WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court sided with a Midwestern hospital chain on June 3, finding that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services changed its Medicare hospital reimbursement formula improperly because it failed to first conduct the required formal notice-and-comment rulemaking process. Minneapolis-based … Continue reading Supreme Court requires Medicare to use notice and comment in rulemaking

After a string of state-level victories, the forward momentum of a proposal to guarantee that the winner of the national popular vote in future presidential elections becomes president of the United States may have been halted after Nevada unexpectedly said no to … Continue reading Democratic Nevada governor halts National Popular Vote momentum

Lawyers for a recently deceased Montana man’s estate say, despite his death, they may yet have a chance to challenge his federal convictions for digging ponds on his property without the government’s permission. “Congress hasn’t authorized the agencies to tramp … Continue reading Feds jailed and fined husband for digging ponds on own land; widow seeks relief

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court agreed May 28 to consider whether the parents of a foreigner killed outside the country by a U.S. law enforcement officer can pursue a claim for damages against the officer. The much-litigated case, Hernandez v. Mesa, is expected to … Continue reading Supreme Court to consider if cross-border shooting can lead to damages claim

An Obama judge in San Francisco issued a nonsensical, lawless order May 24 temporarily stopping President Trump from accessing reallocated military funding to pay for the construction of a desperately needed wall on the nation’s leaky southern border. The case … Continue reading Obama judge halts wall construction: A San Francisco leftist who gave big bucks to Democrats endangers national security

A San Francisco judge who has given heavily to Democrats issued an order on May 24 that temporarily prevents President Donald Trump from using military funds to pay for construction of a wall on the nation’s porous border with Mexico. … Continue reading Judge blocks border wall funding

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has granted emergency stays halting forced congressional redistricting statewide in both Ohio and Michigan that was ordered by U.S. district court judges who found that boundaries of electoral districts had been improperly drawn. The emergency orders were granted while the Supreme Court separately considers whether … Continue reading Supreme Court halts judge-ordered redistricting in Ohio, Michigan

The Supreme Court decided to allow a class-action lawsuit against an osteoporosis drug maker to proceed and stipulated that when the matter is adjudicated, a judge, not a jury, must decide whether federal law requires that a warning be placed … Continue reading Supreme Court allows class-action lawsuit against drug giant Merck

A second federal appeals court has blocked the Trump administration from rescinding former President Barack Obama’s controversial, unilaterally imposed Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, accepting challengers’ unusual argument that in this case, a president cannot undo a predecessor’s executive action. … Continue reading Federal appeals court nixes Trump’s proposed rollback of DACA

Universal basic income (UBI) programs in which the government gives all citizens regular, unconditional cash payments sufficient on which to live, don’t work well in the real world, according to a study by a global trade union federation. Liberals have … Continue reading Universal basic income programs don’t work well, report says

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent was assaulted near Eagle Pass, Texas, while he arrested a Mexican illegal alien and convicted drug-dealing felon who was previously deported several times, the government announced. The assault comes as border-jumpers and human … Continue reading Mexican illegal assaults Border Patrol agent in Texas: It’s open season on those guarding the nation’s southern boundary

WASHINGTON—At the urging of California and 45 other states, the Supreme Court has overturned a 40-year-old precedent that allowed states to be sued in the courts of other states. The 5–4 decision on May 13 pitted the court’s conservative and liberal wings against … Continue reading Supreme Court decides states may not be sued in other states’ courts

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court ruled against Apple Inc. on May 13, green-lighting a class-action lawsuit against the company that litigants accuse of illegally monopolizing the market for iPhone software applications and forcing consumers to overpay. The justices ruled that consumers were entitled to … Continue reading Supreme Court allows Class-action against Apple over iPhone apps to proceed

Democratic California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, a leading legal antagonist of President Donald Trump, isn’t legally eligible to serve as his state’s top law enforcement officer, according to a lawsuit working its way through the state’s courts. After 24 years in the … Continue reading Lawsuit alleges Calif. attorney general not eligible to hold office

Disgusted students in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, stormed out of a vigil May 8 for a high school student shot to death this week after two politically tone-deaf Democrat politicians and a left-wing group tried to turn the event into a … Continue reading Mourning students rebel at high-pressure gun control sales pitch: Second Amendment haters’ attempt to hijack a memorial service backfires

An appeals court has lifted a nationwide injunction preventing the Trump administration from moving forward with a policy requiring asylum-seekers at the southern border to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed. President Donald Trump celebrated the ruling on Twitter, writing … Continue reading Appeals court rules in favor of Trump’s ‘remain in Mexico’ asylum policy