The Supreme Court voted 5-4 late on May 31 to temporarily block a Texas law that prevents social media platforms from censoring users based on their political views. Known as HB 20, the state law makes it unlawful for tech platforms to restrict or … Continue reading Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas social media anti-censorship law: Justices’ 5-4 vote cuts across ideological lines

The Supreme Court decided on May 31 not to block a federal court’s order compelling three Republican members of the Texas House of Representatives to appear for depositions in a consolidated lawsuit over congressional and state-level redistricting. The redistricting took place after … Continue reading Supreme Court won’t block GOP lawmaker depositions in Texas redistricting challenge

A coalition of 54 agriculture groups is urging the Biden administration to drop its support for allowing states to impose their own warning labels—in addition to federal labels—on consumer products. The request came after U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar asked … Continue reading Farmer groups press Biden to not allow states to use own product safety labels

Voters in Wisconsin’s five largest cities are suing over the use of illegal unmanned absentee ballot drop boxes in elections. Attorneys from the Thomas More Society, a nationwide public interest law firm, filed the legal complaints on May 25 on behalf of … Continue reading Wisconsin voters sue 5 cities over unlawful unmanned ballot drop boxes in elections

The San Diego Unified School District decided on May 24 to postpone for a second time its policy requiring students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as opponents press forward with a federal lawsuit against the district. Paul Jonna, Thomas More … Continue reading Under legal pressure, San Diego schools delay vaccine mandate with no religious exemptions

Virginia is being sued by property owners over its unusual law that allows hunters to invade private property to retrieve their hunting dogs, often resulting in damage to property and livestock. This lawsuit is not aimed at hunting, but at protecting property rights, … Continue reading Virginia sued over law that allows violation of ranchers’ property rights

A federal appeals court greenlighted an effort to disqualify GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn as a candidate for allegedly engaging in insurrectionary activity by attending and speaking at the Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump rally that was followed by a security breach of the … Continue reading Appeals court revives ‘insurrection’ challenge to Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s candidacy: 4th Circuit rules 14th Amendment can be used to block Jan. 6 participants from seeking office

The Supreme Court held in a 6–3 ruling on May 23 that federal courts reviewing inmate cases may not conduct evidentiary hearings to fully examine their ineffective-counsel claims that should have been raised in state court proceedings. The Sixth Amendment to … Continue reading Supreme Court limits inmate reviews based on ineffective legal representation

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously against a Taco Bell franchise operator on May 23, finding that a federal appeals court exceeded its authority in fashioning an arbitration-related rule in a fast-food employee’s class-action lawsuit over overtime pay. The lawsuit went forward in federal court, … Continue reading Supreme Court rules in favor of Taco Bell worker in overtime dispute

A longtime metalworks employee is suing his former employer, Pittsburgh-based Arconic, for religious discrimination after he was fired for expressing on an anonymous company survey his religious-based objection to the use of the rainbow to represent sexual identity. Specifically, the former employee, … Continue reading Metal worker sues ex-employer Arconic for religious intolerance: A Christian man was fired for saying the rainbow is a biblical symbol that should not be appropriated by the LGBT movement

Despite pressure from the media to accept transgenderism, almost two-thirds of American voters believe it is not a healthy human condition, and more than 7 out of 10 believe elementary-age children should not be taught about sexual identity and sexual behavior, … Continue reading US voter survey: 64% say transgenderism is unhealthy; 72% don’t want children taught about sexual identity

An election integrity group is suing New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way for allegedly violating the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) by refusing to disclose documentation explaining how election officials resolve duplicate voter registrations. The Indianapolis-based Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) says it … Continue reading New Jersey sued for illegally concealing election records policy

Most Americans want strict limits on when women may obtain abortions, according to a new poll conducted by The Trafalgar Group days after a leaked draft majority opinion indicated the Supreme Court was poised to strike down Roe v. Wade. … Continue reading Poll: Most Americans, including a third of Democrats, support limits on abortion

The Supreme Court has agreed to review the constitutionality of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) system of adjudicating enforcement actions with tenure-protected administrative law judges employed by the prosecuting agency. The high court agreed on May 16 to hear the … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear challenge to SEC adjudication system

A California judge struck down as unconstitutional a state law forcing publicly held corporations headquartered in California to meet a quota of board members who self-identify as women or face fines. Los Angeles County-based California Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis ruled (pdf) … Continue reading California judge strikes down law forcing companies to appoint women to corporate boards

A divided Supreme Court ruled 5–4 on May 16 against a longtime illegal alien who falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen on a driver’s license application, upholding a law that prevents federal courts from reviewing factual findings made by … Continue reading Supreme Court rules against illegal alien who falsely claimed citizenship

In a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional a campaign finance rule regulating the repayment of loans by a candidate to his own campaign, handing a win on May 16 to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who challenged the … Continue reading Victory for Ted Cruz as Supreme Court rebuffs Biden administration, strikes down campaign spending rule

A federal judge has ordered that fired Southwest Airlines flight attendant Charlene Carter’s religious discrimination lawsuit against the company and its union would proceed to trial, after the judge denied a request to dismiss the lawsuit. The case, known as Carter v. … Continue reading Southwest flight attendant fired over pro-life views to have her day in federal court, judge rules

News analysis As the Supreme Court continues struggling with the unprecedented leak earlier this month of a draft majority opinion that would reverse Roe v. Wade, the draft’s author, Justice Samuel Alito, told a law school audience he was bothered by … Continue reading Alito: SCOTUS wrong to rule civil rights law protects gay and transgender employees

Both the Biden administration and two states opposing it in high-stakes litigation told the Supreme Court that it has the power to decide the central legal questions in a case about the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” program that requires non-Mexican … Continue reading Biden administration, 2 states, urge SCOTUS to move forward with ‘Remain in Mexico’ case