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

The McClatchy Company, long a major player in U.S. legacy media, may have to file for bankruptcy soon due to massive debt and large, unfunded pension obligations, according to reports. McClatchy operates 29 newspapers, including The Miami Herald, The Charlotte Observer, The Kansas City Star, … Continue reading Major newspaper publisher McClatchy nearing bankruptcy: reports

Landlords in Seattle are fighting a local housing ordinance that forces them to accept potentially violent criminals, including sex offenders, as residential tenants. They are preparing to take their legal challenge all the way to the Supreme Court. Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), … Continue reading Seattle landlords fight for right to refuse criminals tenancy

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 … Continue reading Barr criticizes ‘incendiary’ idea of ‘resistance,’ defends Trump’s use of executive power

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, … Continue reading Businessman sues California over sex-based corporate affirmative action

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 … Continue reading Judge restricts searches of electronic devices at border

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 … Continue reading TV network, not picked up by Comcast, claims racism

News Analysis WASHINGTON—The Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which for seven years has shielded from deportation about 700,000 individuals brought to the United States as minors, has become a flashpoint in American politics. The highly controversial program … Continue reading DACA from right and left: political corruption or human decency?

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court considered for the second time whether the parents of a foreigner killed outside the country—in this case, in Mexico—by a U.S. law enforcement officer can pursue a claim for damages against the officer. During oral arguments this week, some … Continue reading Supreme Court considers whether parents of foreign national killed by Border Patrol outside US can seek damages

WASHINGTON—Former President Barack Obama’s program that temporarily shielded young people who came to the United States illegally from being deported should be struck down as unconstitutional because it was never authorized by Congress, the Trump administration told the Supreme Court on Nov. … Continue reading Supreme Court hears the case for DACA program

A Romanian-born professor who fled communism in his homeland said he recently abandoned his tenured post at Columbia University because various incidents convinced him the prestigious school is “on its way toward full-blown communism.” Andrei Serban, an award-winning film director with an extensive list … Continue reading Professor resigns over Columbia University’s trend toward communism

A former illegal alien is suing a U.S. government contractor, claiming that the immigration detention facilities it operates in Texas and elsewhere constitute illegal enclaves of slavery that violate anti-human-trafficking laws. The case is currently before the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of … Continue reading Illegal alien sues, alleges US detention Is slavery

The left-wing ladies of the demented sewing circle that is “The View” ganged up on Donald Trump Jr. Nov. 7, relentlessly attacking him because he dared days before to repeat the name of the so-called whistleblower whose complaint about President … Continue reading Trump Jr. vs. The View: The president’s son takes no prisoners

A conservative civil rights group plans to lend its expertise to the legal fight to overturn a federal judge’s ruling that Harvard University’s policy of discriminating against Asian Americans in favor of whites in the undergraduate admissions process is legally sound. The … Continue reading Preparations made to appeal judge’s ruling approving Harvard’s discriminatory admissions policies

An Obama-appointed federal judge in Manhattan struck down as unconstitutional a Trump administration rule preventing federally funded health care providers from being forced to participate in abortions and other activities that violate their conscience. U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer of the … Continue reading Federal judge denies rights of conscience to health care providers

WASHINGTON—A lawyer for IBM employees who invested in company stock told the Supreme Court Nov. 6 that the employees should be able to sue managers of the company’s retirement fund in stock-drop litigation for not disclosing that the company’s microelectronics business was overvalued. The … Continue reading IBM employees ask Supreme Court to hold pension managers liable for loss

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court seemed inclined during oral arguments Nov. 6 in a dispute over wastewater disposal in Hawaii to reverse new powers to regulate pollution granted in a recent court decision, and also appeared open to reining in some of the regulatory … Continue reading Supreme Court seems open to limiting federal regulation of water pollution

The justices of the Supreme Court seemed sympathetic to videographer Frederick Allen, whose attorney argued that North Carolina unfairly deprived him of his intellectual property rights by publishing without permission the images he made of the salvaging of a pirate ship that … Continue reading State defends its video piracy in Blackbeard ship case

WASHINGTON—The lawyer for a lawful U.S. permanent resident told the Supreme Court on Nov. 4 that the hard-to-interpret wording of a federal immigration statute doesn’t allow the government to deport the man, even though in later years he was convicted of serious … Continue reading Supreme Court considers whether criminal lawful permanent resident can avoid deportation