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
An arm of the Democratic National Committee is cracking down on activist groups within the party for allegedly duplicating efforts and poaching donors. Those faithful to the DNC have complained for years that the groups have been competing with and … Continue reading DNC arm cracks down on activist offshoots
Former President Barack Obama launched a new campaign Aug. 26 called “Redistricting U” to combat partisan gerrymandering in key battleground states that Democrats hope to win in the 2020 presidential election and beyond. Redistricting U will provide free training for volunteers … Continue reading Obama opens Redistricting U with an eye on winning future elections
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is suing the Trump administration on behalf of immigration detainees that the organization claims are being subjected to conditions equivalent to “torture,” in facilities where they are allegedly denied proper medical care and disability accommodations. … Continue reading Southern Poverty Law Center sues over immigration detentions
Leftists are fond of summoning the magic of euphemism to make the social problems they create go away. Like the editors of the Newspeak Dictionary in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, these social engineers define out of existence the atrocities that necessarily grow out … Continue reading Making the term ‘illegal aliens’ disappear: Meet the Castro brothers – the Democrats’ new Thought Police
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that Electoral College members are free to vote for the presidential candidate they choose and can’t be bound by the popular vote in their respective states. Some states have laws that … Continue reading Court decides Electoral College members not bound by election results
A Santa Barbara City College academic whom radical activists attempted to intimidate by heckling and booing when she spoke out against the board’s ban on reciting the Pledge of Allegiance during meetings is suing the California school for denying her free speech rights. … Continue reading Heckled when she spoke out for Pledge of Allegiance, academic sues
A federal judge in Kansas who formerly worked for an open-borders group and whose sister currently heads one of the nation’s leading open-borders groups has struck down a federal law that prevents people from “encouraging” or “inducing” illegal immigration, finding … Continue reading Judge strikes down law that penalizes ‘inducing’ illegal immigration
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals halted the expanding reach of nondiscrimination laws last week by ruling that Christian videographers in Minnesota who believe in traditional marriage can’t be compelled under the state’s aggressive human rights law to produce videos … Continue reading Court finds for Christian videographers in same-sex wedding case
WASHINGTON—Immigration watchdog groups are applauding a regulatory overhaul by the Trump administration that aims to restore order to the southern border by detaining migrant families and children beyond the current 20-day limit to allow immigration court proceedings to be completed. The … Continue reading New rule aims to close illegal immigration loophole
President Trump went after purported congressional watchdog Elijah Cummings recently, slamming the Democrat congressman for failing to improve his troubled Baltimore, Maryland, district despite the inflow of billions of dollars in federal aid during and in the years leading up … Continue reading Question to Cummings: Where did the billions in missing federal money go? Why Trump was right to ask
The Trump administration is trying to repair relations with Farm Belt producers of ethanol and its main feedstock, corn, after a policy change allowing nearly a quarter of the nation’s oil refiners to mix less ethanol into their gasoline has been … Continue reading Giving ethanol exemptions requires repairing farm belt relations
WASHINGTON—The People’s Republic of China and other hostile powers are exploiting the United States’ international student visa policies to conduct industrial and military espionage against U.S. targets, according to a panel discussion at the National Press Club in Washington on … Continue reading US student visa policies encourage Chinese spying, expert says
An illegal alien’s class-action lawsuit, in which he claimed a Virginia sheriff violated his constitutional rights by detaining him at the request of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has been thrown out by a federal judge. The law enforcement … Continue reading Judge throws out suit against sheriff over immigration detentions
WASHINGTON—Civil rights laws don’t protect transgender employees from being fired because of their gender identity, the Trump administration argued in a new filing with the Supreme Court. The legal brief was filed Aug. 16 in R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, a lawsuit involving a transgender person, Aimee Stephens, formerly known as Anthony Stephens, who was fired by a Michigan funeral home. In 2013, Stephens declared a desire to begin dressing as a woman while at work and was fired by Thomas Rost, the Christian owner of the business, who said he was merely upholding … Continue reading Trump administration: Sex discrimination does not include gender identity
The Trump administration scored a partial victory last week when the 9th Circuit of Appeals limited the scope of a nationwide injunction by a San Francisco judge that blocked a policy aimed at curbing perceived abuses of the nation’s asylum … Continue reading 9th Circuit denies national injunction of order blocking Trump asylum rule
An Ohio businessman is suing San Francisco in federal court over a local ordinance his lawyers say punishes him for trying to convert his residential rental property into a condominium by forcing him to allow his tenant to remain in the property … Continue reading Lawsuit seeks to overturn ‘lifetime lease’ regulation in San Francisco
Five Democratic senators filed papers with the Supreme Court warning a restructuring of the highest court in the land could happen if the supposedly ailing institution fails to “heal” itself by embracing a restrictive view of Second Amendment gun ownership rights. … Continue reading Democrats declare Supreme Court needs to ‘heal’ itself, or face restructuring
Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt (pictured above) said Aug. 12 the Trump administration is moving forward with a business-friendly regulatory overhaul of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that officials say “without compromising conservation” will ease some of the burdens landowners … Continue reading Trump administration eases regulatory burdens of Endangered Species Act