Supreme Court won’t hear Project Veritas challenge to state law blocking secret recording

The Supreme Court has decided against hearing an investigative journalism organization’s First Amendment-based challenge to a decades-old Oregon law prohibiting most secret recordings of oral conversations. Undercover journalism group Project Veritas had argued that the state’s conversational privacy statute violated … Continue reading Supreme Court won’t hear Project Veritas challenge to state law blocking secret recording

Federal appeals court seems sympathetic to Trump’s bid for National Guard deployment in Oregon

A federal appeals court on Oct. 9 seemed sympathetic to President Donald Trump’s bid to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, to deal with violence directed at federal immigration facilities, while hearing arguments in a case brought against the … Continue reading Federal appeals court seems sympathetic to Trump’s bid for National Guard deployment in Oregon

Judge recuses himself in lawsuit over Trump’s deployment of troops in Oregon

A federal judge recused himself on Oct. 2 from Oregon’s lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s plan to federalize Oregon National Guard troops to deal with civil unrest outside federal immigration facilities in Portland. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield filed suit … Continue reading Judge recuses himself in lawsuit over Trump’s deployment of troops in Oregon

Supreme Court allows Trump admin to freeze $4 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress

The Supreme Court on Sept. 26 extended its prior order letting the Trump administration temporarily withhold approximately $4 billion in foreign aid funding previously authorized by Congress. The full court granted the federal government’s request to impound the congressionally appropriated … Continue reading Supreme Court allows Trump admin to freeze $4 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress