- University goes on offense in cultural battle, new center debunks Christian socialism
Liberty University, a private Christian university in Lynchburg, Virginia, has launched a new think tank that it says will push back against the left’s efforts to turn young people and Christians into socialists by misrepresenting the Bible and U.S. Constitution. The school, which describes itself as “a Christian academic community in the tradition of evangelical [...]
- Supreme Court skeptical of shortening time frame for pension plan members to sue
WASHINGTON—Supreme Court justices seemed unreceptive to arguments by retirement plan managers that a six-year limitation for plan participants to sue over mishandling investments should be halved if participants had “actual knowledge” of the misbehavior complained of sooner. The case is known as Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee v. Christopher M. Sulyma. Santa [...]
- Whether Superfund law bars landowner lawsuits tested
WASHINGTON—Federal law bars Montana landowners from suing for damages to restore a polluted copper-smelting site to pristine, pre-smelting condition, which is beyond the current goal of the federal Superfund program that governs the remediation project, the Supreme Court heard Dec. 3. The litigation is important because any decision the high court renders could give [...]
- Challenge to New York’s restrictive gun laws may fail due to passage of new law
WASHINGTON—The outcome of a Trump administration-backed challenge to New York City’s uniquely restrictive gun laws that make it burdensome for law-abiding gun owners to transport their weapons is in doubt after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case on Dec. 2. Critics have long complained about what they say are the tough, inflexible licensing rules for guns [...]
