The political left in the United States is leveraging the pandemic caused by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to promote fraud-prone mail-in balloting in order to steal elections, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton and other conservatives say. The thinking among conservatives is … Continue reading Conservatives say left using CCP Virus as pretext to impose nationwide mail-in voting
Seattle taxpayers are asking the Supreme Court to review a public campaign financing system in local elections that they say compels them to provide funding for political candidates against their will by way of a “democracy voucher” program. The justices … Continue reading Seattle taxpayers ask Supreme Court to overturn public campaign finance system
Two-thirds of college and university presidents are confident their schools will be financially stable over the coming five years, but that confidence level drops off when the outlook is 10 years into the future, according to a survey by Inside Higher Ed … Continue reading College presidents upbeat about finances, pre-coronavirus survey says
News Analysis Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders did little to change the downward trajectory of his campaign in the March 15 one-on-one televised debate with frontrunner former Vice President Joe Biden, sources say. The CNN-Univision debate, held in the nation’s capital without an audience to prevent … Continue reading Sanders fails to inspire in debate with Biden
Two arms of the Republican Party are trying to intervene in a state-level lawsuit filed by Democrats in Minnesota that they say aims to weaken state laws designed to protect electoral integrity. The original legal complaint in the case, known as Democratic Senatorial … Continue reading GOP fights Democratic lawsuit to relax Minnesota voting laws
Former President Barack Obama is defending the Obamacare law as election season heats up and as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a legal challenge about a court ruling that invalidated his signature domestic legislation. “It’s been 10 years since we passed the Affordable … Continue reading Obama defends Obamacare, attacks Republicans as challenge in Supreme Court looms
News Analysis Weak recent showings in key states mean self-described democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders’s quest for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination is doomed, political observers told The Epoch Times, even though the candidate himself has vowed to remain in the race. In … Continue reading Despite decisive losses, Sanders expected to keep running
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has agreed to review the life sentence without parole of Brett Jones, a Mississippi man convicted of committing murder when he was 15. The legal issue is whether the 8th Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishment, … Continue reading Supreme Court to consider life without parole for juveniles
The Trump administration is taking the unusual step this week of appearing in a state court to defend the religious freedom of Catholic schools. Federal lawyers are expected to argue that federal constitutional rights are directly implicated by a state-level … Continue reading Trump administration backs Catholic church in employment dispute
The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request to review a lower court ruling that would force it to make public sensitive documents from its internal deliberations about changing the regulations for power plants’ cooling water intake systems. It was … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear Trump administration’s appeal about endangered species report
The Supreme Court may soon rule on whether an appeals court decision that revived a class-action lawsuit claiming that DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket, which bundles all NFL games into a package available exclusively to subscribers of the company’s satellite television service, runs … Continue reading NFL asks Supreme Court to reconsider class action over Sunday Ticket TV
WASHINGTON—A Louisiana law that requires abortionists to have hospital admitting privileges close to where the procedure takes place should be upheld because it protects women’s health, the state’s solicitor general told the Supreme Court on March 4 as protests raged outside. Oral … Continue reading Supreme Court considers law that requires admitting privileges for abortion docs
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), created in the wake of the 2008 financial crash, is unconstitutional because its director, unlike the typical federal official, isn’t accountable to the elected president of the United States who appointed the person, the Supreme Court heard. … Continue reading Constitutionality of consumer bureau challenged before Supreme Court
WASHINGTON—A Lebanese immigrant who committed felonies after receiving his green card shouldn’t be deported because he will face religious persecution and torture if removed to his native land, the man’s lawyer told the Supreme Court. The Trump administration opposes the … Continue reading Failed asylum claimant with serious rap sheet should be deported, Supreme Court hears
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration told the Supreme Court that a foreigner who entered the country unlawfully and was thrice denied asylum during administrative proceedings doesn’t have the legal right to challenge an expedited removal order in the courts. If the government … Continue reading Illegal aliens can’t appeal deportation orders to courts, Trump administration tells Supreme Court
Elected officials in California are challenging a controversial state law that deprives them of their ability to speak critically about labor unions by prohibiting statements deemed to “deter or discourage” public employees from seeking union membership. “I was elected by the … Continue reading California officials sue to strike down pro-union gag law
WASHINGTON—Employers aren’t allowed to shorten a six-year limit for retirement plan participants to sue over mishandling investments simply by mailing participants disclosure documents or posting them online, the Supreme Court has ruled. The unanimous decision is a victory for the Trump administration, which … Continue reading Supreme Court rules retirement plan liable despite disclosure
WASHINGTON—A young child born in Italy to an American mother and an Italian father who split up soon after her birth should remain in her father’s custody in that country because it’s considered her habitual residence, the Supreme Court decided. … Continue reading Supreme Court rules child to stay in Italy in father’s custody
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional an immigration law that made it a felony to encourage people to come to or stay illegally in the United States. Oral arguments were … Continue reading Supreme Court considers ban on encouraging illegals to stay in US
The “Beltway Sniper” co-defendant has withdrawn his appeal to the Supreme Court asking for reconsideration of life sentences without parole for murders committed when he was 17. Virginia has enacted legislation making him eligible to seek parole. Lee Boyd Malvo, … Continue reading Beltway Sniper sidekick drops appeal of Virginia life sentences