The Supreme Court voted 5–4 to pause a federal judge’s order requiring jails in Orange County, California, to enforce inmate social distancing and other hygienic practices. The ruling in the case cited as Barnes v. Ahlman was issued late Aug. 5, and continues the … Continue reading Supreme Court overrules judge’s order requiring inmate social distancing, daily temperature taking in Orange County, Calif.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an executive order on Aug. 5 giving all but a few categories of convicted felons the right to vote after they satisfy their sentences, ending the Hawkeye State’s status as the sole remaining state to deny voting … Continue reading Iowa governor grants felons right to vote, ending state’s holdout status

A week before Minnesota primary voters go to the polls, the Minnesota Voters Alliance and an independent group of voters filed a federal lawsuit against Democrat Gov. Tim Walz challenging the state’s combination of laws that criminalize both wearing a mask and … Continue reading Minnesota governor sued by voters over contradictory mask laws

News Analysis Although portrayed as a conservative jurist for years, Chief Justice John Roberts has not behaved on the Supreme Court bench as his early supporters expected. Roberts was appointed by President George W. Bush, but distrust of him by conservatives and constitutionalists goes … Continue reading Chief Justice John Roberts: protecting the institution or his own legacy?

A major think tank on the left has come out in favor of limiting the terms of justices of the Supreme Court, who currently serve for life, to reduce what it terms the high court’s “outsized power.” The Center for American … Continue reading Democratic think tank embraces term limits for Supreme Court

(This is an updated version of an earlier article.) President Donald Trump vowed Republicans would take legal action against sweeping changes in Nevada election law rushed through the Democrat-controlled legislature over the weekend. The changes would allow widespread voting-by-mail as well as so-called ballot harvesting in … Continue reading Trump says GOP will sue to halt Nevada mail-in voting and ballot harvesting

President Donald Trump urged Republicans to take unspecified legal action on Aug. 2, hours before Nevada’s Democratic-controlled Legislature rushed through sweeping changes allowing voting-by-mail and ballot harvesting in the Nov. 3 election. Nevada is considered a battleground state. The Silver State, which … Continue reading Trump urges GOP to sue over Nevada mail-In voting, ballot harvesting

The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a judge’s order that relaxed election rules to give an Idaho activist group additional time to gather signatures for a ballot initiative amid the current pandemic. The vote on the unsigned order issued late in the day on July … Continue reading Supreme Court blocks lower court ruling suspending Idaho election rules

Lawsuits challenging voting practices in the battleground states of Virginia and Maine they claim are unfair were filed in federal courts over the past week as the Nov. 3 presidential election draws nearer. In the 2016 election, Democrat Hillary Clinton won 49.7 percent of the … Continue reading Activists challenge voting methods in Virginia, Maine in federal court

Arizona has filed papers with the Supreme Court in an effort to fight off Democratic Party efforts to relax electoral integrity measures and throw open the state to ballot-harvesting and out-of-precinct voting. The case is cited as Brnovich v. Democratic … Continue reading Arizona asks Supreme Court to uphold election laws

U.S. Attorney General William Barr gave congressional Democrats a much-deserved dressing down for endlessly excusing the orgy of violence in cities across America that has followed the wrongful death of George Floyd in Minneapolis May 25 at the hands of … Continue reading Attorney General Barr scorches Democrats: Congressional Dems get exposed on their treacherous enabling of orgies of violence

The Trump administration is facing legal pressure over its apparent failure to immediately resume processing of illegal aliens under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program after the Supreme Court ruled last month it failed to rescind the Obama-era program properly. … Continue reading Trump administration under fire for slow action on DACA

A property owner in New York City petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court last week to overturn a $6.75 million damages award granted to graffiti artists after the owner whitewashed street-art paintings at an experimental site where works were routinely painted over to clear the way … Continue reading Developer asks Supreme Court to overturn award for covering graffiti

Environmentalists asked the Supreme Court to stop the Trump administration from building parts of the U.S.-Mexico border wall after a federal appeals court determined in June that tapping $2.5 billion in military funding for the project was unlawful. The motion, part … Continue reading Environmentalists ask Supreme Court to block use of defense funds for border wall

Eight pro-life activists in Texas are suing pro-abortion groups to protect themselves from lawsuits they claim the groups filed to chill their constitutionally protected free speech rights. “These filings were prompted by aggressive attacks by abortion promoters in Texas: Afiya Center, … Continue reading Pro-life groups in Texas sue for right to call abortion a crime

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that counties may not keep for themselves as a windfall funds left over from the sale of real property for unpaid taxes, an unconstitutional practice the property owner’s lawyers denounce, calling it “home equity theft.” … Continue reading Michigan Supreme Court rules against overreaching county tax collector

The Supreme Court fast-tracked a request by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. last week to allow lower courts to move forward ahead of schedule on its ruling earlier this month that a New York grand jury may continue to seek … Continue reading Supreme Court expedites NY grand jury request for Trump tax returns

Congressman John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat, is dead at 80. He did something heroic in the civil rights era and virtually nothing else worthwhile after. He merits a footnote in history and not much else. Here’s a piece I did … Continue reading John Lewis is dead, and the world goes on

Before Prince William County, Virginia, recently refused to renew its cooperation agreement with federal immigration authorities, the county had helped provide U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with close to 10,000 illegal and criminal aliens for deportation proceedings since 2007, … Continue reading Virginia county ends ICE cooperation agreement after handing over nearly 10,000 illegal aliens

The Trump administration has joined Arkansas in filing papers with the Supreme Court asking it to reinstate Medicaid work requirements in the “Natural State” that were blocked by a federal appeals court. Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that serves low-income people of all … Continue reading DOJ asks Supreme Court to restore Medicaid work rules