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 decision was a victory for the Trump administration, which argued on behalf of the victims of terrorism as a so-called friend of the court. In the 8–0 decision in Opati v. Republic of Sudan, the high court reversed the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals decision to throw out the punitive damages. A separate $5.9 billion in non-punitive damages was not at issue … 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. Biel, that were consolidated and heard together telephonically on May 11 and broadcast to the public. One hour was set aside for oral arguments, but the hearing ran an hour and 40 minutes. In the two cases, the two Catholic schools in Los Angeles argued that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ignored binding caselaw by allowing the teachers to … Continue reading Religious schools immune to employment discrimination suits, Supreme Court told
The Supreme Court unanimously resurrected a federal law struck down by an appeals court that made it a felony to encourage people to come to or stay illegally in the United States. The May 7 ruling was a dramatic victory for the … Continue reading Supreme Court rebuffs activists, reinstates ban on encouraging illegals to stay in US
Dallas, Texas salon owner Shelley Luther has become the face of the movement to free the nation from the oppressive lockdowns imposed by despotic governors and mayors. She is a modern-day Rosa Parks, but more on that in a moment. … Continue reading Shelley Luther is America’s new Rosa Parks
The Trump administration told the Supreme Court on May 6 that an exemption given to religious organizations allowing them not to offer contraceptive coverage should be upheld. Under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, most employers have to make cost-free … Continue reading Catholic nuns battle contraceptive mandate in Supreme Court
The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court May 5 to leave in place a legal provision that requires foreign organizations receiving U.S. government grants to oppose prostitution and sex trafficking. Oral arguments were heard by the high court telephonically for the second … Continue reading Soros charity should have to oppose prostitution to receive US grants, Supreme Court told
The Supreme Court agreed on May 4 to hear a case contesting the power of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to use a federal law to block legal challenges to its regulations. At issue is a reporting requirement the IRS uses against … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to IRS rule forcing taxpayers to pay before appealing
A federal appeals court has determined that Kansas can’t make voters produce proof of citizenship when they register to vote, marking a setback in efforts by largely conservative activists to safeguard integrity in the electoral process. In a case cited as … Continue reading Federal appeals court rules Kansas cannot make voters prove citizenship
New Mexico ranchers are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its new Navigable Waters Protection Rule, which they say violates property rights even though it’s an improvement over the previous rule. The move comes after the Supreme Court … Continue reading Ranchers sue over new EPA waterways rule, claiming bureaucratic overreach
Under legal pressure, officials in Hagerstown, Maryland, backed away from a local policy aimed to combat the CCP virus by preventing religious pro-life activists from praying on a public sidewalk outside an abortion clinic. The development comes as several states have relaxed containment measures targeting the … Continue reading Abortion protesters’ right to pray outside clinic ensured by threat of litigation
The federal government must fork over more than $12 billion to insurance companies that lost money by participating in the Affordable Care Act’s “risk corridors” program, the Supreme Court has ruled. The decision rebuffs the Trump administration and Republican lawmakers … Continue reading US must pay billions to insurers for Obamacare ‘risk corridors’ program losses, Supreme Court rules
David Brock is the disgraced former journalist and pathological liar who runs well-funded, tax-exempt slander shops like Media Matters for America, American Bridge, and Correct the Record. He tried to destroy Fox News. He ultimately failed in that endeavor but … Continue reading Wonderful news! Vile leftist character assassin David Brock is under investigation
A divided Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that gives the federal government new powers to regulate pollution that travels through groundwater. Although regulating pollution has generally been left to state and local governments, two conservative justices—Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh—sided with the four liberal justices to boost federal authority. In the case at hand, Maui County, Hawaii, appealed a novel 2018 interpretation of the Clean Water Act by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeals court sided with environmentalists who accused the county of violating the Clean Water Act by injecting wastewater … Continue reading Supreme Court expands EPA power to regulate groundwater discharges
Osteopathic physicians are suing Nevada’s governor and the state’s pharmacy board over their decision to ban the use outside of hospitals of two relatively safe, well-established anti-malarial drugs to treat COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus. Reno attorney Joey … Continue reading Nevada sued over ‘ridiculous,’ ‘illegal’ ban on COVID-19 drugs touted by Trump