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An Oregon court that granted the first individual legal recognition for his “non-binary” sex designation has rescinded the status and restored the sex on his birth certificate to “male.”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
A group of students at Washington and Lee University are demanding that images of the two historical figures after which the school was named—U.S. President George Washington and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee—be removed from the academic diplomas awarded to students upon … Continue reading Washington and Lee students want diplomas without pictures of university’s namesakes
A federal appeals court has upheld former President Barack Obama’s designation of a huge network of undersea canyons and mountains the size of Connecticut in waters about 130 miles southeast of Cape Cod as a national monument that’s off-limits for … Continue reading Federal court upholds Obama’s maritime national monument
A federal judge is preparing to grant the NAACP’s request to block a North Carolina law requiring that voters use photo identification to prove who they are before voting in elections. With 15 electoral votes, North Carolina was a key battleground state in … Continue reading Federal judge plans to block North Carolina voter ID law
A coalition of 21 state attorneys general is asking the Supreme Court to strike down a Maryland law that denies concealed carry permits unless applicants can convince local officials they have a “good and substantial reason” to be granted one by … Continue reading 21 state attorneys general ask Supreme Court to void Maryland gun law
The University of Missouri settled a lawsuit brought against it by Michigan-based Hillsdale College for failing to honor the wishes of a late benefactor who willed the university $5 million to fund six professorships, on the express condition they be … Continue reading Hillsdale College, U. of Missouri settle lawsuit over bequest
The University of Scranton discriminates against conservative students, according to a nonpartisan watchdog group. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a free-speech advocacy organization based in Philadelphia, says the Pennsylvania school’s student government engaged in viewpoint-based discrimination when … Continue reading Free speech watchdog says university discriminates against conservatives
I gave my thoughts once again on the continuing farce that is the Trump impeachment to TRT World (Turkish TV) on Dec. 23, 2019. Note: For the record, I am falsely identified on the chyron as a “Republican Strategist.” I … Continue reading Matthew Vadum on TV discussing the Trump impeachment again, Dec. 23 2019
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments from two Catholic schools in Los Angeles that maintain the religious exemption in the First Amendment shields them from employment discrimination lawsuits brought by two former instructors. The Supreme Court ordered Dec. 18 that the two cases, Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel, be consolidated and heard together at some point in the new year. Both cases were brought by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a nonprofit and public interest law firm. “Parents trust Catholic schools to assist them in one of their most important duties: … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear if Catholic schools may discriminate in hiring
The Supreme Court agreed last week to review a deportation order against an illegal alien convicted of fraudulently using a Social Security card to gain employment. If the high court rules in favor of the would-be deportee in the unusual, highly … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear case involving grounds for deportation
President Donald Trump has enjoyed great success in placing his nominees on the federal bench in 2019, although the year seems more likely to be remembered as a time of strong judicial resistance to the president’s agenda, particularly with respect … Continue reading Year in review: courts savage Trump’s immigration policies
Houston-area victims may sue the federal government because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flooded their homes and businesses inside the Addicks and Barker reservoirs during Hurricane Harvey in 2017 in the belief that doing so would prevent worse flooding elsewhere, a … Continue reading Federal judge rules US must pay compensation for Hurricane Harvey intentional flooding
Freelance journalists filed suit this week against California in federal court in hopes of striking down an unusually restrictive and possibly unconstitutional state employment law that outlaws independent contracting with very narrow exceptions. Layoffs blamed on the law, known as … Continue reading Freelance journalists challenge California law that restricts their work
I gave my thoughts on the farce that is the Trump impeachment to TRT World (Turkish TV) on Dec. 17, 2019. Here is the video clip: Continue reading Matthew Vadum on TV discussing the Trump impeachment Dec. 17 2019