News Analysis The Black Lives Matter movement, which has come to be associated with recent race riots following the death of George Floyd, has become an influential player in U.S. politics, as it has gained a following by claiming that blacks are … Continue reading Black Lives Matter began with claim of systemic racism

The Supreme Court agreed June 8 to review the refugee case of a Guatemalan national facing deportation who argues that U.S. immigration authorities failed to follow proper procedure in his case. Cited as Niz-Chavez v. Barr, the case is an appeal from the Cincinnati-based 6th Circuit Court … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to review refugee case of Guatemalan claiming fear of violence should he be deported

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously slapped down a federal judge’s ruling forcing Texas to allow all its residents to vote by mail on the theory that doing so would prevent the transmission of COVID-19. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, … Continue reading Federal appeals court rules pandemic no reason to force all Texans to vote by mail

University professors across the country have publicly expressed support for the rioters who have been terrorizing communities since graphic video of the May 25 death of George Floyd in police custody was published. Floyd was a middle-aged black man who died … Continue reading Academics nationwide offer aid, support for rioters

In one of the finest addresses of his presidency to date, President Donald Trump took aim at the leftist violence, looting, and anarchy that now dominate the streets, promising to use federal power to crush the radical insurrectionists whom the … Continue reading Trump’s noble, unifying speech for the ages: Antifa won’t be allowed to murder America, the president vows

News Analysis With cities under brutal, sustained assault by seemingly well-organized rioters from coast to coast, President Donald Trump tried to reassure the nation when he recently vowed to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had already taken … Continue reading Antifa: the network of violent revolutionaries behind much of today’s rioting

A federal law barring a Lebanese immigrant who committed felonies from challenging a negative asylum ruling before being deported is invalid, the Supreme Court ruled June 1. The decision is a defeat for the Trump administration, which opposes the man’s … Continue reading Criminal aliens fearing persecution at home have right to appeal deportation, Supreme Court holds

After days of bloody rioting and looting across America, the U.S. government “will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization[,]” President Donald Trump announced on Twitter. The tweet came after Antifa, Democratic Socialists of America, Black Lives Matter, and other … Continue reading Trump vows to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization: Cross state lines to riot and you’ll be prosecuted, Barr promises

News Analysis Democrats determined to make mail-in balloting mandatory for all Americans in November’s election are attacking electoral integrity laws across the United States in the courts in an attempt to overturn restrictions on voting-by-mail. Apparently, calling the process voting-by-mail … Continue reading Democrats sue in 13 states to make ‘voting at home’ mandatory

U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia said his agency is taking steps to cut bureaucratic red tape to boost the pandemic-weakened economy, in the wake of President Donald Trump’s recent executive order to roll back unnecessary federal regulations. The comments came … Continue reading Labor Secretary says cut regulations to heal US economy

Republicans are suing California Gov. Gavin Newsom in federal court over his unprecedented unilateral order requiring that all registered voters be sent vote-by-mail ballots for the general and presidential elections on Nov. 3, ostensibly to reduce the likelihood of voter transmission of … Continue reading Republican Party sues Calif. Gov. Newsom over ‘illegal election power grab’

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week aimed to boost the pandemic-weakened economy and strengthen basic due process protections for Americans involved in agency regulatory proceedings as part of what the administration calls the Regulatory Bill of Rights. “To protect our people and defeat … Continue reading Trump executive order aims to boost economy by reining in regulatory abuse

President Donald Trump should suspend the popular investor visa and white-collar visa programs as part of an effort to reduce the number of temporary foreign workers by 1.2 million, or nearly 50 percent, during the current economic crisis, according to … Continue reading Suspend visa programs to help unemployed US workers, think tank urges Trump

The current pandemic is being used by political partisans to promote fraud-prone mail-in balloting in order to undermine electoral integrity, election law experts say. Republicans are growing increasingly concerned about the fresh push for voting-by-mail as prominent Democrats lobby for universal … Continue reading Push for mail-in balloting during pandemic is partisan and political, experts say

Claiming overreach, Minnesota churches and small business owners have filed a federal lawsuit to strike down Democratic Gov. Tim Walz’s emergency orders that have largely shuttered civil society and brought economic activity close to a standstill in the state. The lockdown in Minnesota began … Continue reading Small businesses, churches challenge Minnesota lockdown in federal court

The Supreme Court reinstated a $4.3 billion punitive damages award against Sudan on May 18 for providing material support and safe haven to a Muslim terrorist group that carried out deadly bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa in the late 1990s. The … Continue reading Sudan must pay terrorism victims punitive damages, Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court heard two cases challenging laws in Washington and Colorado that require members of the Electoral College in every quadrennial presidential election to cast their ballots in favor of the winner of that state’s popular votes. Some justices expressed concern during oral arguments on … Continue reading Supreme Court warned ‘faithless electors’ could trigger ‘constitutional crisis’

The Supreme Court heard President Donald Trump’s long-awaited appeal of lower-court rulings ordering him to hand over private business papers and tax returns to investigators. For more than three hours on May 12, six lawyers debated about Trump’s efforts to defend himself against historically unprecedented … Continue reading State, federal investigators’ bid for Trump’s financial records heard by Supreme Court

Religious schools should be shielded from employment discrimination lawsuits brought by former teachers, the Supreme Court heard May 11. That point of view was advanced in two cases, Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. … Continue reading Religious schools immune to employment discrimination suits, Supreme Court told