After a series of recent pro-worshipper rulings, the Supreme Court granted a California worshipper’s emergency application asking for the state’s far-reaching restrictions on in-person religious services to be rolled back. The ruling, in the case known as Gish v. Newsom, came late on Feb. … Continue reading Supreme Court rules for worshipper in California on church restrictions

A “conspiracy” between “left-wing activists and business titans” led to “an extraordinary shadow effort” to “protect” the 2020 presidential election from Donald Trump, according to Time magazine. Never mind that Trump is the least authoritarian American president in probably a century … Continue reading The Anti-Trump election conspiracy goes public: Time magazine provides a full confession

The claim often repeated by the mainstream media, social-media content moderators, and fact-checkers that lawsuits filed by President Donald Trump’s campaign and Republicans were universally dismissed by the courts is untrue, according to a new analysis. The findings do not necessarily suggest … Continue reading In two-thirds of election lawsuits where merits considered decisions are favorable to Trump

The heirs of art dealers whose property was taken in Nazi-era Germany can’t pursue lawsuits seeking compensation from the government of that country in the courts of the United States, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Feb. 3. The ruling was a victory … Continue reading Supreme Court: descendants may not sue in US for property seized by Nazis

The Supreme Court granted the Biden administration’s request on Feb. 3 to cancel upcoming oral arguments over two legal challenges to former President Donald Trump’s signature immigration-related policies. The cases, now held in abeyance pending possible settlement discussions, dealt with the construction of a wall … Continue reading Supreme Court cancels arguments in immigration cases at Biden administration’s request

The Supreme Court overturned an appeals court order that required Michigan to retry a murder case by May 4 or release the defendant, after state officials cited trial delays related to the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19. The order in Brown v. Ervine came late in … Continue reading Citing pandemic-related delays, Supreme Court gives Michigan more time to retry a murder case

Facebook’s new “Supreme Court” ruled against Facebook four out of five times in its first batch of content-moderation rulings released to the public. The company’s recently staffed Oversight Board enjoys an independent funding stream and the company can’t fire its … Continue reading Facebook’s ‘Supreme Court’ overrules it, orders banned posts restored

A West Virginia-based nonprofit fundraiser has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Connecticut over that state’s unusually burdensome rules that require him to tell state officials what he’s planning to say to prospective donors a full 20 days in advance of donor … Continue reading Nonprofit fundraiser sues Connecticut over burdensome, invasive regulations

Under pressure from his party’s base to pack the high court with additional justices, President Joe Biden is following through on his campaign promise to create a commission to examine possible reforms to the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, … Continue reading Planning for Biden’s Supreme Court commission begins

A small landlord suffering economic hardship is suing the county of Los Angeles over its pandemic-related moratorium preventing the eviction of commercial tenants for nonpayment of rent. The lawsuit, Iten v. County of Los Angeles, which was filed Jan. 19 in U.S. District … Continue reading Los Angeles County sued over commercial eviction moratorium

While Mark Janus won a landmark legal victory in 2018 outlawing public-sector unions’ collection of forced agency fees from nonmembers, the Supreme Court has denied his follow-up request to have his money reimbursed, without granting him a hearing. The new ruling in … Continue reading Supreme Court won’t make government unions give back unconstitutional dues

Democrats are so scared one of their all-time favorite boogeymen, former President Donald Trump, will run and humiliate them again they are considering banishing him from electoral politics forever through an obscure constitutional provision created in the aftermath of the … Continue reading Fourteenth Amendment follies: Desperate Democrats want to get medieval on Trump

The Supreme Court has thrown out two longshot anti-corruption lawsuits against former President Donald Trump on the ground they were moot because he has left office and become a private citizen. The high court unburdened itself Jan. 25 of Trump v. Citizens for Responsibility … Continue reading Supreme Court tosses emoluments lawsuits filed against Trump while he was president

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) introduced legislation on Jan. 22 to amend the U.S. Constitution to limit the Supreme Court to nine justices, the numerical cap that has been in place for well over a century, in order to prevent Democrats from … Continue reading Constitutional amendment to prevent Supreme Court packing resurfaces