The highest court in Massachusetts threw out a challenge on July 11 to absentee voting rules brought by state Republicans, a move that allows voters to submit mail-in ballots in the September primary election without having to provide an excuse. A brief … Continue reading Massachusetts Supreme Court rejects GOP challenge, green-lights mail-in voting
After the Supreme Court’s landmark Second Amendment ruling in June, California’s attorney general encouraged law enforcement officials in the state to deny firearm carry permits to individuals with a history of “hatred and racism”—whether expressed in social media posts or elsewhere. The problem, … Continue reading Woke California AG tells gun-permitting officials to deny applicants based on politics: This is part of the “blue resistance” to Supreme Court ruling, gun law expert says
Americans’ confidence in major U.S. institutions—including government and the media—is in a state of collapse, falling to an average of just 27 percent across all categories, according to the latest national poll released by the Gallup Organization. Only the military and small … Continue reading Confidence in US Media, Government, and Justice System Collapsing: Poll
A 72-year-old Vietnam War veteran is asking an appeals court to speed up processing of a gun permit he first sought 11 years ago now that the Supreme Court has ruled Hawaii’s gun-permitting system is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court determined June 23 that … Continue reading Hawaii veteran pleads with 9th Circuit to comply with Supreme Court’s Second Amendment ruling
Activists targeted Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday, driving him out of a popular Washington, D.C. restaurant where he was enjoying an evening meal. The action is apparently part of the “summer of rage” leftists have promised to protest the court’s … Continue reading ‘Unruly’ protesters hound Justice Kavanaugh from DC steakhouse: ‘Summer of rage’ against conservative justices continues
Louisiana may enforce a near-total ban on abortions after a state judge refused to extend an injunction, allowing the state’s so-called abortion trigger law to go into effect on July 8. The ruling came the same day as President Joe Biden signed an … Continue reading Judge allows Louisiana abortion restrictions to come into force
New York law enforcement officials are condemning sweeping new laws on gun ownership that were rushed through the state Legislature and signed into law in response to the U.S. Supreme Court striking down the state’s tough concealed carry gun permitting system. The officials … Continue reading New York sheriffs condemn ‘thoughtless, reactionary’ new gun law hurried through state legislature
Former Hawaii Senate Majority Leader J. Kalani English, a Democrat, was given a 40-month prison term and a $100,000 fine by a federal judge on July 5 after pleading guilty to honest-services wire fraud five months ago. English admitted that he took … Continue reading Former Hawaii Senate Majority Leader sentenced to 3 years, 4 months in corruption case
A man whose lawsuit against the District of Columbia 14 years ago led to the Supreme Court’s recognition that the Second Amendment safeguards an individual right to own firearms, is suing the capital city again, this time over its strict limit on how much … Continue reading Gun rights champion Dick Heller sues DC again, this time over ammo limits
After resisting a Supreme Court gun rights ruling for almost two weeks, the blue state of Maryland will stop enforcing its tough concealed carry handgun permitting rule because it violates the U.S. Constitution, Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said on July 5. On June 23, the Supreme Court … Continue reading Maryland governor ends state’s tough handgun permitting regime
Gun owners in the nation’s capital are suing in hopes of being allowed to carry firearms on the region’s crime-ridden public transit system. The lawsuit is one of several filed nationwide after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling June 23 recognizing … Continue reading New lawsuit challenges ban on concealed carry of firearms on DC area public transit: Current law allegedly leaves riders defenseless in a transit system that is ‘soft target’ for terrorists
The Supreme Court has agreed to review the wire fraud conviction of Louis Ciminelli, who was involved in the scandal-plagued “Buffalo Billion” development plan in upstate New York when Andrew Cuomo was the governor. The case grew out of the ambitious Buffalo Billion Investment Development Plan (pdf), which envisioned the construction of a solar panel factory among other projects, and was aimed at attracting more than $8 billion in investments for Buffalo and the rest of western New York, creating nearly 14,000 jobs. Prosecutors claimed Ciminelli, the CEO of LPCiminelli; Alain Kaloyeros, who is a former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute; and COR Development executives Steven … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear fraud appeal related to Cuomo-era scandal
How twisted is Chief Justice John Roberts? Let us count the ways. The conservative movement worked unceasingly for almost a half-century to undo Roe v. Wade, the 7-2 Supreme Court ruling that shocked the world by abruptly legalizing abortion from coast … Continue reading John Roberts: an enemy of the rule of law: The deranged Chief Justice just doesn’t care
The Supreme Court agreed to review the corruption convictions of Joe Percoco, formerly a longtime aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a case that may call into question the legality of honest-services fraud prosecutions. Over the opposition of the Biden administration, the high court decided June 30 to hear Percoco v. United States, court file 21-1158. As is their custom, the justices did not provide reasons for their decision to accept the case. Percoco was convicted in 2018 on two counts of conspiracy to commit honest-services fraud for taking in upwards of $300,000 from companies that hoped to gain influence with the Cuomo … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to hear Cuomo aide’s bribery appeal in pay-to-play scheme
A Texas man was arrested and charged in connection with a terrorist threat he allegedly made against the Supreme Court on social media hours after the court overturned the 1973 abortion precedent Roe v. Wade. Mikeal Deshawn Archambault, 20, of The Colony, … Continue reading Texas man arrested for threatening to use AK-47 rifle against Supreme Court after Roe v. Wade reversal
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Montgomery County, Maryland, Executive Marc Elrich sharply rebuked Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley after she wrote letters to both demanding they do more to protect justices whose lives have been threatened. Both officials say they are … Continue reading Supreme Court security chief sparks war of words over police protection of justices: Maryland governor and county executive chastise court marshal after she Demands they enforce anti-residential picketing laws
The Supreme Court turned away a challenge to California’s “radical” worker-classification law that virtually outlaws independent contracting, including independent trucking, and clamps down on the so-called gig economy. The ruling has the effect of ending a temporary stay preventing enforcement of the … Continue reading Supreme Court refuses to hear truckers’ challenge to AB5, California’s anti-freelancing law
Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley sent letters to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) and Montgomery County, Md., Executive Marc Elrich (D) demanding that they enforce existing laws and do a better job protecting justices whose lives have been threatened. Greta Van Susteren … Continue reading Supreme Court security chief demands Maryland governor, county, do more to protect justices
The Supreme Court followed up its June 23 landmark ruling that for the first time recognized a constitutional right to carry firearms in public for self-defense, by issuing a series of rulings June 30 reversing federal appeals court decisions that … Continue reading Following landmark Second Amendment decision, SCOTUS overturns appeals court decisions in 4 states
The Supreme Court refused on June 30 to take up an appeal by 16 health care workers who object on religious grounds to New York state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health care workers. New York’s mandate offers medical exemptions but not religious exemptions. The … Continue reading Three conservative justices dissent from Supreme Court’s refusal to hear appeal on New York’s health care worker vaccine mandate: The state has denied all religious exemptions