The 19 states fighting the Biden administration’s plan to end the Title 42 policy that allows rapid expulsion of the illegal immigrants swamping the U.S.-Mexico border are asking the Supreme Court to press on with the case after it abruptly canceled … Continue reading 19 states ask Supreme Court to move forward with Title 42 border expulsions case after court cancels oral argument
An unsuccessful Republican candidate for Maryland’s governorship is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a state court order he argues unconstitutionally allowed the early counting of mail-in ballots in the November 2022 election he lost. The request for the Supreme … Continue reading GOP’s 2022 candidate for Maryland governor asks US Supreme Court to undo state court’s suspension of mail-in balloting rules: Petition invokes ‘independent state legislature doctrine’ now being deliberated by justices in high-profile North Carolina case
A former police officer is considering filing a civil rights lawsuit against a Georgia police department after he was forced out of his job for refusing to delete a Facebook post defending traditional marriage. The possible lawsuit comes as the Supreme Court … Continue reading Cop who lost job over pro-traditional marriage social media post considers suing Georgia city
After the Biden administration asked it to do so, on Feb. 16 the Supreme Court canceled highly anticipated upcoming arguments over the fate of the pandemic-era Title 42 policy that allows the rapid expulsion of would-be migrants at the border. Oral arguments in the … Continue reading Supreme Court cancels highly anticipated hearing over Title 42 immigration, border security case
A Washington state couple will soon ask the Supreme Court to disallow what they consider to be an unconstitutional wealth tax that was levied on capital gains they never received. In 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The new … Continue reading Couple appeals wealth tax to SCOTUS that 9th Circuit upheld
Georgia’s state Senate passed legislation on Feb. 14 to erect a statue honoring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at the state capitol in Atlanta, despite the impassioned objections of Democratic lawmakers. Thomas, a black man, has long been a target of … Continue reading Georgia Senate approves statue of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, over Democrats’ opposition
The Supreme Court will soon consider whether a city’s sponsorship of a prayer vigil that offended atheists who witnessed it violates the First Amendment. The case comes as the high court has become increasingly protective in recent years of constitutionally … Continue reading Supreme Court considering whether offended atheists may sue Florida city over prayers
A group of national medical associations and doctors urged a federal court on Feb. 10 to order a federal regulator to reverse its two-decade-old approval of Mifepristone, a drug used for medication abortions that critics say endangers women who use … Continue reading Federal court urged to reverse FDA approval of abortion pill
A cousin of Emmett Till, the young black boy lynched in 1955 for approaching a white woman in Mississippi, filed suit in federal court demanding that a recently discovered arrest warrant from the era be served on the woman. Till, a 14-year-old … Continue reading Cousin of Emmett Till sues to compel sheriff to arrest white woman, 88, whose 1955 interaction with boy preceded his lynching
A Christian school in Colorado told the Supreme Court it can’t be sued for firing a woke teacher who accused the school, parents, and students of racism because it is a religious institution that is beyond the reach of the First Amendment. … Continue reading Christian school tells Supreme Court it can’t be sued by former teacher who accused it of racism
The Biden administration urged the Supreme Court on Feb. 7 to dismiss 19 states’ challenge to the cancellation of the pandemic-era Title 42 policy that allows rapid expulsion of would-be migrants at the border. The administration argued that its plan to terminate … Continue reading Biden admin asks Supreme Court to drop Title 42 immigration case
The Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery, may protect abortion as a federal right, a federal judge said on Feb. 6 in an ongoing prosecution of pro-life activists charged with conspiracy to block access to an abortion clinic. The statement could open … Continue reading Constitution’s 13th Amendment may protect abortion as a federal right, federal judge says
The Supreme Court should disallow President Joe Biden’s sweeping plan to partially forgive student loans, former House Speaker John Boehner and former Reps. Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.) and John Kline (R-Minn.) told the court. Biden introduced the plan in August 2022 in … Continue reading Former Speaker Boehner urges Supreme Court to block Biden’s student loan cancellation plan
A federal law barring marijuana users from possessing guns violates the Constitution, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled. The decision cites last year’s landmark Supreme Court ruling that affirmed an individual right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. The ruling came … Continue reading Federal law banning marijuana users from having firearms is unconstitutional, judge rules
A retired man living on a boat near San Francisco is suing a local agency that is trying to evict him from his home to protect a species of sea grass that lines the bay where he lives. Dozens of … Continue reading Retiree living on boat near San Francisco sues agency trying to evict him to protect sea grass
Later this month, the Supreme Court will consider a case arising out of a botched sex-trafficking investigation about whether state and local police officers enjoy immunity from lawsuits when they are federally cross-deputized as members of joint state-federal task forces. … Continue reading SCOTUS to consider immunity of police on joint state-federal task forces in bungled sex-trafficking prosecution
President Joe Biden caused confusion on Jan. 31 when he told a reporter the Supreme Court would “end” national COVID-19 emergency policies, after telling Congress the day before that his administration would terminate the emergencies on May 11. In response … Continue reading Biden sparks confusion by saying Supreme Court will end national COVID-19 emergency
I just stumbled upon an old American Spectator column of mine that I thought had been lost in the sands of time. Someone at San Diego State University posted it in an article titled “Drinking the Kool-Aid: A (Partial) 2009 Directory.” It’s not bad, so I’ve reposted it below: Bill Ayers Should Avoid “Drinking the Kool-Aid” by Matthew Vadum, American Spectator, 19 May 2009 Retired terrorist Bill Ayers, a kind of folk hero among today’s left, had a run-in with Washington Times editorial staffer Kerry Picket. Picket’s encounter with the would-be mass murderer who plotted to bomb a crowded dance hall at Fort Dix, … Continue reading Bill Ayers should avoid “drinking the Kool-aid”
A new documentary film attempting to throw light on the rise of government power wielded by unelected experts–known today as the fourth branch of government, or the administrative state—launched online Jan. 27. This unaccountable administrative state, which is reined in at … Continue reading Documentary exposes rise of the unaccountable fourth branch of government, rule by experts
A baker who won a U.S. Supreme Court case over religious freedom violated a state anti-discrimination law when he refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled on Jan. 26. Lawyers for the baker, Jack Phillips of … Continue reading Colorado appeals court rules against baker in case over gender-transition cake