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Eastern North Carolina Now, commonly referred to as ENC Now, serves as a comprehensive communication platform that addresses the diverse needs of its audience. As a First Amendment news outlet, and a digital social media space, we possess the capability to disseminate your business, personal...
Published: Thursday, October 30th, 2025 @ 10:10 am
By: David Winstead
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The origins of labor Day are rather dubious, born from congressional guilt of Americans shot down, by the Army and U.S. Marshalls, while exercising their first amendment right to congregate and protest during the Pullman Strike in Haymarket Square in Chicago on may 4, 1886.
Published: Monday, September 1st, 2025 @ 9:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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already shot down twice by SCOTUS on their radicalism
Published: Tuesday, June 17th, 2025 @ 8:48 am
By: John Steed
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pure far left politics from a Marxist judge who hates the First Amendment
Published: Monday, June 16th, 2025 @ 2:55 pm
By: John Steed
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On Monday, May 6, 2024, at the Beaufort County Commissioners' general meeting, Commissioner Stan Deatherage sponsored the Constitutional right of a Beaufort County citizen "to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Published: Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 @ 12:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission is urging a federal court to reject a preliminary injunction and dismiss a First Amendment lawsuit from state Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls.
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2024 @ 8:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls objects to the state Judicial Standards Commission's request for a two-week extension in its response to her federal First Amendment lawsuit.
Published: Friday, December 22nd, 2023 @ 2:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls has recently filed a lawsuit against the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission, alleging the commission has aimed to stifle her First Amendment right to freedom of speech.
Published: Saturday, December 2nd, 2023 @ 11:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A gag order against former President Donald Trump related to his federal 2020 election case has been paused by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals after Trump filed an emergency request on Thursday saying the order violated his First Amendment rights.
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 3:52 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham called yet another news conference to announce she was now suspending the First Amendment to silence the heavy criticism she has received for suspending the Second Amendment.
Published: Thursday, November 16th, 2023 @ 11:15 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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An independent news publisher on Monday sued the federal government and a “watchdog” group that touts itself as a media fact-checker, claiming First Amendment violations and defamation.
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 2:53 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A federal appeals court has ruled that the Biden administration cannot coerce or “significantly encourage” social media companies to censor content, saying that previous actions of the administration had violated the First Amendment.
Published: Sunday, September 17th, 2023 @ 3:07 am
By: Daily Wire
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Donald Trump’s attorney defended the former president’s right to petition the federal government under the First Amendment during several media appearances on Sunday.
Published: Sunday, August 27th, 2023 @ 4:03 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A federal judge has blocked a new Illinois law that targets crisis pregnancy centers in the state, saying that it violates the First Amendment.
Published: Sunday, August 27th, 2023 @ 8:46 am
By: Daily Wire
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Several social media influencers filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana asserting that a recent TikTok ban constitutes a violation of the First Amendment.
Published: Monday, June 5th, 2023 @ 11:04 am
By: Daily Wire
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The second annual Viewpoint Diversity Score Business Index unveiled on Tuesday showed that prominent companies lack commitments to guarantee the First Amendment liberties of their customers and employees, thereby threatening the “fundamental freedoms of every American.”
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2023 @ 8:14 am
By: Daily Wire
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Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon said Wednesday that the satire outlet, podcaster Tim Pool, and Minds, Inc. filed a lawsuit against California’s attorney general, alleging a new law regulating social media companies violates the First Amendment.
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2023 @ 6:43 am
By: Daily Wire
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a First Amendment retaliation lawsuit from a fired Mocksville police officer.
Published: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 @ 7:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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‘Decorum, Please!’: White House Briefing Erupts After Reporter Accuses Jean-Pierre Of DiscriminationThe White House press briefing room erupted on Monday after a reporter from an Africa-focused outlet accused press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre of making a “mockery of the First Amendment.”
Published: Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 @ 8:58 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that comments made by a pro-life activist, in which he called several pro-abortion organizations “criminal,” are protected speech under the First Amendment.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 8:03 am
By: Daily Wire
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a Winterville police policy against livestreaming traffic stops could violate the First Amendment.
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 @ 12:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a lawsuit settlement, the City of Greensboro has agreed that it violated the First Amendment free speech rights of several pro-life protesters by barring them from accessing a sidewalk outside an abortion facility.
Published: Thursday, November 3rd, 2022 @ 12:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Duke First Amendment Clinic is supporting N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein in his effort to have federal courts throw out a state criminal libel law.
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2022 @ 2:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday morning, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District that a public high school football coach in the state of Washington had his First Amendment rights violated after he was placed on administrative leave by the school district
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 @ 8:52 am
By: Daily Wire
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Contrary to popular myth, the Supreme Court never outlawed "prayer in school".
Published: Thursday, June 23rd, 2022 @ 3:42 am
By: Gary Carlton
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A University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) law professor who was suspended after he responded to a student complaining about a test question is suing his university, alleging they violated his First Amendment rights.
Published: Monday, February 14th, 2022 @ 3:44 pm
By: Daily Wire
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When we consider the importance of our First Amendment guaranteed Freedom of Speech, to speak truths as we know them, think as we see fit, and politically assert ourselves as we are called to do so, we all must be aware that this freedom could be easily be lost.
Published: Saturday, January 15th, 2022 @ 2:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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At the November, 2020 General Meeting, The Beaufort County Commissioners will be asked to support a well defined resolution, written by Commissioner Stan Deatherage, to support and defend the First Amendment, in particular the segment that guarantees "Freedom of Speech" and a "Free Press."
Published: Saturday, January 15th, 2022 @ 1:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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One of the signature freedoms singled out for special protection in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the freedom of association. The amendment forbids the government from abridging “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.”
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 12:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In defense of the First Amendment, but in the full face of the Democratic Socialists' case to suspend that 1st Amendment for President Trump, proving that the House Managers, while excellent as abject hypocrites, are imbeciles at knowing the Constitution, a document these fools are sworn to defend.
Published: Sunday, February 14th, 2021 @ 8:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Exceptions to free speech in the United States refers to categories of speech that are not protected by the First Amendment. According to the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 @ 10:45 am
By: David Winstead
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Nicholas Rowan of the Washington Examiner highlights a First Amendment appeal to the nation’s highest court.
Published: Wednesday, August 5th, 2020 @ 4:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Thousands of churches across the nation — Catholic, Lutheran, nondenominational, and more — are saying no to governors still curtailing Americans’ First Amendment rights under the guise of “safety.”
Published: Tuesday, May 26th, 2020 @ 11:56 am
By: Daily Wire
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Gov. Roy Cooper told the grassroots group ReopenNC on Monday, April 20, that recent executive orders and local ordinances limiting “mass gatherings” shouldn’t interfere with North Carolinians’ right to protest, worship, or exercise other First Amendment liberties.
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 @ 12:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The reach of the First Amendment is extensive in securing the religious liberty of individuals and organizations, including colleges and universities.
Published: Saturday, February 8th, 2020 @ 11:49 am
By: Daily Wire
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John Bussian is the principal of the Bussian Law Firm, which specializes in media litigation and has long been a national leader in defending the First Amendment.
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2019 @ 1:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In 1908, North Carolina voters passed statewide prohibition in 1908, making North Carolina the first Southern state to institute prohibition. The 18th Amendment didn't usher in Prohibition nationwide until 1919.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 10:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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