WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments from two Catholic schools in Los Angeles that maintain the religious exemption in the First Amendment shields them from employment discrimination lawsuits brought by two former instructors. The Supreme Court ordered Dec. 18 that … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear if Catholic schools may discriminate in hiring
The Supreme Court agreed last week to review a deportation order against an illegal alien convicted of fraudulently using a Social Security card to gain employment. If the high court rules in favor of the would-be deportee in the unusual, highly … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear case involving grounds for deportation
President Donald Trump has enjoyed great success in placing his nominees on the federal bench in 2019, although the year seems more likely to be remembered as a time of strong judicial resistance to the president’s agenda, particularly with respect … Continue reading Year in review: courts savage Trump’s immigration policies
Houston-area victims may sue the federal government because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flooded their homes and businesses inside the Addicks and Barker reservoirs during Hurricane Harvey in 2017 in the belief that doing so would prevent worse flooding elsewhere, a … Continue reading Federal judge rules US must pay compensation for Hurricane Harvey intentional flooding
Freelance journalists filed suit this week against California in federal court in hopes of striking down an unusually restrictive and possibly unconstitutional state employment law that outlaws independent contracting with very narrow exceptions. Layoffs blamed on the law, known as … Continue reading Freelance journalists challenge California law that restricts their work
I gave my thoughts on the farce that is the Trump impeachment to TRT World (Turkish TV) on Dec. 17, 2019. Here is the video clip: Continue reading Matthew Vadum on TV discussing the Trump impeachment Dec. 17 2019
A federal judge in Utah has ruled that American Samoans are full U.S. citizens and ordered the Trump administration to issue the plaintiffs in the case new passports reflecting their full-citizen status. “It’s an overwhelming victory, but it’s the first … Continue reading Judge declares American Samoans US citizens; Samoan government objects
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court turned away a legal appeal on Dec. 16 that aimed to restore Boise, Idaho’s laws banning homeless outdoor camping, which a lower court had struck down as violating the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The ruling, which … Continue reading Supreme Court allows lower court’s ruling overturning Boise vagrancy law
Bowing to student activist pressure, Iowa State University is planning in the new year to require staff members to undergo politically correct anti-racism training, as well as require students to undergo “inclusion” training, after a series of incidents on campus. The … Continue reading Iowa State University to require anti-racism training
A nationally prominent midwife is suing Georgia authorities, claiming they’re engaged in regulatory overreach as they violate her First Amendment rights by punishing her for accurately calling herself a midwife. Debbie Pulley (pictured above), who helped found the Georgia Midwifery Association, … Continue reading Georgia midwife sues for right to call herself ‘midwife’
Virginia Democrats are proposing a mandatory state gun registration measure after widespread public outrage forced them to back off a more aggressive plan to confiscate so-called assault weapons, a designation that gun experts have long rejected as arbitrary. Gun-control advocates … Continue reading Democrats election win in Virginia produces gun registration proposal
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump hit an important milestone Dec. 11, as the U.S. Senate confirmed his 50th judicial nominee to the nation’s federal courts of appeal, an event that will resonate for years to come, as the judicial branch and American … Continue reading Trump reaches milestone as 50th federal appeals judge confirmed
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court seemed reluctant to wade into an international child custody dispute during oral arguments on Dec. 11 in a case about a young girl born overseas whose Italian father wants to keep her in Italy and whose American mother … Continue reading Supreme Court seems hesitant in hearing child custody case
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration told the Supreme Court that the government is not obligated to pay $12 billion to insurance companies that knowingly took a business risk and lost money by participating in the Affordable Care Act’s “risk corridors” program. Republican lawmakers … Continue reading Insurance companies tell Supreme Court of government bait and switch
WASHINGTON—Judicial review of the deportation orders of permanent residents with criminal records who miss statutory deadlines should be limited, the Trump administration told a skeptical Supreme Court. The justices heard oral arguments Dec. 9 in two cases that were consolidated, Ovalles v. Barr and … Continue reading Supreme Court considers whether deportation of criminal aliens can be reviewed
A Colorado family whose home was destroyed by police trying to capture an armed suspected shoplifter is pressing on with a lawsuit for damages after losing a round in a federal appeals court. Courts tend to resist awarding damages to … Continue reading Homeowner looking to Supreme Court after police destroy house
The Supreme Court agreed Dec. 6 to hear a challenge to a Delaware law invalidated by a lower federal court that regulates the partisan makeup of that state’s courts. The Supreme Court granted a petition brought by Gov. John C. Carney, a Democrat … Continue reading Supreme Court to consider if states can choose judges on party affiliation
“Bo Snerdley,” the longtime producer and on-air sidekick on “The Rush Limbaugh Show,” founded a new federal super PAC earlier this year with a mission to “make Black Americans Republican again.” The new political action committee comes on the scene as two … Continue reading Rush Limbaugh’s sidekick works to make blacks Republican again
Liberty University, a private Christian university in Lynchburg, Virginia, has launched a new think tank that it says will push back against the left’s efforts to turn young people and Christians into socialists by misrepresenting the Bible and U.S. Constitution. … Continue reading University goes on offense in cultural battle, new center debunks Christian socialism
WASHINGTON—Supreme Court justices seemed unreceptive to arguments by retirement plan managers that a six-year limitation for plan participants to sue over mishandling investments should be halved if participants had “actual knowledge” of the misbehavior complained of sooner. The case is known … Continue reading Supreme Court skeptical of shortening time frame for pension plan members to sue