A state lawmaker in Georgia wants to make it a felony for medical doctors to perform sex-reassignment surgery on minor children, including vasectomy, castration, mastectomy, and other varieties of genital mutilation, and forbid the prescription of puberty-blocking drugs and cross-sex … Continue reading Georgia legislator seeks to prohibit sex-reassignment surgery on minors
To settle a civil rights lawsuit that was backed by the Trump administration, the University of Michigan has agreed to change politically correct policies that were alleged to have chilled students’ free speech on campus. The settlement comes as conservatives in the United … Continue reading University of Michigan agrees to roll back restrictions on speech
Most U.S. university students support punishing their peers for wearing “highly offensive” Halloween costumes such as blackface, recent polling suggests. The poll comes after a series of highly publicized events involving public figures such as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau being shown in photographs wearing … Continue reading US students favor punishment for offensive Halloween costumes
A North Carolina state court tossed the state’s 2020 congressional map after finding that Democratic Party voters would probably prevail in a lawsuit challenging the redrawn districts as examples of impermissible partisan gerrymandering. It was unclear at press time if Republicans would appeal … Continue reading North Carolina state court orders redistricting that US Supreme Court did not
Internet behemoth Google announced it has awarded its first round of grants to North American media outlets from a pool of $300 million it has set aside to bolster largely left-leaning mainstream and legacy media outlets. Google LLC, headquartered in Menlo … Continue reading Google awards grants to left-wing media outlets, critics say
WASHINGTON—Conservative thought leaders are applauding the Trump administration’s efforts to fix the so-called disparate impact rule in housing by replacing the current regulation, which tends to presume industry decisions are discriminatory with one that treats housing market participants more equitably. … Continue reading Ben Carson seeks fairer, more efficient disparate impact rule
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into state law Oct. 23 that bars nonprofits from endorsing or opposing political candidates, as part of the Democrat’s ongoing crackdown on Empire State nonprofits and watchdog groups. The state legislation mirrors and codifies … Continue reading Cuomo backed bill strips political speech from non-profits
A Roman Catholic charity that objects on religious grounds to having to provide health insurance that covers birth control, sterilization, and abortifacients for its employees under the Obamacare law has lost the latest round of a long-running legal battle in … Continue reading Federal appeals court rules Little Sisters of the Poor must provide birth control
The Montana Supreme Court struck down a local gun law that had been upheld by a state judge, which would have forced Montanans to submit to background checks for every transfer of firearms, including purchases at gun shows. The ruling comes amid a renewed … Continue reading Montana Supreme Court blocks city’s background checks for firearm sales
The Trump administration is suing California over what it calls an “illegal” cap-and-trade agreement with the Canadian province of Quebec, alleging the Golden State is conducting its own “independent foreign policy in the area of greenhouse gas regulation.” The lawsuit comes as … Continue reading US sues California over ‘Illegal’ cap-and-trade pact with Quebec
The movement to restore voting rights to convicted felons gained steam in recent days as felons filed suit against Minnesota, while a judge in Florida enjoined that state from enforcing a new law requiring felons to pay all restitution, fines, and … Continue reading Restoring felons’ voting rights gains momentum
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Trump administration’s appeal of a federal appeals court’s ruling that a Sri Lankan refugee claimant enjoys a constitutional right to challenge the procedures leading to his expedited removal order. On Oct. 18, the … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear illegal alien’s claim to right to dispute removal
A Lebanese immigrant convicted of knowingly receiving close to $600,000 worth of stolen cigarettes after getting his green card is challenging his deportation order in a Supreme Court case by arguing he will face religious persecution if removed to his native land. … Continue reading Supreme Court asked to resolve appeals court split over deportation of permanent residents
WASHINGTON—A legal challenge in the Supreme Court to the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was originally envisioned by Democratic presidential contender Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) could lead to a dramatic election-year curbing or even dissolution of the powerful financial regulator. … Continue reading Supreme Court case about financial regulator could lead to high 2020 election drama
After threatening a landlord with fines for not compelling her tenants to allow warrantless inspections of their homes, the city of Zion, Illinois, agreed in a settlement temporarily to stop pursuing the landlord while the landlord seeks a ruling in … Continue reading Illinois city backs away from heavy-handed rental inspections rule
WASHINGTON—”Beltway sniper” co-defendant Lee Boyd Malvo’s Virginia-imposed sentence of life without the possibility of parole should be reconsidered because he was only 17 years at the time of the murders and the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on sentencing young people has … Continue reading ‘Beltway Sniper’ Malvo deserves new sentencing hearing, Supreme Court told
Kansas should be allowed to prosecute illegal aliens for identity theft when they work under Social Security numbers belonging to others, even though federal immigration law already regulates whether such individuals may work in the United States, the state’s attorney general told … Continue reading States should be allowed to prosecute illegal aliens for identity theft, Supreme Court told
Large, left-wing activist groups are working with congressional Democrats to promote House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s unilateral push to impeach President Donald Trump over a July telephone conversation he had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Democrats claim, without evidence, that Trump tried … Continue reading Left-wing groups seek to sell impeachment to American public
National elections in which the candidate who wins the most electoral votes and becomes president despite losing the popular vote, as what happened in the 2016 matchup between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, are likely to happen again … Continue reading Study: Winning presidency without popular vote likely in future
Officials in Ukraine reportedly opened an investigation into an energy company that employed former Vice President Joe Biden’s son long before President Donald Trump’s July 25 nothing-burger of a telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that spurred the Democrats’ … Continue reading Ukraine was investigating Hunter Biden before Trump’s phone call: A revelation alters the timeline in the Dems’ surreal ‘impeachment inquiry’