States that have permissive policies on squatting—a growing phenomenon in the United States—need to make the practice a criminal offense, the writers of a new report from Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) say. Squatting is occupying an unoccupied or abandoned area … Continue reading States need to make it easier to evict squatters, report says
Texas told the Supreme Court on Aug. 10 that it wants to press on with a pending emergency application to halt the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed student loan relief plan even after a federal appeals court blocked key parts … Continue reading Texas asks Supreme Court to consider challenge to student loan relief plan
Facebook told the Supreme Court on Aug. 9 that it did not violate U.S. securities regulations when it failed to publicly disclose that now-defunct political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had misused Facebook user data. The statement offers a preview of … Continue reading Facebook denies liability in Supreme Court harvested voter data case
J. Michael Waller today kindly posted my blog item from May 12, 2009, “Soros lawyer Rosa Brooks working in the Pentagon,” on X, formerly Twitter. Mr. Waller wrote: “Just rediscovered @MattVadum‘s piece from 15 years ago about Rosa Brooks, the extremist lawyer who, years later, would spearhead the political war games to use military force against Donald Trump and his supporters. @capitalresearch[.]” Here is what I wrote in 2009: Rosa Brooks, a radical, anti-American academic who shares Michael Moore‘s dissenting views on the War on Terror and the Islamo-fascist threat, has been installed by President Barack Obama as advisor to Michelle Flournoy, the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. Brooks … Continue reading From the archives: Soros lawyer Rosa Brooks working in the Pentagon
U.S. gun maker Smith & Wesson asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 8 for “immediate review” of its appeal in Mexico’s ongoing $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. firearms companies. The request was made after a lower court on Aug. … Continue reading US gun maker asks US Supreme Court to expedite its appeal of Mexico’s lawsuit
Oklahoma asked the U.S. Supreme Court this week to force the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release millions of dollars in grants the agency withdrew over the state’s refusal to provide abortion referrals. HHS takes the … Continue reading Oklahoma urges Supreme Court to restore family planning grants from HHS
Hospitals serving poor people urged the Supreme Court on Aug. 7 to consider whether they are being shortchanged by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The case, Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Becerra, will be heard on … Continue reading Hospitals’ dispute over Medicare reimbursements reaches Supreme Court
Pet owners who sued two pet food makers over their requirements for a veterinarian’s prescription urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 5 to overturn a precedent that they fear will impede their case. Since its filing in Missouri in … Continue reading Lawsuit over top brand pet food marketing reaches Supreme Court
Motorists suing Virginia urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 5 to require the state to pay their attorney’s fees after they met with partial success in a civil rights lawsuit challenging a policy on driver’s license suspensions. The case … Continue reading Virginia motorists take fight with state over attorney fees to Supreme Court
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in Washington state court against the city of Spokane, Washington, on Aug. 1, claiming that local anti-public camping ordinances unfairly punish homeless people for being homeless. Spokane, located in the eastern … Continue reading ACLU sues Spokane over anti-public camping ordinances after US Supreme Court ruling
A federal judge ordered a California community college on Aug. 2 not to enforce a poster policy that was used against three students whose anti-communist posters were taken down. U.S. District Judge Jennifer Thurston found that the poster policy of … Continue reading Federal court orders California college to drop censorship policy
A Catholic, pro-life community health clinic sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week in federal court over his efforts to shut down abortion pill reversal services. The new legal complaint in Culture of Life Family Services Inc. v. Bonta … Continue reading Pro-life pregnancy help clinic sues California AG Bonta over abortion pill reversals
A federal judge on July 29 temporarily put on hold a challenge to the capital city’s ban on “assault weapons.” Second Amendment advocates say the ban is unconstitutional; gun control supporters say it promotes public safety. Gun rights activists say … Continue reading Federal judge pauses challenge to DC’s ‘assault weapons’ ban
The Supreme Court said on July 31 that it will formally consider on Sept. 30 whether to hear a challenge to Michigan’s ban on government funding of religious schools. The case comes as the school choice movement, which aims to … Continue reading Supreme Court to consider challenge to Michigan ban on religious school funding on Sept. 30
The state of Louisiana and a bloc of black voters asked the Supreme Court on July 30 to uphold an election map that created a second black-majority congressional district in Louisiana. The new legal filings came after the Supreme Court … Continue reading Louisiana, black voters urge Supreme Court to uphold congressional map with 2 black-majority districts
Most Americans don’t currently approve of the way the U.S. Supreme Court is conducting its business, a negative trend that began in 2021, according to the findings of a new Gallup poll. Americans remain sharply divided along partisan lines on … Continue reading Public approval of Supreme Court remains near historic lows, Gallup says
The Supreme Court announced on July 26 that it will hold oral arguments for nine cases in October and seven cases in November, including a Medicare-related appeal. Among the other cases to be heard this fall are claims from military … Continue reading Supreme Court schedules hearings in hospitals’ Medicare payment dispute and other cases
The Supreme Court stated that it will hear San Francisco’s challenge to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) water pollution regulations on Oct. 16. The July 26 announcement came as several water management agencies and local governments filed a brief with the … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear San Francisco’s challenge to EPA water pollution regulation
A Roman Catholic diocese is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a New York appeals court ruling that requires religious charities to provide abortion coverage in their employee health insurance packages. Lori Windham, vice president and senior counsel at the … Continue reading NY church to appeal to Supreme Court on abortion coverage ruling
The Supreme Court announced on July 26 that it will hear several high-profile cases in the fall, including a challenge to federal regulations about “ghost guns” and a shareholder lawsuit against tech giant Nvidia. The court is currently on its … Continue reading Supreme Court sets hearing dates for ‘ghost gun’ appeal, Nvidia lawsuit, and death row case