"That sort of Signal chat being coordinated with individuals, not just locally in Minnesota, but maybe even around the country," FBI Director Kash Patel commented, "if that leads to a break in the federal statute or a violation of some law, then we are going to arrest people." "While the Supreme Court itself hasn't yet faced the issue squarely, the seven federal circuits that have done so—the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th, and 11th—all agree that the First Amendment protects the right to record police performing their duties in public," points out Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute's Robert A. In the wake of the assassination of conservative figure Charlie Kirk, when many Americans were understandably profoundly upset by the crime, the White House issued a memo charging that "common threads animating this violent conduct include anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the United States Government; extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality."
Author: J.D. Tuccille
Published at: 2026-02-17 21:54:50
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