- Barr criticizes ‘incendiary’ idea of ‘resistance,’ defends Trump’s use of executive power
U.S. Attorney General William Barr passionately inveighed against the left-wing anti-Trump “resistance” movement that is “using every tool and maneuver to sabotage” the Trump administration while systematically “shredding” norms and undermining the rule of law, in a speech to lawyers at a Federalist Society convention in Washington. The speech Nov. 15 came hours after a [...]
- Businessman sues California over sex-based corporate affirmative action
A businessman is suing California in federal court over a 2018 social-justice law that by 2020 will force all publicly traded companies headquartered or incorporated in the state to have at least one woman on their board of directors. The lawsuit, cited as Meland v. Padilla, was filed Nov. 13 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The [...]
- Judge restricts searches of electronic devices at border
Officials at U.S. ports of entry may not search international travelers’ electronic devices in the absence of suspicion that they have committed a crime, a federal judge has ruled. The legal proceeding addresses the growing tension between the needs of law enforcement and individual privacy rights at a time of increasing personal reliance on technology. It also [...]
- TV network, not picked up by Comcast, claims racism
WASHINGTON—A black television programmer angry that Comcast Corp. refused to carry his company’s channels after years of unsuccessful negotiations should be able to sue the nation’s largest cable television provider for race-based discrimination under federal civil rights laws, his lawyer told skeptical members of the Supreme Court. Philadelphia-based Comcast succeeded in [...]
