@soulexpress
Gun nuts used to love to say:
"The #SecondsAmendment is the one that protects all the rest." (That's bull$#!+ of course. It's the FIRST that does that, not the 2nd.)
But, as I've LONG pointed out, they'll sit back and watch every other #Constitutional #Amendment be decimated so long as they get to keep their Wubbies. 
A Statement from #ConstitutionalLaw Scholars on the government's funding cutoff at #ColumbiaUniversity
— Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David Cole, & 15 other scholars
The #USgovernment may not threaten #funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing #First #Amendment protected #speech.
#law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/03/20/a-statement-from-constitutional-law-scholars-on-columbia/
As a close family member of mine is in breast cancer research, I’m aware of the fascist ideals of #trump against science. The word “woman” is now banned. Write a breast cancer grant without “woman”.
#amendment #rights #fascism #science #project2025 #antifa
A snowstorm in Western Georgia, encrypted devices no longer safe from police, an attack on demonstrators, amendments to the Broadcasting Law, the Freedom House Report, and much more!
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@rorshokgeorgia
Local press accuses city officials of secrecy. Officials sue, to silence local press, not feeling ironic at all. Judge sides with the fascists! Orders paper to remove editorial! Paper will appeal. Wowza.
#Louisiana #people #press #freedoms #first #amendment #rights #silence #critics #USA #judge #newspaper #editorial #abuse #bench #state #judicial #reprimand #disciplinary #action #maybe https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5155749-mississippi-clarksdale-editorial-press-freedom/
Both Houses and 3/4 of the States to amend our founding doc.
But mfs out here arguing you can repeal em with one dude's squiggled name on a potus note.
Amending the TDG Constitution
As the early TDG builders experiment with their new democracy, they will find a few things that are not working out so well. So they will amend their local constitutions with a small repair.
They will follow the rules of their own constitution to effect those amendments.
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=31&id=150
#Trump #ExecutiveOrder calling for quarterly #GodSquad #convention under #ESA should alarm everyone who cares about #EndangeredSpecies & #biodiversity.
#EO is specific to #Energy projects but sets dangerous broader precedent—with #ForestService's proposed #Amendment to the #NorthwestForestPlan likely to #jeopardize #NorthernSpottedOwl #survival & #recovery, very real danger #TrumpAdmin will condemn #NSO to #extinction for more #timber boardfeet.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/climate/trump-endangered-species-god-squad.html
#Trump promises 2 punish people 4 disagreeing w him Lately he’s found that such threats R sufficient to bring many of perceived #enemies in line. Certainly the case when leaders at #Disney rolled over after Trump sued #ABC for alleged defamation by Stephanopoulos in a case that 1st #amendment lawyers widely believed #Disney would have won. This is1 way institutions fail not because they r forced in2 submission but because people in positions of power collapse on their own https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/03/washington-post-bezos-trump-cartoon-ann-telnaes/681406/?gift=mBLCHcnsd_Gd3EecvWSKTR9BCilTPPRU9PG5KWrQMnk
HuffPost: #ICE Arrests More Than 500 In Raids, Including U.S. #Veteran In #NewJersey, Mayor Says
“This egregious act is in plain violation of the Fourth #Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees ‘the right of the people be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against #unreasonableSearches and seizures…’” the mayor said in a statement. “Newark will not stand by idly while people are being unlawfully terrorized.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-raids-new-jersey-undocumented-immigrants_n_67931012e4b084b88b0f5af6
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-17-2025
..."#Biden issued a statement declaring his belief that the Equal Rights Amendment guaranteeing all #Americans #equal rights and protections under the law regardless of their #sex is the law of the land. #Congress passed the #amendment in 1972 and sent it off to the states for ratification, imposing on that ratification a seven-year deadline. Thirty states ratified the ERA within the next year, but a fierce opposition campaign led by right-wing activist Phyllis Schla"...
The #American #Democracy Minute #Radio Report for Jan. 3, 2025
In November 2022, #Michigan voters passed a constitutional #amendment enshrining #voting protections and expanding ballot access. After the #legislature implemented the voters’ directive, GOP legislators sued, claiming that only the legislature could make such changes.
90-Sec. Listen, 
Read, 
Resources 
Groups in Action
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/01/02/federal-court-of-appeals-throws-out-gop-legislator-challenge-to-michigans-prop-2-pro-voter-reforms-but-sleep-with-the-light-on/
Amending the TDG Constitutions
Fixing what is not working well builds skills for TDG governance:
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=31&id=150
The #14th #Amendment is clear
so that #Trump can be 'inaugurated' President
Congress must vote to authorize his nomination
and NOT 'vote to prevent it' (as SCOTUS ruled)
So
let Congress meet and vote before the 20th
as long as Americans still have respect for their Constitution.
Will the US finally add Equality on the Basis of Sex to its Constitution?https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/equal-rights-amendment-explained
#US #constitution #ERA #EqualRights #Amendment #Sex
#Fascist #Ohio #lawmakers #pass #surprise #law letting #police #charge #public up to $75 per hour for #bodycam #videos.
An #amendment to the state’s #sunshine #laws that was slipped into the 441-page #bill -- introduced at 1:15 a.m. and passed an hour later.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Ohio #Police #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #NoPoliceAtPride
37 #Democratic #Senators #Voted To #Pass #AntiTrans #NDAA. Here Are Their #Names.
The #vote came after most of the same #Democrats #refused to #allow an #amendment on the floor to #remove the #AntiTrans #provision in the #military #spendingbill.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/37-democratic-senators-voted-to-pass
#Democratic #Senators #Refuse #Vote To #Remove #AntiTrans #Amendment From #Military #Budget
The #move follows #passage of the #NDAA in the #HouseofRepresentatives, which will be the first #national #antitrans #law in recent years.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Politics #DemocraticParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #EmptyThePews
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/democratic-senators-refuse-vote-to
