A father and daughter have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration and the Drug Enforcement Administration, claiming that authorities seized the father’s life savings at Pittsburgh International Airport without any legal justification. The lawsuit was filed by … Continue reading Retiree sues TSA, DEA for confiscating money without cause
WASHINGTON—A tax-credit program for needy students in Montana shouldn’t be shut down merely because some of the money may end up in the coffers of private religious schools, the Supreme Court heard Jan. 22. “What we’re saying here is that … the … Continue reading Supreme Court considers parents using public money for religious schools
A musician is suing Houston in federal court over its extraordinarily strict regulations governing outdoor performances in the city, claiming his First Amendment rights are being violated. The lawsuit challenging the city’s ordinance prohibiting musicians from busking, that is, playing in public … Continue reading Lawsuit seeks freedom to busk in Houston
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has decided to hear Ford Motor Company’s challenge to Minnesota and Montana court decisions that allowed personal injury lawsuits regarding cars sold out of state to proceed. The case is potentially important because the Supreme Court could clarify where personal injury … Continue reading Ford to ask Supreme Court to clarify where it can be sued
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Little Sisters of the Poor, a Roman Catholic order of nuns, regarding its objection on religious grounds to having to provide health insurance that covers birth control, sterilization, and abortifacients for its … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear appeal by Little Sisters of the Poor on contraception mandate
Radical U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, who could be the next Commander-in-Chief, asked then-President Barack Obama in his final days in office to formally exonerate Soviet atomic spy Ethel Rosenberg, according to media reports. This was not a request for a … Continue reading Warren asked Obama to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg: Clearing the name of a traitor was a priority for the Democratic presidential candidate
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court threw out a lower court’s decision and so revived a lawsuit by IBM employees who had invested in company stock. They argued they should be able to sue managers of the company’s retirement fund in stock-drop litigation for … Continue reading Supreme Court revives employees’ suit against IBM retirement plan
Although conservatives remain the largest ideological grouping in the United States, the percentage of Americans identifying as liberals has been rising since the 1990s, according to polling company Gallup. “In 2020, conservatives remain the largest and most important ideological voter … Continue reading Gallup poll shows US center-right ideologically
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court to uphold the convictions of the two former New Jersey political operatives who orchestrated the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal—the “Bridgegate” traffic-congestion scandal of 2013—but the justices didn’t seem to have been moved. Justices … Continue reading Supreme Court justices skeptical of prosecution in NJ ‘Bridgegate’ case
WASHINGTON—Defined benefit plan participants should be allowed to sue plan administrators for fiduciary breaches even when the retirement plan is overfunded and participants have not lost money, a lawyer for participants told the Supreme Court. A company retirement plan is … Continue reading Pension plan members argue before Supreme Court about right to sue for risky investments
Immigration may boost the U.S. economy overall, but it doesn’t help individual workers, especially those at lower end of the wage scale who face increased competition for jobs from the new arrivals, according to a new report from the Congressional … Continue reading Immigration hurts low-skilled workers, Congressional Budget Office says
Black pro-life organizations are arguing in an abortion case soon to be heard by the Supreme Court that “unqualified and uncredentialed abortion providers” have a long history of “disproportionately harming black women.” Oral arguments are scheduled for March 4 in the … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear that abortion disproportionately harms black women
The Texas Democratic Party and the party’s campaign arms in the U.S. House and Senate are suing Texas, claiming the state is violating the U.S. Constitution and federal and state law by rejecting voter registration applications that lack an original signature. Once ruby-red … Continue reading Democratic Party sues Texas over digital voter registration
A federal judge has temporarily shielded 70,000 independent truckers from an unusually restrictive and possibly unconstitutional California law that virtually outlaws independent contracting. Layoffs blamed on the law, known as AB5, were announced in December 2019 at media outlets across the United … Continue reading Federal judge shields independent truckers from California law
A Democratic super PAC focused on gaining control of Republican-dominated state legislatures has begun a $10 million campaign to turn four key battleground states—Florida, Texas, Arizona, and North Carolina—blue before the electoral redistricting process begins in 2021. The effort by … Continue reading Democrat super PAC targets state legislatures
At least 2.5 million extra voter registrations are on the voter rolls of 378 counties nationwide, according to the good-government group Judicial Watch. Democrats have long denied that voter fraud affects electoral outcomes and claim that those on the right … Continue reading Watchdog group tells 5 states of millions of extra voter registrations
An Oregon court that granted the first individual legal recognition for his “non-binary” sex designation has rescinded the status and restored the sex on his birth certificate to “male.” In a dramatic repudiation of the transgenderism movement and the industry that … Continue reading Transgender trailblazer legally reclaims original sex
Californians’ insistence on owning their own homes is “reinforcing” the state’s rampant wildfires, according to a professor whose recent column has sparked controversy. Americans’ “aspirations of home ownership” and “belief in the importance of private property” are “reinforcing” the conditions that … Continue reading Professor argues private home ownership helps cause California wildfires
Government unions do not have to refund so-called agency fees to public employees who were forced to pay them before the Supreme Court struck down such mandatory dues as unconstitutional in 2018, a federal appeals court ruled. The ruling is … Continue reading 9th Circuit rules union gets to keep unconstitutional forced dues
Beginning in January 2020, 12-year-old students in Fairfax County, Virginia, will receive a guaranteed a day off from school to join in political protests, the county’s public school system confirmed. Fairfax County Public Schools is one of the largest school systems … Continue reading Students to get day off to protest in Fairfax County, Virginia