Former Clinton-era independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr (pictured above) has become the public face of a new nonprofit that’s combating corruption, white-collar fraud, and cronyism in countries that lack the rule-of-law protections that are the norm in the United States … Continue reading Global Justice Foundation to tackle corruption abroad
An illegal alien from Guatemala who conned the feds out of almost $20,000 in welfare benefits has been sentenced to two months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of theft of U.S. government funds. Welfare fraud is … Continue reading Illegal alien gets prison for food stamp fraud: The illegal alien crime wave that started under Obama continues
The Trump administration defeated environmentalist groups in federal court last week, convincing the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to throw out a lawsuit and restraining order that had prevented construction of the $8-billion Keystone XL Pipeline from Canada to the United … Continue reading 9th Circuit allows Keystone XL Pipeline construction to go forward
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court agreed this week to consider videographer Frederick Allen’s appeal of a circuit court ruling he claims unfairly deprived him of his intellectual property rights related to his coverage of the salvaging of a ship off the North Carolina coast … Continue reading Supreme Court to review state’s plundering of pirate ship media rights
WASHINGTON—After left-wing activists tried to shut down “FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers,” a new play that throws a spotlight on so-called Deep State efforts to overthrow the duly elected 45th president of the United States, the play’s producers announced this show will … Continue reading New play ‘FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers’ goes on amid threats of violence
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court decided June 3 to consider whether managers of a retirement fund for IBM employees who invested in IBM stock can be sued for not disclosing that the company’s microelectronics business was overvalued. The high court granted the petition for certiorari in a case known as … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to hear dispute over IBM retirement plan
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 Allina Health Services, a nonprofit health care system that runs 13 hospitals and more than 90 clinics in Minnesota and western Wisconsin, challenged the formula-changing decision made by the Obama administration in 2013. The company claimed it had been shortchanged by as much as $4 billion as a result of the improperly executed policy change. Allina had asked the Provider … 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 proceed to oral arguments before the high court in the fall. U.S. Border Patrol agent Jesus Mesa shot and killed Mexican national Sergio Hernandez, 15, on June 7, 2010. Hernandez had been playing with his friends on the Mexican side of a concrete culvert that marks the boundary between Ciudad Juarez in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas. The … 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 state electoral maps in North Carolina and Maryland were gerrymandered, or unfairly manipulated for partisan advantage. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the two different legal challenges on March 26 and is expected to rule on those cases next month. This means ahead of the presidential and congressional elections in 2020 that the electoral maps of four states in … Continue reading Supreme Court halts judge-ordered redistricting in Ohio, Michigan
Attorney General William P. Barr (pictured above), in a speech this week, took aim at the growing trend of unelected federal judges vetoing presidential actions by issuing sweeping nationwide injunctions against government policies. These nationwide or “non-party” injunctions, which are … Continue reading Attorney General Barr criticizes nationwide injunctions
President Trump’s leading leftist legal tormentor lacks the legal qualifications to serve as California’s attorney general, according to a lawsuit pending in Golden State courts. The ambulance-chasing radical in question is Xavier Becerra, a Democrat who abandoned the U.S. House … Continue reading Lawsuit seeks to oust Trump-hating California AG Xavier Becerra: Giving the lawsuit king a taste of his own medicine
Just over half of the nation’s undergraduate college students support First Amendment free speech rights, according to a survey conducted by College Pulse. The survey, which was underwritten by the Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, reports that 53 percent of … Continue reading Survey: Almost half of college students prefer inclusivity over free speech
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 on the drug’s label. The opinion written by Justice Stephen Breyer came May 20 in the case known as Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht. All nine justices agreed in the judgment reached by Breyer, but there were two concurring opinions that provided different reasonings for reaching that result. More than 500 consumers are suing the company, claiming injuries dating … 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