Commentary The myth that black teen Trayvon Martin was a victim of racist violence set race relations back and was foisted on Americans by unscrupulous prosecutors in Florida who perpetrated “the most spectacular case of identity fraud in modern American judicial history” … Continue reading Film tells story of racial hoax surrounding Trayvon Martin’s death
News Analysis WASHINGTON—The Trump administration told the Supreme Court in a new filing that a rule that the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can only be fired by the president for cause is unconstitutional. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) … Continue reading President seeks power to fire head of consumer bureau at will
Facebook’s 2.4 billion monthly active users will soon be able to appeal takedown decisions to a new “oversight board” that its CEO once likened to a “Supreme Court” that will have the power to override the company’s own content-moderation decisions, … Continue reading Responding to critics, Facebook ‘Oversight Board’ to monitor content decisions
Unless he convinces Israeli lawmakers from outside his party to join him in a national unity government, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 10-and-a-half-year run in office may soon end following inconclusive results in his country’s parliamentary elections this week that … Continue reading Bibi in Trouble? Netanyahu may have to master the art of the deal to stay in power
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Sept. 16 that the city of Phoenix can’t use a criminal law to compel two artists to produce custom wedding invitations for LGBT couples because that would force them to express messages that conflict with their personal … Continue reading Arizona court allows artists to refuse to express LGBT messages
A federal court dismissed a racketeering lawsuit brought by the nonpartisan Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) against leaders of the Southern Poverty Law Center for blacklisting it as a “hate group.” CIS Executive Director Mark Krikorian told The Associated Press … Continue reading Court dismisses lawsuit over ‘hate group’ label
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is proposing that immigrants be required for the first time to provide information about their social media accounts as part of the application process for U.S. citizenship and other immigration-related benefits. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants … Continue reading Trump administration to look at immigrants’ social media accounts
Search engine giant Google is denying wrongdoing after being sued for $50 million for undermining Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard’s campaign by suspending its online advertising after Gabbard’s attention-grabbing performance in the first candidates’ debate June 26. “We filed a lawsuit against Google … Continue reading Gabbard campaign sues Google over suspending ads, suppressing free speech
A former campaign staffer for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel being sued for extortion by a third party has claimed that an “underworld network” of Ukrainian computer hackers engaged in mischief during the 2018 election intended to benefit Nessel, according to a … Continue reading Michigan election hacking alleged amid charges of extortion
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court threw out an Obama-appointed judge’s nationwide injunction late on Sept. 11, clearing the way for President Donald Trump to enforce his asylum policy that requires some claimants to wait in Mexico for U.S. immigration processing. The Trump administration policy … Continue reading Supreme Court quashes district court’s national injunction on asylum policy
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the ideologically evolving 9th Circuit, which until recently routinely resisted President Donald Trump’s policies, dramatically struck down an Obama-appointed district judge’s nationwide injunction against Trump’s asylum policy mere hours after it was issued. Conservatives have … Continue reading Trump administration scores win on asylum policy in 9th Circuit decision
WASHINGTON—Top federal officials defended the Trump administration’s plan to end federal control of the financially recovering but once troubled secondary mortgage market titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as they faced sometimes aggressive questioning by senators from both parties. The Trump administration wants … Continue reading Cabinet secretaries defend plan to end federal control of mortgage market titans
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin unveiled a far-reaching plan last week to reform the nation’s housing finance system—including the troubled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—and reduce the federal government’s role in the housing market. Over the past 10 years, Fannie … Continue reading Trump administration seeks to overhaul Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
The Mississippi Supreme Court rejected arguments last week that taxpayer funding of charter schools violates the state’s constitution—a win for proponents of school choice. “This ruling is a major victory for parents who simply want what every parent wants: the … Continue reading Southern Poverty Law Center loses in court, fails to defund charter schools
The League of Women Voters (LWV) is the latest activist group to join a growing campaign on the left to overhaul the nation’s redistricting systems in an effort to combat partisan gerrymandering in the states, even as some say the … Continue reading Democratic groups work to oppose gerrymandering
A federal judge ruled the government’s Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB), a watchlist of more than one million known or suspected terrorists that includes only about 4,600 U.S. citizens violates the constitutional rights of those included in it. Judge Anthony J. … Continue reading Federal judge rules terror watchlist unconstitutional
San Francisco’s all-Democrat Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to label the National Rifle Association (NRA) a “domestic terrorist organization,” and urged other cities, states, and the federal government to do the same. According to the FBI, domestic terrorism is “perpetrated by individuals and/or groups … Continue reading San Francisco resolution labels NRA a ‘domestic terrorist organization’
WASHINGTON—Arguing that “judicial independence is under assault,” all 53 Republican U.S. senators have signed a letter to the Supreme Court criticizing five Democratic senators for, in their view, “openly” threatening the court with “political retribution” if it fails to embrace … Continue reading All GOP senators rebuke 5 Democrats for assault on judicial independence
Colorado voters will have an opportunity in 2020 to withdraw their state’s ratification of a plan that will guarantee that the winner of the national popular vote in future presidential elections becomes president of the United States. The office of … Continue reading Colorado voters may exit from national popular vote compact
In a politically charged case, a California state appeals court tossed the single remaining conviction against an illegal alien who was found not guilty of a murder charge four years ago for shooting a random woman at a San Francisco tourist … Continue reading California appeals court throws out firearms conviction of Steinle killer