Twelve states and the District of Columbia allow local governments and private investors to seize dramatically more than what is owed from homeowners who fall behind on property tax payments, according to a new report. The practice, which Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) … Continue reading 12 states allow home equity ‘theft’ over homeowners’ tax payment shortfalls, study says
UPDATED Dec. 26, 2022, 1:24 p.m. Eastern time: SEE BELOW. The Arizona Daily Star has an obituary-like retrospective of the career of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor up right now (Dec. 26, 2022, about 1:50 a.m. Eastern time). … Continue reading UPDATED: Is former SCOTUS Justice Sandra Day O’Connor dead? The Arizona Daily Star seems to think so
A business owner filed a federal civil rights class action lawsuit against Cook County, Ill., over a new pandemic relief program that excludes white people. Chiropractor Domenic Cusano Jr. owns a chiropractic practice in Chicago, where he has been treating … Continue reading Chicago businessman sues county over COVID-19 relief program that blocks white people
Two Minnesota counties have agreed to remove duplicate voter registrations from their voter rolls after an election-integrity group sued them. Nicollet County and Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis, the state’s most populous city, recently settled out of court after the Public Interest Legal … Continue reading 2 Minnesota counties agree to remove duplicate voter registrations after settling lawsuits
Two East Coast fishermen are suing the Biden administration, claiming that a federal body that plans to curb their ocean catch is illegally constituted and therefore has no authority to issue such restrictive regulations. The lawsuit comes as legal challenges … Continue reading Fishermen sue Biden administration over Mid-Atlantic fishing restrictions
The Supreme Court took the unusual step on Dec. 20 of granting bail on an emergency basis to a multimillionaire pharmaceutical executive previously convicted of manslaughter in the death of her young son. In 2014, Gigi Jordan was convicted of … Continue reading Supreme Court grants bail to pharma millionaire Gigi Jordan who was convicted in death of son
The Supreme Court of Delaware has formally struck down state laws allowing universal mail-in voting and same-day voter registration, finding the statutes violate the state’s constitution. The court unanimously ruled against the laws in October—preventing no excuse required mail-in voting and same-day … Continue reading Delaware Supreme Court strikes down voting by mail, and same-day registration
President Joe Biden is expected to sign a bill ordering that a marble bust of the late Chief Justice Roger Taney, who authored a pro-slavery Supreme Court opinion that helped to precipitate the Civil War, be removed from the U.S. … Continue reading Biden expected to sign bill to remove bust of Confederate-sympathizing chief justice from US Capitol
A federal judge said he will block a “tyrannical” provision in an incoming California gun law because it would have the “chilling effect” of discouraging people from challenging the statute in court. Judge Roger Benitez said in a San Diego courtroom on … Continue reading Federal judge to block ‘tyrannical’ California gun law provision: Law would compel citizens suing to vindicate their rights to pay the government’s legal fees if they lose
A New York state appeals court in Manhattan has rejected Yeshiva University’s bid to deny official recognition to a campus LGBT group, an act the religious school argued would violate its values and constitutional rights. The case appears destined to return to the … Continue reading New York appeals court orders Yeshiva University to recognize LGBT club, teeing up likely Supreme Court battle: The Orthodox Jewish school claims its constitutional rights and religious values are being violated
The Supreme Court decided Dec. 13 to hear the case of an Alabama man whose trade secrets theft conviction in Florida for stealing proprietary fishing information from a Florida-based website was vacated because his trial took place in the wrong state. Having the conviction … Continue reading Appeal of alleged hacker from Alabama to be heard by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court decided Dec. 13 that it will take up the appeal of instant-messaging company Slack Technologies Inc. which is accused of making false statements in connection with public disclosures it made in 2019 when it offered corporate shares … Continue reading Supreme Court will hear Slack Technologies’ appeal against 9th Circuit decision allowing class action to proceed
The Supreme Court agreed on Dec. 13 to review the case of Adam Samia, who was convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme as a result of another person’s legally questionable confession. The decision came by way of an unsigned order. The … Continue reading Supreme Court to review alleged hitman’s conviction based on another’s confession
The Supreme Court decided Dec. 12 to allow a lawsuit to continue against Michigan State University that claims the school violated the Title IX anti-discrimination law by mothballing its swim teams. By refusing to take up the university’s appeal, some observers say the Supreme Court missed an opportunity to reassess how to measure compliance with the federal law that forbids sexual discrimination in education. But the lower court’s judgment is not final so the matter could come before the Supreme Court again in the future. The high court’s decision to deny the petition in Michigan State University v. Balow, court file 22-93, … Continue reading Supreme Court refuses to halt college athletics discrimination lawsuit against Michigan State University
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about the IRS seizing bank account holder records to collect a debt from a different taxpayer. The Dec. 9 ruling comes as some federal lawmakers in the new Congress that will be seated … Continue reading Supreme Court accepts appeal about IRS seizing bank records to collect debt from another taxpayer
The Supreme Court refused an emergency application in a Dec. 12 ruling to block California’s enforcement of a voter-approved ban on flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, that takes effect next week. Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. had asked the high court for … Continue reading Supreme Court refuses to block California law banning flavored tobacco
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, which is attempting to transfer lawsuits filed against it in the courts to arbitration panels. Although many investors are unfamiliar with cryptocurrencies, which are famously volatile … Continue reading Supreme Court to take up appeal of major crypto exchange Coinbase
The Supreme Court agreed on Dec. 9 to hear the appeal of a California man convicted of facilitating illegal immigration by promising would-be immigrants they could remain in the United States permanently if they enrolled in a non-existent “adult adoption” program. The man’s lawyers say the conviction should be overturned because he was engaged in free speech protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The case comes two years after the Supreme Court ruled against San Jose, California-based immigration consultant Evelyn Sineneng-Smith who was accused of duping illegal aliens into paying her fees to file frivolous applications for visas and encouraging them … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal of California man convicted in fraudulent immigration scheme
Student borrowers who object to President Joe Biden’s move to forgive student loans at a cost of $1 trillion or more have asked the Supreme Court to hear their case. Biden unveiled the plan in August in a move critics … Continue reading Student loan borrowers ask Supreme Court to hear their case against Biden’s loan forgiveness program
North Carolina Republicans told the Supreme Court on Dec. 7 that the U.S. Constitution gives state legislatures preeminent authority to make the rules for presidential and congressional elections without interference from the courts. The case is important because, if the … Continue reading Supreme Court hears case that could empower state legislatures, not judges, to regulate elections