A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the better part of three so-called sanctuary laws interfering with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) efforts to uphold federal immigration laws in the state of California. The … Continue reading Appeals Court denies Trump administration’s attempt to invalidate California sanctuary laws

Attorney General William Barr overturned a Bush-era policy by finding that asylum-seekers who enter the United States illegally are no longer eligible for release while their claims are processed. The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to reform … Continue reading No free ride for asylum seekers who enter U.S. illegally: Trump administration tries to rein in an out-of-control system

WASHINGTON—A proposal to guarantee that the winner of the national popular vote in future presidential elections becomes president of the United States—without going through the effort of amending the U.S. Constitution—now has 70 percent of the state-level support its backers … Continue reading National Popular Vote movement seeks to make Electoral College obsolete

WASHINGTON—North Carolina’s solicitor general told the Supreme Court that his state is entitled to tax residents who are beneficiaries of trusts created outside the state, even if they haven’t received payments from the trust. How the Supreme Court rules in … Continue reading Supreme Court hears case on when states can tax trust beneficiaries

WASHINGTON—A lawyer for an offshore oil rig employee who worked on the federally administered Outer Continental Shelf outside the three-mile U.S. jurisdictional limit told a skeptical Supreme Court on April 16 that federal law requires that California employment law be … Continue reading Oil rig worker off California coast argues before Supreme Court for higher pay

WASHINGTON—A disputed trademark that is pronounced the same way as a vulgar swear word constitutes speech that should be protected by the government on First Amendment grounds, a lawyer for a clothing designer told the Supreme Court. The hour-long oral … Continue reading Vulgar words should be protected by trademark laws, Supreme Court hears

President Donald Trump’s proposal to ship immigration detainees to so-called sanctuary cities –which are Democrat strongholds— is a political masterstroke, if the Left’s wounded animal-like howling is any indication. With this politically brilliant tactic, the likes of which would never … Continue reading Trump proposes to bus illegals to sanctuary cities: A political masterstroke

A convicted drunk driver who spent time in prison and lost his license to practice law is now dedicating his life to helping to reform the complex system that ex-cons face when reentering society. John Koufos (pictured above), 42, was … Continue reading Former prisoner helps prepare released felons for freedom

A federal judge this week temporarily halted the Trump administration’s program forcing asylum-seekers at the southern border to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed. San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg, who was appointed by former President Barack … Continue reading District Court judge bars having asylum-seekers wait in Mexico

News Analysis New civil rights legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would extend protection to LGBTQ individuals would also undermine First Amendment free speech rights while opening the door to religious-based discrimination, according to conservative critics. The … Continue reading Critics see ‘Equality Act’ as ‘endless lawsuit machine’

Congressional Republicans have decided to resume their push to legislatively repeal and replace Obamacare only after the next election in November 2020, which means they will be able to campaign against the program over the coming 19 months. This is, … Continue reading No Obamacare repeal until 2021 (at the earliest): Congressional repeal of the Democrats’ health care fascism will have to wait

Easily the most hands-on vice president the United States has ever seen, Joe Biden’s creepy old man behavior is finally catching up with him. After decades of snuggling up to, hugging, sniffing, and kissing unsuspecting, helpless women of all ages, … Continue reading Is creepy old Uncle Joe toast? Fondling and kissing helpless women may be the former veep’s undoing

WASHINGTON—A divided Supreme Court rejected a request from a condemned man in Missouri with a rare and painful medical condition to be gassed to death with nitrogen, instead of injected with lethal drugs, finding that even in his medical circumstances, … Continue reading Supreme Court: execution goes ahead despite pain

An activist federal judge in Alaska dealt a significant blow March 29 to the Trump administration’s plans for expanding oil drilling on the U.S. coasts, by invalidating President Donald Trump’s executive order removing President Barack Obama’s bans on oil and … Continue reading Judge blocks Trump’s approval of Arctic offshore drilling