WASHINGTON—A divided Supreme Court was urged Oct. 8 to extend the protections of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans discrimination based on “sex,” in two cases that involve a fired gay male employee. “When an employer fires a male employee … Continue reading Supreme Court told sexual preference is protected by Civil Rights Act
WASHINGTON—The courts should punish employers for refusing to use a transgender employee’s preferred personal pronouns that conflict with biological reality, a lawyer for a man who was fired by his employer after he began presenting as a woman told a … Continue reading Vexed question of gender rights raised in case before Supreme Court
WASHINGTON—In the opening oral argument of the Supreme Court’s new term, the lawyer for a Kansas man convicted of murdering members of his family told the court her client was unfairly convicted because he has a constitutional right to enter an insanity defense, … Continue reading Supreme Court hears case about constitutional right to insanity defense
The Supreme Court may soon test the constitutionality of the inclusionary zoning ordinance, a tool that local governments in tight housing markets like those in California use to force developers to expand the supply of affordable housing. Inclusionary zoning policies typically … Continue reading Supreme Court may review inclusionary zoning
The Supreme Court has decided to review abortion restrictions in Louisiana where state law requires the abortionist to have hospital admitting privileges close to where the procedure takes place. The court agreed Oct. 4 to hear the case, which is cited as June … Continue reading Supreme Court to consider Louisiana abortion law
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the Trump administration’s legal challenge to an appeals court ruling that struck down on free speech grounds an immigration law that made it a felony to encourage people to come or stay … Continue reading Supreme Court asked to reverse appeals court on law making encouragement of illegal immigration a felony
California Democrats Adam Schiff and Ted Lieu are among President Trump’s most vocal, mean-spirited antagonists in Congress — and resistance to their destructive politics is slowly but surely building both on the Hill and in their home state. Partners in … Continue reading Challenging Adam Schiff and Ted Lieu: Republicans resisting the resistance in California
In a legal win for the Trump administration, a federal appeals court upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of Obama-era so-called net neutrality protections in a ruling that seemed to encourage states to impose their own regulatory schemes on the internet. The … Continue reading Federal court upholds FCC’s rollback of net neutrality regulations
A teacher in Virginia fired for refusing to use masculine pronouns for a female high school student said to identify as male is suing the local school board for wrongful dismissal. The French teacher’s attorneys at the Alliance Defending Freedom said … Continue reading Teacher fired for refusing to address student with preferred pronouns
Leftist conspiracy-monger Adam Schiff was aware of select details of the Ukraine-Biden allegations against President Donald Trump before a lying CIA snitch reportedly involved in the case filed a complaint under a whistleblower law, according to the intermittently reliable New York … Continue reading Schiff’s Deep State collusion: NY Times accidentally suggests the intelligence committee chairman’s fingerprints are all over the so-called whistleblower’s report
A federal judge rejected a civil rights group’s challenge of affirmative action policies at Harvard University, ruling that its undergraduate college’s allegedly racially discriminatory policies adversely affecting Asian Americans are legally sound. The ruling by Massachusetts-based District Judge Allison Burroughs, who was … Continue reading Judge OKs Harvard racial preferences, case may reach Supreme Court
President Donald Trump justifiably lashed out at the congressional Democrats trying to impeach him, accurately describing the Left’s unseemly effort to overturn the 2016 election as a “coup.” “As I learn more and more each day, I am coming to … Continue reading Trump calls illicit impeachment inquiry “a coup”: and the evidence supports the president’s claim
Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren threw her weight behind a plan proposed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that includes taxpayer-funded welfare benefits for illegal aliens and increased government intervention in the economy, including nationwide rent control. Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is an outspoken member of the … Continue reading Warren backs Ocasio-Cortez’s plan for economic inequality and climate change
A Michigan state lawmaker’s newly introduced legislation to hold government agencies and private businesses liable for civil damages if anyone is injured during a shooting in a gun-free zone on their premises is a promising proposal, according to noted gun scholar John R. Lott … Continue reading Michigan lawmaker: hold gun-free zones liable for shooting injuries
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Sept. 30 Twitter should suspend President Donald Trump’s Twitter account for abusing his power by using it to criticize the so-called whistleblower whose complaint triggered an impeachment inquiry in Congress. San Francisco-based Twitter, which runs the popular micro-blogging website … Continue reading Kamala Harris: Twitter should suspend Donald Trump
In a weeklong sweep U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement took close to 1,300 illegal aliens into custody, many of whom were arrested in so-called sanctuary cities that harbor illegals and shield them from federal immigration enforcement efforts. Sanctuary jurisdictions defy … Continue reading ICE targets illegals in sanctuary city raids: Making headway in the fight against bastions of lawlessness
In a victory for religious freedom, a federal judge in Michigan ruled a Catholic adoption agency that contracts with the state will be allowed to refuse to handle adoption requests that would place children with LGBTQ couples. The judge pointedly noted that in … Continue reading Federal judge rules Catholic adoption agency can refuse LGBT parents
A treaty from 2000 between Ukraine and the United States requires the two countries to cooperate on law enforcement matters, a factor that may help to explain why President Donald Trump felt comfortable questioning the involvement of Joe Biden and … Continue reading Trump urging Ukrainian probe of Biden breaks no laws: A Clinton-era U.S.-Ukraine treaty requires the two countries to provide mutual legal assistance
For the second time this year, a federal judge in Alaska has blocked the Trump administration’s resource development plans in the far north, this time halting a move to make thousands of acres in America’s largest national forest available for … Continue reading Federal judge blocks logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
A Michigan election official has been charged by the state with six felony counts of voter fraud in connection with the November 2018 elections. Southfield City Clerk Sherikia Lavette Hawkins, 38, a Democrat first elected to the post in November … Continue reading Michigan election official charged with 6 felony counts of voter fraud