All courthouses in Massachusetts have become ICE-free zones because a zealous left-wing Obama judge took it upon herself to forbid immigration officers from detaining suspected illegal aliens on judicial soil. This lawless order is reportedly the first judicial fiat in … Continue reading Obama judge invents sanctuary courthouses: Activist judge declares all Massachusetts courthouses ICE-free zones

As part of an ongoing nationwide backlash against politically correct restrictions on free speech in higher education institutions, a new “campus intellectual diversity” law in South Dakota that takes effect July 1 will require the state’s universities to respect free speech rights, promote … Continue reading Diversity industry under siege in South Dakota, nationwide

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court agreed June 24 to decide whether the federal government owes $12 billion to insurance companies that have lost money as a result of the “risk corridors” program within the Affordable Care Act, which is commonly known as the Obamacare … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear health insurance companies’ pleas for relief

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court overturned a ban preventing “immoral” or “scandalous” words and symbols from being trademarked, ruling the prohibition in the Lanham Act violated First Amendment speech protections. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which administers the intellectual property statute also known as the … Continue reading Supreme Court overturns ban on trademarking immoral or scandalous words

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court struck down a black inmate’s murder convictions and death sentence because the white man who prosecuted him on behalf of Mississippi unconstitutionally excluded blacks from the jury at his final trial and at others that preceded it. Curtis Giovanni … Continue reading Supreme Court strikes down murder convictions on grounds of racial bias

WASHINGTON—The conservative wing of the Supreme Court flexed its muscles last week by overturning a 34-year-old precedent, making it easier for property owners to seek legal redress in federal courts without first having to file suit in state courts after … Continue reading Supreme Court overturns precedent, allows easier resolution of takings claims

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court rejected arguments that a large Latin cross must be relocated from public land in a Maryland suburb of Washington because its prominence supposedly implies government endorsement of Christianity. The ruling about the Bladensburg Peace Cross in American Legion … Continue reading Supreme Court allows Bladensburg Cross to stay on public land

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court punted in a high-profile civil rights case this week, instructing a lower court to reconsider its ruling punishing Christian bakers in Gresham, Oregon, who refused on religious grounds to make a cake for a same-sex wedding. The … Continue reading Oregon baker gets second chance to justify denying same-sex wedding cake

WASHINGTON—A fractured Supreme Court handed environmentalists a victory June 17 at the expense of the nuclear power industry, upholding Virginia’s 37-year-old ban on uranium mining in the state. Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring, a Democrat, told reporters the ruling was a “big win for … Continue reading Divided Supreme Court upholds Virginia’s ban on uranium mining

WASHINGTON—Convicting an accused person of the same offense in state and federal courts doesn’t violate the Constitution’s double jeopardy ban, the Supreme Court ruled June 17, in a case with ramifications for those convicted in federal court in light of … Continue reading Supreme Court allows state, federal prosecutions for same crime

WASHINGTON—A closely divided Supreme Court dismissed a claim June 17 that a New York City public-access television network could be sued for allegedly violating the free-speech protections of the First Amendment. The 5-to-4 opinion on Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, written … Continue reading Supreme Court: public access TV not bound by first amendment

A divided Supreme Court threw out a lawsuit by Republican lawmakers in Virginia challenging redrawn state legislative districts they claim were racially gerrymandered to benefit Democrats. The decision could help Virginia Democrats in the election this fall. All 140 seats in … Continue reading Supreme Court denies Virginia House of Delegates’ challenge to redistricting

News Analysis A federal appeals court in California ordered an illegal alien who was captured during an immigration raid to be freed because the warrant used by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) indicated only that agents were searching for … Continue reading 9th Circuit challenges ICE warrant and arrests, reverses deportation order

San Francisco is being accused of systemic race-based discrimination in a lawsuit filed by 13 white police officers, who say they were passed over for promotion by the local police department because they are white. The San Francisco Police Department “has a … Continue reading White cops sue San Francisco for racial discrimination

WASHINGTON—Claiming new evidence contradicts the Trump administration’s rationale for wanting to ask 2020 Census respondents whether they are U.S. citizens, a left-wing open-borders group is asking the Supreme Court to delay its upcoming decision in the case. The results from the once-a-decade census, … Continue reading Supreme Court asked to delay decision on citizenship question in Census

WASHINGTON—For the second time in June, the Supreme Court has agreed to take on a case involving a technology company’s alleged mismanagement of employee retirement plan investments. The case is known as Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee v. Christopher M. Sulyma. Santa Clara, California-based … Continue reading Supreme Court takes Intel employee retirement plan mismanagement case

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a black television programmer can use civil rights laws to sue the nation’s largest cable TV provider for refusing to do business with him. Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. lost its case before the 9th … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear case involving Comcast’s refusal to carry black-owned network