WASHINGTON—The Trump administration told the Supreme Court that the government is not obligated to pay $12 billion to insurance companies that knowingly took a business risk and lost money by participating in the Affordable Care Act’s “risk corridors” program. Republican lawmakers … Continue reading Insurance companies tell Supreme Court of government bait and switch
WASHINGTON—Judicial review of the deportation orders of permanent residents with criminal records who miss statutory deadlines should be limited, the Trump administration told a skeptical Supreme Court. The justices heard oral arguments Dec. 9 in two cases that were consolidated, Ovalles v. Barr and … Continue reading Supreme Court considers whether deportation of criminal aliens can be reviewed
A Colorado family whose home was destroyed by police trying to capture an armed suspected shoplifter is pressing on with a lawsuit for damages after losing a round in a federal appeals court. Courts tend to resist awarding damages to … Continue reading Homeowner looking to Supreme Court after police destroy house
The Supreme Court agreed Dec. 6 to hear a challenge to a Delaware law invalidated by a lower federal court that regulates the partisan makeup of that state’s courts. The Supreme Court granted a petition brought by Gov. John C. Carney, a Democrat … Continue reading Supreme Court to consider if states can choose judges on party affiliation
“Bo Snerdley,” the longtime producer and on-air sidekick on “The Rush Limbaugh Show,” founded a new federal super PAC earlier this year with a mission to “make Black Americans Republican again.” The new political action committee comes on the scene as two … Continue reading Rush Limbaugh’s sidekick works to make blacks Republican again
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. … Continue reading University goes on offense in cultural battle, new center debunks Christian socialism
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 … Continue reading Supreme Court skeptical of shortening time frame for pension plan members to sue
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. … Continue reading Whether Superfund law bars landowner lawsuits tested
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 … Continue reading Challenge to New York’s restrictive gun laws may fail due to passage of new law
The Supreme Court refused to throw out a 7-year-old defamation lawsuit that climate scientist Michael E. Mann brought against National Review, after the magazine accused the inventor of the famous “Hockey Stick” graph that purported to show a dramatic increase … Continue reading Defamation suit by inventor of climate change ‘hockey stick’ graph proceeds
The Trump administration has ordered the continued detention of a convicted foreign terrorist for at least six months after the completion of his prison sentence due to concerns he is still active in terrorist activities. It’s thought to be the first invocation of the … Continue reading Trump administration invokes Patriot Act to continue detention of convicted terrorist
Four blue states that lost their legal fight to overturn the new $10,000 limit on the federal deduction for state and local taxes—the so-called SALT deduction—filed an appeal Nov. 26 with the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. New York, New … Continue reading Blue states appeal limit on deductions for state, local taxes
News Analysis Left-wing teachers across America are reportedly “unlearning,” or indoctrinating, students against Thanksgiving. They’re teaching that the roast turkey-filled holiday they celebrate every year, recalling inspirational stories from the early days of the nation, is based on a feel-good “myth.” Instead of … Continue reading Radical teachers are trying to turn the young against Thanksgiving
U.S. Attorney General William Barr denounced Oregon’s new rule that federal immigration agents must have warrants to make arrests on courthouse properties. The criticism of the Oregon policy came in a Nov. 21 letter signed by Barr (pictured above) and acting … Continue reading Barr opposes Oregon rule that inhibits ICE arrests
The Supreme Court vacated a lower court’s ruling on Alaska’s campaign finance cap on Nov. 25. The cap is $500 annually for individual contributions, and the Supreme Court suggested this is too low for Americans to exercise their First Amendment right to … Continue reading Supreme Court questions Alaska’s campaign finance cap
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to sustain the convictions of two former members of then-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s inner circle. Attorneys for the two claim they were engaged in routine “bare-knuckle” political behavior when they participated in the “Bridgegate” … Continue reading Supreme Court asked to uphold convictions in NJ ‘Bridgegate’ case
A left-wing nonprofit is teaching young American children to view life through the lens of racialized politics and in the process, critics say, is breeding a new generation of social justice activists using taxpayer dollars. Critics have long said that … Continue reading Leftist group pushes ‘racial literacy curriculum’ on young minds
The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request on Nov. 22 to take up a case from several Muslim men who claim they were wrongfully placed on the U.S. “no-fly list” for refusing to act as government informants and are seeking damages … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to hear Muslim ‘No-Fly List’ case
A defamation lawsuit against NBCUniversal filed by Nicholas Sandmann, a teenager from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky accused by legacy media of picking a fight with an elderly activist in the nation’s capital in January, is being allowed to … Continue reading Judge allows Covington student’s defamation suit against NBC to proceed
A federal judge on Nov. 20 ordered the upcoming execution of four federal death-row inmates to be put on hold. The executions, which were scheduled for December and January, would have been the first federal executions in 16 years, ending … Continue reading Judge halts Trump’s plan to resume federal executions