As part of an ongoing nationwide backlash against politically correct restrictions on free speech in higher education institutions, a new “campus intellectual diversity” law in South Dakota that takes effect July 1 will require the state’s universities to respect free speech rights, promote … Continue reading Diversity industry under siege in South Dakota, nationwide
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court agreed June 24 to decide whether the federal government owes $12 billion to insurance companies that have lost money as a result of the “risk corridors” program within the Affordable Care Act, which is commonly known as the Obamacare law. Republican lawmakers characterize proposed congressional funding to make up for the alleged shortfall as a “bailout” for the insurance industry. A fiscal 2015 federal appropriations bill included a provision forbidding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from satisfying the risk pool’s obligations out of general funds. The “risk corridors” program was designed to discourage insurers in … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear health insurance companies’ pleas for relief
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court overturned a ban preventing “immoral” or “scandalous” words and symbols from being trademarked, ruling the prohibition in the Lanham Act violated First Amendment speech protections. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which administers the intellectual property statute also known as the … Continue reading Supreme Court overturns ban on trademarking immoral or scandalous words
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court struck down a black inmate’s murder convictions and death sentence because the white man who prosecuted him on behalf of Mississippi unconstitutionally excluded blacks from the jury at his final trial and at others that preceded it. Curtis Giovanni … Continue reading Supreme Court strikes down murder convictions on grounds of racial bias
A Democrat U.S. Senate staffer who doxxed Republican senators during the nasty confirmation battle over Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, committing what prosecutors called “the largest data breach in Senate history,” was sentenced to four years imprisonment. “Doxxing,” according to … Continue reading Prison time for Democrat’s ‘vicious’ doxxing of Republicans: Ex-Hassan aide Jackson Cosko gets four years for “the largest data breach in Senate history”
WASHINGTON—The conservative wing of the Supreme Court flexed its muscles last week by overturning a 34-year-old precedent, making it easier for property owners to seek legal redress in federal courts without first having to file suit in state courts after … Continue reading Supreme Court overturns precedent, allows easier resolution of takings claims
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court rejected arguments that a large Latin cross must be relocated from public land in a Maryland suburb of Washington because its prominence supposedly implies government endorsement of Christianity. The ruling about the Bladensburg Peace Cross in American Legion … Continue reading Supreme Court allows Bladensburg Cross to stay on public land
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court punted in a high-profile civil rights case this week, instructing a lower court to reconsider its ruling punishing Christian bakers in Gresham, Oregon, who refused on religious grounds to make a cake for a same-sex wedding. The … Continue reading Oregon baker gets second chance to justify denying same-sex wedding cake
WASHINGTON—A fractured Supreme Court handed environmentalists a victory June 17 at the expense of the nuclear power industry, upholding Virginia’s 37-year-old ban on uranium mining in the state. Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring, a Democrat, told reporters the ruling was a “big win for … Continue reading Divided Supreme Court upholds Virginia’s ban on uranium mining
WASHINGTON—Convicting an accused person of the same offense in state and federal courts doesn’t violate the Constitution’s double jeopardy ban, the Supreme Court ruled June 17, in a case with ramifications for those convicted in federal court in light of … Continue reading Supreme Court allows state, federal prosecutions for same crime
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in the nation’s capital is planning to use taxpayer dollars to honor unrepentant America-hating Communist Angela Davis (pictured above). Of course, this is the same museum that had to be shamed into properly recognizing the contributions of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, a brilliant jurist and political conservative, to American society. Initially, the museum praised his undistinguished nemesis, Anita Hill, a former aide whose politically motivated lies about his office behavior nearly felled his nomination to the court in 1991, before being pressured into giving Thomas the attention and respect he richly … Continue reading Smithsonian disgrace: How America’s historical memory has been traduced into celebrating a communist hack and servant of dictators
WASHINGTON—A closely divided Supreme Court dismissed a claim June 17 that a New York City public-access television network could be sued for allegedly violating the free-speech protections of the First Amendment. The 5-to-4 opinion on Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, held that Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) was not bound by the First Amendment because it was not a “state actor.” Joining the opinion were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch. At issue was whether the TV channel operator licensed by a government should be considered a state actor, meaning a … Continue reading Supreme Court: public access TV not bound by first amendment
A divided Supreme Court threw out a lawsuit by Republican lawmakers in Virginia challenging redrawn state legislative districts they claim were racially gerrymandered to benefit Democrats. The decision could help Virginia Democrats in the election this fall. All 140 seats in the General Assembly are on the ballot for Nov. 5. Currently, Republicans maintain thin majorities in both chambers—51 to 49 in the House of Delegates and 21 to 19 in the Senate. Whichever party controls the General Assembly in 2021 will oversee the statewide redistricting process that will follow the 2020 census. Embattled Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, hailed … Continue reading Supreme Court denies Virginia House of Delegates’ challenge to redistricting
News Analysis A federal appeals court in California ordered an illegal alien who was captured during an immigration raid to be freed because the warrant used by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) indicated only that agents were searching for … Continue reading 9th Circuit challenges ICE warrant and arrests, reverses deportation order
San Francisco is being accused of systemic race-based discrimination in a lawsuit filed by 13 white police officers, who say they were passed over for promotion by the local police department because they are white. The San Francisco Police Department “has a … Continue reading White cops sue San Francisco for racial discrimination
WASHINGTON—Claiming new evidence contradicts the Trump administration’s rationale for wanting to ask 2020 Census respondents whether they are U.S. citizens, a left-wing open-borders group is asking the Supreme Court to delay its upcoming decision in the case. The results from the once-a-decade census, … Continue reading Supreme Court asked to delay decision on citizenship question in Census
Painting imprisoned former Rep. Steve Stockman of Texas, an outspoken critic of then-President Barack Obama, as a victim of a complex, politically motivated runaway prosecution, defenders of the Republican ex-lawmaker are urging a federal appeals court to reconsider Stockman’s fraud-related … Continue reading Questions raised about conviction of conservative Texas ex-congressman
WASHINGTON—For the second time in June, the Supreme Court has agreed to take on a case involving a technology company’s alleged mismanagement of employee retirement plan investments. The case is known as Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee v. Christopher M. Sulyma. Santa Clara, California-based … Continue reading Supreme Court takes Intel employee retirement plan mismanagement case
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a black television programmer can use civil rights laws to sue the nation’s largest cable TV provider for refusing to do business with him. Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. lost its case before the 9th … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear case involving Comcast’s refusal to carry black-owned network
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court unanimously rejected a California-based offshore oil rig worker’s claim he should be paid for off-the-clock time on the oil platforms, as California law requires, because federal law alone governs the facilities that are based on the Outer Continental Shelf. After Texas and North Dakota, California is the third-largest oil-producing state. Oil is reportedly produced on 32 offshore platforms and artificial islands in Southern California alone. The ruling, which overturns a decision by the oft-reversed Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, is a victory for the Trump administration which sided with the employer in the case, a Houston, Texas-based company called Parker … Continue reading Supreme Court rules state law does not apply to Outer Continental Shelf