment extremist Chris Murphy, a Senator from …
Opinion
Why New Zealand's new gun controls would be unconstitutional in America
washingtonexaminer.com - Tom Rogan
As my colleague Anna Giaritelli notes, gun control activists are calling for U.S. adoption of New Zealand's new gun regulations, as ordered by Prime …
Roger Stone
Roger Stone invokes the Fifth Amendment in refusal to cooperate with House Judiciary Committee
rawstory.com - Brad Reed
Trump ally Roger Stone has invoked the Fifth Amendment in his justification for refusing to cooperate with a congressional request for documents. In a …
Ivana Trump
Trump pal Roger Stone invokes Fifth Amendment, declining to cooperate with House Judiciary
dailykos.com - Kerry Eleveld
Donald Trump's White House has stonewalled congressional oversight at every turn, and it should perhaps come as no surprise that longtime Trump …
MSNBC
Donald Trump
Trump’s new order on campus speech does much less than he thinks
MSNBC - Steve Benen
During a long, rambling appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Donald Trump made a curious announcement. “Today I’m proud to …
NBC News
College & University
Trump order withholds money from colleges that don't promise to protect free speech
NBC News - Jonathan Allen
The president said Thursday that American students and values are 'under siege' and universities are 'anti-First Amendment' WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that withhold
U.S. Supreme Court
House Republican Proposes Constitutional Amendment To Permanently Fix Size Of SCOTUS
dailywire.com - Josh Hammer
Large swaths of the elected Democratic political class have been chattering, of late, about possibly trying to "pack" the U.S. Supreme Court by …
USA TODAY
Nineteenth Amendment
Garden mannequins, forest giants, flamethrowers: News from around our 50 states
USA TODAY - From staff and wire reports
Montgomery The 43rd annual Zoo Weekend, a fundraiser for the Montgomery Zoo and Mann Wildlife Learning Museum that features music, fun, thrills and education, runs Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6
House Judiciary Committee
Roger Stone invokes Fifth Amendment in House Judiciary document request
thehill.com - Jacqueline Thomsen
Roger Stone is declining to cooperate with the House Judiciary Committee’s request for documents in its investigation into President Trump's …
The Wall Street Journal.
James Baker
What FBI’s Counsel Told Congress
The Wall Street Journal. - Kimberley A. Strassel
Baker’s testimony shows Comey wasn’t being fully candid about the dossier. One problem with the Trump-Russia investigation is that the facts continue to be released in dribs and drabs. The unreleased transcript
Associated Press
U.S. Politics
Number of states using redistricting commissions growing
Associated Press - By The Associated Press
In most places, state lawmakers and governors are responsible for drawing and approving maps for U.S. and state legislative districts following each U.S. Census. But a growing number of states are shifting
New Zealanders
New Zealand shows what U.S. could do - but isn't
masslive.com - www.masslive.com
The United States has long bragged about its role as the leader and role model in democracy, but we could take a lesson from New Zealand, which shows …
First Amendment
UC responds to Trump’s executive order tying free speech to public university funding
dailycal.org - Amanda Bradford
The UC Office of the President, or UCOP, responded to the executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Thursday that ties federal funding and …
National Review
U.S. Supreme Court
GOP Rep. Proposes Constitutional Amendment to Keep SCOTUS at Nine Justices
National Review - Mairead McArdle
Republican representative Mark Green on Thursday introduced a constitutional amendment that would freeze the number of Supreme Court seats at nine, …
Bill Of Rights
North Carolina's copy of the Bill of Rights spent 138 years lost until FBI sting recovered it
abc11.com - By Cameron Clinard
RALEIGH (WTVD) -- After being lost for 138 years, an FBI sting recovered North Carolina's original copy of the Bill of Rights--a document that North …
The Washington Post
Opinion
Florida Republicans are trying to thwart both justice and the will of the people
The Washington Post - By Editorial Board
IN CLOSELY divided Florida, it is hard to imagine Democrats and Republicans agreeing on much of anything. But huge numbers of them did last November, when nearly 65 percent of Florida voters decided to
Bill Of Rights
President Trump Says Show The Mueller Report - Americans Don't Know The Bill Of Rights!
spreaker.com - The Deplorables
Trump says public should see ‘ridiculous’ Mueller report. NZ PM Jacinda Ardern reads out a Hadith of Prophet Muhammad (SAWW). American's don't know …
House Judiciary Committee
Voters who didn’t like bundled amendments on 2018 ballot may get to end the practice
miamiherald.com - www.miamiherald.com
Voters are closer to being asked to place a new restriction on the Florida Constitution Revision Commission — or possibly even to abolish the …
TheBlaze
First Amendment
Watch: College students say rude or disrespectful speech should not be protected on campus
TheBlaze - Jana J. Pruet
President Trump set to sign EO that would penalize colleges that don't protect First Amendment rights Some Virginia college students told Campus Reform that hateful, offensive, or rude speech should not
The Washington Post
First Amendment
Trump praises First Amendment a day after attacking ‘phony’ press
The Washington Post
President Trump bemoaned what he said were attacks on conservative college students’ freedom of speech during a White House event Thursday, saying that their First Amendment rights are “under siege.” a
Conservative View
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dailycaller.com - Derek Hunter
On the Friday edition of the Daily Daily Caller Podcast, we take a look at President Donald Trump’s executive order about free speech on college …
Houston, TX
Harvard profits from early photos of slaves, lawsuit says
defendernetwork.com - Associated Press
Harvard University has “shamelessly” turned a profit from photos of two 19th-century slaves while ignoring requests to turn the photos over to the …
Arkansas State University
Trump warns colleges U.S. money at risk
nwaonline.com - ,
President Donald Trump warned the nation's universities Thursday that they risk losing billions of dollars in federal funds if they violate their …
Fiat Lux
California
University of California responds to executive order on free speech
Fiat Lux - UC Office of the President
University of California President Janet Napolitano issued the following statement today on the White House’s executive order tying free speech protections to federal funding for colleges and universities
Social Media
Ugly Pissing Match After Pay-Off Over Facebook Blocking
westword.com - Michael Roberts
Continue Reading Willmeng is a nurse by day, but he's also a self-described socialist and activist with a particular focus on what he sees as the …
The Wall Street Journal.
Research
Critics Worry Trump’s Free Speech Order Could Limit Expression, Research
The Wall Street Journal. - Michelle Hackman
Some in academia voice concerns that campus speech directive could hamper students’, researchers’ activities WASHINGTON—President Trump put colleges and universities on notice Thursday that they could
Hong Kong
Gov’t rejects US report
news.gov.hk - www.news.gov.hk
The Government reiterated that foreign governments should not interfere in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s internal affairs in any form. …