The Supreme Court ruled June 25 that the federal government may continue deporting illegal aliens, including failed asylum-seekers, who are placed in the fast-track deportation queue, quickly after they lose their legal fights. The 7–2 ruling was a victory for President … Continue reading Supreme Court approves Trump administration’s use of fast-track deportations
Citing the current public health emergency, Democratic officials in Minnesota have decided to bypass a state law requiring absentee ballots to be accompanied by the signature of a witness, a move that critics say opens the door to voter fraud. Removing … Continue reading National campaign to remove vote-by-mail safeguard gains victory in Minnesota
The Supreme Court imposed limits on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ability to compel defendants through the federal court system to disgorge profits earned through fraud. In 2019, the SEC reportedly recovered a total of $3.2 billion in profits from people determined … Continue reading Supreme Court restricts SEC’s power to recover profits obtained through fraud
The Trump administration failed to follow the law when it tried to rescind DACA, then-President Barack Obama’s program that temporarily shielded young people who came to the United States illegally from being deported, the Supreme Court ruled. Although the program could yet be abolished in the future if the proper procedure is followed, as the court acknowledged in its June 18 ruling, the decision sets up an election-year fight over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that has offered relief to about 700,000 individuals. When President Donald Trump announced in 2017 he would end DACA, he expressed sympathy for DACA recipients … Continue reading Supreme Court blocks Trump’s bid to immediately end DACA
As governments gear up contact-tracing efforts aimed at containing the spread of the CCP virus, critics worry privacy will be compromised, which some say could threaten freedom. The push to implement widespread contact tracing, which involves tracking infected people and those they have come in … Continue reading Virus contact tracing opens door to privacy violations, critics say
In a dramatic departure from the legal status quo, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 on June 15 that employees can’t be fired from their jobs because of sexual orientation or gender identity. The ruling is a defeat for the Trump administration. During oral arguments … Continue reading Supreme Court finds firing employees for being gay or transgender illegal
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a rule June 12 that follows on federal court rulings finding the Obama administration overreached when it issued an unusual rule prohibiting discrimination in health care and health insurance on the … Continue reading HHS rule removes nondiscrimination protection for gender identity
Small businesses and a religious group are suing Illinois over a law requiring that all health insurance policies sold in the state provide coverage for elective chemical and surgical abortions, with no exemptions, even for churches. The lawsuit, cited as Illinois … Continue reading Illinois sued over law compelling health insurance coverage for abortions
A public health tactic called “contact tracing” may soon become as necessary a part of Americans’ vocabulary as “social distancing” became earlier this year when governments launched containment efforts against the CCP virus. Contact tracing is a tool in the public … Continue reading Contact tracing may soon be on the agenda
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 of Appeals. As is its custom, the Supreme Court didn’t explain why it agreed to review the case. The Trump administration favors deportation in the case. Agusto Niz-Chavez was born in Tajumulco, San Marcos, Guatemala, in 1990, and lived in that community with his family before coming to the United States in 2005. The family lived on land that they … 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’