WASHINGTON—A legal challenge in the Supreme Court to the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was originally envisioned by Democratic presidential contender Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) could lead to a dramatic election-year curbing or even dissolution of the powerful financial regulator. … Continue reading Supreme Court case about financial regulator could lead to high 2020 election drama

After threatening a landlord with fines for not compelling her tenants to allow warrantless inspections of their homes, the city of Zion, Illinois, agreed in a settlement temporarily to stop pursuing the landlord while the landlord seeks a ruling in … Continue reading Illinois city backs away from heavy-handed rental inspections rule

WASHINGTON—”Beltway sniper” co-defendant Lee Boyd Malvo’s Virginia-imposed sentence of life without the possibility of parole should be reconsidered because he was only 17 years at the time of the murders and the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on sentencing young people has … Continue reading ‘Beltway Sniper’ Malvo deserves new sentencing hearing, Supreme Court told

Kansas should be allowed to prosecute illegal aliens for identity theft when they work under Social Security numbers belonging to others, even though federal immigration law already regulates whether such individuals may work in the United States, the state’s attorney general told … Continue reading States should be allowed to prosecute illegal aliens for identity theft, Supreme Court told

Large, left-wing activist groups are working with congressional Democrats to promote House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s unilateral push to impeach President Donald Trump over a July telephone conversation he had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Democrats claim, without evidence, that Trump tried … Continue reading Left-wing groups seek to sell impeachment to American public

National elections in which the candidate who wins the most electoral votes and becomes president despite losing the popular vote, as what happened in the 2016 matchup between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, are likely to happen again … Continue reading Study: Winning presidency without popular vote likely in future

Officials in Ukraine reportedly opened an investigation into an energy company that employed former Vice President Joe Biden’s son long before President Donald Trump’s July 25 nothing-burger of a telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that spurred the Democrats’ … Continue reading Ukraine was investigating Hunter Biden before Trump’s phone call: A revelation alters the timeline in the Dems’ surreal ‘impeachment inquiry’

Five public universities in Virginia racially discriminate against would-be students, particularly Asian Americans, in the admissions process, according to a study by the Center for Equal Opportunity. The Falls Church, Virginia-based Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) describes itself on its website as … Continue reading Report: 5 Virginia universities discriminate against Asian-Americans in admissions

A federal judge in Texas ruled last week that President Donald Trump’s invocation of the National Emergencies Act to free up funding, mostly from Department of Defense appropriations, to build part of the border wall on the nation’s porous border with … Continue reading Federal judge rules Trump not free to shift funds to border wall

Three federal judges appointed by Democratic presidents acting separately temporarily enjoined the Trump administration’s “public charge” rule that is aimed at making sure future immigrants to the United States can support themselves without becoming a burden on taxpayers. The Trump … Continue reading Three federal judges block rule requiring self-sufficiency by immigrants

I think the first part of this headline, The White House argues the impeachment inquiry is “constitutionally invalid.” They’re wrong, may be partly correct but not in the way the weaselly leftists at Vox intend: there is no impeachment inquiry … Continue reading This Vox headline about an impeachment inquiry may be partly correct but…

A new Florida state law that bans so-called sanctuary cities and requires Florida law enforcement officials to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents took effect Oct. 1 after a federal judge upheld its constitutionality. It seems likely that the losing parties, including the … Continue reading Federal judge upholds Florida law that prohibits sanctuary jurisdictions

After social media company Twitter brought a motion to dismiss a $250 million defamation lawsuit filed in Virginia by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), a Virginia state court refused the request and ruled the litigation could proceed in Virginia. Nunes claims the defendants attacked him … Continue reading Virginia court allows Nunes suit for defamation against Twitter to proceed

Officials in Nashville, Tennessee, will be allowed to continue cracking down on home music studios after a state court upheld the Music City’s law against home business owners serving clients on-site. Nashville is reportedly the only major city in America that has … Continue reading ‘Music City’ silences recording by home studios

Congressional Republican leaders laid into House Democrats over their illegitimate so-called impeachment inquiry that is designed to deprive President Trump of basic procedural fairness and boot him from office at bullet-train speed. “Overturning the results of an American election requires … Continue reading McConnell slams Dems over banana republic-style impeachment inquiry: Congressional Republicans are furious – and take a stand

WASHINGTON—A divided Supreme Court was urged Oct. 8 to extend the protections of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans discrimination based on “sex,” in two cases that involve a fired gay male employee. “When an employer fires a male employee … Continue reading Supreme Court told sexual preference is protected by Civil Rights Act

WASHINGTON—The courts should punish employers for refusing to use a transgender employee’s preferred personal pronouns that conflict with biological reality, a lawyer for a man who was fired by his employer after he began presenting as a woman told a … Continue reading Vexed question of gender rights raised in case before Supreme Court

WASHINGTON—In the opening oral argument of the Supreme Court’s new term, the lawyer for a Kansas man convicted of murdering members of his family told the court her client was unfairly convicted because he has a constitutional right to enter an insanity defense, … Continue reading Supreme Court hears case about constitutional right to insanity defense

The Supreme Court may soon test the constitutionality of the inclusionary zoning ordinance, a tool that local governments in tight housing markets like those in California use to force developers to expand the supply of affordable housing. Inclusionary zoning policies typically … Continue reading Supreme Court may review inclusionary zoning

The Supreme Court has decided to review abortion restrictions in Louisiana where state law requires the abortionist to have hospital admitting privileges close to where the procedure takes place. The court agreed Oct. 4 to hear the case, which is cited as June … Continue reading Supreme Court to consider Louisiana abortion law