The Supreme Court has agreed to hear legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s signature immigration-related policies—construction of a wall on the nation’s southern border to stem the flow of illegal aliens, and his policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to Trump request to review cases on border wall funding, asylum policy
The presidential election battleground state of Pennsylvania has rejected 372,000 requests for mail-in ballots, a development that is causing confusion among election officials and the voting public. Pennsylvania is among the most hotly contested states for the Nov. 3 presidential election. President … Continue reading Pennsylvania rejects 372,000 mail-in ballot applications, as voters err
Liberal groups and Democrats from Wisconsin have asked the Supreme Court in a series of emergency applications to reinstate pandemic-related changes to election rules, including extending the deadline for the receipt of absentee ballots six days beyond Election Day. While a federal district court judge … Continue reading Wisconsin Dems ask Supreme Court to allow changes to election law
The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court to leave in place a deportation order against an illegal alien from Mexico who was convicted of fraudulently using a Social Security card to gain employment, an argument that was met with skepticism by some justices. The … Continue reading Illegal alien should be deported for fraudulent use of Social Security card, Supreme Court hears
The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court to restore the convictions of three male U.S. Air Force members for rape under military law after an appeals court threw the convictions out because they took place after the statute of limitations had expired under military law. … Continue reading Trump administration argues statute of limitations should not apply to military rape cases
A Roman Catholic priest in California is suing Gov. Gavin Newsom over his continuing lockdowns purportedly aimed at combating the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19. The lawsuit comes amid a flurry of litigation challenging government officials’ emergency powers during the pandemic. In … Continue reading Catholic priest sues California governor over pandemic restrictions: Latest in flurry of lawsuits challenging government limitations on religion
Catholics and Jews are suing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in two separate federal lawsuits over restrictions on attendance of religious services that they say violate their constitutional rights. “The governor’s new ‘Cluster Action Initiative’ is a completely arbitrary and astounding abuse … Continue reading Catholics, Jews sue NY’s Cuomo over limits on religious attendance
A personal injury lawyer urged a seemingly sympathetic Supreme Court to uphold state court rulings that allowed personal injury lawsuits regarding cars sold out of state to move forward against automaker Ford Motor Co. Eight, instead of the usual nine, justices heard oral arguments telephonically Oct. … Continue reading Accident victims urge Supreme Court not to narrow ability to sue automaker
Good-government group True the Vote urged the Supreme Court on Oct. 7 to send a message to allegedly overreaching state officials across the country who are making 11th-hour changes to voting procedures by blocking Montana Gov. Steve Bullock from requiring mail-in ballots be sent to his state’s voters … Continue reading Supreme Court asked to halt Montana governor’s ‘unlawful’ vote by mail order
Several Muslim men who claim they were wrongfully placed on the “no-fly list” for refusing to act as informants for the FBI shouldn’t be allowed to sue individual federal officials personally for damages, the Trump administration told the Supreme Court. … Continue reading FBI agents immune from lawsuit over no-fly list, Supreme Court told
Delaware told the Supreme Court that its law fixing the partisan makeup of that state’s courts should be upheld, on the first day of the court’s new term, which traditionally begins the first Monday in October. Eight justices heard oral … Continue reading Delaware defends partisan judiciary mandate before Supreme Court
The Trump administration is supporting a church’s federal lawsuit challenging the District of Columbia’s pandemic-related restrictions that limit church gatherings–even those outdoors—to 100 people. The U.S. Department of Justice filed a document called a statement of interest in the legal … Continue reading Justice Department sides with DC church in opposing COVID restrictions
For the record, I am writer and researcher Matthew Vadum. I am the author of four published books. They are: *Subversion Inc.: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers (WND Books, 2011) *Team Jihad: … Continue reading Matthew Vadum’s work is cited in 111 books (so far), 97 times on Google Scholar, 34900 times on Google
In a setback for Democrats, the Supreme Court agreed Oct. 2 to hear a challenge by Arizona and state Republicans to Democratic Party efforts to relax electoral integrity measures and throw open the state to ballot-harvesting and out-of-precinct voting. But oral arguments … Continue reading Supreme Court to consider Arizona’s ban on ballot harvesting after the election
After initially singing the praises of voting by mail in the Nov. 3 elections, some Democratic Party leaders are reluctantly backing away from the idea as enthusiasm for that method of voting fades. Pennsylvania’s Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman blames … Continue reading Democrats backpedal on voting by mail
Republicans in several states are pushing back against Democratic-led changes to state voting laws they say are unfair and likely to cause chaos in the Nov. 3 elections. Republican state senators asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 28 to block a Pennsylvania … Continue reading Republicans fight back in court against Democrats’ revisions of voting policy
The Supreme Court agreed Sept. 30 to expedite consideration of the Trump administration’s appeal of a lower court ruling barring the government from excluding illegal aliens from the 2020 Census count. The administration wants to keep illegal aliens out of the census count, which will determine … Continue reading Supreme Court fast tracks Trump’s request to exclude illegal aliens from Census
Rejecting what he said is a false, cynical version of American history taught in elementary and secondary schools across the country, President Donald Trump recently unveiled a new nonprofit that’s tasked with designing educational materials aimed at accurately depicting the nation’s history. … Continue reading New nonprofit aims to take back American history from radicals
Republicans intend to ask the short-handed U.S. Supreme Court to review a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that extended the deadline for receiving and counting mailed ballots in the Keystone State, a decision they claim violates the law and endangers electoral … Continue reading GOP to take Pennsylvania court’s revision of election laws to Supreme Court