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. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that was released Feb. 25, in a case cited as Monasky v. Taglieri, the nation’s highest court interpreted an international treaty and upheld lower court rulings determining she was a resident of Italy based “on the totality of the circumstances specific to the case.” Even though the child had only lived in Italy for … 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 heard Feb. 25 in the case cited as U.S. v. Sineneng-Smith. President Donald Trump favors reductions in illegal and legal immigration rates. A decision may be handed down in June as the 2020 presidential election campaign heats up. Other rulings in controversial immigration cases are also expected. The case concerns immigration consultant Evelyn Sineneng-Smith of San Jose, California, a U.S. … 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
WASHINGTON—Plaintiffs asked the Supreme Court on Feb. 24 to rule that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act may be applied retrospectively to impose punitive damages on the African nation of Sudan, which the United States has officially placed on its list of … Continue reading Victims ask Supreme Court to allow damages claim against Sudan for aiding terrorists
WASHINGTON—Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of environmentalist arguments that an appeals court was right to invalidate a U.S. Forest Service permit needed for a planned $8 billion natural gas pipeline. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline proposed by Richmond, Virginia-based Dominion Energy … Continue reading Supreme Court seems sympathetic to pipeline crossing Appalachian Trail
A federal judge in Kansas who struck down a law that prevents people from “encouraging” or “inducing” illegal immigration has resigned after being reprimanded for sexual harassment. The jurist is Judge Carlos Murguia of the U.S. District Court of Kansas, … Continue reading Federal judge in Kansas resigns after sexual harassment reprimand
After being unfairly targeted for surveillance and possible criminal prosecution, a conservative nonprofit won an important legal victory against Michigan officials who are conducting a witch hunt against conservatives. The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based American Freedom Law Center (AFLC), which describes itself as … Continue reading Michigan conservatives beat leftist attorney general in court: Smeared by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the American Freedom Law Center fights back
Illegal aliens are gravitating to so-called sanctuary cities in states with small immigrant populations where they strain local finances because they consume as much as $6,000 in taxpayer-funded services annually over and above any fiscal benefit they generate, according to … Continue reading Small states with low immigrant populations hit hardest by influx of illegal aliens
Using arguments deployed by President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial legal team, Democratic lawmakers are asking a federal judge to move forward with the House Ways and Means Committee’s lawsuit that seeks Trump’s tax returns—the same lawsuit that the judge paused a month … Continue reading Democrats ask judge to move on suit seeking Trump’s tax returns
A regulatory framework that seeks to preserve free speech online needs to be adopted for social media before repressive countries like China begin influencing the rules about the free flow of information, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told global leaders and security officials in Europe over the weekend. Zuckerberg told the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Feb. 15 that he was “very worried” that countries like China were encoding “authoritarian values” into how the internet is regulated. “To encode democratic values, open values, we’ve got to move forward, move quickly, before more authoritarian models get adopted in a lot of places first,” he said, according … Continue reading Zuckerberg seeks regulations for social media to preserve free speech
A federal judge refused to grant Uber and Postmates an injunction against California’s unusually restrictive anti-contractor law, even after acknowledging the law would cause the two companies “irreparable harm.” The law, known as AB5, forces companies to reclassify their freelancers as employees, … Continue reading Federal judge denies injunction against California anti-contractor law after admitting it causes harm
The Ohio State Senate has unanimously approved legislation outlawing so-called free speech zones, which limit free speech to specific areas on college campuses. The vote comes almost a year after President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13864 on March 21, 2019, directing the nation’s colleges and … Continue reading Ohio state Senate would ban ‘free speech zones’ on campus; professors object
Crime victims harmed by dangerous illegal aliens should be able to sue the so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that unleashed them on an unwitting public in defiance of federal immigration authorities, President Donald Trump declared in his State of the Union address. … Continue reading Trump demands justice for victims of sanctuary cities: It’s time for leftist jailers who free dangerous illegal aliens to pay the price
The jury is still out on whether President Donald Trump’s executive order last year–highlighted in last week’s State of the Union address—to require hospitals to be more transparent about the prices they charge will actually bring health care costs down, according … Continue reading Transparency in health care costs a worthy goal, but may not affect prices, analysts say
Texas filed a lawsuit against California asking the Supreme Court to strike down the Golden State’s ban on state-funded travel to 11 states over their LGBTQ policies, arguing the prohibition violates First Amendment religious freedom protections. Texas is claiming the ban is unconstitutionally “infected … Continue reading Texas sues to strike down California travel ban that punishes states for LGBTQ policies